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.

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

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 ...

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 ...

Ugandan agritech company SANDI AI Technologies has emerged as the female-led Grand Prize winner of the 2026 GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize, taking home $50,000. Founded by Sandra Nabakka, SANDI AI is ...

ChipMango, an AI-native semiconductor company, has closed a $1.9 million funding round. Atlantica Ventures led the round, with participation from DFS, Kaleo Ventures, Madica, Trilinear Technologies, ...

Pouchers, a Nigerian payments startup, has raised $500,000 in pre-seed funding led by Stack Directory LLC, a Dubai-based internet investment company, with participation from other strategic angel ...

Kenyan digital banking startup Cloud9 has acquired social commerce platform Chpter in an all-stock deal with undisclosed terms, its second acquisition in three months and the clearest signal yet of a ...

Moment, the South African fintech firm, has closed a $22 million Series A funding round, led by AlphaCode Venture Partners, with continued backing from General Catalyst and MultiChoice, and new ...