Nigerian startup Proc360 is helping African wholesalers buy stock directly from China without the risk of fraud - verifying suppliers, holding payments in escrow, inspecting goods before they ship, ...

South African ed-tech startup Halo Sim Labs has developed a simulation-based emotional intelligence and preventative mental health education platform that places learners inside realistic social ...

Zambia’s CherryPick is an agro-processing company that is helping to build more resilient, inclusive and adaptable food systems while encouraging healthier eating habits, one healthy snack at a time.

Kenyan energy leasing company Solarise Africa has been awarded EUR1 million (US$1.12 million) in grant funding from the Energy and Environment Partnership Trust Fund (EEP Africa) to take its solar ...

South African startup KhayaHR is building an AI-first workforce platform for the country's frontline economy, and has already signed up more than 12,000 workers since launching in May.

Kenyan cross-border payments startup GTXN has been acquired by UK-based digital asset platform Luno. Founded in 2022, GTXN provides collection and payout infrastructure across corridors linking ...

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 ...

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

UK-based clean energy firm Octopus Energy has opened applications for the second edition of its Africa Energy Entrepreneurship Award, which offers grant funding, mentorship and support to early-stage ...

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 ...

Endeavor Catalyst, the venture capital arm of global entrepreneur network Endeavor, has closed its oversubscribed Fund V at US$320 million, taking its total assets under management past US$850 million ...