Ibn Bacar
Innovation Ecosystems Developer and Researcher, curating stories that highlight the foundations of Africa’s evolving startup ecosystem.
Google Opens Applications for Class 10 of Its Africa Startup Accelerator,...
Google has opened applications for Class 10 of the Google for Startups Accelerator Africa, marking a pivotal shift in the program’s evolution nearly a...
Aruwa Capital Secures Up to $8M IFC Commitment for Fund II
Aruwa Capital Secures Up to $8M IFC Commitment for Fund II
Lagos-based, women-led private equity firm Aruwa Capital Management has secured a commitment of up...
Kenya: Delta40 Raises $20M to Scale Early-Stage Startup Investing Across Africa
Kenya-based venture firm Delta40 has secured $20 million to accelerate investment in early-stage startups across Africa, signaling renewed confidence in venture builder models on...
Rwanda Becomes World’s First Country with Nationwide Autonomous Drone Delivery
Kigali, 5 February 2026 — Rwanda has signed a landmark expansion agreement with Zipline that will make it the first country in the world...
Islamic Finance: A Practical Solution for Mozambique’s Startup Crisis
Mozambique’s startup ecosystem is not failing for lack of talent or ideas. It is failing because the financing model is broken. Entrepreneurs across Maputo,...
Local Capital Now Powers Nearly 40% of Africa’s Startup Funding
African investors are playing a bigger role than ever in financing the continent’s startup ecosystem, helping to cushion the impact of a sharp pullback...
Asia and Gulf Capital Reshape Africa’s Startup Ecosytem With $180bn Push
Africa has quietly become one of the world’s fastest-growing technology frontiers, driven by rapid mobile adoption, digital leapfrogging, and a young, innovation-hungry population.
Over the...
NBA Africa Introduces Accelerator for Early-Stage African Startups
'Africa Startup Accelerator' is a new initiative designed to support early-stage startups in Africa, specifically in the sports and creative sectors. This program will...
Xente’s Global Business Payment Vision: From Uganda to the World
Xente, co-founded by Francis Nkurunungi, is a fintech platform that streamlines business payments, collections, and financial operations.
Targeting medium to large enterprises, Xente offers a...
The Impact of Famunera from Uganda to the UAE
Picture a world where Ugandan farmers seamlessly connect with agribusiness financiers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and cooperatives in the Netherlands effortlessly procure...
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Egyptian HealthTech Startup Reme-D Raises $1.45M to Scale Disease Diagnostics
Egyptian health technology startup Reme-D has secured US$1.45 million in pre-Series A funding to accelerate the production of locally manufactured molecular diagnostic tests and...
Top 20 African Startup Deals – July 2026
Africa's Most Significant Startup Investments, Partnerships and Acquisitions This Month
While billion-dollar funding rounds often dominate headlines, the real engine of Africa's innovation economy is...
Kenya Climate Ventures Shifts Focus to Back Africa’s Earliest Climate Startups
Kenya Climate Ventures (KCV) is reshaping its investment strategy once again, placing greater emphasis on supporting Africa's earliest-stage climate startups as it seeks to...
Nigeria Unveils $350,000 iDICE Startup Growth Lab to Support Innovation Across Six Regions
Nigeria's Bank of Industry (BOI) has launched the iDICE Startup Growth Lab, a new accelerator programme aimed at helping promising technology startups scale their...
NVIDIA Partners With RiseUp, A15 and BitRoot to Launch AI Accelerator for Egyptian Startups
Global AI technology leader NVIDIA has joined forces with Egyptian entrepreneurship organizations RiseUp, A15, and BitRoot to introduce NVIDIA SIGNALS, a new accelerator program...
