SUI Group Holdings, Ethena, and the Sui Foundation are partnering for the launch of suiUSDe, a synthetic dollar token, as well as USDi, a stablecoin backed by the BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund. This move takes the SUI Group from a traditional DAT company like Strategy to a fully-fledged Web3 infrastructure developer. suiUSDe and| Disrupt Africa
A new report argues that Kenyan corporates, with their market access, sectoral dominance in telecoms, fintech, FMCG, and infrastructure, and rapidly digitising customer bases, are uniquely positioned to fuel startup growth.| Disrupt Africa
South African circular economy startups are invited to apply for the Nedbank ReNEW accelerator programme, which provides participants with access to business support and up to ZAR1 million (US$58,000) in funding.| Disrupt Africa
Nigerian startup Kadara Agric is a precision agriculture services company leveraging technology to help farmers and agribusinesses transition to smart, sustainable, and profitable farming solutions.| Disrupt Africa
Ripple and Coinbase have secured recognition under a fresh SEC staff guidance, clearing up a longstanding custody gray zone. The regulator’s no-action letter clarifies its definition of ‘bank’, which means state trust companies such as Ripple and Coinbase now qualify as ‘custodians’ under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. For institutions, that unlocks a safer| Disrupt Africa
Kenyan agri-tech venture studio Pyramidia Ventures has raised US$1.5m in funding to expand its model of building and scaling climate-focused startups.| Disrupt Africa
Egypt’s Intella, the market leader in dialectal Arabic speech intelligence, has partnered Visa, a world leader in payments technology, to revolutionise conversational AI for financial institutions across the Middle East and North Africa.| Disrupt Africa
Malian insurtech startup OKO has secured a six-digit funding round led by Catalyst Fund, with participation from two existing investors, to help it scale climate resilience in Africa.| Disrupt Africa
