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This Self-Funded Travel Startup Wants You to Plan Trips by Budget, Not Destination—And Lagos Taught Them Why Most travel apps start with “Where do you want to go? byGuest PostFebruary 10, 2026
Google Opens Applications for Accelerator Africa Cohort 10—Now It’s an AI Research Lab, Not Just a Startup Program After nearly a decade of backing African startups, Google is fundamentally byFatima OladunniFebruary 9, 2026
Africa NewsDecember 3, 2025 Singapore’s Bolttech Acquires Kenyan Insurtech mTek In Rare African Exit Deal. Singapore-based insurtech bolttech just acquired mTek, a Kenyan digital byBetty Wangari
Africa NewsNovember 28, 2025 FSD Africa Commits $30M to Insurtech Innovation as 80% of Disaster Losses in Africa Remain Uninsured. As climate shocks intensify and 97% of Africans remain unprotected, a new byBetty Wangari
News NigeriaJune 23, 2025 Sanlam and Allianz Launch SanlamAllianz Nigeria to Transform Africa’s Insurance Landscape. Sanlam, Africa’s largest non-banking financial services provider, and Allianz, byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsJanuary 23, 2025 Naked Secures $38M in Series B2 Funding to Fuel Expansion. South African insurtech startup Naked has raised an impressive US$38 million in byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsNovember 20, 2024 Amenli, a Cairo-based insurtech startup, has raised $2.3 million Egyptian insurtech startup Amenli has secured a $2 byFausat Abiola
Africa NewsJune 9, 2024 Mal Bazaar bolsters insurtech platform with brokerage acquisition. Egyptian insurtech startup Mal Bazaar has recently achieved a significant byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsApril 17, 2024 Kenyan’s Pula Secures $20 Million Series B Funding Round. Founded in 2015 by Rose Goslinga and Thomas Njeru, Pula specializes in byBolu Babalola
EventsMarch 24, 2024 Application for the 2nd BH Africa Startup Awards now open. The Burning Heroes (BH) Founders Association is proud to announce the opening of byMuhammed Mustapha
