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11/06/2025

Senegalese e-health startup KERA Health Platforms has raised US$10 million in funding from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group. Launched in 2023, KERA is a…

11/06/2025

MTN Uganda has announced plans to spin off its mobile money business into a standalone fintech company, ending its status as a subsidiary of the telecoms group in a strategic shift aimed at unlocki…

10/06/2025

Kenya’s Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) has proposed changes to the law that would grant it the authority to freeze bank accounts held by over 316,000 former university students who have defaul…

10/06/2025

Silverbacks Holdings, an African-focused private investment firm, has sold a portion of its stake in OmniRetail, a Nigerian B2B e-commerce startup, securing a 5x return on its initial investment. T…

10/06/2025

Nigerian fintech unicorn Moniepoint is set to launch operations in Kenya after receiving clearance from the Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) to acquire a 78 per cent stake in Sumac Microfinance…

10/06/2025

Nigerian startups are invited to apply for the fifth edition of the annual Pitch2Win competition, which provides the winner with US$10,000 in equity-free funding and access to global investors. Pit…

10/06/2025

South African agri-tech startup Nile has raised ZAR200 million (US$11.3 million) in funding to accelerate its growth across Southern Africa. Founded in 2021 by Louis de K**k, Eugene Roodt and Rick …

10/06/2025

Entrepreneurs from around the world have been invited to apply for the D-Prize Competition, which offers funding of up to US$20,000 to social impact startups. The D-Prize Global Competition is aime…

31/05/2025

Nigerian logistics startup Cargoplug is making it easier for global brands, African retailers, SMEs, and individuals to move goods across borders all over the world, with a focus on the UK, US, Chi…

31/05/2025

Nigerian construction tech startup Cutstruct has raised US$1.5m in a seed round of funding to help it scale operations. Founded by John Oamen and Tayo Odunsi, CutStruct has developed a construction…

31/05/2025

South Africa’s Plentify, an innovative home energy management company, has partnered Conlog, Africa’s largest smart metering solutions provider, to accelerate the rollout of intelligent energy mana…

31/05/2025

Nigerian startup Tespire has secured a round of funding from Alternative Bank to scale its research project Asibiti, which aims to address one of the most complex problems in the Nigerian health sy…

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