Small Business

5 startups rethinking money, mobility, music, and more

Startups On Our Radar spotlights African startups solving African challenges with innovation. In our previous edition , we featured 7…

4 weeks ago

Alami Capital’s LaunchPad targets funding gap for African women-led startups

Alami Capital, an investment firm that connects entrepreneurs with capital and delivers projects, has unveiled The LaunchPad, a venture-building platform…

4 weeks ago

SefRel Shop’s mission to make it a thing of pride to ‘buy Nigerian’

In 2024, Nigerians imported ₦60.59 trillion (~$40 billion) worth of goods according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). Manufactured…

4 weeks ago

Zimbabwean ChatCash enters the ‘conversational commerce’ chat

In Harare’s informal markets, business happens in social media chatboxes. A grocery vendor takes orders over WhatsApp, a carpenter closes…

1 month ago

Nigeria’s Approovia takes aim at Microsoft and Oracle with locally built no-code AI stack

Approovia, a Nigerian software startup, is positioning itself as a challenger to global giants like Microsoft, Oracle, and Salesforce with…

1 month ago

Tanzania’s NALA enters Kenya with Equity Bank, Pesalink partnership

Tanzanian fintech NALA has expanded into Kenya through a partnership with Equity Bank and payment utility Pesalink, targeting the country’s…

1 month ago

Kenya’s High Court exempts fintechs from VAT in landmark ruling

A Kenyan High Court has ruled that fintechs should be exempt from value-added tax (VAT) on payment services, overturning an…

1 month ago

On Johannesburg’s streets, traders remain fiercely cash-first

In Johannesburg’s inner city, street traders turn sidewalks into shopfronts. On one side, a woman chops inhloko (cow head), her…

1 month ago

Neexa AI’s Ethan Bampeire on building a startup in Uganda

Uganda has no shortage of hackathons, accelerators, or training programmes for young entrepreneurs. What it lacks is money. “Everyone wants…

1 month ago

Apps push retail investments to ₦516.5bn on Nigeria’s stock market

Retail investors are tapping into Nigeria’s ₦89.06 trillion stock market as apps lower barriers to entry, pushing retail trades up…

1 month ago