Tech in Africa

31 Mar 2026 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a €7.5 million investment in the Breega Africa Seed I Fund, signaling a strategic push to…

31 Mar 2026 - Ghana’s Ci-Gaba Fund of Funds has reached a GHS 383 million (USD 35 million) first close, positioning itself as West Africa’s first domestically…

30 Mar 2026 - Egypt has taken another step in extending its technology ecosystem beyond the capital, as the Information Technology Industry Development Agency (…

30 Mar 2026 - Wajih Othmani built ACCP in 30 days with zero budget — now targeting 400 million underserved Arabic speakers FasterCapital has added Tunis-based…

30 Mar 2026 - A market headline can move fast. A company’s actual position usually changes much more slowly. That gap matters to any reader who follows startup…

25 Mar 2026 - Ethiopia inaugurated a smart police station in Addis Ababa, according to a report by the Ethiopian News Agency (ENA) dated March 22, 2026. Users…

25 Mar 2026 - Nigerian e-commerce platform Bumpa and Kenyan commerce platform Flowcart have received undisclosed funding from Jobtech Alliance, according to…

25 Mar 2026 - UK-based software provider Klipboard has acquired South African sales operations platform Skynamo, according to announcements from both companies.…

25 Mar 2026 - South African fintech infrastructure company littlefish has raised $9.5 million in Series A funding, according to a company announcement dated March…

24 Mar 2026 - Rising fuel costs are pushing more South Africans to consider hybrid vehicles instead of fully electric cars, according to Yazi’s March 2026 SA Fuel…

24 Mar 2026 - Airtel Africa and SpaceX have completed successful testing of Starlink Mobile’s data and messaging services in Kenya, marking a concrete step toward…

23 Mar 2026 - Moniepoint Inc, Africa’s all-in-one financial ecosystem platform for individuals, businesses and their customers, today announced the acquisition of…

23 Mar 2026 - The business process outsourcing market has long outgrown the stereotype of simply offloading paperwork to cheaper hands. In 2026, companies…

20 Mar 2026 - GoTyme Bank (formerly TymeBank), one of Africa’s fastest-growing retail banks, and BPC, a global leader in payment solutions, are marking a decade-…

20 Mar 2026 - Angola’s National Assembly approved a startup bill on March 19, 2026, according to government announcements. The proposed Law on Startups aims to…

20 Mar 2026 - Nomba has introduced its Global Payout API, according to a company announcement dated March 20, 2026. According to Nomba, cross-border payment…

19 Mar 2026 - EIB Global has committed €40 million ($46 million) to Speedinvest’s Africa-focused investment vehicle, according to an announcement on March 17, 2026…

19 Mar 2026 - The Botswana Innovation Fund (BIF) and Scalar International have launched the Scalar Botswana Innovation Program (SBIP), a 12-month programme to…

19 Mar 2026 - Sistema.bio has closed $53 million in initial funding for FarmCarbon, a carbon finance vehicle, the company announced on March 17, 2026. The funding…

18 Mar 2026 - Aqua-Spark, a Netherlands-based aquaculture investment firm, has held the final close of its Africa-focused fund at EUR 41.7 million (approximately $…

18 Mar 2026 - Afreximbank Academy (AFRACAD) has opened registration for the 2026 edition of its Certificate of Trade Finance in Africa (COTFIA) programme, with a…

17 Mar 2026 - In the rapidly evolving digital economy of Nigeria, where fintech companies have seen a 70% growth in just one year, a quiet revolution is taking…

16 Mar 2026 - Nigus International Investment Limited and Elmirate Investment LLC (Elmirate Capital) have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop a defense…

16 Mar 2026 - African investor and philanthropist Tony Elumelu stated that the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) has deployed more than $100 million in seed capital to…

16 Mar 2026 - The Solution Innovation District (SID), operated by the Anambra State Government, and Dhahran Techno Valley Holding Company (DTVC), a Saudi Arabia-…

16 Mar 2026 - South African AI research platform Yazi has raised its first institutional funding round from 3 Capital Ventures (3CV) at a pre-money valuation of…

14 Mar 2026 - The Digital for Development Hub (D4D Hub) has announced five startups selected for the Think Like an Investor 2026 programme, according to a…

13 Mar 2026 - Diesel power remains the backbone of the global shipping industry. These massive machines move freight across continents every single day. Recent…

12 Mar 2026 - There is no single moment that defines Egypt’s 2025 tech story. No megadeal that swallowed the headlines. No viral funding round that skewed the…

12 Mar 2026 - Algerian super app Yassir has acquired the Uno hypermarket chain from conglomerate Cevital Group, marking a significant push into brick-and-mortar…

12 Mar 2026 - Cape Town-based Orca Fraud has closed an oversubscribed $2.35 million seed round to scale its real-time transaction monitoring and fraud intelligence…

12 Mar 2026 - Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) has launched applications for its eighth annual edition, making $1.5 million in grant funding available to ten African…

12 Mar 2026 - Zambia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with UK-based Obrizum Group Ltd to pilot artificial intelligence tools in its education system, with…

12 Mar 2026 - Africa Logistics Properties Holdings Limited (ALPH) has listed its ALP Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust on the Nairobi Securities Exchange,…

12 Mar 2026 - Nairobi-based e-mobility startup Zeno has closed a $25 million Series A to accelerate production of its Emara electric motorcycle and expand its…

12 Mar 2026 - Johannesburg-based Hlayisani Capital has reached a first close of R500 million (approximately $30 million) for its second venture fund, Hlayisani…

12 Mar 2026 - Global issuer-processor Paymentology has partnered with South Africa-based Chikwama Pay to launch what the two companies describe as Africa’s first…

11 Mar 2026 - Morocco’s Ministry of Digital Transition and Administration Reform has placed artificial intelligence at the centre of its industrial and economic…

11 Mar 2026 - Lagos-based cybersecurity startup Cybervergent has secured $3 million in seed funding to expand its AI-native compliance, risk, audit, and data…

9 Mar 2026 - South African payment orchestration platform NjiaPay has raised $2.1 million in seed funding led by European B2B SaaS investor Newion Partners, the…

9 Mar 2026 - 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…

9 Mar 2026 - Canal+ announced on March 5, 2026, that it will close Showmax, the streaming platform operated by its subsidiary MultiChoice, following a strategic…

6 Mar 2026 - 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…

6 Mar 2026 - SolarAfrica has completed a ZAR 635 million ($39 million) mezzanine-backed secondary transaction to acquire full ownership of Commercial Energy South…

6 Mar 2026 - Google has expanded its AI Overviews and AI Mode search tools to support 13 African languages, in addition to English. This update empowers millions…

6 Mar 2026 - Africa Logistics Properties Holdings Limited (ALP) has raised $34.55 million through its ALP Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust (ALP REIT),…

5 Mar 2026 - When organisations talk about “deploying AI”, they often mean very different things. For some, it is hosting a model on-premises. For others, it is…

4 Mar 2026 - Noah, a global payments infrastructure provider, and Nafolo, a leading West African financial super-application, today announced a strategic…

3 Mar 2026 - The UNICEF Venture Fund has opened applications for early-stage startups developing blockchain-based solutions, according to a call for applications…

3 Mar 2026 - The European Investment Bank Group deployed €3.1 billion in Africa through EIB Global, its international development finance arm, in 2025, according…