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21 stories on the African Startups desk in the last 30 days (21 this week). Latest: XFounders Bootcamp Opens Applications for AI, Fintech and Web3 Startups. Updated 1 October 2026.

Latest raise: XFounders Bootcamp Opens Applications for AI, Fintech and Web3 Startups →

• XFounders Bootcamp Opens Applications for AI, Fintech and Web3 Startups ↗

  1 October 2026 · raise card

• Kredete Acquires Gravv to Expand Stablecoin Payment Infrastructure ↗

  1 October 2026 · raise card

• MNT-Halan takes $1.4bn fintech valuation to Egyptian Stock Exchange with 20% IPO ↗

  1 October 2026 · raise card

• Proparco Invests €150,000 in Kenya’s Farm to Feed ↗

  2 October 2026

• Kenyan Insurtech Turaco Secures Investment From 3IF Ventures To Expand Affordable Insurance ↗

  27 September 2026 · raise card

• Tango Brook hits 150 corporate customers one year after launch ↗

  27 September 2026

• Egyptian fintech startup Paymob raises $35m pre-Series C funding round ↗

  30 September 2026 · raise card

• Egypt’s MoneyHash partners with Geidea to widen payment access in MENA ↗

  30 September 2026

• SA’s Platybooks launches to help small businesses get paid in one step ↗

  29 September 2026

• Kenya’s Sevi Secures Oxano Capital Investment To Expand B2B fintech Platform ↗

  29 July 2026 · raise card

• HIFI Raises $37 Million To Scale Stablecoin Payments and Tokenized Markets Infrastructure ↗

  25 September 2026 · raise card

• Egyptian Fintech Zeal Raises USD 10 M To Expand Payment Technology Globally ↗

  23 September 2026 · raise card

• 3IF Ventures backs embedded insurtech Turaco ↗

  23 September 2026 · raise card

• Egypt’s Paymob Raises USD 35 M To Expand Digital Payments Across MENA ↗

  23 September 2026 · raise card

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

  23 September 2026 · raise card

• Chari appoints former Visa executive Aurélien Pichon to board as independent director ↗

  23 September 2026

• Paymob secures $35M pre-Series C led by Mubadala and EBRD ↗

  21 September 2026 · raise card

• Egypt’s Paymob Grabs $35M to Scale its Merchant Payments Business Across the MENA Region ↗

  21 September 2026 · raise card

• Paymob raises $35 million to expand payments business across MENA ↗

  21 September 2026 · raise card

• Chimoney’s Exit Will Force Startups to Rethink Dependence on Payment APIs ↗

  14 May 2026 · raise card

• Nigerian-founded fintech Chimoney shuts down amid African startup funding squeeze ↗

  14 May 2026 · raise card