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The latest startup and technology news coming out of Africa.

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Fintech

Socium doubles down on Francophone Africa after $5M seed round
Annie Njanja

1 day ago
Venture

Marlon Nichols talks relationship building in the African markets
Dominic-Madori Davis

1 day ago

Venture

African ‘gender equal’ VC Janngo Capital closes second fund at $78M
Tage Kene-Okafor

Oct 29, 2024
Fintech

Google and DPI back African fintech Moniepoint in $110M round
Tage Kene-Okafor

Oct 29, 2024
Crypto

African crypto startup Yellow Card raises $33M led by Blockchain Capital to scale its B2B pivot
Tage Kene-Okafor

Oct 16, 2024
Climate

Kenya’s Octavia gets $3.9M seed to remove carbon from air
Annie Njanja

Oct 16, 2024

AI

‘Where we are today in biology AI is similar to GPT in 2020’: An interview with the CEO of Africa’s biggest AI startup
Tage Kene-Okafor

Oct 12, 2024
Featured

In war-torn Sudan, a displaced startup incubator returns to fuel innovation
Annie Njanja

Sep 29, 2024
Climate

Zeno emerges from stealth to crib Tesla’s master plan for Africa and beyond
Tim De Chant

Sep 19, 2024
Fintech

Paymob, started by three college friends, lands another $22M and is profitable in Egypt
Tage Kene-Okafor

Sep 11, 2024

Fintech

Impact investors FMO and BlueOrchard back Ghana’s digital lender Fido in $30M Series B round
Annie Njanja

Sep 3, 2024
Commerce

African B2B e-commerce startups Wasoko and MaxAB complete merger: Interview with co-CEO Daniel Yu
Tage Kene-Okafor

Aug 27, 2024
Fundraising

Kenyan HR and payroll startup Workpay lands Visa as investor in $5M round
Tage Kene-Okafor

Aug 22, 2024
Fintech

Waza comes out of stealth with $8M to power global trade for African businesses
Tage Kene-Okafor

Aug 19, 2024

Commerce

African e-commerce company Jumia completes sale of secondary shares at $99.6M
Tage Kene-Okafor

Aug 16, 2024
Fintech

Conduit’s cross-border payments expand from LatAm into Africa with $6M round
Tage Kene-Okafor

Aug 12, 2024
Commerce

Jumia plans to raise more than $100 million in secondary shares to drive stalled user growth
Tage Kene-Okafor

Aug 6, 2024
Commerce

Egypt’s Cartona raises $8.1M even as investors pull back from B2B e-commerce in Africa
Tage Kene-Okafor

Jul 30, 2024

Featured

Endeavor CEO says long-term capital needs to be prioritized in emerging ecosystems
Tage Kene-Okafor

Jul 25, 2024
AI

Intron Health gets backing for its speech-recognition tool that recognizes African accents
Annie Njanja

Jul 25, 2024
Featured

Pesa unlocks new markets to keep remittances flowing to emerging economies
Annie Njanja

Jul 22, 2024
Fintech

Nala to use $40M Series A to build B2B payments platform, scale remittance services
Annie Njanja

Jul 9, 2024

Government & Policy

Internet goes dark in Kenya in the wake of major protests over finance bill
Annie Njanja

Jun 25, 2024
Fintech

Connect Money scores $8M to enable non-bank businesses to offer embedded finance services
Annie Njanja

Jun 24, 2024
Crypto

Kenya closes its probe of Worldcoin, opening the door to a relaunch of its orbs after a year-long suspension
Annie Njanja

Natasha Lomas

Jun 20, 2024
Commerce

Sources: Wasoko-MaxAB e-commerce merger faces delays amid headwinds in Africa
Tage Kene-Okafor

Jun 10, 2024

Fintech

Starting in war-torn Sudan, YC-backed Elevate now provides fintech to freelancers globally
Tage Kene-Okafor

Jun 6, 2024
Fundraising

Spend management startup SiFi raises $10M to grow further in Saudi Arabia
Annie Njanja

Jun 3, 2024
Commerce

YoLa Fresh, a GrubMarket for Morocco, digs up $7M to connect farmers with food sellers
Tage Kene-Okafor

May 30, 2024
Venture

OpenseedVC, which backs operators in Africa and Europe starting their companies, reaches first close of $10M fund
Tage Kene-Okafor

May 20, 2024