Kenya: Safaricom Raises $154m As Bond Sale Draws Strong Demand

Safaricom Plc raised KES 20 billion ($154 million) from the first tranche of its medium-term note programme after investor demand came in at almost three times its initial target. Read more »

Kenya: M-Kopa Crosses $1.6b Customer Credit Disbursed in Kenya

M-KOPA Kenya has issued more than $1.6 billion in credit to customers in the country, marking one of the largest financing footprints in Kenya's consumer market. Read more »

Seychelles: Fusepay Launches Payments Platform in Seychelles After $350k Pre-Seed

Fusepay, a Seychelles-founded fintech focused on frontier markets, has launched a digital payments platform to help businesses move away from cheque-based and manual processes. Read more »

Kenya: Vodacom in Talks to Buy Part of Kenya's Safaricom Stake

Vodacom Group is in discussions with the Kenyan government about acquiring part of its stake in Safaricom, according to people familiar with the talks. The South African operator… Read more »

Kenya: Roam Launches Universal Fast-Charging Station for Light EVs

Kenyan electric-mobility startup Roam has introduced the country's first universal fast-charging station for light electric vehicles (LEVs), offering riders 10-20 kilometres of… Read more »

Mauritius: Eight Companies Delist From Stock Exchange of Mauritius in 2025

The Stock Exchange of Mauritius (SEM) has recorded an unusually high number of delistings in 2025, with eight companies withdrawing from the Official Market or the Development… Read more »

Kenya: Safaricom Launches Ziidi Trader to Enable Stock Trading Via M-Pesa

Safaricom (NSE: SCOM) is piloting a new feature called Ziidi Trader that will allow users of its mobile-money platform M-PESA to buy and sell stocks directly from their phones. Read more »

Rwanda: Rwanda Stock Exchange to Launch Green Finance Window

The Rwanda Stock Exchange (RSE) is preparing to launch its dedicated "Green Exchange Window" (GEW), a platform for green, social, and sustainability-linked financial products. The… Read more »

Kenya: KCB Group Acquires Stake in Pesapal to Boost Digital Payments

KCB Group Plc plans to acquire a minority stake in Pesapal Limited, a Central Bank of Kenya-licensed payment service provider, in a deal that marks a major step in its digital… Read more »

Kenya: Synnefa Gets $300k Grant for IOT-Enabled Solar Dryers Across Kenya

Synnefa, a Kenyan agri-tech startup specializing in smart farming technologies, has secured a $300,000 grant from the World Resources Institute's Partnering for Green Growth and… Read more »

Africa: IFC Invests $6m in First Circle to Back Early-Stage African Fintechs

First Circle Capital, a specialist early-stage venture fund with offices in Casablanca and Kampala, has secured $6 million in funding from the International Finance Corporation… Read more »

Africa: Coca-Cola Hbc to Acquire 75 Percent Stake in Africa Unit for $2.6b

Coca-Cola HBC has agreed to acquire a 75% stake in Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) from The Coca-Cola Company and Gutsche Family Investments for $2.6 billion The transaction,… Read more »

Kenya: Kenyan Blockchain Startup Kotani Pay Raises Funding From Tether

Kenya-based fintech Kotani Pay has secured a strategic investment from the digital asset company Tether The firm builds on-ramp and off-ramp infrastructure that connects Web3 users… Read more »

Uganda: Absa to Acquire Standard Chartered's Retail, Wealth Business in Uganda

Standard Chartered has agreed to sell its retail and wealth management operations in Uganda to South Africa's Absa Group for an undisclosed amount The transaction forms part of… Read more »

Kenya: Family Bank Shareholders Approve 2026 Nairobi Stock Exchange Listing

Family Bank shareholders have approved the lender's plan to list on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) This marks a major milestone in its growth strategy and positioning it… Read more »

Tanzania: Tanzania's Kuunda Raises $7.5m to Expand Embedded Liquidity Platform

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Kenya: Kenya Plans Sovereign Wealth, Infrastructure Funds to Curb Borrowing

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Tanzania: Bank of Tanzania Holds Rate At 5.75 Percent As Inflation Stays Within Target

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Kenya: Nairobi Securities Exchange Launches Banking Sector Index

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Kenya: Kenya Eyes Mandating Corporate CSR Budgets to Fund Startups

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Africa: Kenya's M-Kopa Turns Profit After a Decade of Expansion Across Africa

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Kenya: Kenya Set to Adopt First Crypto Law After Parliament Passes VASP Bill

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Kenya: Kenya's ARC Ride Bags $10m to Scale Battery-Swapping for E-Motorcycles

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Ethiopia: Dangote to Build $2.5b Fertilizer Plant in Ethiopia

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Rwanda: Rwanda Receives First Migrants Deported From U.S. Under Trump Deal

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