Startups

When the doctor won’t listen to you, MyDébboApp bets it will

She asked me to give her a symptom, something ordinary and real. I mentioned a small issue that had lingered…

17 hours ago

Sun King sets up first African factory in Kenya in local solar manufacturing push

Sun King, an off-grid solar company with operations across sub-Saharan Africa, has opened its first large-scale manufacturing plant in Kenya’s…

17 hours ago

The anti-loan shark: How Hadi Finance is rebranding SME lending

Nigeria’s informal economy accounts for an estimated 58% of its GDP; however, businesses within the informal sector face challenges when…

3 days ago

This YC-backed startup wants to be the control centre for African business finance

Managing business finances in Africa typically involves using scattered tools: accounting and budgeting softwares, banking and payroll apps, multiple Excel…

4 days ago

Nigeria’s EyeGuide uses LiDAR to help blind people navigate independently

In Lagos, where uneven sidewalks and chaotic traffic turn every commute into an obstacle course, getting around can test anyone’s…

4 days ago

Startups On Our Radar: TC Battlefield edition

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

4 days ago

The chips in your phone may have been designed in Nigeria

Inside an unassuming building in Lagos’ Opebi district, a group of young engineers are hunched over computer screens, filled with…

7 days ago

Kenyan court orders Twiga Foods to pay ex-employee $7,800 for unfair dismissal

Twiga Foods, a Kenyan B2B startup, has been ordered to pay a former sales representative over KES 1 million ($7,800)…

1 week ago

Day 1-1000: How Bunce walked a trust desert to catalyse adoption

Bunce describes itself as a data-driven engagement platform. But for its founders, the real journey wasn’t just about building software;…

3 weeks ago

7 African startups transforming health records, human resource, and home care

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

3 weeks ago

After losing a $50,000 Upwork contract, this Nigerian founder built a startup to fix global hiring bias

The systemic bias in global hiring did not dawn on Obinna Umeh until he’d lost 17 freelance contracts on Upwork…

3 weeks ago

What do African investors really look for in a pitch deck in 2025?

These investors’ portfolios span an array of industries—from fintech, climate tech, gender-led, clean energy, food systems, cities, and creative Economy,…

3 weeks ago

A solar powered hospital-on-wheels takes urgent care into Zimbabwe’s hinterlands

In Zimbabwe, over 60% of the population live in rural areas where access to healthcare is limited by distance, cost,…

3 weeks ago

If you can win in Africa, Watu Credit thinks you can in Latin America

In 2015, Watu Credit co-founder Andris Kaneps physically transferred a small cash loan to a women’s group in Kenya’s coastal…

3 weeks ago

M-KOPA turns its first-ever profit as revenue surges 66% to $416m

After over a decade of investment and expansion across Africa, M-KOPA has finally turned a profit. The Nairobi-based asset-financing startup…

3 weeks ago

This Nigerian startup wants your DNA to rewrite global medicine

Africa makes up less than 3% of global genome sequencing, a laboratory procedure to determine the entire genetic makeup of…

3 weeks ago

7 African startups transforming learning, labour, lifestyles, and local trade

7 African startups reinventing healthcare, employee management, e-commerce, and education Startups On Our Radar spotlights African startups solving African challenges…

4 weeks ago

Mali’s OKO raises fresh capital to protect Africa’s farmers from climate shocks

OKO, a Malian climate and agritech startup that provides climate insurance for African farmers, has raised an undisclosed funding round…

4 weeks ago

Neibar, the app fostering gifting of pre-owned items in African communities

In many parts of Africa, where hand-me-downs and second-hand markets dominate the cyclic ownership of goods, people still discard items…

4 weeks ago

Koolboks wants to be more than a freezer: Day 1-1000 of Koolboks

For most people in Sub-Saharan Africa, electricity is unstable at best, nonexistent at worst. This leads to a variety of…

4 weeks ago