In Nigeria, the vibrant holiday season often comes with an unusual problem: wasted gift cards. A cousin in London might…
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Elly Savatia was running robotics workshops across Kenya. Until a visit to a high school in…
Assistive technology in Africa has long been expensive, hard to maintain, and poorly suited to local needs. Screen readers can…
I first met Teniola Adedeji, CEO and co-founder of Pharmarun, at a health tech panel discussing the early days of…
Startups on Our Radar is a bi-weekly column that highlights emerging startups across Africa taking fresh, unconventional approaches, filling fundamental…
Every Thursday, Delve Into AI will provide nuanced insights on how the continent’s AI trajectory is shaping up. In this…
When Anil Atmaramani resumed as Antler’s new partner for Africa in 2024, he was looking to make bets that some…
It started with curiosity and a handful of conversations in the back seats of ride-hailing vehicles. “That’s where we noticed…
Sehinde Afolayan, founder of logistics platform Haul247, was one of the first founders I interviewed as a journalist for TechCabal.…
South Africa’s fintech space is one of the most developed in Africa. It makes up nearly 40% of the continent’s…
When Leon Kiptum left his role at Flutterwave in June, his goodbye post on LinkedIn didn’t read like the end…
DigiTax, a pan-African e-invoicing firm, has secured technical approval from Nigeria’s Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to serve as an…
At the fifth edition of Pitch2Win on July 30, a yearly event where aspiring entrepreneurs showcase their ideas and learn…
If you’ve ever bought a ticket to an event in Nigeria, chances are that the ticket was purchased on Tix,…
At the fifth edition of Pitch2Win on July 30, Iyin Aboyeji, founding partner at Future Africa, and Akio Tanaka, founding…
Two weeks after entering administration in March, Kenyan buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) startup Lipa Later co-founder, Eric Muli, tried to raise $5…
In a remote part of Zambia, a heavily pregnant 17-year-old named Chipego arrived at a Catholic-run clinic in Monze District,…
Despite Africa’s immense economic potential—a combined GDP exceeding $3 trillion and a population of over 1.4 billion—just 17% of its…
You can order hot jollof on Chowdeck and have it at your door before the steam fades. You can order…
Art—how we create, store, buy, and distribute it—has taken different forms across several centuries. In 2020, as a rare global…