At Starlink, he was associated with a market-entry strategy that often relied on direct engagement with heads of state to accelerate regulatory approvals.

Five35's portfolio sits largely outside fintech, the sector with the weakest gender balance among Africa's largest technology verticals.

The investment reflects growing interest in African workforce technology aimed at deskless employees.

The Cairo-based advisory platform is taking control of a bank-backed private equity vehicle, a move that blurs the line between deal broker and principal investor.

The Lagos-founded autonomous systems company has added $18m to its seed financing and plans to expand manufacturing in Ghana while opening its first international office in London.

Fuelled by informal workforces and bank credit gaps, vehicle-financing platforms are building cross-continental empires.

The Nasdaq-listed payments group settled its restructured Africa transaction without paying cash.

Chinese-language money laundering networks (CMLNs) have begun openly marketing their financial services to operators in five sub-Saharan African countries, according to latest reports.

Egyptian digital payments and fintech group e-Finance for Digital and Financial Investments has agreed...

Growing CEO departures in 18 months mark the end of the continent's "blitz-scaling" era and the uncomfortable arrival of institutional governance.

African e-commerce group Jumia Technologies was left with just $367,000 of total equity at the end of June

Egypt’s Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) has issued a statement categorically denying reports that it ordered the closure or operational suspension of branches operated by non-banking financial institutions, most of them fintech firms.