. Nigeria’s startup ecosystem recorded a dramatic rebound in August 2026, attracting $364.1 million across 20 disclosed deals and accounting for more than four-fifths of all startup funding raised acr...
. Access Bank Plc has increased the grant attached to its Womenpreneur Pitch-a-ton Africa programme to N7 million, strengthening its financial support for women entrepreneurs across the continent. The...
. Sterling Bank has expanded financing across its priority sectors to N331.7 billion, reinforcing its push to position agriculture and related industries as key drivers of Africa’s economic transforma...
. The Telecommunication and Technology Sustainability Working Group (TTSWG) is set to provide N9.2 million in seed funding to three Nigerian startups, as it expands efforts to help technology ventures...
. The Federal Government has begun moves to establish a national standards framework for innovation hubs across Nigeria, seeking to address disparities in institutional capacity, service quality and o...
. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has stepped up efforts to deliver its long-delayed single currency, directing its Commission to urgently convene the Presidents’ Task Force as ...
. African Languages Lab is advancing efforts to make artificial intelligence more accessible to African users with Mansa, a multilingual AI system designed specifically to understand, translate and pr...
. Kenyan financial technology startup Flowt has raised $550,000 in pre-seed funding to expand its AI-powered financial intelligence platform and build a $1 million loan book for climate-smart small an...
. Kenyan electric mobility startup ARC Ride has raised $33.3 million in a combination of equity and asset-backed debt to expand its electric motorcycle fleet, strengthen its battery-swapping infrastru...
. Nigerian startups attracted $364.1 million in disclosed funding in August 2026, accounting for 83.7% of all startup capital raised across Africa during the month as a handful of mega-deals pushed co...