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 News StartupApril 21, 2025 Google for Startups Accelerator Africa 2025 Now Open for Applications. Google has officially opened applications for the 2025 cohort of its Google for byFatima Oladunni
Africa News NigeriaApril 17, 2025 Crop2Cash Wins 2025 Supernova Challenge at GITEX Africa Morocco. Nigerian agritech startup Crop2Cash has emerged as the grand winner of the byFatima Oladunni
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 Events NewsApril 12, 2025 Africa’s Largest Early-Stage Startup Competition Returns: Supernova Challenge 2.0 Set to Ignite Innovation at GITEX Africa 2025. Africa’s biggest stage for early-stage innovation is back — and it’s more byFatima Oladunni
Africa News StartupApril 8, 2025 Capgemini to Launch AI Center of Excellence in Egypt, Doubling Workforce by 2025. Capgemini has announced the establishment of a cutting-edge AI Center of byBolu Babalola
News NigeriaApril 2, 2025 Kwik Partners with Alibaba to Support Nigerian Exporters. Nigerian logistics startup Kwik has partnered with Alibaba, a leading B2B byFatima Oladunni
Africa News NigeriaApril 2, 2025 AfCFTA Secretariat Launches the 2025 Digital Innovation Challenge to Boost Intra-African Trade. The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat is thrilled to byFatima Oladunni
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
