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
Dutch Government Bets $3M on Female-Led African Fintech Fund — In a Market Where Women Get Just 10% of VC Dollars First Circle Capital's DGGF partnership is part of a $30 million fundraise byBolu BabalolaFebruary 18, 2026
Unilever Just Bet the Future of Dove, Hellmann’s, and Vaseline on Google’s AI — Here’s Why In a five-year partnership, the CPG giant is migrating its entire data and cloud byMuhammed MustaphaFebruary 18, 2026
Africa NewsFebruary 17, 2026 Flextock Just Raised $12.6M to Fix the Broken Backbone of Middle East E-Commerce. With a modular suite spanning fulfillment, shipping, cross-border trade, byBolu Babalola
Africa News NigeriaFebruary 16, 2026 African Defence-Tech Startup Terra Industries Raises $22M in Seed Extension, Bringing Total Funding to $34M Terra Industries, the Nigerian defence technology startup building autonomous byFatima Oladunni
Brand PressFebruary 11, 2026 Delta40 Completes $20M Fundraising Effort to Build & Support Innovative Ventures Across Africa The Continent's First Institutional Venture Studio + Fund Capital Raise, Backed byGuest Post
Editorial Opinion ReportsJanuary 23, 2026 Nigeria’s SEC Just Killed Its Startup Ecosystem: A 3,900% Capital Hike and the Death of Innovation On January 16, 2026, Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission enacted byMuhammed Mustapha
Moonsights OpinionJanuary 19, 2026 From $129M to Billions: What Africa’s Tech Revolution Made Possible in a Decade Inspired by the viral "2026 is the new 2016" trend, we look back at Africa's byBetty Wangari
Editorial OpinionJanuary 12, 2026 Egypt’s Government Is Backing More Startups Than Kenya and Nigeria Combined—And It’s Working While Kenya and Nigeria compete for venture capital headlines, Egypt has quietly byBolu Babalola
Africa News NigeriaJanuary 12, 2026 Terrahaptix Raises $11.8M to Scale Homegrown Drones for Africa’s Security Challenges. An Abuja-based drone manufacturer is drawing serious attention from Silicon byBolu Babalola
Editorial MoonsightsJanuary 8, 2026 The Unstoppable 50: Africa’s Most Promising Emerging Startups to Watch in 2026. From AI language models to electric motorcycles, these young companies are byBetty Wangari
EditorialJanuary 5, 2026 African Tech in 2025: The Year Infrastructure Beat Hype After two years of contraction, African tech in 2025 finally turned a corner—but byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsJanuary 2, 2026 Malaika Residency Launches Equity-Free SF Program Targeting African and Global Founders Malaika Residency Launches Equity-Free SF Program Targeting African and Global byBetty Wangari