Africa’s AI landscape has transformed dramatically by 2026. With 44 countries adopting data protection laws and 38 establishing enforcement authorities,…
The medtech ecosystem in South Africa is quickly becoming one of the most active in all of Africa. Local startups…
Kenya raised $1.04 billion in total startup funding in 2025 — the most capital any single African market has attracted…
For eight consecutive years, South Africa watched from behind as Nigeria, Kenya, and Egypt took turns leading Africa’s venture capital…
Fintech companies in South Africa are changing the way people save, spend, invest and get credit, making the country a…
Cape Town-based venture capital firm HAVAÍC has announced the third close of its African Innovation Fund 3, securing over $30…
Araxi Limited, formerly Capital Appreciation, has agreed to acquire an 80% stake in Pay@ Group for ZAR 1 billion ($62.3…
WafR, a Casablanca-based retail fintech, has raised $4 million in an oversubscribed seed round co-led by LoftyInc Capital, Attijariwafa Ventures,…
Grey Launches ‘Grey Business’ to Simplify Global Payments for African Startups and SMEs Techpoint Africa Source link
Marcello Schermer, who leads international expansion at Yoco, a South African digital payments startup, wants African fintechs to create products…
Startups across Africa and the Middle East raised a combined $216.66 million this week, based on disclosed funding rounds tracked…
Something structural is shifting in how African tech companies raise money, and most of the conversation about African startup funding…
After two bruising years of decline, African tech funding is back. According to Partech Africa’s 2025 Africa Tech VC Report,…
South African startup Rafiki, a work and payments OS that makes subcontracting and collaboration across borders seamless, has spun out…
South African VC firm HAVAÍC has announced the third close of its third, US$50 million fund, and with new and…
Total funding to African tech companies reached $3.2 billion in 2025, recovering from $2.2 billion in 2024 and surpassing the…
Fintech, yet again, proved by far and away the most popular sector for investors in African tech startups in 2024,…
In 2025, Africa’s startup funding landscape retained familiar sector rankings even as the overall market structure continued to evolve. After…
