FINCA Ventures Prize 2026 awards $400,000 to six African startups, with VunaPay and Kumbatia Seafood winning $100,000 each.

Leatherback has rebranded as Foren following Zedcrest Group’s acquisition and a two-year restructuring of its technology and operations.

PreSpend founder Oluwatunmise Salami explains how the app helps users control spending and manage money better.

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Aeon, the Nigerian cybersecurity startup, has raised $1 million in seed funding to help African institutions defend against a rising wave of cyberattacks on banks, hospitals, energy grids and ...

Madica, a structured investment program for pre-seed African startups, has announced 5 new investments, expanding its portfolio into Algeria and Cameroon for the first time, while strengthening its ...

London-based fintech Zeal has raised $10 million in new funding as it prepares for a major global rollout of its payment and loyalty technology. The new round brings Zeal’s total funding to $14 ...

Drive45, a Nigerian mobility startup, has closed a $3 million senior debt facility from TLG Capital, a private credit firm active across Sub-Saharan Africa. The facility is designed to strengthen ...

Access Bank has opened applications for the eighth season of Womenpreneur Pitch-a-ton, its flagship women-in-business programme under the W Initiative, with a raised top grant of ₦7 million for ...

Kenyan electric mobility startup ARC Ride has closed a $33.3 million financing round to expand its battery-swapping network and electric motorcycle fleet beyond its East African base. The round, split ...

Paymob, the Egyptian payments infrastructure provider, has raised $35 million in a pre-Series C funding round. The round was jointly led by Mubadala Investment Company, the Abu Dhabi sovereign ...

CreditChek, a Nigerian fintech infrastructure company, has acquired Algosys, a Ugandan core banking software company, marking its formal entry into Uganda and a step in its East African expansion.