Tage Kene-Okafor

Juicyway uses stablecoins to power fast and cheap cross-border payments and has processed $1 billion in TPV in the last three years.

Y Combinator has quietly reduced its focus on developing markets, including Africa. Now, local accelerators—backed by African YC alumni—are stepping in.

Waymo partners with Moove, an African startup that offers vehicle financing to gig workers, to handle robotaxi service operations in Phoenix and Miami. 

HUB2 simplifies payments for fintechs helping them collect mobile money, bank transfers, card payments, and cryptocurrency via a single API.

Omri Casspi raises $60 million for his latest venture fund, Swish Ventures, backing cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, and AI startups.

M-KOPA is on track for $400M in revenue this year, having raised over $300M from investors, and extended $1.5B in credit to customers.

Eyewa sees super-fast growth as the Middle East’s Warby Parker, has new $100M from investors including General Atlantic to keep expanding.

Altos Ventures, a nearly three-decade-old Silicon Valley venture capital firm, has secured $500 million for its latest fund—its largest yet.

Google and DPI back African fintech Moniepoint in $110M round

Pan-African VC firm Janngo Capital has closed its second fund at €73 million, 20% more than its target.

Africa's blockchain and crypto space is receiving a much-needed venture boost during a tough time for startups, some of which have retreated from specific

In January last year, German biotech company BioNTech acquired African AI startup Instadeep for over $550 million, a deal finalized in July of the same

Flutterwave CEO GB discusses the company's recent administrative changes, product focus, and their implications for the company as it scales.

Paymob has evolved into an omnichannel gateway offering over 50 methods for offline and online payments to more than 350,000+ merchants.

The potential of Cercli's payroll platform has attracted investor interest, leading to $4 million in seed funding.

The Dubai-based startup, which now counts 50,000 retail and business customers in the UAE, has netted $22 million led by Altos Ventures.

As we continue to monitor the growth of Africa's tech ecosystem, it’s essential to highlight and analyze the biggest disclosed acquisitions.

Two of Africa's largest B2B e-commerce platforms, Wasoko and MaxAB, have finally completed the continent’s much-talked-about merger.

Workpay provides cloud-based HR, payroll, and benefits solutions for businesses with employees across Africa.

In May, the African fintech processed up to $70 million in monthly payment volume.