Littlefish, a South African fintech building white-labelled merchant infrastructure for financial institutions, has raised a $9.5m Series A round. The…
Since July 22, numerous unauthorised exchange outlets have been closed after the military intelligence agency summoned currency dealers to address…
South African startup Happy Pay has raised a $5m seed round to scale an alternative to traditional Buy Now, Pay…
Moniepoint, the Visa-backed Nigerian fintech unicorn, has acquired cloud-based restaurant management platform Orda. The move is the latest in a…
Moniepoint, the Visa-backed Nigerian fintech unicorn, has acquired cloud-based restaurant management platform Orda. The move is the latest in a…
Consolidation in Southern Africa’s utility fintech sector is accelerating as established operators look beyond traditional merchant acquiring and airtime lending…
Speedinvest, the Vienna-based VC firm, has formalised a €40m commitment from EIB Global for a dedicated Africa venture fund, the…
This week, South African fintech Orca secured $2.35m in seed funding to scale its fraud prevention software for emerging markets.…
Orca, a South African fintech startup developing fraud prevention software for emerging markets, has raised a $2.35m seed round. The…
Local fintech Croissant raises $28 million to grow customer base The Business Journals Source link
African startups raised more capital in the first two months of 2026 than in the same period a year earlier.…
Dakar-based digital health startup Eyone Medical has secured an additional 1 billion CFA francs ($1.7m) from Oyass Capital, the investment…
Africa’s startup ecosystem is often described in terms of headline-grabbing megarounds and unicorn valuations. But those moments are built on…
African startups raised at least $146.75m in January across 22 disclosed deals, a modest start to 2026 that reveals both…
While the spotlight often shines on headline-grabbing mega-rounds, the bedrock of Africa’s rapidly growing startup ecosystem lies in the consistent…
While the spotlight often shines on headline-grabbing mega-rounds, the bedrock of Africa’s rapidly growing startup ecosystem lies in the consistent…
The story of African tech in 2025 was not one of unicorn births or record fundraises. It was a year…
While the spotlight often shines on headline-grabbing mega-rounds, the bedrock of Africa’s rapidly growing startup ecosystem lies in the consistent…
