- Forty startups across Africa raised more than $272 million in funding in February 2026 through deals worth at least $100,000, according to data from…
- The African Development Bank Group has approved a €6.5 million investment in Saviu II, a venture capital fund managed by Saviu Partners, according to…
- SolarAfrica has completed a ZAR 635 million ($39 million) mezzanine-backed secondary transaction to acquire full ownership of Commercial Energy South…
- Google has expanded its AI Overviews and AI Mode search tools to support 13 African languages, in addition to English. This update empowers millions…
- The UNICEF Venture Fund has opened applications for early-stage startups developing blockchain-based solutions, according to a call for applications…
- The European Investment Bank Group deployed €3.1 billion in Africa through EIB Global, its international development finance arm, in 2025, according…
- Globally, AI captured 50% of all venture capital dollars in 2025. OpenAI and Anthropic alone absorbed 14% of total global VC. Africa saw none of that…
- DRC's €8B digital plan expands fiber and towers, builds data centers, trains 250,000 youth and aims to connect 30M people while creating jobs and GDP…
- Safaricom's $500M plan to 2026 uses AI and M-Pesa upgrades (Ziidi, Daraja 3.0), supports startups and expands financial inclusion across East Africa…
- Lagos’s 6,000 km fiber rollout (by 2027): $200M for state network, 85% within 5 km, 5x faster internet, smart cameras and IoT for city services.
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- M-KOPA Nigeria has released its first Impact Report, announcing over ₦230 billion in credit unlocked for over 1 million customers, becoming M-KOPA’s…
- The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) (www.AfDB.org) and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) have signed a $16.61 million…
- Analysis of 2026 fintech deals, lead investors, and the policies that make Kigali a fast-growing fintech hub in East Africa.
The post Rwanda Fintech…
- Grey , a provider of cross-border payments solutions, has expanded its business banking offering to include USD business accounts, bulk payments, and…
- Cape Town-based venture capital firm HAVAÍC has announced the third close of its African Innovation Fund 3, securing over $30 million in commitments…
- WafR, a Casablanca-based retail fintech, has raised $4 million in an oversubscribed seed round co-led by LoftyInc Capital, Attijariwafa Ventures, and…
- Something structural is shifting in how African tech companies raise money, and most of the conversation about African startup funding is missing it…
- After two bruising years of decline, African tech funding is back. According to Partech Africa’s 2025 Africa Tech VC Report, total investment in the…
- Egyptian e-commerce platform Breadfast has raised $50 million in a pre-Series C funding round backed by Mubadala Investment Company, the World Bank’s…
- Total funding to African tech companies reached $3.2 billion in 2025, recovering from $2.2 billion in 2024 and surpassing the $3 billion recorded in…
