African fintech M-KOPA surpasses 10 million customers – My Startup World – Everything About the World of Startups!
M-KOPA, the pan-African fintech, has reached 10 million customers across its 5 African markets. From its first solar sale in…
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South African Fintech Zazu Lands Seed Investment from Launch Africa Ventures – Tech In Africa
Cape Town-based fintech startup Zazu has secured seed funding from Launch Africa Ventures as it pushes to become the go-to…
Why African Startups Fail After Raising Funding
Why African startups fail is becoming one of the continent’s most pressing questions. In March 2022, Ghanaian fintech Dash announced…
BMA Feature: South African Startup Lelapa AI Develops Artificial Intelligence Tools for Indigenous African Languages – Broadcast Media Africa
BMA Feature: South African Startup Lelapa AI Develops Artificial Intelligence Tools for Indigenous African Languages Broadcast Media Africa Source link
African Fintech Nearpays Earns Global AI for Good Innovation Award – TechAfrica News
Nearpays received the Innovation Factory”s $20,000 cash prize, with the recognition also providing access to a global network of investors,…
South African Startup Cue Raises $5 Million to Expand AI Customer-Service Platform – Tech In Africa
South African customer-service technology company Cue has secured $5 million in fresh funding to accelerate the development and international expansion…
UNDP Opens Applications for timbuktoo EdTech Hub to Support African Education Technology Startups 2026 – Global South Opportunities
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched a new call for applications for African startups developing innovative digital solutions…
Nearpays, Nigerian Fintech Becomes First African Startup to Win UN’s AI for Good Innovation Factory
A Group photograph, of Representative of the Director General of NITDA , Researchers and committee. The initiative officially kicked off…
Nigeria’s Nearpays Becomes First African Startup to Win the UN’s AI for Good Innovation Factory – Tech In Africa
Nigerian fintech Nearpays has won the AI for Good Innovation Factory grand finale — the first African startup ever to…
SchoolTry: Meet the startup building the operating system for African schools
In 2008, Ismail Eleburuike, a graduate of Federal Government College Ilorin, Nigeria, moved to Sweden in search of top-quality education.…
Renew Capital picks 15 African embedded-finance startups
Africa’s next wave of SME finance may not come from banks, or even from fintechs, but from the software companies…
Call for Applications: WEMA Bank Hackaholics Hackathon 7.0 for African –
Applications are now open for the 2026 WEMA Bank Hackaholics Hackathon 7.0, Wema Bank’s flagship open innovation program designed to…
African Tech Startups Face 40 Percent Q2 Funding Decline as Global Capital Concentrates in AI – Grit Daily News
The global venture capital landscape is fracturing along geographic and sectoral lines. While Israeli AI companies mobilized over $3 billion…
Novastar Ventures Targets AI-Native African Start-Ups With Google-Backed Lab – Launch Base Africa
Nairobi-based venture capital firm Novastar Ventures is launching an applied artificial intelligence laboratory in partnership with Google, aiming to channel…
A New Atlanta FinTech Tackles the Business Banking Gap for African and Latin American Startups – Global Atlanta
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Bullion, A New Atlanta FinTech, Tackles the Business Banking Gap for African and Latin American Startups – Hypepotamus
ATLANTA (July 1) Hypepotamus – Raise venture capital in USD. Then start building globally. That is a playbook international tech…
RegTech Africa Conference and Expo 2026 closes on a high note, cementing Abuja as a hub for African fintech and regulatory innovation
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 July 2026: The 2026 RegTech Africa Conference and Expo (RACE 2026) concluded on a landmark high,…
$100,000 in Support. Four Weeks. One Goal — Turn African Fintech Founders Into Operators. Bankiffy Fintech Accelerator BFA 2026 Cohort 1 Is Now Open
Every week across Africa, a fintech idea dies quietly. Not because the market didn’t need it. Not because the founder…