From Lagos to Nairobi

Egyptian-founded customer experience platform Tactful AI has secured $1 million in a Pre-Series A round co-led by Foras AI and M Empire, marking a pivotal moment in the company’s post-acquisition comeback story. The raise comes on the heels of a reported 100x growth surge within 12 months, positioning the AI-powered startup as one of the…

Something is quietly changing in African tech—and if you’re only watching equity headlines, you might miss it. In 2025 alone, startups across the continent raised $1.64 billion in debt financing. That’s a 63 percent jump from $1.01 billion in 2024. Even more telling? There were 108 debt deals this year, up 40 percent. Debt now…

Nigeria’s digital infrastructure landscape just took a meaningful turn. GigaLayer has acquired Registeram, one of the country’s earliest and most trusted domain registration and web hosting companies, marking its latest step in consolidating the backbone of online services in Nigeria. Registeram has been a familiar name in Nigeria’s internet scene since its founding in 2008,…

Unilever has formally entered a five‑year strategic partnership with Google Cloud, a deal designed to fundamentally reshape how the consumer goods giant operates and engages with customers in a world driven by artificial intelligence. The collaboration will see Unilever migrate its data, enterprise applications and core systems to Google’s cloud platform, building what the company…

Digital advertising has long wrestled with a persistent challenge: banner blindness, where online users scroll past or outright ignore traditional display ads, leaving marketers with low engagement and wasted spend. But a growing South African ad‑tech player is trying to change that narrative. Naritive, built in Johannesburg and launched publicly in 2024, is creating a…

South Africa’s fast-growing ride-hailing sector is navigating one of its biggest regulatory turning points yet — and the outcome could reshape how people get around major cities like Johannesburg and Cape Town. After years of uncertainty about how to legally classify ride-hailing services, the government passed changes to transport law that now formally bring app-based…