Africa’s funding reset leaves early-stage tech founders behind
Africa’s early-stage startups are facing a new funding squeeze as venture capital firms increasingly prioritize backing proven companies over riskier…
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Africa’s Fintech and Logistics Sectors Dominate Startup Funding in H1 2026 – Tekedia
Africa’s startup investment landscape in the first half (H1) of 2026 remained highly concentrated, with fintech and logistics & transport…
Fintech and Logistics Dominated Africa’s H1 2026 Funding, With Spiro Behind a Quarter of All Capital Raised – Tech In Africa
Africa’s startups pulled in $1.36 billion in the first half of 2026, excluding exits, but the money was heavily clustered…
Two Founders, Stranded Abroad By Failed Cards, Are Building Africa’s Missing ‘Financial Passport’
In 2019, Oluwatomi Ayorinde was stranded in Mannheim, Germany. His Nigerian bank card, which had worked perfectly at home, simply…
Africa’s startup funding slump fuels wave of mergers and acquisitions – Businessday NG
The prolonged slowdown in venture capital funding is increasing mergers and acquisitions across Africa’s technology ecosystem, as startups choose consolidation…
Africa’s startup funding slump fuels wave of mergers and acquisitions – Businessday NG
The prolonged slowdown in venture capital funding is increasing mergers and acquisitions across Africa’s technology ecosystem, as startups choose consolidation…
Float skipped Africa’s expansion race to challenge UK’s fintech giants
Float, a South African payments startup, is taking a card-linked instalment product developed at home to one of the world’s…
PayPal and Visa may need Africa’s stablecoin expertise soon
Africa is emerging as one of the world’s most promising frontiers for fintech innovation, driven by rapid digital adoption, a…
How a Lagos fintech cracked Africa’s hardest payments puzzle with N60 transactions – Businessday NG
In a small office on Adeola Odeku Street in Victoria Island, Lagos, a young fintech startup was trying to solve…
The biggest winners of Africa’s $1.5bn startup funding boom in H1 2026 – Businessday NG
African startups attracted more than $1.5 billion in disclosed funding during the first half of 2026, showing that investors remain…
Stabyl secures $2.7m to reinvent Africa’s FX infrastructure – The Guardian Nigeria News
Stabyl secures $2.7m to reinvent Africa’s FX infrastructure The Guardian Nigeria News Source link
A Founder’s Unusual Case For Ditching Africa’s Noisy ‘Big Four’ For Contrarian Bets
A Founder’s Unusual Case For Ditching Africa’s Noisy ‘Big Four’ For Contrarian Bets WeeTracker Source link
Nigerian Fintech Stabyl Raises $2.7 Million to Tackle Africa’s Hidden Foreign Exchange Infrastructure Challenge – Tekedia
Stabyl, a Nigerian exchange platform that allows banks, PSPs, and traders to access deep FX stablecoin liquidity, has emerged from Stealth…
Konga-backed Stabyl raises $2.7m to fix Africa’s broken foreign exchange market – Businessday NG
A new Nigerian-founded fintech startup, Stabyl, has emerged from stealth mode with $2.7 million in pre-seed funding to tackle one…
PressPay wins UM6P–Jumpstart as education finance emerges as Africa’s next infrastructure opportunity | TechCabal
When people think about infrastructure in Africa, the conversation is usually dominated by roads, power, ports, railways, broadband connectivity and…
Inside Africa’s tech layoffs: What the data says (2023–2026)
Between January 2023 and March 2026, at least 56 layoff events (4,948 disclosed job losses) swept through Africa’s tech ecosystem.…
Nigerian Fintech Stabyl Raises $2.7M to Solve Africa’s FX Liquidity Gap – Tech In Africa
Nigerian startup Stabyl has closed a $2.7 million pre-seed round to build institutional-grade foreign exchange infrastructure for banks and payment…
The Battle to Control Africa’s Money: Mpesa Vs Banks Vs Fintech’s
Africa’s biggest battle is no longer taking place inside banks’ boardrooms or startup incubators; it’s unfolding every time one sends…