Recent Posts
Small Business
-
August 2, 2025023
LemFi CEO shares origin story and lessons for founders at Pitch2Win
At the fifth edition of Pitch2Win on July 30, a yearly event where aspiring entrepreneurs showcase their ideas and learn from industry experts, Ridwan -
August 2, 2025038
“I didn’t know if Tix had a future. But I knew I wanted to survive”: Day 1 to 1000 of Tix
If you’ve ever bought a ticket to an event in Nigeria, chances are that the ticket was purchased on Tix, a 6-year-old company that has grown to become -
August 2, 2025029
Lagos to Tokyo: Global startup lessons from Iyin Aboyeji and Akio Tanaka
At the fifth edition of Pitch2Win on July 30, Iyin Aboyeji, founding partner at Future Africa, and Akio Tanaka, founding partner of Headline Asia, a g -
July 30, 2025028
Lipa Later sought $5 million from UK lender two weeks after entering administration
Two weeks after entering administration in March, Kenyan buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) startup Lipa Later co-founder, Eric Muli, tried to raise $5 million -
July 29, 2025036
Afriex expands to Asia to tap booming cross-border payments market
Afriex, the Lagos- and San Francisco-based money transfer startup, has expanded into Asia’s three biggest remittance markets—China, India, and Pakista -
July 29, 2025030
Duniya Healthcare is digitising medicine supply chains to reach Zambia’s most remote clinics
In a remote part of Zambia, a heavily pregnant 17-year-old named Chipego arrived at a Catholic-run clinic in Monze District, south of Lusaka, with a h -
July 29, 2025026
This Mastercard-backed startup says it will be AfCFTA’s implementation engine
Despite Africa’s immense economic potential—a combined GDP exceeding $3 trillion and a population of over 1.4 billion—just 17% of its total trade occu -
July 26, 2025042
“It started as an embarrassment.”: Day 1-1000 of Advantage Health Africa
You can order hot jollof on Chowdeck and have it at your door before the steam fades. You can order fresh tomatoes on GoLemon without stepping outside -
July 24, 2025035
Atsur is solving African art’s provenance problem with blockchain
Art—how we create, store, buy, and distribute it—has taken different forms across several centuries. In 2020, as a rare global pandemic sent the world -
July 23, 2025041
Weeks after Copia’s collapse, co-founder, top executives quietly registered new startup
One month after Kenya’s Copia Global collapsed in May 2024 under the weight of operational debt and failure to raise fresh funding, its top executives
Popular Videos
Digital Marketing
Moniepoint, PiggyVest, M-KOPA, Interswitch named among world’s top 300 fintechs by CNBC
Ten African fintechs, including Interswitch, Moniepoint, M-KOPA, OPay, and PiggyVest, have been named among the world’s top 300 fintech companies in 2025 by CNBC and Statista. The
GTM 151: How to Scale Vertical SaaS in 2025 | Dennis Lyandres (Ex-CRO, Procore)
The GTM Podcast is available on any major directory, including: Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube Dennis Lyandres is an Advisor with ICONIQ and a Board Member of Speedchain and Captiv
Mukuru customers face balance errors after technical glitch
On the morning of June 19, thousands of Mukuru customers in South Africa woke up to missing funds from their accounts. Some found their balances down by thousands of rand or to zer
Small Business
LemFi CEO shares origin story and lessons for founders at Pitch2Win
At the fifth edition of Pitch2Win on July 30, a yearly event where aspiring entrepreneurs showcase their ideas and learn from industry experts, Ridwan Olalere, CEO of remittance st
“I didn’t know if Tix had a future. But I knew I wanted to survive”: Day 1 to 1000 of Tix
If you’ve ever bought a ticket to an event in Nigeria, chances are that the ticket was purchased on Tix, a 6-year-old company that has grown to become the de facto platform for tic
Lagos to Tokyo: Global startup lessons from Iyin Aboyeji and Akio Tanaka
At the fifth edition of Pitch2Win on July 30, Iyin Aboyeji, founding partner at Future Africa, and Akio Tanaka, founding partner of Headline Asia, a global venture capital firm, sh