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

South African prop-tech startup deedy has built a direct-to-consumer marketplace that lets homeowners list, market and sell their property to verified buyers, removing the need for an estate agent and ...

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 ...

Twelve companies represented in the AT50 Index (Africa Tech 50) took part in the AT50 Cairo Market Open at the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) on September 22, bringing together founders, regulators, ...

Nigerian startup BlueBic has built an offline-resilient school information system (SIS) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform for African primary, secondary and multi-campus K-12 schools, ...

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 ...

Cameroonian startup lensX has launched an Alibaba-style online marketplace connecting businesses, vendors and customers across Africa, with augmented reality (AR) shopping on its longer-term roadmap.

A Kenyan High Court has ordered Copia Kenya, the e-commerce company that raised over US$120 million to serve consumers outside the country’s major cities, into liquidation after more than two years of ...

Investing in Innovation Africa (i3), a pan-African initiative designed to help African health-tech startups scale and commercialise their offerings, announced four strategic partnerships between ...

At 19, Wendy Therisanyo Keabetswe received a government award after being recognised as one of Botswana’s top national GCSE achievers. The opportunity gave her an early entry point into ...

Ghanaian startup Hyphine has built a client review and approval platform for freelancers, creative teams, and agencies, which takes a piece of work from first draft to final approval in one link.

Egyptian startup Paymob, the leading payments infrastructure service provider in the MENA region, has secured US$35 million in a pre-Series C funding round to support its ongoing expansion across the ...