Startup News
Nigeria’s Polytope Labs Builds Hyperbridge to End Crypto’s Multi-Billion-Dollar Bridge Hack Crisis
After years of catastrophic bridge exploits that have drained billions of dollars from the crypto ecosystem, Seun Lanlege, CEO and co-founder of Lagos-based Polytope...
Zazu Raises $1 Million to Make Banking, Payroll, and Compliance Easy for African SMEs
Zazu, a digital financial operating system for African small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), has raised $1 million in pre-seed funding to position itself as...
Can African Graduates Lead the Next Wave of Global Tech Talent Race? Breedj Thinks the Time Is Now
Africa is home to one of the world’s fastest-growing pool of young, technically trained graduates, yet global employers continue to overlook this talent in...
Temu Enters Strategic Partnership with Nigeria’s Dellyman to Ensure Seamless Delivery Across the Country
Temu has entered a strategic logistics partnership with Lagos-based Dellyman to turbo-charge last-mile deliveries across Nigeria, marking a major push by the global e-commerce...
Pan-African Startup Lipaworld is Positioning Itself as a Bold New Force in Cross-border Finance
Lipaword is building a borderless platform that enables immigrants, freelancers, and small businesses in emerging markets to earn, spend, and transfer money with unprecedented...
Nanovate: This Egyptian Startup is Building Arabic AI Tools That Help Businesses Work Faster in Their Own Language
Egyptian startup Nanovate is emerging as one of the most focused Arabic-first AI automation companies in the Middle East and North Africa, developing tools...
South Africa’s GRIZZDONTBITE Sets Out to Blend Fashion, Art, Music, and Tech into One Creative Powerhouse
In Johannesburg, South Africa, a new startup, GRIZZDONTBITE, is setting out to redefining the boundaries of creativity by merging fashion, music, digital art, and...
ClockPay is Helping Businesses and Startups Get Paid in Cryptocurrency and Convert It to Local Currency Instantly
ClockPay, a fintech startup founded by blockchain veteran Martins Ejeheri, is transforming how businesses handle cryptocurrency payments. By enabling companies to accept digital currencies and...
Credlock Africa: How this Startup is Using Smartphones as Collateral to Provide Loans to Nigerians
Without traditional collateral or bank-verified credit histories, most entrepreneurs and small business owners across Africa cannot access reasonably priced loans. This problem is what...
South Africa’s FlexWork Launches to Fix “Chaotic” Hiring as SMEs Battle Inefficiencies
South African startup FlexWork has rolled out a new digital hiring platform aimed at transforming how small and medium-sized enterprises recruit talent, introducing a...
FSD Africa Launches $30m Fund to Back Insurtech Startups Across the Continent
FSD Africa has unveiled a US$30 million Inclusive Insurtech Investment Fund (3iF), an initiative designed to open the way for more private capital into...
How South Africa’s Shiprazor is Easing E-Commerce Delivery With Customer Experience at Its Core
South African startup Shiprazor is fast emerging as one of the country’s most ambitious logistics-tech platforms, promising to fix a long-standing pain point in...
