Nairobi’s Stock Exchange Is Finally Building a Tech Board. Can It Compete With Johannesburg — Or Will It Join Nigeria’s Zero-IPO Club? After decades as a home for banks, telcos, and brewers, the NSE is creating a byBetty WangariFebruary 20, 2026
Anthropic Just Signed Its First African Government Deal — And Rwanda Is Betting Its Digital Future On It In a three-year MOU covering health, education, and public services, Rwanda byFatima OladunniFebruary 20, 2026
South Africa’s Araxi Just Dropped R1 Billion on Pay@ — And It’s a Bet on the End of Fragmentation In the biggest payments consolidation deal South Africa has seen in years, byBolu BabalolaFebruary 18, 2026
Gabon Just Flipped the Kill Switch on Social Media — Indefinitely. Here’s What That Actually Costs. The Central African nation joins a growing list of governments using internet byBetty WangariFebruary 18, 2026
Africa News StartupOctober 23, 2025 Spiro Secures $100M to Accelerate Electric Motorcycle Revolution Across Africa. Kenya-based electric mobility pioneer expands battery-swapping network with byBetty Wangari
Africa NewsSeptember 25, 2024 Ampersand Partners with CrossBoundary Energy to Power Electric Motorbikes with Solar Energy in Nairobi. E-mobility startup Ampersand has partnered with CrossBoundary Energy to power byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsJune 25, 2024 Rwandan EV company Ampersand teams up with BYD to electrify African transport. The Kigali-based electric transport energy company Ampersand has entered into a byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsJune 5, 2024 Ghanaian clean-tech startup Kofa swaps its way to Kenya and Togo. Ghanaian startup Kofa, a pioneer in battery network solutions currently rolling byMuhammed Mustapha
Africa NewsMay 20, 2024 Spiro Secures $50 Million Debt Facility from Afreximbank to Propel Sustainable Mobility in Africa. Spiro, the leading electric vehicle company in Africa, is thrilled to announce byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsApril 29, 2024 Bolt and MKOPA Partner to Launch E-bikes in Kenya. Ride-hailing service Bolt has introduced electric motorcycles to its Kenyan byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsApril 22, 2024 SafeBoda, Ugandan Ride-Hailing App, Goes Green with New Electric Motorbikes Safeboda, a prominent ride-hailing service in Uganda, has introduced an electric byBolu Babalola
