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EXCLUSIVE: .Diallo and followed a shared conviction to leave their careers to launch a The pair founded , a London-...
06/24/2026

EXCLUSIVE: .Diallo and followed a shared conviction to leave their careers to launch a

The pair founded , a London-based full-stack voice AI and infrastructure startup targeting enterprises across emerging markets, including banks, telecom companies, call centers, and fintechs, with use cases spanning sales, outbound, loan recovery, and know-your-customer processes

AethexAI has raised $3M in pre-seed in a round led by 4DX Ventures, Enza Capital, Dorm Room Fund, Mojo Ventures, and Stanford GSB 26 Fund, with angel investors from Stanford faculty also participating, TechCrunch reports.
The funding will be used to scale AethexAI’s team, improve its tech, and deploy more voice agents

AethexAI, a voice AI infrastructure startup, raises $3 million pre seed round to level the playing field for enterprises in emerging markets.

BIG BOOST: is now valued at $3.2B, per the press release.“Flutterwave has built one of the most advanced payments netw...
06/23/2026

BIG BOOST: is now valued at $3.2B, per the press release.

“Flutterwave has built one of the most advanced payments networks in Africa, and as its infrastructure evolves, stablecoins are becoming central to that story..”

Flutterwave is a San Francisco-based payments infrastructure company with a presence in 35 African countries and has processed $23 billion in transactions, according to Forbes. The platform has been useful to companies including Microsoft, X, and Uber, as well as families looking to send money overs...

EXCLUSIVE : startup is the payment infrastructure for the financial sector in , and is already active in 12 count...
04/17/2026

EXCLUSIVE : startup is the payment infrastructure for the financial sector in , and is already active in 12 countries across West and Central Africa

Founded in 2019, Hub2 was founded in 2019 with a clear ambition – to solve the structural fragmentation of payment systems in Francophone Africa

Fintech startup Hub2 is the payment infrastructure for the financial sector in Francophone Africa, and is already active in 12 countries across West and Central Africa.

🎙️ How Is Rebuilding African Payments ’s story is often told through flashy consumer apps, billion-dollar valuations...
01/27/2026

🎙️ How Is Rebuilding African Payments

’s story is often told through flashy consumer apps, billion-dollar valuations, and rapid user growth.
But beneath all of that lies a harder, less visible problem – the infrastructure that actually moves money

In the latest episode of The , , Co-founder and CEO of Fincra, unpacks what it really takes to build payment rails for Africa

The conversation was part of the build-up to , where Fincra is the headline supporting partner, and it revealed why infrastructure, not apps, will define Africa’s next phase of digital growth

As the headline supporting partner for Africa Tech Summit Nairobi 2026, Fincra is helping shape conversations around payments, trade, and cross‑border commerce

The TechTrends Podcast sits down with Wole Ayodele of Fincra to discuss the critical infrastructure needed for payment rails in Africa.

is providing clean, reliable power in cities through a battery-swapping network, replacing petrol in motorcycles...
12/13/2025

is providing clean, reliable power in cities through a battery-swapping network, replacing petrol in motorcycles and small generators with silent, zero-emission batteries that cost less and are always available

Ghanaian startup Kofa is providing clean, reliable power in African cities through a battery-swapping network, replacing petrol in motorcycles and small generators with silent, zero-emission batteries that cost less and are always available.

UNICORN: , the global digital services company founded by entrepreneur , has launched ( ), a platform designed to ...
12/02/2025

UNICORN: , the global digital services company founded by entrepreneur , has launched ( ), a platform designed to give mobile network operators ( ) across access to multiple systems through a single interface

Cassava Technologies, the global digital services company founded by Zimbabwean entrepreneur Strive Masiyiwa, has launched Cassava AI Multi-Model Exchange (CAIMEx), a platform designed to give mobile network operators (MNOs) across Africa access to multiple AI systems through a single interface.

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