- Transport and Energy Ministers from across Africa today endorsed the Pan-African Action Plan for Active Mobility (PAAPAM) and a Continental Framework…
- Nigeria is getting dangerously hot, and a growing cohort of founders is building the infrastructure to help the country survive it. More than 60 per…
- Nigeria’s technology story has always been written from Lagos. A Demo Day in Ilorin is making the case that the next chapter belongs somewhere else.…
- Canada is deepening its commercial engagement with Africa, and a high-level financing forum taking place in Cape Town next month is designed to turn…
- Google has announced the 15 startups joining the tenth cohort of its Google for Startups Accelerator Africa — a milestone edition of a programme that…
- New tool from EV24.africa helps drivers in all 54 African countries compare electric vehicle savings using localized fuel and electricity data EV24.…
- Morocco’s neighbourhood shops still run largely on handshakes and paper. A Casablanca-based startup is raising the money to change that. ZSystems has…
- A Nigerian startup born from a hackathon has closed a pre-seed round and launched publicly, aiming to replace the fragmented, unrewarding experience…
- Endeavor South Africa has completed the final close of its third Harvest Fund, bringing together institutional capital and founder-led investment to…
- A South Africa-founded startup is making the case that the AI industry’s default answer to the energy crisis — building bigger, burning more — is the…
- Visa’s Africa Fintech Accelerator has reached a landmark moment, crossing the threshold of 100 startups supported since its launch and simultaneously…
- Africar Group has launched Koto.rw, Rwanda’s first and only dedicated platform for comparing new car prices. The platform is the first of its kind in…
- The numbers coming out of Africa’s startup ecosystem for the first quarter of 2026 tell a story of growing momentum, but also a fundamental shift in…
- Visa, the global leader in digital payments, and Zazu, a fintech dedicated to entrepreneurs and SMEs, are announcing a strategic partnership to offer…
- To counter the severe economic shocks triggered by the escalating conflict in the Middle East, the Board of Directors of African Export-Import Bank (…
- Novastar Ventures has reached the final close of its third fund, raising $147 million to invest in climate-focused and impact-driven startups across…
- Ghana has introduced what is being described as Africa’s first national identity card with integrated payment functionality, allowing the Ghana Card…
- Japanese companies are increasing their exposure to Africa’s startup ecosystem through a new US$147 million venture capital fund managed by Novastar…
