Egyptian quick commerce startup Breadfast has launched its new fintech arm, Breadfast Pay, signalling a strategic push to build a super-app for Egyptian households. Founded in 2017 by Mostafa Amin, Muhammad Habib and Abdallah Nofal, Breadfast offers on-demand delivery of groceries and other household essentials, having initially started its business with a focus on baked [...] The post Egyptian quick commerce startup Breadfast launches fintech arm appeared first on Disrupt Africa.| Disrupt Africa
Egyptian artificial intelligence startup WideBot has officially launched WhatsApp business voice calls through its WideBot AI Voice Agent, becoming the first Arab company in the Middle East to offer this technology to clients across the region. Originally founded in Cairo but now based out of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Widebot is developing “AQL Mind,” a generative [...] The post Egypt’s WideBot launches AI voice agent for WhatsApp business calls appeared first on Disrupt Africa.| Disrupt Africa
South African AI startup Locstat has secured a EUR2.5 million (US$2.3 million) pre-Series A investment to support its go-to-market push in the United Kingdom (UK) and the European Union (EU), and reinforce Africa as a strategic growth region. Founded in 2016, Locstat is a graph powered AI and event processing solution for continuous analysis and [...] The post SA AI startup Locstat raises $2.3m pre-Series A funding to accelerate UK/EU expansion appeared first on Disrupt Africa.| Disrupt Africa
Investing as little as 5% of your total portfolio value into Solana could offer huge returns alongside a traditional spread of investments, outperforming Bitcoin and Ethereum in some cases. Capital Markets have recently released a study using data from Bitwise showing how crypto investments augment traditional ‘safe’ investment strategies. The analysis uses a baseline portfolio [...] The post Study Finds Solana to Be a 2x Investment as Snorter Token Might Be Next 1000x Crypto appeared fir...| Disrupt Africa
Tunisian insurtech startup PAYDAY has closed a pre-seed financing round that values the company at US$3 million. Founded in 2024 by Mohamed Anouar Gadhoum and Shaher Abbas, PAYDAY connects insurers, banks and employers to empower low- and medium-income workers with financial solutions, helping them increase productivity and improve their financial stability through a fully digital [...] The post Tunisian insurtech startup PAYDAY raises pre-seed funding round at $3m valuation appeared first on...| Disrupt Africa
South Africa’s VALR, Africa’s largest crypto exchange by trade volume, has successfully completed its Proof of Reserves audit conducted by Hacken, a renowned blockchain security firm. Established in 2018, VALR is a digital asset platform that allows customers to buy, sell, store and transfer Bitcoin and 60 other cryptocurrencies – the widest selection of any [...] The post SA’s VALR completes Proof of Reserves audit by blockchain security firm Hacken appeared first on Disrupt Africa.| Disrupt Africa
Nigerian startup Rana Energy, which has developed an AI-powered platform for clean energy, has raised US$3 million in pre-seed funding to help it expand its operations. Founded in 2023 by engineers Abraham Mohammed and Mubarak Popoola, Rana Energy operates a “Clean Energy-as-a-Service” model, providing solar and battery storage systems to businesses on a subscription basis. [...] The post Nigerian startup Rana Energy raises $3m pre-seed funding to expand operations appeared first on Dis...| Disrupt Africa
BlockDAG has become a rare case of a presale that ships first and markets second. Over the past year it moved from concept to a live testnet, passed independent audits, and signed a multi-year partnership with the BWT Alpine Formula One Team. With the presale price currently at $0.0015 in its later batches, a $600M [...] The post Analysts Bullish On BlockDAG As It Nears $600M Presale Goal – Will BDAG Hit $1 Soon? appeared first on Disrupt Africa.| Disrupt Africa
When a project raises over $425 million before launch, skepticism is inevitable. BlockDAG faced its share of critics early on, labeled by some as “just another presale.” But the past few months have reshaped that perception entirely. Backed by verified audits, a working testnet, and a global partnership with the BWT Alpine Formula One® Team, [...] The post BlockDAG Silences Critics With F1® Partnership, Dual Audits, & $425M+ Raised appeared first on Disrupt Africa.| Disrupt Africa
As the crypto market stabilizes after October’s volatility, one project is quietly stealing headlines for all the right reasons. The Milk & Mocha token, known as $HUGS, isn’t just another meme-inspired coin; it’s a living, breathing community economy built on kindness, participation, and tangible rewards. With staking that offers 50% APY, DAO governance that empowers| Disrupt Africa
$1,000 in Pepeto Could Turn Into Over $87,000: Why This Meme Coin Is a Must-Watch| Disrupt Africa
Nigerian startup 10mg Health supports small clinics, pharmacies, and hospitals in Africa to access instant, collateral-free loans via its AI-based platform.| Disrupt Africa
Bitcoin recently blasted past $126K, setting a fresh all-time high in a rally that’s pulling the entire crypto market in its slipstream. Altcoins are lighting up too – $ETH, $DOGE, $BNB are all catching waves. That’s your cue: with the macro tailwinds so strong, ‘alt season’ is brewing. If you’re hunting for the best altcoins| Disrupt Africa
Kenyan internet service provider (ISP) Mawingu has secured US$20 million in Series C funding to expand its network coverage.| Disrupt Africa
Egypt’s Intella, the market leader in dialectal Arabic speech intelligence, has raised US$12.5 million in an oversubscribed Series A round to accelerate its mission to build AI models and tools tailored to Arabic dialects, deepen its enterprise capabilities and accelerate MENA expansion.| Disrupt Africa
Canaan, a Singapore-based crypto mining hardware company, recently announced its largest-ever deal, selling 50K Avalon A15 Pro rigs to a US-based buyer. While the buyer remains undisclosed, the rigs are institutional-grade, meaning they’re designed for professional, large-scale mining farms. With the US currently leading as the world’s top Bitcoin mining hub — accounting for 36%| Disrupt Africa
A solid third quarter of funding, though less impressive than Q2, means African tech startups have already raised as much - US$1.1 billion - in the first nine months of 2025 as they did in the entirety of 2024.| Disrupt Africa
First Sui Stablecoins Coming Soon: Investors Rally to Best Wallet Token| Disrupt Africa
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
Latitude59, the flagship startup and tech event from Estonia, which also organises global editions in Singapore, Cape Town and Nairobi, is calling on early-stage startups across Africa to compete at the L59 Pitching Competition in Nairobi on December 3–5.| Disrupt Africa
SPONSORED News SA insurtech startup Inclusivity Solutions raises $1.5m Series A extension round Nigeria’s Tizeti secures debt financing to roll out broadband network across 15 states Tunisian fintech startup My Easy Transfer raises $420k funding Hubs Kenyan, Rwandan startups invited to apply for Smart Cities Innovation Programme OceanHub Africa accelerates 6 startups through 8-month programme| Disrupt Africa
South African fintech startup Float has secured a US$11 million funding facility from Standard Bank to facilitate the rollout of its card-linked installments platform, supporting its accelerated growth plans over the next four years.| Disrupt Africa
Smart Money Accumulates $BTC as Macro Tailwinds Build: $HYPER Next?| Disrupt Africa
Bitcoin’s fundamentals and macro backdrop are starting to line up in a way that hasn’t been seen since prior bull market cycles. According to Glassnode, wallets holding between 100 and 1K $BTC (referred to as the ‘shark’ cohort – one rung below whales) have hit an ATH, adding 93K+ $BTC in the past 30 days.| Disrupt Africa
Crypto is helping the markets soar as the S&P closed at a record high of 6,587.47. Indexes across the board have rallied ahead of a Federal Reserve meeting on the 17th of September, during which it’s expected that rates will be cut to battle inflation. The Nasdaq and Dow Jones closed at $22,043.08 and $46,108.00| Disrupt Africa
Crypto exchange Gemini capped its proceeds at $425M after recording a massive 20X demand, far outweighing its available US IPO shares. Earlier this week, the company raised the price range of its 16.67M shares from $17 to $19 to $24 to $26. According to a Reuters report, the IPO could have raised $433M had the| Disrupt Africa
Yamify, a developer-first AI platform that lets freelancers and web agencies spin up AI stacks in under a minute, has launched with backing from an early investor in Paystack.| Disrupt Africa
South African card-linked instalment platform Float has secured US$2.6 million (R46 million) in funding to help it scale both at home and abroad.| Disrupt Africa
Pump.fun’s $PUMP token is trending in the market after surging 40% above its ICO price in July 2025. At that time, analysts at Messari, a market intelligence firm, projected a valuation of $7 billion or higher, Sunny Shi, Monk on X, stated: ‘We think pump can still put out ~$675M in revenue in two years| Disrupt Africa
$XRP exchange reserves ballooned by 1.2B tokens in just 24 hours, one of the sharpest shifts the asset has seen this year. The timing couldn’t have been more dramatic… within a day, $XRP crossed the $3 mark, sparking debate over whether whales are quietly accumulating ahead of a potential ETF approval or positioning for an| Disrupt Africa
Solana has positioned itself for a sustained bull run thanks to its recent chart performance. $SOL has gained around 27% over the past month, jumping from $174.84 to $225.21 and reaching a six-month high with a dominance of more than 3%. Bitwise CEO Matt Hougan broke down $SOL’s performance in a recent memo, saying: ‘For| Disrupt Africa
The US is moving full steam ahead on crypto as the Trump administration’s new crypto chief rushes to push several crypto bills. Patrick Witt took over from Bo Hines last month as the new executive director of the President’s Council of Advisors on Digital Assets. Since then, he’s been working to persuade parties across the| Disrupt Africa
Metaplanet just increased its international share offering, raising $1.4 billion to fund its Bitcoin treasury. According to the official note: ‘This decision was made to hedge against asset risk caused by yen depreciation and to capitalize on BTC’s long-term appreciation potential. Through capital raising, the company plans to increase its BTC holdings in the future| Disrupt Africa
South African startup Fintura is an AI-powered, all-in-one integrated platform built specifically for accountants in emerging markets.| Disrupt Africa
Arthur Hayes has just joined the $SOL Treasury Advisory Committee formed by Upexi, sparking widespread buying frenzy across the Solana ecosystem. Hayes is well-known not just as the co-founder of BitMEX, but as a crypto maximalist through and through. Now, his new role is to grow Solana’s treasury and guide the project’s long-term strategy. Right| Disrupt Africa
Chainlink’s Data Streams Is a Game-Changer for US Equities – Best Crypto to Buy Now| Disrupt Africa
Chainlink Labs announced its new Data Streams product: a real-time market data platform for U.S. equities and ETFs, now active on 37 blockchains. Data Streams provide sub-second pricing for assets like $SPY, $QQQ, $AAPL, $MSFT, $NVDA, and $CRCL, along with vital market metadata. Each update includes market‑hours status, staleness indicators, and circuit‑breaker support—features essential for| Disrupt Africa
Decentralized finance (DeFi) already processes billions of dollars daily, through protocols like Aave and Maple. With it, users can generate yields far exceeding those offered by banks. Yet for all its potential, mainstream adoption remains elusive. Today’s DeFi landscape forces users to switch between multiple tools to bridge, swap, and deposit tokens, not to mention| Disrupt Africa
Marcello Coppo, an Italian member of Parliament and lawmaker, has expressed his views on Italy‘s stance on cryptocurrency and Bitcoin at large. Although he accepted that a strategic Bitcoin reserve is not the country‘s current priority, he believes it’s inevitable that lawmakers will move in that direction sooner rather than later. Today, Italy holds the| Disrupt Africa
$BTC has dropped below $115K, but long-term holders aren’t backing off. They’re loading up before the next bull surge. Meanwhile, on-chain data reveals that short-term holders are inching toward breakeven, hinting at a risk of panic selloffs. As the tension and volatility build up, Bitcoin Hyper smashes through $7M in its viral token presale. Leaning| Disrupt Africa
South African payment services provider Peach Payments has partnered with bitcoin and crypto payments solution provider MoneyBadger to enable its merchants to accept payment in bitcoin and other crypto assets. Peach Payments is a fast-growing African payment solution provider (PSP) that makes offline and online payments easier and more accessible across Kenya, Mauritius and South| Disrupt Africa
A chartered accountant, Kiara Suttner-Tromp has around a decade of experience in private equity and fund management. She joined HAVAIC in 2019, having previously worked for RisCura and KPMG, and became a partner last year.| Disrupt Africa
The SEC just increased position limits on Bitcoin ETF options by up to 10x, allowing traders to hold more contracts and create large-scale covered call strategies. This move would decrease Bitcoin’s volatility, making it more appealing to institutional investors looking for a balanced risk exposure, as NYDIG analysts observe. The move is set to make| Disrupt Africa
Just how high can $DOGE go? News that Dogecoin just closed its third consecutive monthly candle in a bullish engulfing pattern – a rare and technically significant formation – has sparked a new surge of meme coin enthusiasm. Historically, the pattern has come before major price rallies. If $DOGE begins an upward run, will other| Disrupt Africa
China is ready to succumb to the stablecoin fever and re-engage with the crypto market, according to Dr. Xiao Feng, CEO of HashKey Group. The subject came up during an interview with industry expert, Liu Feng, where the two discussed Hong Kong’s Anti-Money Laundering policies, the global digital finance race, and the blockchain as an| Disrupt Africa
Over the weekend, Ethereum – on a remarkable run from $2,591 to highs of $3,936 over the past month – finally sank beneath the waves, falling to $3,372. And as it sank, two whales swam in and began feeding, buying the dip. This could jumpstart the crypto market, as whale action often does, and that| Disrupt Africa
South African VC firm HAVAÍC has announced the second close of its third, US$50 million fund, and with new and follow-on investments in SAPay, Sportable, NjiaPay, and SwiftVEE is on course to complete up to 15 investments in Africa-born technology startups with global potential.| Disrupt Africa
Egyptian fintech startup PALM, which offers incentivised goal-based saving, has closed a seven-figure pre-seed funding round.| Disrupt Africa
African AI intelligence startup Rwazi has raised US$12 million in Series A funding to accelerate development of its simulation engine and decision copilot, giving teams real-time visibility into what's changing, what to do next, and what outcome to expect.| Disrupt Africa
XRP’s price prediction is getting more bullish after Ripple launched RLUSD in Dubai. The company gained approval from the Dubai Financial Services Authority. This way, it became one of the first stablecoin issuers officially recognised in the Middle East. This boost adds real weight to Ripple’s global expansion. Still, Unilabs is taking the spotlight. The| Disrupt Africa
Szczyt Xenthor is a cutting-edge automated trading platform created by a team of crypto experts to offer a simple, accessible, and highly profitable trading experience for all types of traders, including beginners. Powered by artificial intelligence and advanced algorithms, the platform conducts live market analysis, monitors price movements, and delivers precise trade signals and insights,| Disrupt Africa
AI trading agents are reshaping the crypto market by offering smarter, data-driven insights. As MIND of Pepe’s ($MIND) presale nears $7.5 million, here’s how AI technology is helping investors stay ahead. Artificial intelligence (AI) agents have recently taken centre stage across multiple industries, from finance to e-commerce, as companies rush to integrate software that can| Disrupt Africa
Nigerian fintech startup LemFi has raised a US$53 million Series B round of funding to help it build out its product offering and become a full-stack financial services hub for immigrants globally.| Disrupt Africa
CatSlap, the new meme coin that lets you play a slapping mini-game on its website in order to pump up the number of slaps for your country’s total, is soon expected to make a big announcement. CatSlap Hit Multiple Major Milestones According to the project’s website, it has been less than a week since the| Disrupt Africa
