- South African agritech Khula raised $6.7M from PepsiCo’s Kgodiso Fund to scale AI crop diagnostics, market access and financing for African farmers.…
- Cleantech investment in Africa hit nearly $40B by 2024, led by renewables, battery minerals and off‑grid solutions amid funding and policy challenges…
- As cross-continental digitalisation developments converge to forge tomorrow’s AI economy, Africa today is united in its ambition to become a thriving…
- Nigeria is set to approve a comprehensive legislative framework to regulate artificial intelligence (AI), positioning the country as one of the first…
- Explores Africa's ethical AI governance: regional strategies, national policies, tools like UNESCO RAM, and challenges in data sovereignty, bias and…
- African data localization and local cloud investments reduce latency, strengthen security, and fuel data center growth and jobs across the continent…
- Africar Group, parent company of AUTO24.africa, is accelerating its mission to improve price transparency and decision-making for African car buyers…
- South Africa leads AI adoption in Africa in 2025 while Kenya, Nigeria, Morocco, Rwanda and Egypt scale AI across healthcare, finance, agriculture and…
- Airtel Africa will use Starlink Direct-to-Cell satellites to connect 14 countries in 2026, delivering SMS and basic data to remote areas without cell…
- SORA Technology, a Japan-based startup addressing infectious diseases and climate change in Africa using drones and AI, has secured an additional USD…
- Recent months have witnessed a surge in seismic data deals and renewed exploration activity across Africa. In November 2025, TGS, a leader in energy…
- Starlink teams with two major African telcos to deploy Direct-to-Cell and LEO backhaul, expanding broadband to rural schools, clinics and businesses…
- Fintech leads Nigeria's tech investment, taking 35% ($2B) in 2024 and driving growth across other sectors amid regulatory and market risks.
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- A hybrid kiosk-plus-digital banking model proved profitable and scalable, turning a challenger bank into a $1.5B unicorn and an international growth…
- Moniepoint raised $250M in Series C to become a profitable unicorn, serving 10M users and processing $250B annually while expanding across Africa and…
- Africa’s Big Four drove $3.5B+ in 2025 startup funding as cleantech overtook fintech and debt financing surged, signaling a shift to infrastructure-…
- Enko Education secured $24M to grow from 7,500 to 20,000 students by 2029 through acquisitions, expanding affordable IB and Cambridge programs across…
- Kenya’s Capital Markets Authority (CMA) recently licensed Safaricom and Airtel Money as Intermediary Service Platform Providers (ISPPs), allowing the…
- African startups raised $289M in Jan 2025 — a 240% YoY rise, driven by equity deals in fintech and cleantech and four countries taking 60% of funding…
