Justina Salami

Uber alum’s floating nuclear startup raises $50M weeks after $10M pre-seed

Kofi Asante's Bluecore Energy has raised an oversubscribed $50 million seed round to accelerate its floating nuclear power technology.

Kenya’s Arc Ride raises $33.3M to expand into South Africa

ARC Ride, an electric mobility platform, has raised $33.3 million in new financing. The company will use the money to expand its services across Africa.

How Obiageli Okafor went from footwear entrepreneur to award-winning product manager

The combination was simple: become useful, keep learning, solve increasingly valuable problems and make sure the right people know what you can do.

Ghanaian remittance startup Seevcash gets funding from Stellar

Seevcash, a remittance and peer-to-peer money transfer platform serving diaspora communities between Ghana and the United States, has raised US$333,000 in funding.

Egyptian edtech, 3C Coding School raises $3million seed round 

3C Coding School, an Egypt-based edtech startup, has secured $3 million in a seed round, its first outside institutional funding in 10 years.

NuRAN is delisting from the Canadian Securities Exchange 

NuRAN Wireless Inc. plans to voluntarily delist from the Canadian Securities Exchange on 4th September, 2026 after 10 years. It maintains it's listing on Nasdaq.

How Afolabi Sokeye 10x’d his income in one year

"I was earning about ₦40,000 a month in my final year. In the space of that one year, 2024, I was able to change that."

MTN Group puts 30% stake in IHS up for sale after approval in principle

MTN Group plans to sell a 30% stake in IHS Nigeria to local investors as part of the condition set by FCCPC to acquire the majority of the company.

Tyms partners with Seedstars to bring AI-native accounting to emerging market entrepreneurs

Tyms Inc., the AI-native accounting platform partners with Seedstars to bring AI-native accounting to emerging market entrepreneurs.

Ventures Platform closes its second fund at $84 million

Ventures Platform has reached the final close of its second institutional fund, VP Pan-African Fund II, at $84 million.

Talksign launches marketplace to solve sign language AI’s data problem

Talksign has launched a marketplace letting Deaf communities license and sell sign language datasets, tackling AI's biggest accessibility data gap.

South African AI startup Verascient raises $1.2 million in an oversubscribed pre-seed round

Verascient, a South African AI startup, has raised $1.2 million (R19.5 million) in its first funding round. The oversubscribed round was backed by several notable investors.