African startups working at the intersection of food, technology and sustainability are invited to apply for the 2026 edition of the FoodTech 500.

Ghanaian startup TrustCheck has built a review and trust platform that allows consumers to check out businesses, especially social media sellers, before they part with their money.

Ugandan startup School Monitor Technologies operates a cloud-based school management platform designed specifically for how ...

Madica, a structured pre-seed investment programme for African startups, has secured US$6 million in additional capital from Flourish Ventures to extend its investment pilot by three years.

South African investtech startup Fynbos Money is allowing customers to connect their portfolios to ChatGPT, Claude and other AI assistants, helping them ask questions about their investments and ...

African startups are invited to apply for the second edition of Yamaha’s TRANSPOSE Innovation Challenge, a Yamaha-backed programme that will see winning founders receive funding and support to build ...

Nigerian startup Lumora is building a multi-app digital ecosystem that brings chat, cloud storage, an AI assistant and study tools together under a single login.

Tanzanian e-health startup Medikea has raised US$1.2 million in pre-seed funding as it opens two new clinics and targets a network of 10 facilities by the end of next year. Founded in 2022, Medikea is ...

African startup funding platform Investable.Africa has launched in open beta, giving founders access to a database of more than 4,000 investing firms and investors free access to deal flow from all 54 ...

Western Cape tech startups are invited to apply for the first cohort of the Cape Venture Bridge, a new programme run by AfricArise that aims to prepare them for international VC and market expansion.

Nigerian business banking platform Nomba has extended its Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) payments corridor into Zambia, allowing Congolese businesses to pay Zambian suppliers instantly.

Ugandan startup XenFi is helping internet service providers (ISPs) and Wi-Fi hotspot operators sell internet access, manage customers and collect payments via mobile money from a single platform.