Zoho Corporation is expanding Catalyst, its cloud platform for building and deploying applications, with tools designed to let AI coding assistants perform more of the work involved in taking software from generated code to production. The company said Monday that Catalyst by Zoho now supports Agent
Electric mobility company ARC Ride has raised $33.3 million from venture capital firms, development finance institutions and impact investors as it seeks to expand battery-swapping infrastructure and electric two- and three-wheelers across Africa. The financing was led by Novastar Ventures and Norrs
M-KOPA has financed more than 10,000 electric motorcycles in Kenya, marking a new milestone for the fintech’s electric-mobility business as it expands into financing electric tuk-tuks. The company said its financed motorcycle riders save an average of KSh530 ($4.10) a day through lower energy and ma
African startups raised at least $443.43 million across 13 disclosed deals in August 2026, according to an updated analysis of the funding dataset compiled for the month. The revised figures strengthen North Africa’s position following the inclusion of Egyptian fintech ValU’s $20.7 million raise, wh
On Techpoint Digest, we discuss Uber's backing for the Glovo deal, the startup that attempted to digitise Danfos, and a Kenyan court's decision to overturn an 18% ride-hailing cap.
The Kenyan electric mobility startup has raised $33.3 million in asset-backed debt and equity to expand its battery-swapping network and electric motorcycle fleet across Africa.
On Techpoint Digest, we talk about Airtel's 25-year licence that has yet to be approved in Kenya, why Nigeria is investigating Uber, how big tech is facing an ICASA investigation, and how DStv Premium is losing ground in South Africa.
Nigerian entrepreneurship platform Cascador has selected 10 growth-stage companies for its 2026 ScaleUp Program, backing businesses in healthcare, renewable energy, agriculture, property technology and consumer sectors as it shifts its focus toward companies with proven commercial traction. The comp
Safaricom Ethiopia has surpassed 15 million active subscribers, a milestone that underscores the rapid growth of Ethiopia’s second telecom operator as it edges closer to profitability less than four years after launching commercial services. The company reached the milestone as it marked five years
Glovo, an on-demand delivery platform owned by Uber, has partnered with e-mobility company eBee to onboard more women on the platform on its platform in Kenya from 1% to 5% over the next year. Glovo works with more than 2,500 active couriers daily in Kenya, the initiative dubbed ‘She Delivers’, will
Kenya’s WapiPay is expanding its network into the Caribbean through a partnership with Jamaica’s JN Money Services, opening a new payment corridor linking Jamaica with markets in Africa and Asia, months after it announced entry into the market. The agreement, announced after WapiPay received regulat
This phone replaces the Redmi 15 5G, but it’s easy to confuse it with three similarly named models: the 4G Redmi 17, the Redmi 17C, and the separate Redmi Note 17.
TryMassive AI has launched in Kenya with a platform aimed at helping restaurants, salons, pharmacies, retailers and other small businesses gain visibility in Google Search and Maps as consumers increasingly turn to online and AI-powered tools to find local services. Founded by software developer Seg
Charles Kinga does not immediately strike you as someone who can talk for hours. When we meet on August 25 in the lobby of Go Hotel in Copenhagen, Denmark’s capital and largest city, he appears quiet, almost understated. I am in the Danish capital for TechBBQ, the annual Nordic technology gathering,
MTN Group Fintech CEO Serigne Dioum, in this edition of Coffee With…, tells PHATHISANI MOYO how he plans to convert MTN’s 317 million telecom subscribers into a single, closed-loop financial ecosystem.
Egypt’s 3C Coding School, a platform specialising in coding, technology, and artificial intelligence education for children and youth, has closed a US$3 million seed funding round to fuel regional expansion and AI platform development. Co-founded in 2015 by engineers Hossam Hosny and Ahmed Khallaf,
First in a three-part series on Francois Rautenbach, a South African engineer who has caught every wave of computing from Apollo-era hardware to AI coding agents, and what his career climb says about learning to build when the machine seems to write itself.
South African black women-owned and managed venture capital firm Mamor Capital Ventures has reached a ZAR300 million (US$18.5 million) first close for its Fund I, allowing it to begin investing in post-revenue South African technology businesses. Mamor Capital invests in scalable South African busin
