Tech in Africa

20 Oct 2025 - After nearly seven years, Inseco, a Cape Town-based insect protein startup, has shut down its operations and sold its assets to industry partners,…

20 Oct 2025 - Yakeey, a Moroccan proptech startup with ambitions to revolutionize the country’s real estate sector, is set to secure up to $7 million in funding as…

20 Oct 2025 - Madica, the Africa-focused structured investment program affiliated with Flourish Ventures, has unveiled new investments in two AI-powered startups—…

17 Oct 2025 -   The Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) has announced plans to commence a nationwide SIM card registration exercise in November…

17 Oct 2025 - SpaceX’s satellite internet division, Starlink, has announced an investment of nearly R2 billion (approximately $116 million USD) to expand its…

17 Oct 2025 -  Nigerian startup Rana Energy announced that it has secured $3 million in pre-seed funding to scale its AI-powered clean energy platform. The…

17 Oct 2025 - OpenAI has officially chosen the University of Lagos (UNILAG) as the location for its first-ever Artificial Intelligence Academy in Africa, a…

16 Oct 2025 - Africa is undergoing one of the fastest urban transformations in the world. With more than 1.46 billion people and cities expanding at unprecedented…

16 Oct 2025 - REasy, a Cameroonian trade finance platform providing cross-border payments, logistics, and compliance services to small and medium-sized enterprise…

15 Oct 2025 - Optasia, a global provider of AI-driven financial technology, has announced plans to list on the Prime Segment of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (…

15 Oct 2025 - Chocolate City Group, one of Africa’s leading entertainment companies, has launched a $1 million Founders Fund to support early-stage startups within…

14 Oct 2025 - Kigali now hosts the New Generation Academy, Rwanda’s first accredited institution providing professional education in software programming and…

14 Oct 2025 - The Cameroon Climate Innovation Hub (CAMCIH), a non-governmental organization focused on advancing climate innovation and sustainable development,…

14 Oct 2025 - Across Sub-Saharan Africa, 10 to 12 million youths join the workforce each year, but just 3 million formal positions emerge. At the same time, Europe…

14 Oct 2025 - Egyptian fintech unicorn MNT-Halan, established in 2018, has secured EGP 3.4 billion (USD 71.4 million) through its seventh securitised bond issuance…

10 Oct 2025 - Botswana, Africa’s leading diamond producer, is accelerating efforts to diversify its economy with the introduction of a new Citizenship By…

10 Oct 2025 -   Tech Credit Fund, a subsidiary of Solcon Capital, has officially launched a new credit facility designed to assist Black-owned internet…

10 Oct 2025 - Kenya’s Pyramidia Ventures has successfully raised US$1.5 million to expand its growing portfolio of agri-tech startups, which are focused on…

10 Oct 2025 - First National Bank (FNB) has been named the Best SME Bank in Africa by Global Finance in the 2026 Best SME Bank Awards. This prestigious recognition…

10 Oct 2025 - This year, African countries’ trade is expected to grow faster than previously forecast, according to the World Trade Organization (WTO). In its…

10 Oct 2025 - Imagine this: A rural farmer wants to deposit his earnings, but the nearest bank branch is miles away. What does he do? This is the harsh reality for…

9 Oct 2025 - The Central Bank of Congo (BCC) has made a significant move to strengthen the Congolese franc (CDF) by easing its monetary policy during a Monetary…

9 Oct 2025 - POZI, a Gabonese fleet management startup founded in 2020 by Loïc Kapitho and Thomas Leluc, has successfully raised EUR 650K (~USD 755K) in seed…

8 Oct 2025 - While this amount falls slightly below the average for the year, it aligns closely with the figures raised in September 2024 ($146 million) and…

8 Oct 2025 - Nokia and Fibertime have confirmed that they will extend fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) coverage to an additional 400,000 premises in South Africa’s…

8 Oct 2025 - Moniepoint’s ambitious push into the London remittance market has come at a significant cost, with the fintech company incurring a loss of $3.77…

8 Oct 2025 - Cairo-based Tagaddod, a leading renewable feedstocks platform, has successfully raised $26.3 million in Series A funding to address the growing…

6 Oct 2025 - Open-source software now underpins more than 90% of enterprise applications, driving everything from fintech platforms to social networks.…

6 Oct 2025 - Nigeria and Meta appear to be on the verge of resolving their data protection dispute. Both parties have informed a court in Abuja that they are at…

6 Oct 2025 - London-based fintech company Verto, which currently processes over USD 15 billion annually in cross-border payments for corporate clients, has…

6 Oct 2025 - In a significant step toward advancing Nigeria’s sustainable transportation ambitions, Jubaili Bros, EV24.africa, and Illigo have announced a…

3 Oct 2025 - On September 24, 2025, Uber concluded its six-year experiment in Côte d’Ivoire by shutting down its app in Abidjan. This move left two government-…

3 Oct 2025 - Rekindle Learning, a prominent South African digital learning company, has acquired the Cape Town-based edtech startup EpiTek, resulting in the…

3 Oct 2025 - Egyptian healthtech startup Duaya has successfully acquired EXMGO, a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider specializing in pharmacy solutions, in a…

2 Oct 2025 - Fluoralpha, a spinout of Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P), has raised over USD 110 million from Bank of Africa to build a large-scale…

2 Oct 2025 - Mazohub a Tanzania-based agritech venture, has secured USD 2 million in an oversubscribed pre-seed round, backing its mission to expand AI-powered…

2 Oct 2025 - Mawingu, a Kenyan internet service provider (ISP) focused on underserved communities, has secured USD 20 million in a Series C funding round.The…

1 Oct 2025 - South African proptech startup AIRE (Artificial Intelligence in Real Estate) is bringing artificial intelligence and automation into the property…

1 Oct 2025 - Ghana is positioning itself as a regional leader in artificial intelligence with the introduction of a National AI Strategy and the development of…

1 Oct 2025 - The African startup ecosystem continues to attract significant global attention, with more than 2,200 startups raising over $100 million in funding…

29 Sep 2025 - The African Guarantee Fund (AGF) and the Visa Foundation have teamed up to offer a $2 million grant aimed at boosting financial support for women-led…

29 Sep 2025 - In a bold move to strengthen Tunisia’s startup ecosystem, Tunisian venture capital firm 216 Capital has partnered with Silicon Valley’s Plug and Play…

29 Sep 2025 - Kenyan climate-tech startup SunCulture has secured a $5 million investment from WaterEquity, marking the first deal under its newly established Water…

29 Sep 2025 - The Federal Government of Nigeria has introduced N-ATLAS, a cutting-edge, open-source multilingual and multimodal large language model (LLM) designed…

29 Sep 2025 - In Nigeria’s fast-growing foodtech sector, one startup has captured attention by proving that profitability and scale don’t always require massive…

27 Sep 2025 - Africa’s gambling industry is expanding at a rapid pace, fueled by mobile technology, mobile money services, and a youthful population that is…

27 Sep 2025 -   The government of Burkina Faso has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Presight International Services, a subsidiary of the…

25 Sep 2025 - The government of Burkina Faso has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Presight International Services, a subsidiary of the UAE-…

25 Sep 2025 - As Vodacom Tanzania celebrates its 25th anniversary of service to the nation, the company is preparing for the next phase of growth by launching a…

25 Sep 2025 - The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP), an initiative launched at the 2021 COP26 climate conference, is aiming to raise $7.5…