Endeavor Catalyst, the venture capital arm of global entrepreneur network Endeavor, has closed its oversubscribed Fund V at US$320 million, taking its total assets under management past US$850 million ...

Fifteen startups have been selected for the Google for Startups Accelerator: South Africa, a three-month programme designed to support growth-stage, AI-driven startups with equity-free funding, ...

South African digital lending infrastructure startup Kuunda has completed a US$5 million secondary share sale led by E4E Africa, returning capital to early investors while bringing the investment firm ...

Kenyan cross-border payments startup GTXN has been acquired by UK-based digital asset platform Luno. Founded in 2022, GTXN provides collection and payout infrastructure across corridors linking ...

Washington-based impact incubator Halcyon has opened applications for its Africa Innovation in Agriculture and Food Security Programme, which will offer selected early-stage startups an equity-free ...

South Africa’s largest accommodation bookings app LekkeSlaap has been acquired by a consortium of investors.

Kenyan digital bank Cloud9, which enables cross-border payments and borderless banking for African consumers and businesses, has secured an undisclosed investment from crypto and fintech accelerator ...

Six African startups have been selected as winners of the 2026 FINCA Ventures Prize Competition, receiving a combined US$400,000 in catalytic funding to accelerate their impact in key resilience ...

Pakistani startup KangarooCare AI is developing intelligent, AI-enabled medical devices that are utilising the latest technologies to improve healthcare outcomes, with a particular focus on neonatal ...

Rwandan startup Entelon is building AI products and custom systems that take over the slow, manual work many African organisations still depend on.

Egyptian startup SAYR has launched a public transport app built for people who don't already know how a city's transit system works, and picked up more than 2,100 downloads in its first three weeks.

Nigerian fintech startup Bujeti has made Brain, an agentic AI platform for finance teams, publicly available following a two-week private beta.