Africa Finance Company (AFC), the pan-African growth finance establishment with over $19 billion in complete belongings, has dedicated $100 million to put money into Africa-focused know-how fund managers, the Lagos-based establishment introduced on Could 18, 2026. The transfer marks a shift from AFC’s core infrastructure mandate into early and growth-stage enterprise capital. The primary two…
Africa Tech Summit London, the main African tech convention in Europe, at this time introduced 13 investor-ready ventures chosen to showcase their options on the London Inventory Alternate on Might 29, 2026. The landmark tenth version brings collectively 350+ African and Worldwide ventures, traders, corporates, and regulators, together with Shekel Mobility, London Inventory Alternate, Goodwin,…
DeepSeek returned Friday with one other mannequin designed to make American AI executives uncomfortable, releasing DeepSeek-V4 with what the Chinese language startup described as “drastically diminished” compute and reminiscence prices — arriving greater than a yr after its authentic R1 mannequin detonated assumptions about US dominance in synthetic intelligence and wiped billions from the market…
Nairobi — Nova Storage, a brand new pan-African innovation platform geared toward showcasing the continent’s subsequent era of tech entrepreneurs, has been launched forward of the French-Africa Summit set for Might in Nairobi. The initiative, organised beneath the patronage of President William Ruto, seeks to highlight Africa’s range in entrepreneurship and homegrown tech options throughout…
MTN Group and Vodacom Group, the 2 giants of South Africa’s telecommunications sector, every clock up greater than R1-billion in income in simply two and three days, respectively. TechCentral analysed firms listed within the know-how part of the JSE, together with these within the tech-heavy telecoms sector, to see simply how rapidly domestically listed tech…
The dynamic world of cloud computing and cybersecurity took heart stage in Kampala, Uganda, as business leaders, policymakers, and professionals converged for the East Africa Cloud and Cybersecurity Roadshow. Organized for the primary time in Uganda by dx5, Africa’s know-how driver, and powered by BUI East Africa, an data know-how firm, the occasion targeted on…
Dar es Salaam. East Africa is anticipated to undertake a track-and-trace system to streamline cross-border commerce and assist stem almost $6 billion in annual losses ensuing from illicit commerce. The plan, which was introduced in Dar es Salaam on Wednesday by the East African Enterprise Council (EABC), can even assist to enhance well being and…