2+ hour, 55+ min ago   (924+ words) One commercial transporter who lives in Lagos says he hasn’t had to visit a mechanic for repairs since he took his commercial tricycle (locally known as keke) with persistent engine problems to a service centre run by a fledgling startup…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (159+ words) WeeTracker African Startup Funding Tracker South Africa’s Jem Raises USD 8.4 M Series A To Expand Workforce Platform South African workforce management startup Jem has raised USD 8.4 M in Series A funding led by Quona Capital, with participation from University Technology…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (161+ words) weetracker.com African Startup Funding Tracker South African AI Startup Tennsa Secures USD 61 K Pre-Seed For Its Business Intelligence Platform South African AI startup Tennsa has secured more than ZAR 1 M (USD 61 K) from Oakvale Invest, becoming the first portfolio company…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (340+ words) Africa’s fintech champions are preparing for a landmark moment. By the end of 2026, as many as four of the continent’s largest digital financial services companies could be publicly traded. Yet only one of them is listing at home. The outlier…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (491+ words) Two years ago, the idea that South Africans would pay for just about anything with a flick of their finger seemed like something out of a fantasy novel. A ring that never needs charging, works with any tap-to-pay terminal, and…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (501+ words) Morocco’s electric vehicle market is heating up. Fully electric car registrations nearly doubled in the first seven months of 2026, jumping 99% to 1,213 units. Electrified vehicles now account for 17% of new passenger car sales, up from 10.5% a year earlier. The government wants…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (149+ words) WeeTracker African Startup Funding Tracker Africa50 Secures USD 50 M For Climate-Resilient Infrastructure Projects In Africa Africa50’s Alliance for Green Infrastructure in Africa Project Development Fund (AGIA-PD) has secured an additional USD 50 M from international development finance institutions to increase early-stage investment…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (1200+ words) In Harare, a man buys bricks with cash and pays the builder the same way. Over months, he pours concrete for the foundation, raises the walls to window level, and carefully budgets to get the timber for the roof. Then,…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (313+ words) That pattern is now being disrupted. The African Development Bank has approved a EUR 100 M (USD 114 M) loan to support the construction of Africa’s first electric vehicle battery gigafactory in Morocco, marking a significant step in the continent’s long‑standing ambition…...

4+ week, 17+ min ago   (165+ words) The Botswana Tech Fund (BTF) has reached a first close of GBP 5 M (USD 6.7 M) toward its GBP 50 M target to back early-stage technology startups in Botswana and Southern Africa. Domiciled in Guernsey, the fund is anchored by Pula Investments, the…...