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
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
News NigeriaJune 16, 2024 Lagos unveils N1 billion seed fund to nurture tech startups. The Lagos State government, under the leadership of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, byMuhammed Mustapha
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
News NigeriaJune 15, 2024 Kenyan farmers get a boost as Visa teams up with ThriveAgric for expansion. ThriveAgric, a leading Nigerian agritech startup, has announced a strategic byMuhammed Mustapha
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
Africa NewsJune 11, 2024 Egyptian fintech startup Sahl secures $6 million to become a one-stop shop for financial services. Salh, a fintech startup based in Cairo, has secured $6 million in combined seed byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsJune 7, 2024 LAfricaMobile raises $4.6M series A to scale across francophone Africa. Ivory Coast-based cloud communication startup LAfricaMobile has successfully byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsJune 5, 2024 Egyptian startup Birdnest takes flight with pre-Series A funding. Egypt-based proptech startup Birdnest has closed an undisclosed pre-Series A byMuhammed Mustapha
