South African female-led VC fund Grindstone Ventures has launched a new ZAR500 million (US$31 million) fund to invest in high-growth, tech-enabled businesses from seed through Series A, targeting the ...

Cape Town-based early-stage ventures building climate and urban sustainability solutions are invited to apply for Shine 2027, which offers participants EUR50,000 (US$58,000) in grant funding, hands-on ...

Nigerian fintech startup CreditChek has acquired Ugandan core banking software provider Algosys as it begins its expansion into East Africa.

Kenyan startup Ashacare Medical Solutions is looking to make healthcare provision on the continent more accessible and efficient by providing the infrastructure for better coordinating the healthcare ...

African startups are invited to apply for the Next Wave Fund, which supports early-stage tech startups and small businesses building bold new ideas across hardware, software, gaming, and connected ...

Kenyan startup Flowcart has entered a strategic collaboration with Mastercard to embed secure, seamless card payments directly within social and conversational commerce journeys.

Nigerian startup Mariam Grey is an AI-powered platform that connects patients to verified pharmacies and licensed pharmacists remotely, allowing them to get prescriptions filled and access ...

Mastercard has partnered with Busha, a pan-African digital asset exchange, to expand Mastercard Crypto Credential across Africa and bring greater trust and simplicity to digital asset transfers.

Kenyan electric mobility startup ARC Ride has completed a US$33.3 million financing round to accelerate the rollout of its battery swapping infrastructure and expand access to affordable electric ...

Nigerian startups Trade Lenda and AirSmat have raised a combined US$450,000 from the Africa Ecosystem Catalysts Facility, a ...

Moroccan e-health startup One Med Link is developing an AI-powered, interoperable clinical workflow and health-data platform.

The Cape Town-based Injini, an ed-tech incubator, accelerator and think tank, has launched its AI for Education venture builder and incubation programme, which takes pre-formed teams from the ideation ...