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The latest startup and technology news coming out of Africa.

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Fintech

Ex-Network International execs raise $6.75M for Enza, an African fintech serving banks
Tage Kene-Okafor

Mar 24, 2025
Venture

Equator closes $55M fund to bring more private capital to African climate tech
Tage Kene-Okafor

Mar 11, 2025

Venture

African VC LoftyInc Capital launches third fund for seed and Series A, reaches $43M first close
Tage Kene-Okafor

Mar 4, 2025
Transportation

Gozem nets $30M to expand vehicle financing, digital banking in Francophone Africa
Tage Kene-Okafor

Feb 26, 2025
AI

Meta AI arrives in the Middle East and Africa with support for Arabic
Paul Sawers

Feb 24, 2025
Fintech

QED leads $11M investment in Nigerian fintech Raenest
Tage Kene-Okafor

Feb 11, 2025

AI

Google-backed public interest AI partnership launches with $400M+ for open ecosystem building
Natasha Lomas

Feb 10, 2025
Fintech

Egypt’s Khazna banks $16M for its financial super app and expansion into Saudi Arabia
Tage Kene-Okafor

Feb 4, 2025
Fintech

QED seeds $9.9M in Cedar Money, a stablecoin payment platform
Tage Kene-Okafor

Jan 30, 2025
Transportation

Uber-backed mobility fintech Moove acquires Brazil’s Kovi, takes ARR to $275M
Tage Kene-Okafor

Jan 29, 2025

Fintech

This fintech has a fix for the biggest cross-border payments issues in Francophone Africa
Tage Kene-Okafor

Jan 29, 2025
Fintech

African fintech Moniepoint gets Visa backing, plans to work on contactless payments
Tage Kene-Okafor

Jan 23, 2025
Fintech

MoneyHash, which provides single access to payment services in MENA, banks $5.2M
Tage Kene-Okafor

Jan 21, 2025
Venture

How African VC firm Oui Capital returned its first fund with Moniepoint’s unicorn exit
Tage Kene-Okafor

Jan 19, 2025

Commerce

Fast-growing South African venture FARO raises $6M to source, refurbish and sell surplus clothing
Tage Kene-Okafor

Jan 15, 2025
Venture

VC investment in emerging markets plummeted by over 40% last year
Mike Butcher

Jan 7, 2025
Fintech

Africa’s newest fintech unicorns are winning by keeping their feet on the ground
Tage Kene-Okafor

Dec 29, 2024
Enterprise

Google joins $90M investment into Cassava to bolster Africa’s digital infrastructure
Paul Sawers

Dec 17, 2024

Fintech

African digital bank Tyme raises $250M round led by Nubank at $1.5B valuation
Tage Kene-Okafor

Dec 16, 2024
Fintech

This stealthy African stablecoin startup already processed over $1B in cross-border payments
Tage Kene-Okafor

Dec 16, 2024
Fintech

HUB2 banks $8.5M to become the ‘Stripe for Francophone Africa’
Tage Kene-Okafor

Dec 2, 2024
Fintech

Financial inclusion drives African fintech M-KOPA to $400M in ARR
Tage Kene-Okafor

Nov 28, 2024

Fintech

Socium doubles down on Francophone Africa after $5M seed round
Annie Njanja

Nov 18, 2024
Venture

Marlon Nichols talks relationship building in the African markets
Dominic-Madori Davis

Nov 18, 2024
Venture

African ‘gender equal’ VC Janngo Capital closes second fund at $78M
Tage Kene-Okafor

Oct 29, 2024
Fintech

Google and DPI back African fintech Moniepoint in $110M round
Tage Kene-Okafor

Oct 29, 2024

Crypto

African crypto startup Yellow Card raises $33M led by Blockchain Capital to scale its B2B pivot
Tage Kene-Okafor

Oct 16, 2024
Climate

Kenya’s Octavia gets $3.9M seed to remove carbon from air
Annie Njanja

Oct 16, 2024
AI

‘Where we are today in biology AI is similar to GPT in 2020’: An interview with the CEO of Africa’s biggest AI startup
Tage Kene-Okafor

Oct 12, 2024
Featured

In war-torn Sudan, a displaced startup incubator returns to fuel innovation
Annie Njanja

Sep 29, 2024

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