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# African technology news

Read current reporting about African software products and technology markets.

## Summary

Read current reporting about African software products and technology markets.

## News

| Title | URL | Description | Published |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Visa Africa Fintech Accelerator Backs 104 Startups | /news/visa-africa-fintech-accelerator-104-startups-cohort-6 | Visa’s Africa Fintech Accelerator has supported 104 startups across five cohorts and opened applications for Cohort 6, due May 17, 2026. | 2026-04-15T16:01:13.258Z |
| Endeavor South Africa Closes Harvest Fund III at R230m | /news/endeavor-south-africa-harvest-fund-iii-230m-close | Endeavor South Africa has closed Harvest Fund III at R230 million to co-invest in Series B and later African scale-ups, alongside lead investors. | 2026-04-15T16:01:12.850Z |
| Refiant AI Raises $5M Seed for AI Model Compression | /news/refiant-ai-5m-seed-ai-model-compression | Refiant AI has raised a $5 million seed round led by VoLo Earth Ventures to compress AI models and cut compute and energy costs in Africa and beyond. | 2026-04-15T16:01:09.982Z |
| CBK Licenses 32 More Digital Lenders in Kenya | /news/cbk-licenses-32-digital-lenders-kenya-2026 | CBK has approved 32 new digital credit providers in Kenya, taking the total to 227 and warning borrowers to avoid unlicensed loan apps. | 2026-04-15T13:01:15.170Z |
| Cellulant Names Ex-Xapo Bank Exec Anthony Hernandez COO | /news/cellulant-anthony-hernandez-appointed-coo | Cellulant has hired former Xapo Bank executive Anthony Hernandez as COO to tighten payment operations, cut failures, and support growth across Africa. | 2026-04-15T09:01:09.296Z |
| Gabon Social Media Law Ends Anonymity With ID Rules | /news/gabon-social-media-law-ends-anonymity-id-verification | Gabon social media law now requires verified names, addresses, and national IDs. Platforms face penalties, users risk heavy fines and jail. | 2026-04-15T07:01:07.621Z |
| Innovate Now Picks 19 Assistive Tech Startups in Kenya | /news/innovate-now-19-assistive-tech-startups-kenya-cohort | Innovate Now launched its largest cohort yet, selecting 19 assistive tech startups using Live Labs to co-design products with persons with disabilities. | 2026-04-14T14:00:36.756Z |
| MacTay Uses VR Training for 300+ Lagos Ambulance Staff | /news/mactay-vr-training-lagos-ambulance-workers | MacTay trained 300+ Lagos emergency responders with VR simulations, aiming to scale safer, repeatable training and improve real-world outcomes. | 2026-04-14T09:00:34.021Z |
| Payfast Founder Jonathan Smit Acquires iVeri | /news/payfast-founder-jonathan-smit-acquires-iveri | Payfast founder Jonathan Smit has acquired iVeri, a long-standing African payment technology provider, bringing its payment infrastructure under new ownership. | 2026-04-14T08:00:44.028Z |
| Cauridor Appoints Ex-Flutterwave Exec Awa Koné as COO | /news/cauridor-awa-kone-chief-operating-officer | Cauridor has hired former Flutterwave operations leader Awa Koné as COO as the Guinea-based cross-border payments firm expands beyond its early build phase. | 2026-04-14T07:00:40.511Z |
| Africa Cloud Sovereignty Debate Warns Against 54 Clouds | /news/africa-cloud-sovereignty-54-national-clouds-gitex-africa-2026 | At GITEX Africa 2026, leaders warned Africa cannot build 54 national clouds. The cloud sovereignty debate is shifting to regional capacity and control. | 2026-04-13T17:00:38.837Z |
| Meta Appeals $25,000 Falana Privacy Judgment in Nigeria | /news/meta-appeals-25000-falana-privacy-judgment-nigeria | Meta has appealed a Lagos High Court order to pay $25,000 to Femi Falana, arguing the court lacked jurisdiction and disputing liability for a Facebook video. | 2026-04-13T16:00:38.782Z |
| Northern Nigeria Developer Communities Emerge as AI Talent Hub | /news/northern-nigeria-developer-communities-ai-talent-hub | Northern Nigeria developer communities are quietly building AI talent through universities and meetups, even as Lagos dominates funding and headlines. | 2026-04-11T11:01:13.057Z |
| Nigerian telcos estimate ₦2.3 billion generator losses from tower theft in 2025 | /news/nigerian-telcos-estimate-2-3-billion-naira-generator-losses-tower-theft-2025 | Operators reported 656 stolen generators and battery systems in 2025. The estimated generator value alone is about ₦2.3 billion, before batteries and other equipment. | 2026-04-10T08:01:12.283Z |
| Sixty60 launches Pixie, a personalised AI shopping assistant for South African grocery orders | /news/sixty60-launches-pixie-personalised-ai-shopping-assistant-south-africa | Shoprite’s Sixty60 added an in-app AI assistant called Pixie. It uses a shopper’s history to suggest items and help build grocery baskets faster. | 2026-04-10T06:01:14.941Z |
| Techpoint Diaspora profiles Abiodun Adetu on restarting her career after moving to Canada | /news/techpoint-diaspora-profiles-abiodun-adetu-on-restarting-her-career-after-moving-to-canada | Nigerian media professional Abiodun Adetu says relocating to Canada meant rebuilding from scratch, and she is now running a marketplace concept and a media business. | 2026-04-10T04:01:10.424Z |
| Kenya draft rules would require stablecoin issuers to keep reserves in local banks | /news/kenya-draft-rules-require-stablecoin-issuers-keep-reserves-local-banks | Kenya’s Treasury wants stablecoin reserves held in Kenyan-domiciled accounts and short-dated liquid assets. The draft rules are open for public comment. | 2026-04-09T18:01:11.754Z |
| M-KOPA says it has issued $22.5 million in device credit in South Africa since 2023 | /news/m-kopa-says-it-has-issued-22-5-million-in-device-credit-in-south-africa-since-2023 | M-KOPA reports over ZAR 370 million in credit issued in South Africa since 2023. Women make up 49% of its 105,000 customers. | 2026-04-09T17:01:15.521Z |
| South Africa’s draft AI policy spreads oversight across existing regulators | /news/south-africas-draft-ai-policy-spreads-oversight-across-existing-regulators | A new draft framework avoids a single AI regulator and instead coordinates rules through existing agencies. Full implementation is planned for 2027 to 2028. | 2026-04-09T16:01:18.287Z |
| Nomba and Globus Bank say their SME loan pilot issued ₦21.3 billion with sub-1% defaults | /news/nomba-globus-bank-sme-loan-pilot-21-3-billion-sub-1-percent-defaults | Nomba says an 18-month pilot with Globus Bank disbursed ₦21.3 billion to Nigerian SMEs and kept non-performing loans below 1%. | 2026-04-09T15:01:21.672Z |
| South Africa-founded Refiant AI raises $5 million seed round for AI model compression | /news/south-africa-founded-refiant-ai-raises-5-million-seed-round-for-ai-model-compression | Refiant AI raised $5 million to build tools that compress and restructure AI models so they run on smaller, local machines. | 2026-04-09T14:01:21.939Z |
| Nigerian software engineer Nsisong Okon builds STEM4Kiddo for less-privileged African children | /news/nigerian-software-engineer-nsisong-okon-builds-stem4kiddo-for-less-privileged-african-children | Nsisong Okon, now based in Portugal, is building STEM4Kiddo to help less-privileged kids in Africa learn STEM skills. | 2026-04-09T13:01:12.625Z |
| PowerLabs is building software and hardware to coordinate Nigeria’s mixed power sources | /news/powerlabs-building-software-and-hardware-to-coordinate-nigerias-mixed-power-sources | Lagos-based PowerLabs is developing an “intelligence layer” to manage grid, solar, batteries, and diesel as one system for businesses in Nigeria. | 2026-04-09T12:01:21.391Z |
| Safaricom’s My OneApp hits login problems days after rollout | /news/safaricoms-my-oneapp-hits-login-problems-days-after-rollout | Users report sign-in failures on Safaricom’s new My OneApp, raising questions about its plan to retire the M-PESA and mySafaricom apps within six months. | 2026-04-09T11:01:22.198Z |
| Kenya logged 4.6 billion cyber threat events in three months, up 441% quarter on quarter | /news/kenya-logged-4-6-billion-cyber-threat-events-in-three-months-up-441-quarter-on-quarter | Kenya’s incident response centre recorded 4.6B cyber threat events to Dec 2025, up from 842M. DDoS grew fastest, while advisories lagged. | 2026-04-09T08:01:17.605Z |
| Zenith Bank enters Kenya by acquiring Paramount Bank | /news/zenith-bank-enters-kenya-by-acquiring-paramount-bank | Zenith Bank has acquired Kenya’s Paramount Bank, marking the Nigerian lender’s move into the Kenyan market. | 2026-04-09T07:01:11.090Z |
| Totlesoft says it has reached 2,000 users with a platform for global gigs, commerce, and research | /news/totlesoft-reaches-2000-users-platform-global-gigs-commerce-research | Launched in 2024, Totlesoft bundles micro-tasks, an affiliate marketplace, and survey tools to help Africans access global work opportunities. | 2026-04-09T03:01:23.176Z |
| Kenya Revenue Authority replaces Commissioner General Humphrey Wattanga | /news/kenya-revenue-authority-replaces-commissioner-general-humphrey-wattanga | KRA will not renew Humphrey Wattanga’s contract and has named Dr Lilian Nyawanda as acting Commissioner General. | 2026-04-08T18:00:43.963Z |
| Zazu partners with Visa to launch online business accounts for SMEs in Morocco | /news/zazu-partners-with-visa-to-launch-online-business-accounts-for-smes-in-morocco | Zazu has teamed up with Visa to offer Moroccan SMEs digital business accounts and Visa Business cards, with invoicing and expense management tools built in. | 2026-04-08T17:00:43.113Z |
| Funke Olasupo shows how technical writing drives product adoption from Nigeria | /news/funke-olasupo-shows-how-technical-writing-drives-product-adoption-from-nigeria | A Techpoint profile of Funke Olasupo highlights how product documentation helps users adopt complex tools and reduces support load. | 2026-04-08T17:00:42.279Z |

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