Female-led African startups secured more than $45.4 million by September 2025, despite limited investor confidence and a shrinking funding landscape. Here are the women founders who raised $1 million and ...
As Africans sent $56 billion in remittances to Sub-Saharan Africa in 2024, these seven remittance startups—LemFi, NALA, Africhange, Pesa, TapTap Send, Afriex, and Mukuru—are leading the way in fast, transparent, ...
African startups secured $162 million in November 2025, marking a 63% drop from October and signalling a slowdown in venture activity. South Africa led deal values, with SolarSaver topping the ...
At a Lagos roundtable, The New Practice (TNP) advised Nigerian startups to adopt debt financing as a disciplined, scalable growth strategy. Experts highlighted Payaza’s N40.37bn commercial paper success and the ...
In a bold move to transform Nigeria’s digital payment landscape, 9 Payment Service Bank (9PSB) has launched Bank9ja Merchant Collect, a next-generation payment solution tailored for merchants, fintechs, and consumers ...
Winich Farms, a Nigerian agritech startup revolutionising the farm-to-market supply chain, has closed a six-figure dollar extension round with participation from DisrupTech Ventures, a Middle East-based venture capital firm making ...
Nigerian mobility fintech startup Moove is in advanced talks to raise $300 million in new funding, a deal that could propel the company’s valuation beyond $1 billion, according to a ...
European truck giants Volvo Group and Daimler Truck are joining forces to develop a software-defined vehicle (SDV) platform through a new joint venture called Coretura. ...
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has announced an exciting opportunity for early-stage and growth-stage startups across Nigeria. Startups from all six geopolitical zones can now apply for the ...
Startups across Africa raised a total of $254 million in May 2025, marking a slight decline compared to April but still an impressive figure compared to March. While the May ...