Your February Funding Cheat Sheet: 13 Accelerators African Startups Can Still Apply To Before March From Tony Elumelu's $5K grants to Google's $350K cloud credits, here's every byFatima OladunniFebruary 23, 2026
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
Africa News StartupMay 7, 2025 Ghanaian Fintech Zeepay Secures US$18 Million in Debt Financing to Boost Expansion and Strengthen Liquidity. Ghanaian financial technology company Zeepay has announced the successful close byBolu Babalola
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
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
News NigeriaApril 10, 2025 West Africa Gears Up To Celebrate the Region’s Top Tech Innovators at theAfricArena Lagos Summit. Excitement is building as we count down the days to one of the most anticipated byGuest Post
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
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