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 NewsMay 6, 2025 Techstars Updates Investment Terms for Startups, Matching Y Combinator’s $220K Deal Structure. Techstars, the renowned US-based accelerator with a global footprint and a byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsMay 6, 2025 Money Fellows Secures $13M in Latest Funding Round to Expand Fintech Innovation Across Egypt and Beyond. Egyptian fintech startup Money Fellows has announced the successful close of a byBolu Babalola
Africa News StartupApril 23, 2025 DPI Launches Venture Arm to Back Africa’s Next Tech Innovators. Development Partners International (DPI), a leading Africa-focused private byBolu Babalola
NewsApril 16, 2025 Stitch Raises $55M Series B to Expand Omnichannel Payments Infrastructure Across Africa. South Africa-based payments infrastructure company Stitch has announced the byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsApril 8, 2025 Ivory Coast’s Djamo Secures $17M to Expand its Mobile Banking. Ivory Coast-based fintech startup Djamo has raised $17 million in equity funding byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsApril 2, 2025 Egyptian Semiconductor Startup InfiniLink Raises $10M Seed Round to Advance Optical Connectivity for AI Data Centres. InfiniLink, an Egyptian semiconductor startup specializing in advanced optical byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsApril 2, 2025 Yango Group Launches $20M Corporate Venture Fund to Boost African Startups. Dubai-based global tech conglomerate Yango Group has unveiled Yango Ventures, a byBolu Babalola
Africa News StartupMarch 27, 2025 South African AI Startup NOSIBLE Secures $1M Pre-Seed Funding to Revolutionize AI-Driven Asset Management. South African AI startup NOSIBLE has raised $1 million in pre-seed funding to byBolu Babalola
News Nigeria StartupMarch 27, 2025 Nigerian Startup Payhippo Rebrands to Rivy After Raising $4M to Scale Clean Energy Financing. Nigerian fintech startup Payhippo has rebranded to Rivy following the successful byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsMarch 27, 2025 Deloitte Team Congratulates Ghana’s Minister for Communication, Digital Technology, and Innovations, Explores Collaboration on Digital Transformation. A delegation from Deloitte paid a courtesy visit to Hon byBolu Babalola