6+ hour, 15+ min ago  (471+ words) Visa and Safaricom are increasing awareness of the M-Pesa GlobalPay Virtual Visa Card, through football-themed consumer campaigns to demonstrate how the service enables secure international online transactions for Kenyans. The campaign included activations at shopping malls across Nairobi, where consumers…...

15+ hour, 25+ min ago  (282+ words) VOVE ID has launched a compliance readiness programme for African and emerging-market startups, with applications open from July 20 to August 20. Six to eight startups will be selected from the applicant pool for a private review process. “Founders do not need…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (963+ words) Drawing on perspectives from lending, digital identity, financial technology and organisational transformation, the panel outlined what lenders should prioritise as African digital lending enters its next chapter. Digital lending has travelled a remarkable distance over the past decade. For many…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago  (376+ words) Nigerian fintech startup Gigbanc has announced it is winding down operations, becoming the latest casualty of the funding downturn affecting early-stage startups across Africa. The company, which set out to build cross-border financial infrastructure for African freelancers, creators, entrepreneurs and…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (613+ words) More than 50 investors and business leaders from Africa, Europe and North America have arrived in Dar es Salaam for a five-day trade and investment mission led by Equity Group, underscoring the bank’s growing role in connecting businesses with cross-border investment…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (350+ words) Google Play has launched its first Indie Games Fund for Africa, committing Sh129 million ($1 million) to help independent game studios across 32 African countries scale their products and reach global audiences. The fund, unveiled on July 1, provides equity-free capital alongside technical support…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (765+ words) Google has expanded its long-term technology strategy on the continent with a series of infrastructure, artificial intelligence and startup investments announced during the Google Cloud Africa Summit 2026 in Johannesburg. The inaugural event brought together more than 3,000 executives, developers, public sector…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (557+ words) African startups are increasingly being judged on profitability rather than user growth, as the continent’s funding landscape matures beyond its earlier reliance on rapid scale and international venture capital, according to Google’s Managing Director for Africa, Alex Okosi. Speaking on…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (357+ words) Open Startup, the pan-African organisation that has spent the past decade supporting entrepreneurs and innovation ecosystems across the continent, has launched The Science Road, a new strategic direction aimed at strengthening African science, deep tech and research-led innovation as these…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (472+ words) The biggest threat to shopping online today is not a suspicious stranger trying to lure you to a fake website but a scammer hiding inside a trusted marketplace where you bought your last pair of shoes, clothes or last-minute birthday…...