African SME-focused business education company StuckInProfit has partnered with the Africa–Azerbaijan Cooperation (AFAZ) to launch a three-week virtual professional and enterprise development ...

Egyptian startup Paymob, the leading payments infrastructure service provider in the MENA region, has secured US$35 million in a pre-Series C funding round to support its ongoing expansion across the ...

African fintech startups have been invited to apply for the inaugural TWIF Changemakers competition, a new annual honour dedicated to recognising the individuals and institutions driving tangible, ...

South African startup Platybooks has launched an invoicing, quoting and light CRM platform that turns an accepted quote into an invoice with a built-in card payment link, settling funds directly into ...

Ugandan agri-tech startup Sandi AI is turning smallholder farmer savings groups into a route to owning solar irrigation equipment, with no loans, collateral or credit scores required.

Tanzania’s Dar Ventures has partnered with Plug and Play to scale DarE, its programme for built environment tech startups, with applications now open for a new cohort targeting founders across Africa, ...

The Cape Town-based HisWay Labs, the company behind TrackView rail-integrity monitoring system, has secured funding from technology investment and product development firm Octoco Group as it prepares ...

Kenya-based Spiro, a leader in two-wheel transportation and battery-swapping, has signed a partnership with Chinese company Yadea, the world’s leading manufacturer of electric two-wheelers, to scale ...

Kenya-based Spiro, a leader in two-wheel transportation and battery-swapping, has banked an additional US$18 million in debt funding from Africa Go Green Fund (AGG), a climate-focused debt fund ...

Ghanaian startup Hyphine has built a client review and approval platform for freelancers, creative teams, and agencies, which takes a piece of work from first draft to final approval in one link.

The Swiss Re Foundation has opened applications for the 10th edition of its Entrepreneurs for Resilience 2027 (E4R27) programme, supporting ambitious social enterprises working to bring affordable, ...

Egyptian startup Bekia, which is digitising waste collection, has raised a US$765,000 seed round to deepen its consumer app and launch its first B2B software product.