In the hierarchy of Africa’s fintech narrative, Francophone countries are often second placed. The Anglophone giants—Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa—have…
As mobile banking adoption surges across Nigeria, users demand faster and simpler ways to manage their money, without switching apps…
On most maps of African venture capital, Uganda does not even make the key. Investors, accelerators, tech reporters—almost everyone has…
Wave, one of Africa’s most valuable startups, has raised a $137 million debt round to bolster its working capital and…
Intron, a Nigerian AI company that provides speech-to-text transcription tools for healthcare workers, is introducing new speech recognition and text-to-speech…
Lendsqr grew from a side project to four failed product launches and found product-market fit, twice. If anyone in Nigeria…
Despite the growth of Africa’s tech ecosystem in the last decade, startups on the continent continue to struggle with being…
For the first time, everyday Nigerian investors surpassed institutional investors in Q1 2024, capturing 1.1% more of capital markets investments than…
Johannesburg is a magnet for Africa’s workforce. Migrants from Zimbabwe, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Uganda, and beyond…
In Day 1–1000, we follow founders through the raw, unfiltered journey of company-building: the early scrambles, the quiet breakthroughs, the…