Egyptian fintech NowPay has secured a $20m strategic investment to fuel its expansion into Saudi Arabia

The outcome closes a long-running probe, but leaves unresolved concerns around delayed investor withdrawals.

As Minister 'Bosun Tijani transitions the flagship 3MTT programme to its national stage, the country faces a widening gulf between its massive supply of tech talent and a financial engine that is fast evaporating under his watch.

Of the hundreds of funds active during that peak, over 500 “tourist investors” have effectively vanished from the continent’s deal flow.

The timing of Nice Deer’s scale-up coincides with a massive regulatory overhaul in Egypt.

The precarity facing African content moderators is intensifying as platforms increasingly turn to artificial intelligence.

As venture capital equity markets cooled in 2025, Africa’s largest commercial banks stepped into the gap.

Paystack’s footprint now covers markets representing approximately 46% of Africa’s GDP.

Climate financing continues to attract interests global investors.

The acquisition is a validation of the “talent is universal, opportunity is not” thesis that has gained traction across the global south.

“We invested in Knot because the team is solving a complex global problem with a new solution.”

Yacouba Traore is the first to admit that building a startup in Burkina Faso...