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Ethio Telecom CEO Frehiwot Tamiru Named Tech Minister Frehiwot Tamiru spent eight years turning Ethio Telecom into a $1 byBetty WangariOctober 9, 2026
Moove Exits Nigeria, Handing Drivers ₦35bn Worth of Cars Moove built its business financing cars for Nigeria's ride-hailing drivers byFatima OladunniOctober 9, 2026
Safaricom Launches Ziidi Shari’ah Money Market Fund Safaricom has launched Ziidi Shari’ah, a money market fund that lets M-Pesa byBetty WangariOctober 8, 2026
Kenya and UK Strengthen Cybersecurity Partnership Britain’s top cyber technologist has visited Nairobi to deepen the UK-Kenya byBetty WangariOctober 8, 2026
EventsJune 18, 2024 Timbuktoo Africa Fintech Accelerator Applications Ends This Week. Founders of fintech startups across Africa are invited to apply to the byMuhammed Mustapha
Africa NewsJune 17, 2024 Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship Lands in Egypt. The Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship has expanded to Egypt following byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsJune 15, 2024 Egyptian podcast producer, Potcast Productions, fuels growth with pre-seed funding round. Egypt-based podcast production company Potcast Productions has secured an byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsJune 11, 2024 Egyptian fintech startup Sahl secures $6 million to become a one-stop shop for financial services. Salh, a fintech startup based in Cairo, has secured $6 million in combined seed byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsJune 7, 2024 LAfricaMobile raises $4.6M series A to scale across francophone Africa. Ivory Coast-based cloud communication startup LAfricaMobile has successfully byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsJune 5, 2024 Egyptian startup Birdnest takes flight with pre-Series A funding. Egypt-based proptech startup Birdnest has closed an undisclosed pre-Series A byMuhammed Mustapha
Africa NewsMay 27, 2024 Egyptian e-commerce platform OneOrder secures $16 million series A. Egyptian startup OneOrder, a pioneering tech-enabled supplier and wholesale byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsMay 27, 2024 Anti-fraud startup Orca secures $550,000 pre-seed funding to tackle fraud in emerging markets. South African startup Orca Fraud has made waves with its recent announcement of byMuhammed Mustapha
Africa NewsMay 21, 2024 OpenseedVC secures initial $10 million for its European-African investment fund. OpenseedVC, a newly launched, operator-led venture capital firm, has reached the 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
