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.

Learn how to customise Liquid Glass in iOS 27, adjust transparency and tint, change app icon styles and improve readability ...

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

Luno has acquired Nairobi-based fintech GTXN. The deal folds GTXN’s licensed payment rails directly into Luno’s operations. Terms were not disclosed. The acquisition gives Luno a fully owned route for ...

Kredete, a financial technology platform serving emerging-market and diaspora communities, has acquired Gravv, an agentic stablecoin infrastructure platform. The deal brings Kredete’s core money ...

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 ...

Spiro, the African electric mobility company, has received an additional $18 million in financing from Africa Go Green Fund (AGG), a climate-focused debt fund managed by Cygnum Capital. The move ...

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 ...

Twiga Foods has hit a wall. The Kenyan agritech company was once celebrated as a model for reshaping food distribution. Now it has entered administration. Twiga Foods Limited has a new name: Templar ...

Apple released iOS 27 on 14 September 2026, its biggest software update of the year. It brings an upgraded Siri, deeper Apple Intelligence across core apps, and performance gains across supported ...