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.

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.

South Africa’s HR startup Jem raises $8.4M Series A

South African workforce management startup Jem has raised $8.4 million in a Series A round led by Quona Capital.

Moove hits $2.1 billion valuation as it raises $250 million Series C 

Moove, the Lagos-born mobility fintech, has raised $250 million in a Series C round, valuing the company at $2.1 billion. This confirms Moove's long-anticipated unicorn status.

Nigeria’s Dimension Data raises $2.9m to expand fibre network

Dimension Data Limited, a Nigerian technology infrastructure provider, has raised $2.9 million to expand its fibre infrastructure.

Three Ghanaian startups get $500k from Village Capital 

Village Capital has deployed $500,000 from the Africa Ecosystem Catalysts Facility into Built Financial Technologies, GrowForMe and SAYeTECH.

South Africa’s Cue raises $5 million to expand its  AI service agents

Cape Town founded Cue has secured it's largest funding yet. It was co-led by Knife Capital and FAM investments.

Shiprazor, Oze, Regxta and 12 others  get funding from Renew Capital

African early-stage investment firm Renew Capital has selected 15 companies for investment through its inaugural venture lab, EmFi Series.

YC alum Timon gets funding and expands into Kenya after crossing 100,000 users

After reaching 100,000 users, Timon has secured funding from Alliance and launched in Kenya, betting on stablecoins to power cross-border travel payments for Africans.

Return founder, Tomiwa Lasebikan, raises $2.4 million for stablecoin startup Daya

Daya, the stablecoin payments startup founded by return entrepreneur Tomiwa Lasebikan, has raised $2.4 million in pre-seed funding to expand cross-border payment infrastructure.

11 African stablecoin-focused startups that raised money in H1 2026

These are the African stablecoin-focused startups that attracted investor funding in the first half of 2026 as digital dollar infrastructure gained momentum across Africa.