Lula lands $21M to Expand AI-driven Credit for South African SMEs
South African fintech Lula, formerly Lulalend, has secured a R340 million (about $21 million) injection from Dutch development bank FMO, a move that s...
29 March 2026
Aya Data Secures New Funding to Turn Data Labeling Into Scalable AI Products Across Africa
Ghanaian AI services firm Aya Data has closed a new $900,000 funding round to accelerate growth for two product lines, AyaGrow and AyaSpeech, and to h...
29 March 2026
With $2.3M in Fresh Capital, Enakl Bets on Software-Led Shared Mobility in North Africa
Morocco’s shared mobility startup Enakl has closed a $2.3 million seed round to accelerate commercial rollout and launch a software-as-a-service pro...
29 March 2026
Yakeey Raises $15M to Build a Managed Marketplace for Real Estate in Morocco
Yakeey has closed a $15 million Series A round, a landmark financing for Morocco’s nascent startup scene and a sign that property technology is gett...
29 March 2026
Egyptian Valu Secures $63.6M Bank Facility to Scale BNPL
Valu, the Egyptian fintech best known for bringing buy now, pay later to the MENA region, has secured a short term financing facility of up to EGP 3 b...
29 March 2026
Egyptian Fintech NowPay Raises $20M to Take Its Payroll and Earned Wage Access Platform Into Saudi Arabia
NowPay has secured USD 20 million in fresh capital as it moves to scale its payroll and financial wellness platform and formally enter the Saudi marke...
29 March 2026
KNOT Technologies Lands $1M Pre-seed to Rebuild Ticketing Infrastructure
KNOT Technologies, an AI-first ticketing and access control startup, has closed a $1 million pre-seed round led by A15 as it prepares to scale interna...
29 March 2026
Paycrest Closes $404K to Bridge Stablecoins and Fiat Across Emerging Markets
Paycrest is taking a systems-level approach to one of the hardest problems in cross-border payments after raising $404k to coordinate stablecoin and f...
29 March 2026
Egyptian-Founded Oasys Raises $4.6M to Build an AI Operating System for Mental Health Care
New York-based Oasys Health, founded by an Egyptian-led team, has raised $4.6 million to push forward its vision of rebuilding the infrastructure behi...
29 March 2026