Africa

India Africa Entrepreneurship and Investment Summit returns for its fifth edition in Nairobi

India Africa Business Network (IABN) announced the fifth edition of the India Africa Entrepreneurship and Investment Summit will be hosted in Nairobi, Kenya, from 17–18 July 2025. This invite-only exc...

African Business Heroes crowned at the ABH Summit

Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) Prize Competition, a philanthropic initiative sponsored by the Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Philanthropy, has announced the grand prize winner of its sixth annua...

Top 100 Nigerian startups to compete for ₦100 million

The African Industrial and Development Conference and Awards (AIDCA) is set to host the Entrepreneurship Pitch Competition (EPC) finals in Abuja, Nigeria, in partnership with SeedsPad Qatar and Keysto...

LoftyInc Alpha Fund secures $43 million to invest in African startups

LoftyInc Capital Management has secured a $43 million first close for its new LoftyInc Alpha Fund, a late-seed investment vehicle aimed at scaling Africa’s most promising tech startups, particularly i...

Egypt’s Fawry invests EGP 80 million in 3 companies

Egypt’s leading fintech company, Fawry, has announced strategic investments worth EGP 80 million in three prominent Egyptian technology companies, which are Dirac Systems, Virtual CFO, and Code Zone, ...

Orange Summer Challenge facilitates its winning startups

The 2025 Orange Summer Challenge (OSC) ended in Casablanca with an international ceremony that rewarded three promising projects. For over three months, 282 young innovators and entrepreneurs from 14 ...

55 finalists announced for Africa Tech Summit Awards

The Africa Tech Summit Awards has announced the 2025 finalists, celebrating individuals and companies impacting the technology sector across the continent.

Cynoia wins the Best SaaS Startup Award at AfricArena

Cynoia, the African-built team workspace platform, has been named Best SaaS Startup at the prestigious AfricArena Grand Summit 2024 in Cape Town. The summit, celebrating its seventh year as AfricaR...

20 African entrepreneurs embark on innovation tour

Twenty promising youth entrepreneurs from African technology ventures and enterprise support organizations have embarked on a two-week study tour of the Republic of Korea, seeking investment and insig...