Startups

7 African startups redefining travel, training, transportation, and treatment

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

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Fintechs lead Africa’s 2025 valuation table, even as the market resets

Valuations are important for tech startups; they determine whether investors can earn a return on their capital and whether a…

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7 African startups advancing aquaculture, analytics, and access to finance

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

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How Nairabox became a ticketing powerhouse and why Wakanow bought it

In October 2025, nearly a decade after it launched from a cramped “shop office” in Lagos, Nairabox, a Nigerian digital…

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Chowdeck hits nearly $1 million in Black Friday food delivery sales

Until Jumia introduced its first nationwide sales campaign after it launched in 2012, Black Friday was not a retail tradition…

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How Vove ID is tackling Africa’s KYC and KYB headaches

As the digital economy in Africa and the Middle East expands, reliable Know Your Customer (KYC) and Know Your Business…

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Day 1-1000: Storipod wants to make reading as addictive as scrolling

For African writers, sharing your work to get paid on global platforms has always been a herculean task. African startups…

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7 African startups redefining research, regulation, retail, and recreation

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

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How two Nigerian graduates built a ₦2 billion trade machine

For years, African small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have turned to retail platforms like AliExpress to save travel costs and,…

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M-KOPA crosses $1.6 billion in loans as pay-as-you-go market expands

M-KOPA Kenya, the Kenyan subsidiary of pay-as-you-go startup M-KOPA Holdings, has crossed $1.6 billion (KES 207 billion) in credit given…

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Backed by $350K, Fusepay takes aim at Seychelles’ slow, paper-heavy payments system

Fusepay, a Seychelles-founded fintech building payment tools for frontier markets, has launched its digital payment platform to help businesses in…

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70% of African startups fail in the first 5 years; Clarus believes it’s a go-to-market problem

In early 2025, Joovlin, a Nigerian fintech built to help micro-suppliers accept and manage payments, shut down. Despite early traction,…

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7 African startups championing matchmaking, mortgages, medical records, and music

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

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Nigeria’s drug supply chain is broken. OneHealth thinks PillFinda can fix it

Nigeria’s pharmacies and health centres operate in a notoriously fragile pharmaceutical supply chain. Essential medicines regularly go out of stock,…

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From Moniepoint to Roam: 22 of Africa’s biggest tech rebrands

In the fast-moving world of technology, a company’s name can be both an identity and a promise. But as markets…

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Day 1-1000: How DoktorConnect is scaling preventative healthcare

Joseph Olowe can tell you the exact moment everything changed. His friend Jim, a software engineer, 42 years old, stepped…

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7 African startups driving collaboration, care, careers, and creativity

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

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Chowdeck’s new ‘Bills’ feature and Mira migration show its super app ambitions

Chowdeck, the Nigerian on-demand delivery platform, is no longer just delivering meals. With a new feature that lets users pay…

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Kenya’s Roam turns to retail investors to fund its next growth phase

Roam, the Nairobi startup that designs and manufactures electric motorcycles and charging systems for commercial riders, is opening part of…

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How Accrue is building a human network for stablecoin payments across Africa

Clinton Mbah, co-founder and CEO of Accrue, recalls when the problem became impossible to ignore. In 2022, a friend in…

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