A connector’s network can span the continent. Supplier eligibility still depends on the company and its records, with South ...

Pan-African fintech startup Taja has surpassed 50,000 users and is now processing millions of dollars in transaction volume each month, two years after launching its cross-border payments platform.

Ugandan startup XenFi is helping internet service providers (ISPs) and Wi-Fi hotspot operators sell internet access, manage customers and collect payments via mobile money from a single platform.

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 ...

Every few years, the same story plays out. A well-funded company arrives with a playbook that worked in San Francisco, raises a big round on the strength of a market-size slide, and burns through it ...

Ten African startups have been named semifinalists for the Milken-Motsepe Prize in Circular Economy, and will share US$500,000 in unrestricted funding as they compete for the US$1 million grand prize.

Egyptian agentic AI customer experience (CX) startup Tactful AI has secured investment from Hatem Dowidar, the former group CEO of e&, as part of an extension of its pre-Series A funding round.

Nigerian startup Proc360 is helping African wholesalers buy stock directly from China without the risk of fraud - verifying suppliers, holding payments in escrow, inspecting goods before they ship, ...

Nigerian business banking platform Nomba has extended its Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) payments corridor into Zambia, allowing Congolese businesses to pay Zambian suppliers instantly.

Kenyan electric mobility company Spiro has launched its first 100 electric motorcycles in Ghana, introducing its Ekon 450 M1 V3 model and battery-swapping network to the West African market. Spiro is ...

Her Startup, an accelerator for women-led technology startups in Africa, has opened applications for the second cohort of its programme.