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 a small business’s own bank account. Founded by Ché Overmeyer, Platybooks began life in 2023 as Invo
Luno has acquired Kenyan cross-border payments company GTXN, bringing licensed collection and payout infrastructure into the cryptocurrency platform as it expands further into business payments across emerging markets. The deal brings together two fintech businesses built by founders with experience
Kenya-based digital pharmacy MYDAWA has partnered with Endless Health to develop a digital-first model for hypertension and diabetes care, one of four new healthtech deals announced at Investing in Innovation Africa’s (i3) fourth annual Access to Markets event in Kigali. The partnership will co-desi
Latitude59 is returning to Kenya for the fourth consecutive year, with applications now open for its 2026 Kenya Pitch Competition, offering early-stage startups across Africa a chance to compete for non-equity funding, partner prizes and a place on the event’s main stage in Nairobi. The Latitude59 K
Data localisation is often framed as keeping data in-country and protecting it, but the Central Bank of Nigeria’s new rules are about whether banks and fintechs can access critical data, recover services, and keep processing payments when their infrastructure fails.
Standard Chartered Plc’s charitable arm awarded 9 million Kenyan shillings (about $70,000) in grants to seven women-led technology startups, part of a program aimed at closing the funding gap for female founders in East Africa’s largest startup market. Each of the seven companies will receive 1.29 m
Absa Bank Kenya, the United Nations Capital Development Fund and the United Nations Development Programme have agreed to a financing arrangement aimed at expanding solar-powered cold storage in Kenya, seeking to address an estimated $2.1 billion infrastructure gap. The portfolio guarantee from UNCDF
South African fintech Mission Mobile has secured as much as 500 million rand ($30.8 million) from investment firm DN Invest as it seeks to expand smartphone financing and deepen its partnerships with mobile network operators. The Johannesburg-based company said DNI’s investment will help accelerate
Paymob, the Egypt-founded payments infrastructure company, raised $35 million in a pre-Series C funding round co-led by Abu Dhabi sovereign investor Mubadala Investment Company and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, as the fintech expands its business across the Middle East and No
Absa Bank Kenya has launched Absa Next, a neo-banking platform aimed at a new generation of consumers and entrepreneurs, as the lender accelerates its shift toward digital banking and seeks to move beyond traditional banking models. Absa Next brings everyday banking, savings, investments, credit and
Kenya has signed a cooperation agreement with U.S. artificial intelligence company Anthropic covering AI skills, research, public-sector applications and safety as the East African country seeks to build local capacity in the rapidly developing technology. The Joint Declaration was signed in New Yor
Kenyan agritech startup Rhea Soil Health Management is taking a fresh $100,000 investment into an expansion strategy that could take its soil-intelligence technology from Kenyan farms into other agricultural markets across East Africa. Founded in 2022 by Priscilla Wakarera and Soinato Leboo, Rhea ha
From a failed venture in South Africa to co-founding an AI cybersecurity powerhouse, CyberAlliance president Larry Yon II sits down with PHATHISANI MOYO for Coffee With… to explain why digital trust and diaspora capital are key to unlocking Africa’s true tech potential. The first time Larry Yon II f
The H-1B crackdown was expected to redirect foreign workers to other US visa routes. Instead, visa issuances have fallen across major categories, with Africa and Nigeria among the hardest hit.
By May, the restructuring had also made several roles redundant; it affected Lisk blockchain’s regional leads and business development teams as the company pulled back from blockchain expansion.
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 for international expansion. Founded in 2018, HisWay Labs designed TrackView from the ground up for
