Africa's Markets, Startups & Money Moves — Updated Daily

Introducing Kitesurf: The Browser Built for AI Agents

Cloudflare is the latest company to join the race to build a new web browser. But instead of pitching a Chrome alternative to consumers, the internet infrastructure provider launched Kitesurf

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NextSlide is Joining OpenAI

NextSlide recently announced that it’s joining OpenAI, with the presentation startup’s team members now working on ChatGPT.

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AfriWallStreet Sees Dangote Refinery's IPO as Game Changer for Nigerian Capital Markets

According to AfriWallStreet's research note, the Dangote Refinery IPO represents far more than a listing – it is the repricing of Nigerian capital market ambition.

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African Business News — This Week Aug 3-8, 2026

The Dangote Group has "strong intent" to list its petroleum refinery in South Africa after its Nigeria IPO — the JSE confirmed it engaged with Dangote this week.

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Global Markets This Week — Week Ending August 8, 2026

AI infrastructure + physical AI are eating the funding chart, but enterprise pain-point plays (healthcare revenue cycle, cyber) still raising $100M+ rounds

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Fliar Business Intelligence Builds the Tools that Let Any Team Read Global Markets

Fliar Business Intelligence builds the tools that let any team read global markets the way the largest players do — without an in-house data-engineering team.

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Africa's Fastest-Growing Companies 2026

The Financial Times + Statista ranking released this May ranks 130 companies by Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) between 2021 and 2024.

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Clea Launches Vendor Payments to Simplify International Supplier Payments

Clea, the stablecoin-powered cross-border payments platform helping African businesses trade globally, has launched Vendor Payments, a new capability that enables businesses to simplify payments to international suppliers

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CNBC Names the 50 Most Disruptive Companies of 2026 — And There's a New King of AI

There’s a big change at the top of the CNBC Disruptor 50 with Anthropic rising to No. 1 in 2026. Companies across the economy raced to embrace AI over the past year rather than risk being left behind by it

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Whatnot Raises $545 Million in New Funding at a $20 Billion Valuation

Building on the growing popularity of livestreamed shopping, startup market Whatnot said on Friday that it has closed its latest round of funding at a $20 billion valuation

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DownloadChow-Building a Startup in the Shadow of Giants: The Reality Every African Founder Must Face

Africa’s next generation of successful companies will not emerge simply because they had the largest budgets. They will emerge because they solved real problems, earned trust, adapted to changing markets, and remained committed

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Applications are Open for the Cleantech Innovation Competition

Applications are open for the Cleantech Innovation Competition, an opportunity for university and TVET students in Kenya to develop and showcase innovative solutions to environmental challenges.

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