Michelle Njuguna

Egyptian fintech unicorn MNT-Halan, has secured undisclosed equity funding in a deal that values the company at US$1.4 billion.

Disrupt Africa has relaunched its “Pipeline” service, which allows corporates, investors and accelerator programmes to easily source innovative startups from across the continent.

The US State Department and the presidency in the Central African Republic – which recently reached a deal to accept so-called third-country deportees from the US

Omar Artan, 34, was due to referee at this summer’s tournament in North America but was barred from entering the U.S. at Miami International Airport on Saturday.

African startups are invited to attend ClawCon Nairobi, a free, community-led gathering focused on personal AI, agents, workflows, OpenClaw, and the emerging tools that let individuals build more powerful digital systems for themselves.

Iwisa No.1 Community Champions Competition has become one of the country’s most loved purpose-led platforms: celebrating township, rural and peri-urban MSMEs

Cascador, an Africa-focused platform for growth-stage founders building businesses with social impact, has deployed over US$5 million into seven innovative startups

The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) has led a R50m ($2.6m) funding round for Stellenbosch-based Zimi, which provides electric vehicles, charging infrastructure and energy management systems

Yamify, a developer-first AI platform that lets freelancers and web agencies spin up AI stacks in under a minute, has secured funding from Launch Africa Ventures as part of its pre-seed round.

South African open-source intelligence company VoxCroft Analytics has been acquired by the US-based Redpoint Advisors.

South African VC firm Aions Ventures has launched Aions Seed Fund I, a ZAR100 million (US$6.1 million) seed fund to back local early-stage tech startups

African electric mobility company Spiro has secured a landmark $215 million investment round to accelerate the expansion of its electric vehicle (EV) and battery-swapping infrastructure