African-Startups

The home of African innovation

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Introducing African-Startups 🌍

A media platform dedicated to Africa's innovation economy: founder stories, funding data, ecosystem intelligence, and the global connections that make it all move.

Mark your calendars. Something big is coming. May 7-8 at @EU_Startups Summit 2026.

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Vatar, the Nigerian social worlds company behind the #viral #browser #game Lagos Life, has raised a $500k #angel round at a $10 million valuation. ���🇬 🎮 💰

@EU_Startups, #togetherwegrow

https://t.co/xO2ms7YkJ7

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African FinTech company @MKOPAGlobal has acquired KilpiTek, a Finnish software company specialising in device-locking and related technology services. 🌍 🇫🇮📱 🤝

@EU_Startups, #togetherwegrow

https://t.co/bbjUjLBNRJ

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Tanzanian @AgTech company @eafoods_ has secured $40 million to scale its phygital infrastructure connecting smallholder farmers. 🇹🇿 🌾 🚚

@EU_Startups, #togetherwegrow

https://t.co/hplDBjoTGF

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🏆🌍💸 Six African startups have won the 2026 FINCA International Ventures Prize Competition, sharing $400k in grant funding. @VunaPay and Kumbatia Seafood took first place and $100k each.

@EU_Startups #TogetherWeGrow

https://t.co/sE25706tJI

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FinTech startup Leatherback has rebranded as Foren, months after Nigeria's Zedcrest Group acquired it in July 2026

@EU_Startups #TogetherWeGrow

https://t.co/EPyNdJXx5t

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South African private equity firm Infinite Partners has closed Infinite Partners Core Equity Fund II at $168 million (R2.8 billion), above its $150 million (R2.5 billion) target

@EU_Startups #TogetherWeGrow

https://t.co/5fEajNwobe

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MNT-Halan, Egypt’s first #FinTech #unicorn, has announced plans to list on the Egyptian Stock Exchange (EGX) through an #IPO, as CIB commits up to $38.23 million to the IPO. 🇪🇬 📈 🏦

@EU_Startups, #togetherwegrow

https://t.co/ZSnE7NGa06

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Old Mutual Alternative Investments has agreed to sell its stake in South African sports and leisure group MoreCorp to RMB - Rand Merchant Bank Ventures, ending a 10-year investment

@EU_Startups #TogetherWeGrow

https://t.co/aBzjIGzrHu

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Kenya’s @FamilyBankKenya has secured a $10 million trade finance line of credit from the @AfDB_Group. 🇰🇪 🏦 🌍

@EU_Startups, #togetherwegrow

https://t.co/925IqY8NcY

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@UNDP and the @GSMA have announced a strategic partnership to strengthen Africa's AI ecosystem and speed up the rollout of African-led AI solutions, including tools in African languages

@EU_Startups #TogetherWeGrow

https://t.co/9TzUQpanuT

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KawiSafi Ventures has invested $2 million in Orb Energy to expand its commercial and industrial solar business across East Africa

@EU_Startups #TogetherWeGrow

https://t.co/SBl4v8kZzy

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Sunnyvale- and Nairobi-based @satlytai, a #SpaceTech startup building software that enables #satellite operators to process data and run #AI onboard spacecraft, has raised $8 million in #Seed funding. 🇰🇪 🛰️ 🤖

@EU_Startups, #togetherwegrow

https://t.co/K5D9ppaxJ7

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Cold Solutions Rwanda, a provider of #cold #storage solutions, has reached a financial close on a senior #debt facility of up to $18 million from the AfricaGoGreen Fund, managed by Cygnum Capital. 🇷🇼 ❄️ 💰

@EU_Startups, #togetherwegrow

https://t.co/RWXVf31UhV

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African startups have raised over $2B by the end of September, and the total could reach $3B by year end if current trends hold.

Our full list of the African companies that raised funding last month is in the article.: https://t.co/P5xUa87YdJ

@EU_Startups #TogetherWeGrow

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African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has extended a $45.6 million revolving working capital facility to Prometal SA, a Cameroonian metallurgical and industrial group

@EU_Startups #TogetherWeGrow

https://t.co/Dn6jb7Rots

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FSD Africa has launched the Manager Finance Facility (MFF), a new initiative aimed at strengthening Africa’s emerging generation of alternative local capital providers

@EU_Startups #TogetherWeGrow

https://t.co/DG14c2Yquf

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@BritishIntInv is committing $65 million across Zambia and Zimbabwe, including a $15 million anchor investment in Zanaco's debut $100 million Sustainability Bond Programme.

@EU_Startups #TogtherWeGrow

https://t.co/P5hpl1M8Yx

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🌍🌱🚜 Proparco has invested $171,000 in Farm to Feed, a Kenyan AgTech company that helps smallholder farmers sell more of their harvest and lose less of it

@EU_Startups #TogetherWegrow

https://t.co/C2aXirwpSf

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🇸🇳 Senegal's SORAM AFRIQUE just raised $1.36 million with Saviu Ventures participating alongside the management team. Notably it's Saviu's first Climate Tech bet

@EU_Startups #TogetherWeGrow

https://t.co/x1Hr7RlfMe

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Nairobi-based FSD Africa has launched the Manager Finance Facility (MFF), a new #initiative aimed at strengthening Africa’s emerging generation of alternative local capital providers.

@EU_Startups, #togetherwegrow

https://t.co/DG14c2Yquf