Digital Africa has launched a €50 million seed fund to support early-stage startups across 20 African markets, focusing on regions with lower access to venture capital.
Kenya loses an estimated KES 72 billion a year to food loss and waste, much of it from perishables that lack proper cooling. A new wave of investment, from institutional capital at Tatu City to county-level solar cold rooms, is now treating cold chain as core economic infrastructure.
Kenya is targeting 5 million international arrivals and KSh 1.2 trillion in tourism revenue by 2030. Hitting those numbers depends on hotel capacity, MICE infrastructure and digital systems — opening three clear opportunities for investors.
Operating conditions across African markets diverge sharply in 2026, with differences in regulatory predictability, financial system depth, talent availability, and macroeconomic stability shaping where businesses can realistically scale.
Stanford's 2026 AI Index reveals South Africa is one of just three countries where AI engineering skills are outpacing literacy. African investors should take note. (159 characters)
The completion of Africa's largest power station has rewired water politics from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. The smart money is moving accordingly.
Why does 80% of African startup funding come from foreign investors? A new study of 4,444 founders across 51 countries reveals the hidden frictions shaping who builds, who funds, and who gets left out of Africa's startup boom.
Nigeria’s Paystack has rolled out a rebuilt merchant dashboard powered by artificial intelligence, marking a shift from payments infrastructure toward business intelligence tools for merchants operating on its platform.
Nigeria’s LemFi is reportedly on track to raise a €30 million Series B extension, adding to the $53 million round it closed in 2025 as the fintech startup expands its cross-border payment infrastructure across major diaspora markets.
Africa imported 18.8 GW of solar panels in 2025, but only a fraction shows up in official data. The gap is a booming private C&I market where platform companies are quietly consolidating before investors catch on.
African coffee exports hit a record 1.18 million tonnes in 2024/25 just as the EU Deforestation Regulation prepares to take effect. Rwanda is positioned to keep its EU access, Ethiopia and Uganda face structural risk, and Kenya could lose European market access entirely.
The FT 2026 ranking of Africa's fastest-growing companies has Egypt at the top and Kenya ahead of Nigeria. But the more telling story is in the names: printers, banks and supermarket chains. The Silicon Savannah class that defined African tech four years ago is merging, restructuring or gone.
Nigeria is one of the largest betting markets in Africa, with industry estimates putting the betting economy at around ₦5.6 trillion ($3.3-3.6 billion) in 2025/26.
A small but maturing tribe of African companies has discovered who will pay for their dataset. The rest are still looking.
Kenya has proved that the daily payments of low-income solar customers can be securitised, underwritten by commercial banks, and repaid ahead of schedule. Nigeria, with the bigger market and the weaker currency, is the next test.
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