Egyptian agentic AI customer experience (CX) startup Tactful AI has secured investment from Hatem Dowidar, the former group CEO of e&, as part of an extension of its pre-Series A funding round.

South African ed-tech incubator Injini has launched a new two-year programme that will support 10 early-stage South African edtech startups building solutions that create or support employment ...

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 ...

Ten African startups have been named semifinalists for the Milken-Motsepe Prize in Circular Economy, and will share US$500,000 in unrestricted funding as they compete for the US$1 million grand prize.

South Africa-founded clinical AI startup Healthleap has raised US$38 million in combined seed and Series A funding as it looks to expand its offering to more conditions.

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 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 ...

Nigerian game development studio Xelabyte Studios has launched MerjUp, a mobile arcade puzzle game that combines merge mechanics with physics-based, skill-driven gameplay.

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, ...

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

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 ...

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 ...