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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
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
ReportsDecember 26, 2025 Largest African Startup Funding Rounds in 2025 and the Insights. After two consecutive years of decline, African tech funding staged a remarkable byBetty Wangari
Africa NewsDecember 17, 2025 Morocco to Invests $140M in Startup Ecosystem to Build 3,000 Companies by 2030 Morocco is placing a major bet on its digital future, committing MAD 1 byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsDecember 15, 2025 Sun King Raises $40M from Lightrock to Scale Decentralized Solar Systems Across Africa and Asia The off-grid solar pioneer will use the funding to expand its distributed energy byBetty Wangari
EditorialDecember 15, 2025 Three young Nigerian immigrants went from college students to YC-backed founders with Sorce. In a market dominated by LinkedIn’s traditional resume-and-apply model, byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsDecember 2, 2025 Impact Investor I&P Closes €41M for Third Fund Targeting Africa’s ‘Missing Middle’ SMEs. Paris-based Investisseurs & Partenaires aims to bridge the financing gap for byBetty Wangari
Africa NewsNovember 25, 2025 Revibe, the Refurbished Electronics Marketplace, Secures $17M Series A Funding Led by Partech. Dubai-Egypt startup exemplifies new wave of cross-border African tech plays byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsNovember 25, 2025 French DFI Proparco Backs BasiGo as Africa’s Electric Bus Race Heats Up. The race to electrify Africa's public transport is intensifying, with byBetty Wangari
Africa News NigeriaNovember 25, 2025 Chui Ventures Closes $17.3M Debut Fund, Powered by African Female Executives and Local Capital. The Nairobi and Lagos-based firm exceeded its initial target by 73%, with 60% of byBolu Babalola