Africa
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...
Renew Capital invests in Tunisia’s Konnect
Konnect is a payment gateway pioneering digital payment solutions in North Africa, authorized by the Central Bank of Tunisia. Their platform offers seamless payment links, e-commerce plugins and a rob...
SAYeTECH wins the MEST Africa Challenge 2024
The Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST Africa) has announced SAYeTECH as the winner of the MEST Africa Challenge (MAC) 2024. The MAC 2024 grand finale marked the culmination of the c...