Kenyan digital bank Cloud9, which enables cross-border payments and borderless banking for African consumers and businesses, has secured an undisclosed investment from crypto and fintech accelerator ...

Six African startups have been selected as winners of the 2026 FINCA Ventures Prize Competition, receiving a combined US$400,000 in catalytic funding to accelerate their impact in key resilience ...

Fifty-eight African tech startups raised just shy of US$583 million in funding in the third quarter of 2026, making it the most successful quarter of the year so far and boosting the chance that ...

Cameroonian startup lensX has launched an Alibaba-style online marketplace connecting businesses, vendors and customers across Africa, with augmented reality (AR) shopping on its longer-term roadmap.

Nigerian fintech startup Bujeti has made Brain, an agentic AI platform for finance teams, publicly available following a two-week private beta.

Pakistani startup KangarooCare AI is developing intelligent, AI-enabled medical devices that are utilising the latest technologies to improve healthcare outcomes, with a particular focus on neonatal ...

Egyptian startup SAYR has launched a public transport app built for people who don't already know how a city's transit system works, and picked up more than 2,100 downloads in its first three weeks.

South African prop-tech startup deedy has built a direct-to-consumer marketplace that lets homeowners list, market and sell their property to verified buyers, removing the need for an estate agent and ...

Rwandan startup Entelon is building AI products and custom systems that take over the slow, manual work many African organisations still depend on.

African technologists and entrepreneurs are applying blockchain in innovative ways, creating a new financial infrastructure for the continent with wide-ranging benefits, including for the humanitarian ...

African fintech startups have been invited to apply for the inaugural TWIF Changemakers competition, a new annual honour dedicated to recognising the individuals and institutions driving tangible, ...

Egyptian startup Paymob, the leading payments infrastructure service provider in the MENA region, has secured US$35 million in a pre-Series C funding round to support its ongoing expansion across the ...