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Saudi Arabia emerged as the most funded startup market in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) during the first...

SanuPay and OpenWay have partnered to roll out Ethiopia’s first locally issued credit card, a significant step toward modernising the...

Flend, Egypt’s first fully digital SME lending platform regulated by the Financial Regulatory Authority, has closed a $3 million seed...

Google today unveiled a US $37 million investment package to accelerate artificial intelligence research, education, infrastructure, and entrepreneurship across Africa. At the...

In a strategic move to deepen its commitment to Africa’s digital economy, Visa has officially launched its first-ever data centre...

ORA Technologies, a Moroccan super‑app founded in 2023 by entrepreneur Omar Alami, has closed a US $7.5 million Series A investment round....

Rwazi, an African-founded AI market intelligence startup, has secured $12 million in Series A funding to enhance its real-time consumer...

Orange Money, in partnership with African fintech platform JUMO, has officially launched a small loans service in Zambia, aiming to...

French energy company Engie has fully commissioned the 650 megawatt Red Sea Wind Energy project on Egypt’s Red Sea coast,...

Meta Platforms Inc. has acquired PlayAI, a California-based voice AI company founded by Egyptian engineers Mahmoud Felfel and Hammad Syed....

Technology startups in the United Arab Emirates raised a total of US $1.0 billion during the first half of 2025,...

The Bank of Ghana has issued a directive mandating that all virtual asset service providers operating in or serving residents...