Canal+ Secures $3B MultiChoice Takeover, Creating Africa’s Largest Pay-TV Powerhouse. French media giant gains full control of DStv parent company after South African byBolu BabalolaJuly 24, 2025
54 Collective Shuts Down After Court Orders Liquidation Over $106M Mastercard Foundation Grant Dispute. 54 Collective, the venture firm formerly known as Founders Factory Africa, has byBolu BabalolaJuly 24, 2025
Africa’s First Digital SEZ Launches Full-Stack AI Growth Zone to Bridge Continental Infrastructure Gap. Itana aims to keep African AI talent from relying on expensive foreign GPU byFatima OladunniJuly 24, 2025
Egyptian Fintech Flend Raises $3M Seed Round to Digitize SME Lending Across MENA Egyptian digital SME lending platform Flend has closed a $3 million seed funding byBolu BabalolaJuly 24, 2025
Africa NewsMarch 20, 2024 Planet42, a subscription platform for cars in South Africa, receives a $15.8 million investment from Standard Bank. South African startup Planet42, which offers a car subscription platform aimed byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsFebruary 1, 2024 Village Capital, Standard Chartered back women-led startups. Kenyan e-health startup Bena Care and Zambian fintech Mighty Finance have byFatima Oladunni
