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South African VC Grindstone Launches $31 Million Tech Startup Fund
Grindstone Ventures Launches $31.2 Million Fund to Back African Tech Startups South African venture capital firm Grindstone Ventures has launched a R500 million (about…
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ChipMango Raises $1.9M To Build African Chip-Design Talent
Nigerian-founded semiconductor startup ChipMango has raised $1.9 million in seed funding led by Atlantica Ventures to expand its chip-design engineering operations across Africa…
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Africa Blockchain Festival, World Token Summit Ally In Nairobi
The Africa Blockchain Festival and the World Token Summit have forged a strategic alliance, co-branding their events at the Sarit Expo Centre in Nairobi…
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Africa Tech Festival Returns To Cape Town For 29th Edition
Africa Tech Festival returns to the Cape Town International Convention Centre from November 16-19, 2026, marking the 29th edition of the continent’s longest-running technology…
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CBN Opens Second Regulatory Sandbox Cohort For Virtual Assets And Fintech
Nigeria’s central bank has opened applications for the second cohort of its regulatory sandbox, giving virtual asset operators, fintechs and other digital finance companies…
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African Tech M&A Deals Hit 84, Disclosed Value Tops $11.4 Billion
African tech mergers and acquisitions have more than doubled in 2026, with 84 deals tracked so far carrying a disclosed value of $11.4 billion,…
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Flutterwave Secures Nigerian Banking Licence, Moves Beyond Payments
Flutterwave has secured a microfinance banking licence in Nigeria, a move that lets the payments company hold customer funds and deposits directly for the…
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MarkHack 5.0 Celebrates Innovation with Hackathon and the 2nd Nigeria MarTech Award
As part of the landmark MarkHack 5.0 Conference, the 2nd edition of The Nigeria MarTech Award, held on Friday, 5th June 2026, at the…
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MarkHack 5.0 Explores AI, Culture at the Center of Marketing and Innovation in Nigeria
MarkHack 5.0 delivered a defining moment for Africa’s marketing, media, and technology ecosystem, convening an elite cross-section of industry leaders, innovators, and policymak…
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Tomi Davies, Dr. Victor ‘Gbenga Afolabi to Unveil Africa’sFirst Ad-Agency GPT at MarkHack 5.0
MarkHack 5.0, Nigeria’s premier marketing, media, and technology conference, will hostthe official unveiling of Ad-Agency GPT—Africa’s first generative AI platform purpose-built…