. The Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), through its asset management subsidiary AFC Capital Partners (ACP), has launched the Infrastructure Climate-Resilient Fund Nigeria (ICRF Nigeria), a new vehicle...
. Africa’s next generation of major technology companies may not necessarily come from newly formed startups. Some could emerge from sophisticated technology platforms and intellectual property alread...
. Nigerian regulatory technology company Youverify is strengthening its focus on artificial intelligence governance, as financial institutions increasingly deploy AI while facing growing demands aroun...
. Pan-African women-focused wealth platform FinTribe has launched a new mobile application designed to bring savings, investment tracking, financial education and community-based wealth building into ...
. Africa’s efforts to deepen regional trade may be losing momentum not primarily because of problems at national borders, but because of obstacles within individual countries, according to a new World...
. Nigerian technology company Terra Industries has raised an additional $18 million, bringing its total seed funding to $52 million as the company accelerates manufacturing and expands its autonomous ...
. Africa’s data centre market is entering a potentially transformative phase, with demand for computing capacity projected to rise by three to five times by 2030 and requiring between $10 billion and ...
. African stablecoin infrastructure company Yellow Card has disclosed that its decision to shut down its consumer-facing cryptocurrency exchange was driven by a strategic business shift, rather than r...
. Standard Bank, Africa’s largest lender by assets, is positioning itself to capture a larger share of the continent’s rapidly expanding digital payments market as electronic transactions become incre...
. African e-commerce company Jumia Technologies AG has secured $50 million in fresh capital, anchored by a $25 million investment from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), as the company repor...
. African technology founders and ecosystem leaders are increasingly looking beyond venture capital headlines, with greater emphasis now being placed on foreign direct investment, cross-border payment...
. IHS Towers, one of Africa’s largest independent telecommunications infrastructure companies, increased revenue in the first half of 2026, but higher operating costs and expenses linked to its propos...
. MTN Group has moved a step closer to taking full control of IHS Towers after shareholders of the telecommunications infrastructure company approved the proposed acquisition of the remaining shares h...
. After spending about 15 years working across some of the world’s biggest technology companies, Nigerian-American technology executive Emem Adjah is turning her experience in Big Tech into a pl...
. MTN Nigeria has marked 25 years of commercial operations in the country with 92.2 million subscribers, highlighting the dramatic expansion of telecommunications infrastructure since mobile services ...
. Africa’s startup ecosystem experienced one of its sharpest funding contractions in recent years in July 2026, as total investment into the continent’s technology companies fell by more t...
. Artificial intelligence (AI) is unlikely to trigger widespread job losses across Africa in the near term, according to the World Bank, which says the technology is more likely to reshape how people ...
. Africa’s growing digital economy has made significant progress in domestic payments, but cross-border transactions remain a major challenge for businesses operating across the continent. Fintech com...
. Africa’s leading fintech unicorn, Flutterwave, is preparing for its next phase of growth with plans to expand beyond digital payments into banking services, as the company explores acquiring b...
. Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping Africa’s cyber threat landscape, with 55% of reported cybercrime incidents across the continent now involving AI-enabled tactics, according to the ...
. The African Development Bank (AfDB) has warned that West Africa’s persistent development financing gap is less about a shortage of capital and more about the region’s inability to effect...
. Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming Africa’s digital economy, changing the nature of work across industries rather than replacing workers outright. As businesses accelerate di...
. Cryptocurrency exchange Luno has announced a fresh round of layoffs, reducing its global workforce by 20% as part of a broader restructuring aimed at improving operational efficiency and adapting to...
. Global financial intelligence and ratings company S&P Global has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Agusto & Co., a leading African credit rating agency, in a deal aimed at strengthening ...
. Africa’s fintech ecosystem may be attracting global investment and driving rapid digital payment adoption, but the continent’s underlying payment infrastructure still suffers from a crit...
. Africa’s digital infrastructure is entering a new phase of expansion, with the continent’s operational data centre capacity now exceeding 500 megawatts (MW), while an additional 890MW wo...