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Nigeria's My Agent launches to build trust level for African real estate
7+ hour, 30+ min ago (240+ words) Nigerian startup My Agent has launched a prop-tech platform it says is building the trust and transaction layer for real estate in Africa, starting with Nigeria's rental market." Launched earlier this year by Samuel Afolabi, My Agent connects renters directly…...
African tech startups raise $260m in Q2 2026; down 40% on same period last year
10+ hour, 30+ min ago (192+ words) Disrupt Africa Thirty-eight African tech startups raised a total of US$260 million in the second quarter of 2026, down 40 per cent on the US$427 million raised in the same period of 2025." Total investment into the African tech startup ecosystem increased by…...
Female-led startups invited to apply for AWIEF's annual Pitch n Grow competition
9+ hour, 29+ min ago (141+ words) Female-led startups have been invited to apply for Pitch n Grow, AWIEF's flagship annual women entrepreneurship pitch competition programme, designed to identify, develop, and amplify the most promising women-led ventures across Africa. The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF)…...
Stablecoins Are Not Killing the Naira. They Are Keeping Nigerian Businesses Alive
19+ hour, 46+ min ago (487+ words) The conversation around stablecoins in Nigeria often starts from the wrong premise, writes Mbah Casmir, founder and CEO of Monica Cash, a cryptocurrency-to-naira exchange platform helping individuals and businesses across Nigeria convert digital assets seamlessly. For years, digital assets, particularly…...
SA's Supascale launches Africa's first GPU cloud marketplace
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (195+ words) South African startup Supascale has launched Africa's first GPU cloud marketplace, making advanced AI models more affordable while allowing GPU owners to earn passive income. Founded by Aaron Bornmann, Supascale enables users to access leading AI models at significantly lower…...
Nigeria's Stable Klin is a behavioural intelligence platform designed for cleaning businesses
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (544+ words) Nigerian startup Stable Klin is a behavioural intelligence platform designed for cleaning businesses and other recurring service providers, which helps business owners understand something that is often difficult to see until it is too late " changes in customer behaviour. "What…...
Kenya's Fikra launches AI inference API for African developers, startups, businesses
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (410+ words) Kenya's Fikra API has launched an AI inference API built specifically for African developers, startups, and businesses." Founded by James Miano earlier this year, Fikra API is an Open AI-compatible inference API targeting African developers, with M-Pesa payments built in…...
Nigeria's Siiqo launches social commerce infrastructure on Telegram
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (296+ words) Nigerian startup Siiqo launches commerce infrastructure on Telegram, helping users increase their sales and better manage their businesses. Founded by Okerere Innocent and Linda Kolapa Ogochukwu, Siiqo aims to help users build brands by creating online storefronts and portfolios, and…...
Pan-African WRAPPED helping people find jobs in film industry
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (470+ words) WRAPPED is the app that I wish I had when I was trying to break into this industry. Right now, hiring in film and television is done through Whats App groups, Facebook groups, spreadsheets, and institutional memory captured in human…...
SA gym management platform Octiv launches new discovery feature
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (192+ words) South African gym management platform Octiv, which is powering 1, 400 gyms and more than 200, 000 active users across over 40 countries, has launched Octiv Explore, a new consumer-facing feature that turns the platform into a discovery engine for the boutique and independent fitness…...