Tech in Africa

23 May 2026 - The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence is fundamentally reshaping global energy demand, with implications that extend well beyond traditional…

23 May 2026 - In February 2026, Sun International — a leading gambling and hospitality brand in South Africa — appointed seasoned gaming executive Mark Sergeant as…

18 May 2026 - Early-stage startups operating in select African markets can now apply for up to €100,000 in non-dilutive capital through the develoPPP Ventures…

18 May 2026 - Web Summit will host its first-ever event on the African continent this December, with Cabo Verde chosen as the location. The event will take the…

14 May 2026 - The Canadian-African fintech shut down on April 30, 2026 — not because the product failed, but because the world never quite found it. When a…

13 May 2026 - Guinea-founded fintech Cauridor has secured a $2 million equity investment from Proparco, the private sector arm of the French Development Agency, as…

13 May 2026 - L’Oréal has opened applications for the third edition of its Big Bang Beauty Tech Innovation Program, inviting startups across the South Asia Pacific…

13 May 2026 - Metro Africa Xpress (MAX), Africa’s leading electric mobility platform, has secured USD 8 million in debt funding from Triple Jump, marking a key…

7 May 2026 - African startups are securing larger funding rounds, but most still fail to reach Series A, according to a new State of Startup Funding in Africa…

7 May 2026 - African startups raised $110 million in April 2026, marking the lowest monthly funding total in more than a year, even as deal activity recovered…

6 May 2026 - The Africa Ecosystem Catalysts Facility, a USD 4M pilot investment facility managed by Village Capital with funding from the Dutch Entrepreneurial…

5 May 2026 - SeerBit, a leading Pan-African payments company has integrated with Xero, a global small business platform to simplify how businesses across Africa…

5 May 2026 - dLocal (NASDAQ: DLO), the leading cross-border payment platform connecting global merchants to emerging markets, and inDrive, the global…

4 May 2026 - Secha Capital, the Johannesburg-based growth equity firm, has reached a second close on its $40 million Fund II, with E Squared Investments — the…

4 May 2026 - Shiprazor, a Cape Town-based e-commerce logistics startup, has raised $2.65 million in seed funding to expand its fulfilment platform and tackle one…

4 May 2026 - SIA Startup Foundry 3.0 has launched its latest cohort, bringing together 56 early-stage startups from Nigeria, Ghana and Ethiopia for a one-month…

3 May 2026 - Market headlines can move quickly, while a company’s actual position usually changes much more slowly.That gap matters to anyone following business…

1 May 2026 - Canada is implementing a federal framework for payment service providers under the Retail Payment Activities Act, overseen by the Bank of Canada.…

1 May 2026 - Transport and Energy Ministers from across Africa today endorsed the Pan-African Action Plan for Active Mobility (PAAPAM) and a Continental Framework…

30 Apr 2026 - 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…

29 Apr 2026 - 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.…

29 Apr 2026 - 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…

29 Apr 2026 - Three years ago, when most investors were still sceptical about electric mobility in Africa’s frontier markets, a Japanese entrepreneur quietly set…

29 Apr 2026 - Latitude59 CEO Liisi Org said the competition’s international reach has expanded significantly over the years. “This year, strong teams from five…

27 Apr 2026 - Three organisations have signed a formal agreement to build what they describe as Egypt’s first artificial intelligence campus, pairing physical…

27 Apr 2026 - Egypt has unveiled one of the most ambitious urban development projects in its history, a sprawling mixed-use district east of Cairo built around…

27 Apr 2026 - Japanese technology giant NEC has taken a formal step into Africa’s startup ecosystem, launching a structured program designed to bridge the gap…

24 Apr 2026 -   When Philip Olajide-Philips couldn’t afford studio time, he built a studio. Not a physical one, but an AI-powered platform that understands…

24 Apr 2026 - Aubrey Niederhoffer should be halfway through his sophomore year at UC Berkeley right now. Instead, he is in Lagos, running a 28-person startup,…

23 Apr 2026 - France’s development finance institution has placed a significant bet on the next generation of established, profitable African businesses,…

23 Apr 2026 - Google has announced the 15 startups joining the tenth cohort of its Google for Startups Accelerator Africa — a milestone edition of a programme that…

23 Apr 2026 - Two AI companies — one rooted in Ethiopia, the other in South Africa — have joined forces to build what they describe as a seamless pathway from…

23 Apr 2026 - The African Development Bank has stepped in to close a critical financial gap in Uganda’s flagship rural electrification programme, approving…

22 Apr 2026 - New tool from EV24.africa helps drivers in all 54 African countries compare electric vehicle savings using localized fuel and electricity data EV24.…

21 Apr 2026 - Nigeria’s BFree has secured fresh capital to expand its unconventional approach to one of Africa’s most persistent financial problems: the mountain…

21 Apr 2026 - Algeria has taken a structural step toward turning its deep reserve of technical talent into an industrial asset, inaugurating the country’s first…

21 Apr 2026 - Africa’s most-funded defence technology startup is building its biggest factory yet — and it’s not in Nigeria. Terra Industries has announced the…

20 Apr 2026 - European venture capital firm Speedinvest has formalised its long-running commitment to the Middle East and Africa with the launch of its first…

20 Apr 2026 - A startup founded by two operators with deep roots in East Africa’s fintech ecosystem has closed a seed round that backs its bet on an emerging…

20 Apr 2026 - Africar Group has launched Koto.sn, Senegal’s first and only dedicated platform for comparing new car prices. The platform is the first of its kind…

18 Apr 2026 - A venture capital firm with roots in the MENA region has brought its most ambitious cross-border bet to life, landing five founders from Tunisia,…

16 Apr 2026 - Morocco’s neighbourhood shops still run largely on handshakes and paper. A Casablanca-based startup is raising the money to change that. ZSystems has…

16 Apr 2026 - Africa’s largest bank by assets has deepened its relationship with the continent’s most prominent fintech listing, leading a landmark refinancing…

16 Apr 2026 - A Cape Town startup is reinventing one of medicine’s oldest tools to tackle one of its most persistent killers, and has now secured the backing to…

16 Apr 2026 - A lot of things now happen online without us even thinking twice about it. You pay for a subscription, renew a service, shop from a website, or…

15 Apr 2026 - A Nigerian startup born from a hackathon has closed a pre-seed round and launched publicly, aiming to replace the fragmented, unrewarding experience…

15 Apr 2026 - Endeavor South Africa has completed the final close of its third Harvest Fund, bringing together institutional capital and founder-led investment to…

15 Apr 2026 - 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…

15 Apr 2026 - Visa’s Africa Fintech Accelerator has reached a landmark moment, crossing the threshold of 100 startups supported since its launch and simultaneously…

14 Apr 2026 - Strategic alliance combines Rwanda’s most trusted diaspora brand with Europe’s first Remittance-as-a-Service platform giving tens of thousands of…