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11Cascador Opens Applications to its 2026 ScaleUp Program to Accelerate Africa’s Next Generation of Growth-Stage Founders
Cascador, an Africa-focused platform that unlocks the potential of the region’s most transformative entrepreneurs, has today announced the opening of applications for its 2026...
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9Duplo and Ozow Announce Strategic Partnership to Transform Local Payments and Expense Management for Businesses in South Africa
Duplo, the leading financial operating system for African businesses, has partnered withOzow, South Africa’s premier payment gateway, to transform how businesses in...
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57Paga Group Marks 17 Years of Building Africa’s Financial Services Infrastructure with Major Leadership Evolution
Paga Group, Africa’s premier financial services infrastructure company, announced a significant evolution in its leadership structure as it celebrates 17 years of...
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95M-KOPA South Africa Impact Report Reveals Women are Driving the Country’s Digital Inclusion Charge
M-KOPA South Africa has published its inaugural South Africa Impact Report. The findings show that women are playing a leading role in...
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141Verto Expands Business Accounts to Enable Seamless Payments from the US to Africa
Verto, a leading global cross-border payments platform, today announced a new solution under Verto Business Accounts that enables US-registered businesses to move money seamlessly...
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86Madica Expands Portfolio With $600K Investment in Three Startups
Madica, a structured investment program for pre-seed African startups, has announced new investments in three tech-enabled startups. The three startups include Kilimo Fresh, Hakimu,...
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115IFC Partners with Cashi to Expand Digital Payment Services into Central Africa
A partnership was announced between IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and Cashi, a fintech company building digital payment infrastructure in...
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206Madica Releases Guidebook on Fundraise for Early-stage Founders
Madica, a structured investment program for pre-seed African startups, has released an insight-led guidebook series, Zero to Funded: A Founder’s Guide to Pre-Seed...
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Four Climate Ventures to receive US$273,000 in Follow-on Support from BFA Global and FSD Africa
BFA Global and FSD Africa today announced $273,000 in follow-on funding and venture-building support for four early-stage alumni of previous Triggering Exponential...
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161Circle and Sasai Fintech Collaborate to Expand Access to USDC in Africa
Circle Internet Group, Inc. (NYSE: CRCL), one of the world’s leading internet financial platform companies, today announced a collaboration between one of...
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241littlefish Raises $9.5M Series A to Power Merchant Infrastructure Across Africa
littlefish, the merchant operating system powering the relationships between Africa’s biggest banks and the merchant class, announced the close of a $9.5 million...
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255South Africa’s Happy Pay Raises $5M Seed Round Led by Partech
Happy Pay, one of Africa’s fastest-growing Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) platforms, has closed a $5 million seed round led by global...
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252Adenia Hits $180 Million Hard Cap at First Close for Entrepreneurial Fund, Announces First Investment
Adenia Partners (“Adenia”), a leading private equity firm focused on growth opportunities across Africa, today announced the successful first close of the Adenia...
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241Luno Launches First Structured Crypto Prediction Market in Nigeria
Luno, the global cryptocurrency platform founded in Africa, has launched a structured Crypto Prediction Markets product in Nigeria. The new feature enables customers to...
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293Absa and Thunes Unveil Absa Global Pay, a Next‑Generation Solution for Fast, Affordable Global Remittances
Absa Group, one of Africa’s largest diversified financial services providers, has partnered with Thunes, the Smart Superhighway to move money around the...
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362PawaPay Partners with Deriv to Support Mobile Money Deposits Across African Markets
PawaPay, a leading pan-African payments aggregator, has partnered with Deriv to support mobile money deposits across multiple African markets, with plans to expand further....
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320Vantage Capital Leads R635m Investment into SolarAfrica Energy
Vantage Capital (www.VantageCapital.co.za), Africa’s largest mezzanine debt fund manager, announced that it has made a R635m investment into Commercial Energy South Africa...
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351Symbiotics Invests $5.5 in Fido Ghana to Boost AI-Powered Financial Inclusion
Symbiotics has supported Fido Ghana through a USD 5.5 million debt investment, backing a pioneering digital financial services provider committed to expanding...
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226How Bitnob is Reshaping Enterprise Payments in Africa: Insights from Africa Tech Summit Nairobi
Over 1,600 attendees from 64 countries packed the Sarit Expo Centre for Africa Tech Summit on February 12-13, 2025. Bitnob came as...
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226Why Digital Identity is Becoming Africa’s Most Critical Tech Infrastructure
Across Africa, digital identity has become part of everyday life. Governments use it to deliver services, banks rely on it to open...
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952Delta40 Completes $20M Capital Raise to Build, Invest in & Support Innovative Ventures Across Africa
Delta40 today announced $20 million in funding secured to support its integrated Venture Studio and Fund. The milestone marks Africa’s first institutional raise linking venture building and...
