Tag: Africa

In a year defined by volatility, regulatory resets, unexpected recoveries, and the loud return of retail investors, 2025 proved once again that the crypto...

From January 2026, sending money through a bank or fintech app in Nigeria will no longer be as simple or as cheap as it...

Egyptian startup iVoiceUp, an artificial intelligence-powered ethics and whistleblowing case-management platform, has closed a new investment round led by regional venture capital firm A15,...

Growth Investment Partners (GIP) Ghana, an investment platform established by British International Investment (BII), has made a strategic investment in mPharma Ghana, one of...

The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a $60 million Trade Finance Transaction Guarantee (TFTG) facility for Equity Bank Kenya. This is aimed at...

Africa is generating data at an unprecedented scale. From mobile money transactions and biometric identity systems to AI-powered credit scoring and health diagnostics, digital...

Jeph Acheampong did not set out to build a technology academy when he moved back to Ghana. What confronted him instead was a pool...

Falak Startups, one of Egypt’s leading startup accelerators, has entered into a strategic partnership with Sanad Partners, a private investment office with a diversified...

Kenya has unveiled one of its most ambitious reforms yet in the way it builds and finances critical energy infrastructure, signing a $311 million...

Canada has announced that it will freeze new applications under its Start-Up Visa (SUV) programme, a flagship initiative for attracting foreign entrepreneurs. The freeze...

In 2025, African startups faced one of its toughest downturns in a decade. Market volatility, rising interest rates, geopolitical tensions and tightening exit conditions...

2025 was a transformative year for the African tech industry, as founders, fintech startups, and digital payment ecosystems witnessed rapid adoption of mobile money,...