South Africa's long-standing payments body PASA is being dissolved, with its responsibilities transferring to PayInc and the South African Reserve Bank in a major restructuring of the country's payments infrastructure.
Y Combinator has helped build some of Africa's most successful startups. Now, many of its alumni are becoming investors, backing the next generation of founders across fintech, healthtech, logistics, AI, and developer tools.
Bloomberg's 2026 Africa Startups to Watch list challenges the narrative of Nigerian and Kenyan dominance. Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa each placed four startups on the ranking, while companies from 10 other African countries also made the cut.