Techgist Africa

31 Dec 2025 - Applications have opened for the fifth cycle of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Water Award, inviting innovators, researchers, companies…

31 Dec 2025 - Online learning platforms Coursera and Udemy have agreed to merge in an all-stock transaction valuing the combined company at roughly $2.5 billion,…

31 Dec 2025 - Senegalese fintech KaliSpot has secured $4 million in combined equity and debt financing to grow its interoperable financial infrastructure across…

31 Dec 2025 - UAE-based fintech firm Lucid Capital has closed a $2.5 million seed funding round led by Saudi investment firm Tharawat Holding, with additional…

31 Dec 2025 - Google for Startups has officially opened applications for the 2026 edition of its Accelerator program targeting early-stage technology startups…

31 Dec 2025 - South African fintech Street Wallet has secured R6.2 million (approximately $350,000) in a funding round to expand its digital payment solutions for…

31 Dec 2025 - Saudi Arabia-based artificial intelligence startup Newera.ai has closed a $2.1 million (SAR 8 million) pre-seed funding round, with Embark leading…

31 Dec 2025 - India Accelerator, a leading multi-stage accelerator and early-stage investment platform from India, has announced its expansion into Saudi Arabia…

31 Dec 2025 - NBA Africa has announced the five prize-winning startups from the second edition of its Triple-Double Accelerator, spotlighting early-stage African…

31 Dec 2025 - Middle East e-commerce heavyweight Noon has raised $500 million in fresh funding from its existing investors, including Saudi Arabia’s sovereign…

31 Dec 2025 - Nawah Scientific, an Egyptian deep-tech research and scientific services company, has closed a $23 million Series A funding round comprising a mix of…

30 Dec 2025 - Egyptian agritech startup Croptimus has received an undisclosed strategic investment from Venture X, according to reports, in a deal expected to…

30 Dec 2025 - Abu Dhabi-based sovereign investor ADQ and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have unveiled a four-year, $40 million partnership aimed at…

30 Dec 2025 - TikTok has signed a binding agreement to transfer control of its U.S. operations to a new joint venture led by American investors, a move designed to…

30 Dec 2025 - Emirati technology firm Relik has closed its seed funding round, attracting participation from investors including KBW Ventures, Naatt Holding, Fort…

30 Dec 2025 - Rwandan financial technology startup Kayko has secured $1.2 million in seed funding to scale its micro-ERP platform and expand efforts to digitise…

30 Dec 2025 - UAE-headquartered analytics and risk solutions provider Premialab has closed a $220 million growth funding round led by global investment firm KKR,…

30 Dec 2025 - The ITHCA Group, the technology investment arm of the Oman Investment Authority, has launched a new accelerator and venture fund initiative designed…

30 Dec 2025 - Ghanaian technology startups focused on social impact have been invited to apply for the sixth cohort of the UNICEF StartUp Lab, a six-month…

30 Dec 2025 - The 2025 South African Startup Awards announced their winners, spotlighting a new generation of early-stage technology ventures shaping the nation’s…

30 Dec 2025 - Hub71-backed deep-tech startup Planys Technologies has raised around $12 million in a primary funding round to expand its advanced industrial…

30 Dec 2025 - Kenyan off-grid solar energy provider Sun King has raised a $40 million equity investment from global sustainable investment platform Lightrock, the…

30 Dec 2025 - Regeny EV Charging has inaugurated a new fast-charging electric vehicle hub near Dubai International Airport (DXB), aiming to bolster sustainable…

30 Dec 2025 - The Walt Disney Company has announced a $1 billion equity investment in OpenAI alongside a landmark three-year licensing agreement that will allow…

30 Dec 2025 - Global data centre maintenance specialist Evernex has completed the acquisition of Sunrise Technologies, a Moroccan IT services provider, as part of…

30 Dec 2025 - Algerian travel-technology company Völz has raised 600 million Algerian dinars (approximately $5 million) in a Series A funding round, marking one of…

30 Dec 2025 - The UK-funded Climate Finance Accelerator (CFA) South Africa has opened applications for its fourth cohort, inviting investment-ready low-carbon…

30 Dec 2025 - The Moroccan government announced a MAD 1.3 billion (approximately $140 million) investment to strengthen the country’s startup ecosystem as part of…

30 Dec 2025 - Colombian financial technology company Kala has raised $55 million in debt financing to broaden access to credit and bolster financial inclusion…

30 Dec 2025 - Global financial infrastructure platform Jeeves has secured a $100 million financing facility from Community Investment Management (CIM) to…

30 Dec 2025 - Brazilian fintech Crown has raised $13.5 million in a Series A funding round led by U.S. crypto venture capital firm Paradigm, the company said in…

30 Dec 2025 - Samsung Electronics’ automotive-technology subsidiary Harman International has agreed to acquire the advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS)…

30 Dec 2025 - The European Commission has approved the acquisition of joint control of Swedish construction software group Infobric by KKR and SSCP Build Holdings…

30 Dec 2025 - Swedish artificial intelligence startup Lovable said it has raised $330 million in a Series B funding round, valuing the company at $6.6 billion as…

30 Dec 2025 - Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google, has agreed to acquire Intersect Power LLC, a San Francisco-based developer of data center and energy…

30 Dec 2025 - ServiceNow Inc. said it has agreed to acquire cybersecurity specialist Armis Inc. for $7.75 billion in cash, marking one of the largest deals in the…

30 Dec 2025 - Swiss artificial intelligence firm Neural Concept SA has secured $100 million in a Series C funding round, led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs…

30 Dec 2025 - Italian embedded cybersecurity firm Exein SpA has secured an additional €100 million in funding to accelerate its global expansion and advance its…

30 Dec 2025 - The European Commission has opened applications for Cohort 2 of the EUDIS Business Accelerator, a defence innovation programme designed to support…

30 Dec 2025 - Nvidia Corp. has acquired SchedMD LLC, the U.S. software developer best known for creating the open-source Slurm workload management system…

30 Dec 2025 - Dazzle AI, a newly launched artificial intelligence startup founded by former Google executive and Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, has raised $8 million in…

30 Dec 2025 - SoftBank Group Corp. has agreed to acquire U.S.-based digital infrastructure investor DigitalBridge Group Inc. in a deal valued at approximately $4…

30 Dec 2025 - Meta Platforms Inc. has agreed to acquire Manus, a Singapore-based artificial intelligence startup originally founded in China, in a strategic move…

30 Dec 2025 - Japanese telecommunications giant NTT Docomo has launched its fourth corporate venture investment fund, committing approximately 15 billion yen (…

30 Dec 2025 - Singapore-based super-app Grab Holdings Ltd. has completed the acquisition of Beijing-based robotics start-up Infermove in a deal aimed at…

30 Dec 2025 - South Korean gaming and technology firms Krafton, Naver and Mirae Asset announced the creation of a $666 million investment vehicle aimed chiefly at…

30 Dec 2025 - Bengaluru-based clean-label beverage startup Swizzle has raised ₹2 crore in a seed funding round, according to multiple media reports. The…

29 Dec 2025 - Africa is no longer just a land of untapped potential it is fast emerging as a global hub for impactful innovation and social entrepreneurship.…

22 Dec 2025 - Your digital footprint the trail of data you leave behind online can impact your privacy, security, and even reputation. From social media posts to…

19 Dec 2025 - Canadian alternative investment manager Brookfield Asset Management and Qatar’s national AI company Qai a subsidiary of the Qatar Investment…