Mastercard Foundation Supports Female-Focused VC Five35
Africa-Press - Botswana. Five35 Ventures, a pan-African, female-focused, early-stage venture capital firm, has announced securing a significant anchor investment from the Mastercard Foundation Africa...
African Development Bank Launches $5.2 Million Initiative
Africa-Press - Botswana. The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) and the Pan African Federation of Accountants (PAFA) have launched a $5.2 million institutional support...
Two African Fintechs Raise $427M in First Ipos since 2019
Africa-Press - Botswana. African startups raised $162 million in November 2025 (excluding exits), with equity accounting for 79% of the total. The month ranks...
TDC Partners with AKA Foods to Transform R&D with AI
Africa-Press - Botswana. AKA Foods B.V. has revealed that Technology Driven Concepts (TDC), a leading African provider of advanced ingredient solutions and application development,...
Elon Musk’S X Bans EU Commission from Ads after Fine
Africa-Press - Botswana. X has blocked the European Commission from making adverts on its platform - a move which comes a few days after...
New African Cities Fund to Enhance Urban Tech Solutions
Africa-Press - Botswana. The Judith Neilson Foundation has partnered with the Million Lives Collective (MLC) to launch the African Cities Innovation Fund, a new...
Bolttech Acquires Kenya’S Mtek in Rare East African Exit
Africa-Press - Botswana. Kenyan insurtech mTek has been acquired by Singapore-based unicorn bolttech, marking a rare exit for East Africa in a challenging funding...
I&P Secures €41M for IPAE 3 Fund Supporting Smes
Africa-Press - Botswana. Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P) announced on Tuesday that it has successfully reached a first close of 41 million euros ($47.7 million)...
Why African VC is Broken (And how to Fix It)
Africa-Press - Botswana. If you’re a founder who’s raised VC money in Africa, you’ve probably felt it: the nagging sense that something doesn’t quite...
Angola’S Startups are Winning Without the Hype
Africa-Press - Botswana. While African tech headlines focus on Nigerian fintechs raising $90 million and Kenyan unicorns, Angola quietly built the strongest startup ecosystem...