Grace Ashiru

One thing people often overlook when trading is the importance of effective trade management. There are several tools that traders can use to streamline their workflow, improve risk management, and reduce the likelihood of costly mistakes.

South Africa's Gauteng High Court has ordered the final liquidation of Livestock Wealth, the agricultural crowdfunding platform founded in 2015 by Ntuthuko Shezi. The judgment simultaneously dismissed a business rescue application brought by Shezi, with Acting Judge JF Pretorius finding the company both commercially and factually insolvent and describing the proposed rescue plan as amounting to little more than speculation.

South Africa recorded the highest rate of suspected digital fraud among African countries analysed in 2025, with 3.0 percent of consumer transactions flagged as potentially fraudulent, according to the TransUnion H1 2026 Update: Top Fraud Trends report. The figure sits slightly below the global average of 3.8 percent and represents a decline from 4.3 percent in 2024.

Lagos Angel Network has made an undisclosed investment in Midddleman Technologies Inc., a startup using artificial intelligence to streamline trade between Africa and China. The network said its support will include funding, mentorship, strategic guidance, and access to its investor network.

Nigerian crypto infrastructure company Bitnob has introduced Bitnob Enterprise, a non-custodial infrastructure stack, alongside an updated version of Bitnob Business, its managed platform for companies building on modern financial rails.

Investment firms Treadway and Invasion have committed $1.25 billion to back early and growth-stage startups across Africa through a newly launched incubation and investment platform. The platform is designed to combine incubation, acceleration, and direct investment support for startups operating in fintech, climate tech, logistics, and digital infrastructure.

Voice AI startup AethexAI has raised $3 million in pre-seed funding to develop localised customer support automation for Africa and the Middle East. The round was led by 4DX Ventures, with participation from Enza Capital, Dorm Room Fund, Mojo Ventures, and the Stanford GSB '26 Fund, alongside angel investors including Stanford faculty, telecom executives, and AI researchers from Anthropic.

Blnk , a fintech company on a mission to enable financial inclusion through rapid point-of-sale financing, has raised $12.5 million in equity funding and $24.6 million in local debt facilities. The funding will scale its consumer finance operations in Egypt, with a focus on onboarding women and the underbanked, by offering flexible loan sizes for a wider range of products and services.

Kenyan fintech CreditChek has closed a $600,000 funding round to extend its credit data infrastructure into East Africa, adding to an already profitable track record in Nigeria.

Egyptian investment firm Edafa Venture has snapped up two artificial intelligence startups — construction tech company Kuadra and health diagnostics platform IRRI Vision — in separate six-figure transactions. The deals were announced at the AI Everything Middle East & Africa – Egypt 2026 exhibition, organised by GITEX Global in Cairo this past February.