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 NewsJune 28, 2024 Egyptian banking-as-a-service startup Connect Money secures $8 million seed round. Egypt’s Connect Money, a banking-as-a-service fintech company specializing in byBolu Babalola
News NigeriaJune 25, 2024 NSIA selects finalists for the NPI 2.0 accelerator program. The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) has announced the start-ups byMuhammed Mustapha
ReportsJune 24, 2024 Focus on the numbers: Funding Shift in Africa: Climate Tech Surges to 45% Share in 2024, Edging Out Fintech. Climate tech is rapidly emerging as the preferred destination for venture byMuhammed Mustapha
Africa NewsJune 21, 2024 The 10k2Startup initiative is offering funding of up to $50,000 to African startups. African startups are invited to apply for the 10k2Startup initiative, which byMuhammed Mustapha
Africa NewsJune 20, 2024 Breega Goes Big on Africa: Parisian VC Firm Launches Dedicated $75 Million Fund. Two years after its launch, Africa Seed I, the Africa-focused fund of byMuhammed Mustapha
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 15, 2024 TymeBank seeks $150 million to join the unicorn club. South African fintech startup TymeBank is on the brink of a $150 million Series byFatima Oladunni
News NigeriaJune 13, 2024 From Orile, Iganmu to Kyoto Japan, How Regxta won the fourth edition of the pitch2win competition. It was an electrifying atmosphere yesterday at the Muson Center, where Rukayat byMuhammed Mustapha
