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40 stories on the African Startups desk in the last 30 days (3 this week) across 14 outlets. Latest: SA-Born Healthleap Raises USD 38 M to Expand AI-Powered Clinical Screening. Updated 30 October 2026.

Latest raise: SA-Born Healthleap Raises USD 38 M to Expand AI-Powered Clinical Screening →

• SA-Born Healthleap Raises USD 38 M to Expand AI-Powered Clinical Screening ↗

  weetracker.com · 30 October 2026 · raise card

• Aboyeji-backed AI engineering talent platform Talent Nation raises pre-seed funding ↗

  disruptafrica.com · 30 October 2026 · raise card

• Nigeria-focused OPay seeks $366 million in New York IPO at $4.4 billion valuation as Standard Bank commits up to $200 million ↗

  africa.businessinsider.com · 26 October 2026 · raise card

• South Africa’s BioInformatiCo To Open Seed Round For Leova AI Scale-Up ↗

  techfinancials.co.za · 19 October 2026 · raise card

• Solarise Africa secures $1.15M EEP Africa Grant for expansion into Uganda and Zambia ↗

  innovation-village.com · 16 October 2026 · raise card

• Six years after Stripe, Paystack is learning to keep money ↗

  techcabal.com · 16 October 2026 · raise card

• 👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Egypt makes room for MNT-Halan ↗

  techcabal.com · 16 October 2026 · raise card

• Kenya’s Solarise Africa awarded $1.12m grant to expand to Uganda, Zambia ↗

  disruptafrica.com · 15 October 2026 · raise card

• Bisedge Secures $11.2 Million Debt Financing from Finnfund to Expand Electric Logistics Across Africa ↗

  techinafrica.com · 15 October 2026 · raise card

• Kuunda Secures $5 Million Secondary Share Deal, Giving Early Investors an Exit ↗

  techinafrica.com · 15 October 2026 · raise card

• 👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – OPay’s new Standard ↗

  techcabal.com · 12 October 2026 · raise card

• Kuunda Raises $5 Million to Expand Into 7 New Markets ↗

  techmoran.com · 13 October 2026 · raise card

• OPay’s Lending Business Has Quietly Overtaken Its Payments Empire As IPO Nears ↗

  weetracker.com · 13 October 2026 · raise card

• OPay wins board, shareholder nod for Nigerian Exchange listing after $4bn US IPO plan ↗

  businessday.ng · 11 October 2026 · raise card

• Solarise Africa Secures €1 Million to Expand into Uganda & Zambia ↗

  techmoran.com · 13 October 2026 · raise card

• SA’s Kuunda completes $5m secondary share sale led by E4E Africa ↗

  disruptafrica.com · 13 October 2026 · raise card

• OPay: Nigerian listing plans echo NGX Group’s call for homegrown giants to list locally ↗

  businessday.ng · 11 October 2026 · raise card

• OPay targets $500M US IPO as H1 profit jumps 319% ↗

  thecondia.com · 12 October 2026 · raise card

• Kenyan cross-border payments startup GTXN acquired by Luno ↗

  disruptafrica.com · 12 October 2026 · raise card

• Infinite Partners raises $169.3 million to back South African growth businesses ↗

  techcabal.com · 12 October 2026 · raise card

• OPay Secures Approval for Nigerian Exchange Listing ↗

  innovation-village.com · 12 October 2026 · raise card

• SA accommodation booking app LekkeSlaap acquired by investor consortium ↗

  disruptafrica.com · 12 October 2026 · raise card

• OPay’s Nigerian Listing Plans Echo NGX Group’s Call for Homegrown Giants to List Locally ↗

  nairametrics.com · 11 October 2026 · raise card

• OPay files for US IPO, considers secondary listing in Nigeria ↗

  thecondia.com · 10 October 2026 · raise card

• The ₦35 Billion “Giveaway”: What Moove’s Exit Says About Building on Borrowed Infrastructure ↗

  techbuild.africa · 8 October 2026 · raise card

• 👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Moove-ing on ↗

  techcabal.com · 9 October 2026 · raise card

• Nigeria loses another mobility giant as Moove exits weeks after Uber despite its $2.1 billion valuation and Waymo-backed US expansion ↗

  africa.businessinsider.com · 9 October 2026 · raise card

• PawaPay Gets Direct Access to 12 Million Mobile Money Accounts After Mozambique PSP Licence ↗

  techmoran.com · 8 October 2026

• Lighthouse Capital raising $50m to back mid-market businesses in SA, Kenya ↗

  disruptafrica.com · 8 October 2026

• Moove’s Exit Raises Questions About Nigeria’s Ride-Hailing Business ↗

  innovation-village.com · 9 October 2026 · raise card

• M-KOPA’s KilpiTek Oy acquisition brings its device-locking advantage in-house ↗

  thecondia.com · 8 October 2026 · raise card

• Mukuru evolves into a neobank with new South African account and card ↗

  innovation-village.com · 2 October 2026

• Can A South African-Built Super App OMN1 Disrupt The Platform Economy? ↗

  techfinancials.co.za · 1 October 2026

• Prembly Launches MCP Server To Bring Identity And Fraud Checks To AI Agents ↗

  cioafrica.co · 1 October 2026

• South African startup Exten AI helps non-technical founders build full-stack apps in plain language ↗

  disruptafrica.com · 1 October 2026

• Octoco Group secures equity stake in rail technology startup HisWay Labs ↗

  innovation-village.com · 29 September 2026 · raise card

• South African company makes TIME’s World’s Top EdTech Companies 2026 List ↗

  techfinancials.co.za · 29 July 2026

• Palma.ai Secures $1.8M Pre-Seed Funding to Govern Enterprise AI Agents ↗

  ventureburn.com · 23 September 2026 · raise card

• Mission Mobile secures $30.90 million investment from DNI for smartphone financing ↗

  innovation-village.com · 23 September 2026 · raise card

• Africa’s First Stablecoin Hits Circle’s Arc: What It Means for FX ↗

  techbuild.africa · 22 September 2026