Assistive technology in Africa has long been expensive, hard to maintain, and poorly suited to local needs. Screen readers can cost thousands of dolla
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Sehinde Afolayan, founder of logistics platform Haul247, was one of the first founders I interviewed as a journalist for TechCabal. The startup, launc
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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
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In Lagos, the memory of October 20, 2020, still haunts Daniel Tambee, a Nigerian blockchain developer. That night, at the Lekki Tollgate, military per
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What does it really take to build a startup in Africa—from the first idea to the thousandth day? In Day 1–1000, we follow founders through the raw, un
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Three Kenyan startups—Roam Electric AB, M-KOPA Holdings Ltd, and Victory Farms Ltd—have been named among Africa’s fastest-growing companies in the lat
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Startups on Our Radar is a bi-weekly column that spotlights new startups across Africa taking unconventional approaches, filling fundamental gaps, and
Read MoreFavourable demographics, economic growth in the past decade, and innovation in payments infrastructure are working to define the future of payments in
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Investor interest in African education technology (edtech) has cooled since the end of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns highlighted how technology aids
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Spiro, an India-based electric vehicle company, has signed a $50 million debt financing deal with Afreximbank to expand its offering in its existing m
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For the second year running, Francophone fintech Wave is the only African company listed on Y-Combinator’s top 50 earning startups in 2024. The
Read MoreKuda Microfinance Bank, the Target Global-backed neobank, has secured payment licences in Tanzania and Canada as part of an expansion drive across Afr
Read MoreThe Gulf Information Technology Exhibition (GITEX) wants to bring about 100 Nigerian companies to Marrakech, Morocco where the second edition of the e
Read MoreFlutterwave’s chief operating officer, Bode Abifarin, has left Africa’s largest startup after six years of leading the startup’s ope
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Roam, a Kenya-based electric vehicle company has raised $24 million in equity and debt to expand local manufacturing capabilities in Kenya, scale up p
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