Startups & Funding
Fundraising news, founder profiles, accelerator programmes, and the money moving through African tech. The rounds that close and the ones that quietly fall apart.
M-KOPA Reaches 10 Million Customers Through Embedded PAYG Asset Financing
M-KOPA scales past 10 million users across East and West Africa by utilizing IoT-enabled daily micropayments to unlock collateral-free credit for smartphones, solar energy, and mobility assets
Village Capital Backs High-Growth Agritech and SME Software in Ghana
Village Capital deploys catalytic financing to Ghanaian innovators Built Financial, GrowForMe, and SAYeTECH, accelerating digital accounting and automated machinery for agricultural supply chains.
Egypt’s Fincart Secures $2.8M Seed Round to Solve E-Commerce Logistics Bottlenecks
By aggregating 40+ shipping providers into a single platform, Egyptian startup Fincart raises $2.8M to automate last-mile delivery and unlock data-backed working capital for e-commerce merchants.
Morocco’s ORA Technologies Raises $2M to Supercharge North African Super-App
ORA Technologies extends its Series A round to $10M, leveraging high-frequency food delivery and e-commerce to accelerate digital wallet adoption across North African secondary markets.
Record M&A Consolidation Sweeps African Tech with 63 Mergers in H1 2026
With mergers and acquisitions more than doubling in 2026, tech scale-ups are bypassing costly in-house development to acquire pre-built software pipelines, enterprise customer bases, and regulatory licenses.
Africa Startup Funding H1 2026 Reaches $1.44B: Trends & Insights
Discover the latest Africa startup funding H1 2026 report. Learn how fintech, logistics, and debt financing are reshaping venture capital.
What a Seed Round Actually Buys You in Lagos, Nairobi and Douala
The same headline figure means three different things depending on where you spend it. Salaries, cloud bills and currency risk do most of the work.
Why So Many Startups Raise Once and Are Never Heard From Again
The gap between a seed round and a Series A is where most companies on the continent stop. The reasons are structural more often than they are about the product.
Why Cameroon's ICT Corridor Is Getting Quiet Attention From Investors
Douala and Yaoundé rarely appear in continental funding round-ups. A handful of funds have started looking anyway, and their reasoning is not sentimental.
The Case for Boring Businesses
Logistics software, payroll, compliance tooling and B2B invoicing do not make good launch posts. They make good companies.