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AWIEF 2026 Finalists Named as Africa's Women-Led Ventures Compete

The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum has announced its 2026 award finalists, spotlighting women-led businesses across sectors and markets on the continent.

8 Sept · 2 min read
01
Amazon Cargo Crash, Cybercabs, and NYC Politics: This Week's Dispatches
8 Sept
02
PremiumTrust Bank Earns Dual Rating Upgrades as Zimbabwe Eyes Dollar Exit
8 Sept
03
Amazon Prime Air cargo plane crashes at Miami International Airport
8 Sept
04
South Africa Breaks Into World's Top Business Start-Up Destinations
8 Sept
05
UN Votes to Fix Maps That Shrink Africa by Half
8 Sept
06
Tesla's Cybercab Launches in Austin Without a Steering Wheel
7 Sept
07
Nigeria Looks to China's Anti-Corruption Playbook
7 Sept
08
Africa's Internal Market Remains Largely Untapped
7 Sept
09
Masakhane Awards 26 LINGUA Africa Grants to Build African-Language AI
7 Sept
10
336,000 Deportations: Gulf States Target African Workers in 2026
6 Sept
11
Africa's Business Heroes Names 10 Finalists for Rwanda Grand Finale
6 Sept
12
Africa Has No Tech Billionaires Yet — Here's the Structural Reason Why
6 Sept
13
Uber Retreats From Nigeria as Africa's $2.5bn Ride-Hailing Market Fractures
5 Sept
14
IFAD and Equity Bank Launch $200M Climate Fund for African Farmers
5 Sept
15
Africa Food Systems Forum Targets Capital Gap in Agri Value Chains
4 Sept
16
Chain Reactions Africa Ranks 3rd in Inaugural Africa PR Index
4 Sept
17
Africa's Women CEOs 2026: Who Made the Definitive List
4 Sept
18
TLcom's Eloho Omame: African Tech Is Compounding, Not Stalling
4 Sept
19
Washington Summit Puts Diaspora Capital at Africa's Deal Table
4 Sept
20
Tim Cook exits Apple at $4.5T; Uber cuts 10% of staff
2 Sept
21
South Africa Business Confidence Hits 2-Year Low in Q3 2025
2 Sept
22
French Insurer Alan Acquires Senegal's Tanel in First Africa Move
2 Sept
23
Shoprite Earns 12.2%, Woolworths 5.3% as SA Retail Holds Firm
2 Sept
24
Tupac Murder Conviction Lands 28 Years Late—and His Africa Connection
2 Sept
25
University of Reading Bets on Nigeria's Business Talent Pipeline
1 Sept
26
South Africa Courts BPO Investment, Volvo, and HONOR in Same Week
31 Aug
27
Africa's Weakest Currencies and a King's Diplomatic August
31 Aug
28
Taarifa Acquires NMG Majority Stake; Predator Preps Morocco Well
31 Aug
29
Russia's Africa Corps Cements Niger Role at 1,000-Tonne Uranium Base
31 Aug
30
Africa's Washington Deal Push: Pledges Made, Proof Still Pending
31 Aug
31
Lagos Governor Courts Diaspora Capital in Washington DC Push
31 Aug
32
Africa's AI Builders Move Past Proof-of-Concept
31 Aug
33
Olaiya Tapped to Keynote Africa Business & Enterprise Conference 2026
31 Aug
34
Microsoft Names Angela Ng'ang'a East Africa Country Lead
31 Aug
35
Ivorian Firm Leads Race to Acquire Oragroup
31 Aug
36
Fake Engine Sounds and Viral Stunts: When Authenticity Becomes a Product
29 Aug
37
Dangote Plans Ship Fleet After Nigeria-Ghana Cement Logistics Fail
29 Aug
38
Five African Markets Poised to Drive Tech Growth in 2026
29 Aug
39
Africa's Fertiliser Dependence and AI Gap: Two Sovereignty Crises
28 Aug
40
EBRD Puts $8M into Ventures Platform, Swedfund Adds $20M Green Fund
28 Aug
41
EIB, Standard Bank, NBK: Three Capital Moves Reshaping African Finance
28 Aug
42
Ventures Platform closes second Africa fund, larger and pan-continental
28 Aug
43
Kenya, Nigeria, Southern Africa: Three Oil Moves Reshaping African Energy
28 Aug
44
Buffett's Rules and Gates' AI Warning: What Africa's Operators Should Extract
28 Aug
45
MTN Nigeria Sponsors Nigeria-South Africa Chamber Forum
27 Aug
46
Insufficient Source Material to Publish
27 Aug
47
Opinion Roundup: AI Reskilling, Health Data, and Executive Exits
27 Aug
48
China Courts Africa While Squeezing Taiwan's Last Ally
27 Aug
49
Five Investors Shaping African Startup Capital in 2025
27 Aug
50
Kenya Drops Degree Rule for 2027 Presidential Hopefuls
27 Aug
51
Three Global Signals African Operators Should Not Miss
26 Aug
52
Clearosuite Targets Africa's Fragmented Business Software Market
26 Aug
53
MTN's $7.18bn H1 Revenue Anchors a Three-Front Expansion Push
26 Aug
54
Africa's Digital Ambition Meets Global Capital Shifts in 2025
25 Aug
55
JSE Lists AI ETF, Borderless Bets on Stablecoins, Sintana Drills Deeper
25 Aug
56
Starlink in Uganda, Digital Banks in Egypt, Cards in UAE: Africa's Connectivity Week
25 Aug
57
Nigeria Ditches China Satellites; Namibia Scraps $2.4M AI Deal
25 Aug
58
Climate Fund, Battery Swaps, Nasdaq Debut: Africa's Clean Infrastructure Week
25 Aug
59
UK Entry-Level Hiring Slump Meets the AI Job-Search Dilemma
25 Aug
60
Ramaphosa's Business Pact Targets 8.5m Unemployed South Africans
24 Aug
61
Book Claims Africa Preceded America as Global Civilisation Hub
24 Aug
62
Türkiye's Africa Exports Hit $13.3B in Seven Months of 2026
24 Aug
63
South Africa's 103-Year Monopoly Ends, Tax Squeeze Bites High Earners
24 Aug
64
AU Launches EAN Fellowship Cohort 2 for African MSME Leaders
24 Aug
65
Tag Markets Pitches Forex Transparency as Prediction Markets Gain Wall Street Traction
24 Aug
66
Cell C Bets on MVNOs as Zimbabwe-SA Rail Corridor Awaits
24 Aug
67
Exits MENA to Acquire Avanz Capital Egypt in Private Capital Push
24 Aug
68
AI Rights, Watermarks, and Walmart: Three Tech Shifts to Watch
24 Aug
69
Vast Space Cuts 4% of Staff as Commercial Station Race Tightens
24 Aug
70
Turkey's Africa Exports Hit $13B as Ankara Bets on the Continent
24 Aug
71
Africa's Naval Power, Diesel Gaps, and US Ship Watchlist: A Maritime Snapshot
22 Aug
72
Dangote's $400M Raise, UAE-Egypt Ties, and a Truck Ban: Egypt's Week
22 Aug
73
Rainbow Chicken Eyes African & Middle East Export Push
22 Aug
74
Gold offshore Ghana, E1 racing in Lagos, crypto migration: Africa's week in brief
22 Aug
75
India Eyes Ghana Bauxite, US Lifts Nigeria Ship Ban, AI's Data Wall
22 Aug
76
Algeria Undercuts Saudi Arabia on LPG, Wins India's IOC
22 Aug
77
Kenya Launches National Lottery Adviser Hunt; UPAY Names New CEO
22 Aug
78
MeTL's $250M Mozambique Bet and Ghana's Frozen $34.5M Mineworker Funds
22 Aug
79
Dangote Refinery IPO Gets $1bn Underwriting Boost
22 Aug
80
Kenya Leads Sub-Saharan Future-Readiness as Power Utility Tightens Accountability
22 Aug
81
Equinor Enters Namibia's Orange Basin Alongside Chevron
22 Aug
82
H-1B Anxiety and Thrun's Robotics Bet: Two Faces of US Tech
22 Aug
83
AWS Bets on Konza; Lesaka Maps South Africa's Informal Economy
22 Aug
84
Africa's Power Paradox: 60% of Global Solar Potential, Yet 600M Without Electricity
20 Aug
85
Moderna Stock Surges ~160-177% on Positive Melanoma Trial Data
20 Aug
86
Mali Calls Putin as Wall Street Drops Rate-Hike Bets
19 Aug
87
Data, Blockchain, and Mobile Comms: Africa's Operational Gaps
19 Aug
88
Geregu's $4.4M Bond Default Exposes Nigerian Power Sector Fragility
19 Aug
89
Book Tackles Africa's Tech Internship Gap
19 Aug
90
South Africa Business Confidence Rises in July Amid Inflation Worry
19 Aug
91
EBRD, Eni, and Crypto Firms Reshape West Africa's Capital Flows
19 Aug
92
South Africa Slaps R500 Fee on New Online Visa System Within Days
19 Aug
93
Nigeria vs South Africa: The Startup Funding Gap Widening
18 Aug
94
Cameroon-Flagged Tanker Ties Africa to Russia's Shadow Oil Fleet
18 Aug
95
India Eyes African Urea; Ethiopia Tops Happiness Index
18 Aug
96
Africa's Tech Growth Is Funded From Within, Not Without
17 Aug
97
Kenya Leads Global AI Adoption as Anker and New Ecosystem Map Arrive
17 Aug
98
Global Procurement Body CIPS Plants Africa HQ in Nairobi
17 Aug
99
South Africa Tightens Controls on Spaza Shop Support Fund
17 Aug
100
Jamaica Plans $60M Deal to Build Ghana's Aluminium Sector
16 Aug
101
Airtel Africa Brings Starlink to DRC in a Continental First
16 Aug
102
Motsepe Wins Court Reprieve in $195M Tanzania Graphite Row
15 Aug
103
Two Open Calls Target African Energy Innovators and Digital Entrepreneurs
15 Aug
104
Egypt, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia Align Against Israel on Syria's Golan
15 Aug
105
Africa's Business Heroes 2026: 20 Finalists, Nairobi Semi-Final Set
15 Aug
106
OpenAI Loses 12 Executives in 2026 as Leadership Exodus Deepens
15 Aug
107
AI May Be Shielding the Global Economy From Recession
14 Aug
108
Africa Tech Festival 2026 Opens Speaker Nominations
13 Aug
109
Africa's Young Disruptors: The Founders Reshaping the Continent
13 Aug
110
14 Zama-Zama Miners Killed in Disused South Africa Mine
13 Aug
111
Dangote Eyes Tanzania Energy and Fertiliser Deals as East Africa Courts Billionaire
13 Aug
112
Arena Group Rebrands as Paradium.AI in AI Pivot
11 Aug
113
Africa's Credit Gap Demands Data, AI, and Smarter Rules
11 Aug
114
Dangote, Rupert Heirs and the New African Dynastic Capitalism
11 Aug
115
Airtel's Africa Unit Drives 37% Profit Jump as India Slows
11 Aug
116
Russia Pitches Digital Partnership to Africa at Sochi Summit
11 Aug
117
DStv Trims Channels as South Africa's EV Sales Climb
11 Aug
118
Where Gen Z Socializes and Rents: The Cities Winning and Losing
9 Aug
119
Greg Abel Opens Berkshire's $334B War Chest After Buffett Exit
9 Aug
120
Southern African Women in STEM Can Apply for 2026 Capital Accelerator
9 Aug
121
Africa Business Innovation Lab Opens Applications for MSME Support
9 Aug
122
Congo Bars Chinese Miners, Senegal Courts France: Africa's Week
8 Aug
123
McDonald's Pressured on Value as Meta Enters AI Coding Race
8 Aug
124
Homegrown African AI Takes On Silicon Valley's Giants
8 Aug
125
Etihad–Africa World Airlines Deal Opens Abu Dhabi Route for Ghana
7 Aug
126
Absa Cuts Debt Review to One Day With AI and OCR
7 Aug
127
Vanuatu's $90,000 Climate Passport and What It Tells Africa
7 Aug
128
Kenya Draws AI, Data Centre, and Fintech Bets in One Week
7 Aug
129
Emirates Expands Africa Footprint via SAA Partnership
7 Aug
130
African Banks Face a Triple Modernisation Test: QA, AI Fraud, and Trust
7 Aug
131
SpaceX Targets US Carriers, AI Valuations Crack: Global Signals
5 Aug
132
Africa's Fastest-Growing Tech Ecosystem: What the Data Shows
5 Aug
133
Kenya Loses Africa's Top Startup Funding Spot
4 Aug
134
Burry's AI Chip Short Pays Off as Nvidia Slides
5 Aug
135
Kenya's Aviation, Banking, and Piracy Numbers Tell One Story
5 Aug
136
OpenAI Africa Lead Headlines Africa Tech Festival 2026
4 Aug
137
Tinubu Bets on Health Tech to Build Nigeria's Next Unicorns
4 Aug
138
Otedola Eyes First Horizon, South Africa Sees 5.6M Tourists
3 Aug
139
South Africa's Economy Under Pressure From Three Fronts
3 Aug
140
Zambia's Next Leader Inherits a Debt Trap and a Fragile Recovery
4 Aug
141
AI Reshapes Work: Job Drought, LinkedIn Slop, and Startup Ambition
3 Aug
142
Comercio Partners Names First Female Board Chair
3 Aug
143
Zedcrest Acquires Leatherback to Build Pan-African Payments Giant
3 Aug
144
Tech Firms Force In-Person Interviews to Block AI Cheating
1 Aug
145
Two Funding Calls Open for African MSMEs in 2025
1 Aug
146
Salt Capital Takes Majority Stake in Dispense Logic
1 Aug
147
GoLemon Folds as Nigeria's Grocery-Tech Sector Stumbles Again
1 Aug
148
Apple Reclaims World's Most Valuable Company Crown From Nvidia
1 Aug
149
Canal+ Africa Marks Badugela's 20-Year Run at the Broadcaster
1 Aug
150
Meta's AI Bet Lifts Engagement but Dents Profits
30 Jul
151
Mozambique Hands Chinese Firms 25-Year Zimbabwe Border Deal
30 Jul
152
Africa's Diesel Divide and Currency Weakness Shape Trade in July 2026
30 Jul
153
No Single Story: Sources Cover Design, Trains, and US Tax Shifts
30 Jul
154
AI, Payments, Cyber, Supply Chain: Africa's Infrastructure Gaps Laid Bare
29 Jul
155
Mozambique Hands Chinese Firms a 25-Year Border Deal
29 Jul
156
CBN Hosts 7th Africa Emerging Markets Forum in Abuja
29 Jul
157
Anglo American Platinum: Revenue Surge, Six Deaths, Dollar Exit
29 Jul
158
Three US Executives, Three Career Habits Worth Noting
29 Jul
159
African Female Climate Tech Founders Lean on Grants, Locked Out of Equity
28 Jul
160
Nigeria Launches Startup Accelerator Amid Persistent Funding Drought
28 Jul
161
BCG Warns Africa Could Miss the AI Economy Entirely
28 Jul
162
Africa Summit Diplomacy: Deal Theatre or Real Capital?
28 Jul
163
Sedgwick South Africa Gets New MD as Wayne Klingler Succeeds Ken MacLean
28 Jul
164
Ecobank Launches Podcast Targeting African Entrepreneurs
28 Jul
165
South Africa's R1 Trillion Employer Under Scrutiny as AI Push Accelerates
26 Jul
166
No Usable Source Material for an Africa Business Story
28 Jul
167
OpenAI's Agent Hack and Codex Drop Rattle AI and Software Markets
26 Jul
168
BofA Sell Signal Hits 3-Year High as Birth-Rate Splits Widen
26 Jul
169
Trump's Tariff Squeeze Hits Africa From Two Directions
26 Jul
170
Capex Backlash: Why Tesla and Alphabet Are Being Punished
26 Jul
171
Netflix's Catalog Library Outperforms New Releases in Retention
26 Jul
172
IMF: Africa's AI Billions at Risk Without More Power
25 Jul
173
Houthi Red Sea Attacks Squeeze East African Trade Routes
25 Jul
174
AHF Throws Weight Behind African Union's Debt Reform Drive
25 Jul
175
CATL Wins AfDB Backing for Africa's First Gigafactory in Morocco
25 Jul
176
Egypt Pilots Digital Visa-on-Arrival to Streamline Tourist Entry
25 Jul
177
Afreximbank and IDC Sign Investment Pact to Boost African Trade
24 Jul
178
Breet Built a Crypto Business for 1,000 Days With No VC Money
24 Jul
179
AfDB Backs €100m EV Battery Gigafactory in Morocco
24 Jul
180
Airtel Africa Adds 19.6M Customers to Hit 189 Million
24 Jul
181
Uber Absorbs Glovo and Talabat's Africa Units in €14.8bn Deal
25 Jul
182
Equity-Free Grants Open New Doors for African Fintech Founders
24 Jul
183
Starlink, Congo Mining Rules, and Prediction Markets: Africa in Focus
24 Jul
184
Uber Cuts AI-Displaced Jobs, Nigeria Awards Oil Blocks, Africa Eyes UN Top Seat
24 Jul
185
China's Deepening Grip on Africa: Minerals, Oil, and Money
24 Jul
186
Zenith Bank, Duplo, and Cregis: Africa's Finance Week in Brief
24 Jul
187
Africa's Billionaires Drive Big Deals as Capital Flows Shift
24 Jul
188
Dangote Slowdown, Cable Disputes, and a $1.3bn Fintech Bet
24 Jul
189
Airtel Africa Eyes London IPO for Fintech Arm as Mobile Money Matures
24 Jul
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