Swvl Holdings Corp. has agreed to raise $13 million from investors led by Coefficient LP, a U.S. investment firm backed by Egypt’s Sawiris family, as the mobility technology company...
Nigerian agritech company ThriveAgric has raised 5.3 billion naira ($3.93 million) through its first commercial paper issuance, the company said on Tuesday.
The Series 1 issuance was oversubscribed after investors...
Flowt, a Nairobi-based financial technology startup has raised pre-seed funding to expand access to working capital for Africa’s climate-focused small businesses.
Founded by Elana Laichena, Flowt raised the pre-seed round...
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is investing $1 billion to place thousands of artificial intelligence specialists inside customer organisations, in a move that will help businesses use AI in everyday...
Swvl Holdings Corp. has agreed to raise $13 million from investors led by Coefficient LP, a U.S. investment firm backed by Egypt’s Sawiris family, as the mobility technology company expands into...
Flowt, a Nairobi-based financial technology startup has raised pre-seed funding to expand access to working capital for Africa’s climate-focused small businesses.
Founded by Elana Laichena,...
Sabvest Capital is investing about $47 million in South African telecommunications companies Frogfoot and Vox, betting that faster fiber expansion into lower-income communities can...
NTT DATA and Palo Alto Networks have formed a multi-year global strategic alliance to help businesses secure the adoption of artificial intelligence, with the...
ASUS Republic of Gamers is stepping up its focus on Kenya’s gaming and digital-creation market, using Nairobi’s Otamatsuri 2026 to put high-performance hardware in...
If you examine digital businesses, you’ll find that many of these aren’t built entirely from scratch. A fintech startup can connect to an existing...
While technology has brought many celebrated breakthroughs in general healthcare, it’s important not to ignore the negative impacts it has introduced, especially in cancer...
The inaugural iGaming AFRIKA Summit opened in Nairobi on Monday, bringing together regulators, operators, investors and technology firms to discuss the future of Africa’s...
By Veerakumar Natarajan, Country Head, Zoho Kenya
Six years ago, Kenya enacted the Data Protection Act (DPA), becoming the first East African country to establish...
Faster integration of payment systems is emerging as a competitive advantage for businesses operating in Kenya’s digital economy.
Developers say improvements introduced under Safaricom’s Daraja...
Sheila Cheptoo, a 25-year-old poultry farmer in the quiet village of Masare, in Bomet County, rises early before sunrise. The soft rustling of her 132...
Swvl Holdings Corp. has agreed to raise $13 million from investors led by Coefficient LP, a U.S. investment firm backed by Egypt’s Sawiris family, as the mobility technology company expands into the U.S. market.
Coefficient will invest $10 million in the private placement, while an...
Binance announced that its stock-trading platform has surpassed $1 billion in assets under management (AUM) within 30 days of launch, marking a milestone for...
Binance has pledged $250,000 in emergency humanitarian funding to support frontline efforts responding to an ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo...
Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, used Africa Month to deepen its engagement on the continent, positioning digital assets and blockchain...
Hamilton Labs has secured an undisclosed strategic investment from AXIAN Investment to accelerate the rollout of its dollar-pegged stablecoin across Africa, the companies said.
The...
Nedbank Group said on Thursday it had entered a strategic partnership with Crypto.com to explore blockchain-based payment, settlement and liquidity solutions across Africa, in...
For years, Africa's digital transformation story has largely centered on cities, where infrastructure investment, technology adoption, and innovation ecosystems have grown rapidly. Yet beyond these urban centers, millions of people across rural and peri-urban communities still remain under-connected, limiting access to education, healthcare, entrepreneurship...
As a woman, you may have noticed that the obstacles in your career do not always appear discriminatory on their own. They tend to look like a manager who...
Kenya’s technology story is often told through the founders who built companies, the investors who financed them and the executives who took African businesses into new markets. Less visible...
