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Countries, Funding, News, Nigeria
Silverbacks’ $37 million Moove bet grows to over $62 million as mobility unicorn hits $2.1 billion valuation
August 13, 2026
Africa, Funding, News
Africa Finance Corporation raises $431 million in record Swiss franc digital bond
August 13, 2026
News, South Africa
South African FinTech TurnStay eyes Series A after processing $61.1 million in H1 2026
August 12, 2026
Africa, Funding, News
Africa50 lands US$50 million from European DFIs to advance climate-resilient projects across Africa
August 12, 2026
Acquisitions, News, South Africa
South Africa’s SBS Tanks acquired by 124-year-old Australian manufacturer Ahrens Group
August 12, 2026
Africa, Funding, News
BluePeak Private Capital invests $12 million in Monty Mobile to scale messaging infrastructure across Africa
August 11, 2026
Africa, Funding, News
Afreximbank signs largest-ever $127 million financing deal with Chad to back trade and infrastructure projects
August 11, 2026
Egypt, News
Egyptian FashionTech startup Venduo facilitates $794k in transactions since launch, targets 100,000 brands and manufacturers
August 11, 2026
Egypt, Funding, News
Egyptian EdTech startup UMAMI launches AI-powered Learning Operating System backed by $1 million+ investment plan
August 11, 2026
Funding, News, South Africa
Cape Town’s Tennsa secures pre-Seed funding from family-backed AI fund Oakvale Invest
August 10, 2026
Africa, News
Digital African Woman and LEAP Africa launch DAW Marketplace to connect women entrepreneurs with markets, mentorship and capital
August 10, 2026
Africa, Funding, News
Small Foundation backs AgDevCo Ventures to provide patient finance for early-stage agribusinesses across East Africa
August 10, 2026
Africa, News
Lagos State Employment Trust Fund and InnoPower Africa partner to launch a free AI skills programme
August 10, 2026
Africa, Funding, News
Africa-focused stablecoin infrastructure company Yellow Card raises $40 million
August 7, 2026
Africa, Funding, News
Climate Fund Managers’ SA-H2 Fund reaches $184.6 million first close to accelerate green transition in Southern Africa
August 7, 2026
Côte d'Ivoire, News
FinDev Canada invests $46.1 million in NSIA Banque Côte d’Ivoire to back SMEs, women entrepreneurs, and climate finance
August 7, 2026
Africa, Funding, News
AHL Venture Partners secures additional $15 million for Africa Credit Fund, bringing total to $45.5 million
August 7, 2026
News, Nigeria
Liquid Intelligent Technologies announces plans to expand Tara Link beyond Lagos into three Nigerian cities
August 6, 2026
Africa, News
African EV soonicorn Spiro opens seventh mega battery-swap station in Rwanda
August 6, 2026
Egypt, Funding, News
EFG Finance backs Egyptian remittance infrastructure company Balad
August 6, 2026
Africa, Interviews
“Africa has the answers”: ARED founder Henri Nyakarundi on fixing a broken ecosystem, building for local realities, unlocking untapped potential, and more
August 6, 2026
Kenya, News
Kenyan FinTech lender 4G Capital partners with IFC to expand financing for micro and small businesses
August 6, 2026
Funding, News, United Republic of Tanzania
Tanzanian HealthTech startup Dawa Mkononi secures investment from Africa Health Ventures to modernise medicine distribution
August 5, 2026
Africa, News, Technology
Flutterwave powers Xara’s WhatsApp payment platform in push for conversational banking
August 5, 2026
News, South Africa
Johannesburg-based Flowgear launches advisory service to help enterprises prepare for operational AI
August 5, 2026
Funding, News, Nigeria
Lagos-founded Moove raises $250 million at $2.1 billion valuation from Mubadala, Toyota, BlackRock, others
August 5, 2026
Ghana, News
Ghana launches national project to train community journalists in cybersecurity reporting
August 4, 2026
Africa, Funding, News
British International Investment commits $20 million to Africa50 Infrastructure Acceleration Fund
August 4, 2026
Funding, News, South Africa
Cape Town-based Moment raises $22 million to scale payments and billing platform across Africa
August 4, 2026
News, Nigeria
Nigerian FinTech Payaza signs MoU with Lebara Nigeria to become its official payment partner
August 3, 2026
News, Nigeria
Nigeria’s Terra Industries partners with Miva Open University to open robotics and drone lab in Abuja
August 3, 2026
Egypt, News
Beltone Venture Capital completes partial exit from Egyptian PropTech BirdNest with 3.5x return
August 3, 2026
Africa, Funding, Nigeria
Italian startup Aflabox bags $1.54 million to tackle mycotoxin risks across African supply chains
August 3, 2026
Funding, News, Zimbabwe
CBZ Bank secures $190 million from Afreximbank to support trade, SMEs, and energy in Zimbabwe
July 31, 2026
Africa, Funding, News
Meet the African startups that raised funding in July 2026
July 31, 2026
Egypt, News
Madrid’s Konecta advances $100 million Egypt investment plan with new regional HQ and global AI hub
July 31, 2026
Africa, News
Onafriq partners with Stripe-owned Privy to build stablecoin infrastructure for businesses across Africa
July 30, 2026
Funding, Kenya, News
Kenyan macadamia processor Orient Enterprises secures $1 million to expand exports and restore farmland
July 30, 2026
News, Nigeria
Lagos-based GoLemon shuts down after failing to secure fresh funding for grocery delivery business
July 30, 2026
Kenya, News
California’s EV startup Bingo Technologies enters Kenya with dual-battery micro EV for ride-hailing operators
July 30, 2026
Africa, Funding, News
Afreximbank and Gebeya launch $50k “CANEX Create-thon” for African creators in music, video, and gaming
July 29, 2026
Acquisitions, Africa, News
S&P Global to acquire majority stake in Pan-African credit rating agency Agusto & Co
July 29, 2026
Funding, Kenya, News, Rwanda, United Republic of Tanzania
develoPPP Ventures selects six African startups for Cohort 10 across agriculture, nutrition, and FinTech
July 29, 2026
Funding, Kenya, News
KCB Bank Kenya secures $100 million EBRD facility to expand SME financing
July 29, 2026
Morocco, News
Moroccan MedTech T2S Group lists on Casablanca Stock Exchange in $120 million IPO at $520 million valuation
July 28, 2026
Egypt, News
Egypt’s Sahl partners with Klivvr to enable in-app instalment payments
July 28, 2026
Egypt, News
Egyptian CNC manufacturing startup Simplex unveils second factory with $50 million investment
July 28, 2026
Funding, News, Nigeria
Nigeria’s Dimension Data raises $2.9 million in first tranche of $14.7 million bond programme to expand fibre infrastructure
July 28, 2026
Acquisitions, News, Nigeria
Nigerian financial services group Zedcrest acquires UK-founded cross-border payments startup Leatherback
July 27, 2026
Acquisitions, News, South Africa
South African HealthTech firm Healthbridge acquires strategic stake in surgeon-founded software platform Alchemed
July 27, 2026
Funding, News, South Africa
Cape Town-based Biovac lands up to $15 million AfDB loan to boost African vaccine production
July 27, 2026
Egypt, Funding, News
Egypt’s Fincart raises $2.8 million to scale its AI-powered e-commerce platform
July 27, 2026
Africa, Funding, Morocco, News
AfDB approves $113.7 million loan to develop Africa’s first lithium-ion phosphate battery gigafactory in Morocco
July 24, 2026
Africa, Know-How
African startups raised $1.44 billion in H1 2026, with EV startup Spiro securing the single biggest deal
July 24, 2026
Mozambique, News
Maputo-based LCP launches pan-African startup initiative; selects 20 ventures for Mozambique pilot
July 24, 2026
Funding, Kenya, News
M-KOPA’s Kenya Mobility lands $30 million debt facility as FinTech reaches 10 million customers
July 24, 2026
Acquisitions, Africa, News, Technology
US-based agentic intelligence firm Native acquires African traditional trade intelligence platform Frontline Research Group
July 24, 2026
Africa, News
African EV soonicorn Spiro publishes first sustainability report, targets net-zero Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2040
July 23, 2026
Funding, Kenya, News
Kenyan FinTech startup Sevi secures Oxano Capital backing to expand working capital access
July 23, 2026
News, Seychelles, Technology
Fusepay launches AI-powered platform to replace spreadsheets and manual invoicing for African trade businesses
July 23, 2026
Acquisitions, News, South Africa
Cape Town-based safari booking startup Conservio acquired by Dutch platform Glampings.com
July 23, 2026
Funding, News, Zambia
BioLite secures $10.7 million from Africa Go Green Fund to roll out clean cookstoves across Zambia
July 22, 2026
Africa, News
LemFi partners with BVNK to move cross-border payments onto regulated stablecoin rails
July 22, 2026
Funding, Ghana, News
After Rivia and VDL Fulfilment, Village Capital invests $500k in three more Ghanaian startups
July 22, 2026
Botswana, Funding, News
Botswana Tech Fund announces $6.7 million first close to back digitisation across Sub-Saharan Africa
July 22, 2026
Funding, News, South Africa
South Africa’s Zazu secures Seed funding from Launch Africa Ventures to scale SME banking platform
July 21, 2026
Acquisitions, Egypt, News
Egypt’s Elevate Capital acquires Nile Scan & Labs, marking exit of Misr Capital and Bank Misr
July 21, 2026
Acquisitions, Botswana, News
France-based CFAO Healthcare enters Botswana with acquisition of 75% stake in Medswana
July 21, 2026
Kenya, News
BasiGo partners with Rubis Energy to build EV fast-charging network across Kenya
July 21, 2026
News, Nigeria
Nigerian FinTech startup Busha partners with Tether to expand stablecoin infrastructure across Africa
July 21, 2026
News, South Africa
Master Power Technologies unveils $3 million data centre experience centre in Midrand
July 20, 2026
Egypt, News, Technology
RiseUp, A15, and BitRoot partner with NVIDIA to launch SIGNALS programme in Egypt
July 20, 2026
Egypt, Funding, News
After $500k GIF backing, Egypt’s Reme-D raises $1.45 million to expand molecular diagnostics manufacturing
July 20, 2026
Acquisitions, Egypt, News
Vercel acquires Egyptian-founded DevOps startup Stakpak days after Better Auth deal
July 20, 2026
Africa, Funding, News
Acumen’s impact Agri VC fund secures $90 million to back climate-resilient agribusinesses across Africa
July 17, 2026
Africa, Lists
Renew Capital selects these 15 African startups for its inaugural Renew Venture Lab: EmFi Series
July 17, 2026
Funding, News, South Africa
South Africa’s Creation Capital lists private credit fund to bridge $21 million SME financing gap
July 17, 2026
Africa, Funding, News
Raxio secures over $380 million as Roha and Meridiam boost stakes to scale African data centre footprint
July 16, 2026
Egypt, Funding, News
Mylerz raises $2 million to scale its logistics infrastructure across Egypt
July 16, 2026
Côte d'Ivoire, Funding, News
Impact Fund Denmark commits $28.58 million to NSIA Bank to expand MSME financing in Côte d’Ivoire
July 10, 2026
Acquisitions, Ethiopia, News
Ethiopian-founded Better Auth acquired by US-based Vercel a year after raising $5 million Seed round
July 9, 2026
Funding, News, South Africa
South Africa’s Wamly secures $3.05 million Series A to scale all-in-one hiring platform
July 9, 2026
Funding, News, South Africa
South African FinTech Bridgement secures $20.3M to expand AI-powered SME lending
July 8, 2026
Africa, Funding, News
After Ripple backing, Flutterwave secures Circle Ventures investment to expand USDC payments and settlement in Africa
July 7, 2026
Africa, News
Sango Capital appointed manager of nearly $460 million in committed capital across three African fund portfolios
July 7, 2026
Africa, News
Emirates NBD partners with Techstars to fast-track agentic AI and FinTech startups into its banking ecosystem
July 6, 2026
Acquisitions, Africa, News
Adenia acquires majority stake in Minet Group to tap Africa’s growing insurance brokerage market
July 6, 2026
Acquisitions, News, Nigeria
Nigerian-founded LemFi acquires Wealth8 to enter WealthTech and expand investment services
July 3, 2026
Africa, Funding, News
Catalyst Fund reaches $30M second close for pan-African ClimateTech fund, eyes final close later this year
July 3, 2026
Funding, Kenya, News
Kenyan FinTech startup Lemonade Payments lands Plug and Play backing to scale payment infrastructure across Africa
July 2, 2026
Africa, Funding, News
TLG Capital’s Africa Growth Impact Fund II hits $120M second close to back African SMEs
July 2, 2026
Funding, News, South Africa
South Africa’s Nesa Power secures $9.14 million mezzanine debt funding to scale solar PPA portfolio
July 1, 2026
Africa, Funding, News
BrainsMingle secures $400k Seed investment to scale its video-first professional networking platform
July 1, 2026
Africa, News
Angola and AfDB launch Luanda Tech Park to connect academia, research and young entrepreneurs
June 30, 2026
Africa, News
AfricInvest Europe invests in France’s HTDS to power security and detection growth in Africa
June 30, 2026
Africa, Funding, News
IFC backs CrossBoundary Access with $10 million equity investment to scale mini-grid deployment across Africa
June 29, 2026
Angola, Funding, News
France’s Proparco backs Luanda-based Anda to expand affordable mobility and EV transport
June 29, 2026
Funding, Kenya, News
Three Kenyan ClimateTech startups selected among Tencent CarbonX 2.0 winners sharing nearly $30 million
June 26, 2026
Funding, Madagascar, News
IFC backs Madagascar-based WeLight in $30.7 million funding round to scale mini-grid deployment in Africa
June 25, 2026
Africa, News
4G Capital surpasses $1 billion in loans to African entrepreneurs; reports $3 billion economic impact
June 23, 2026

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