The tech-investment stories moving Africa's markets — what moved, and why it matters.
Mon, Oct 5
The institutional book is done. The valuation is set. What opened this week is a £250 minimum retail offer — ordinary UK savers can now buy in alongside TPG and Mastercard.
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Mandatory connection is not the same as a thriving platform.
Read more →MNT-Halan arrives at Cairo's exchange with a loan book approaching $1 billion and 1.9 million active borrowers — this isn't a startup asking the market to believe in a vision.
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A senior Absa executive, Sitoyo Lopokoiyit, has publicly identified Tanzania as the world's leading mobile money market, a designation being read as a strong regional signal for investors assessing East African fintech opportunities.
Accra is set to convene African regulators and market participants at AVAS 2026, with a proposed Accra Declaration targeting continent-wide tokenisation standards. The summit represents a rare attempt at pan-African regulatory alignment on digital asset infrastructure.
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