Startups

Cardtonic is building a super app for everything gift cards, gadgets, and payments

In Nigeria, the vibrant holiday season often comes with an unusual problem: wasted gift cards. A cousin in London might…

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Signvrse is pushing for real-time sign language interpretation

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Elly Savatia was running robotics workshops across Kenya. Until a visit to a high school in…

22 hours ago

Using AI, these 5 African startups make assistive tech more accessible

Assistive technology in Africa has long been expensive, hard to maintain, and poorly suited to local needs. Screen readers can…

5 days ago

“You need believers more than résumés”: Day 1-1000 of Pharmarun

I first met Teniola Adedeji, CEO and co-founder of Pharmarun, at a health tech panel discussing the early days of…

1 week ago

7 African startups rethinking bookings, AI, credits, and commerce to watch

Startups on Our Radar is a bi-weekly column that highlights emerging startups across Africa taking fresh, unconventional approaches, filling fundamental…

1 week ago

What do investors want to see in African AI startups?

Every Thursday, Delve Into AI will provide nuanced insights on how the continent’s AI trajectory is shaping up. In this…

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Antler selects 24 founders to join inaugural cohort

When Anil Atmaramani resumed as Antler’s new partner for Africa in 2024, he was looking to make bets that some…

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A financial tool for South Africa’s gig workers left out of formal banking systems

It started with curiosity and a handful of conversations in the back seats of ride-hailing vehicles. “That’s where we noticed…

2 weeks ago

“Culture isn’t what you say, it’s what you allow”: Day 1-1000 of Haul247

Sehinde Afolayan, founder of logistics platform Haul247, was one of the first founders I interviewed as a journalist for TechCabal.…

2 weeks ago

South African fintech startups to watch in 2025

South Africa’s fintech space is one of the most developed in Africa. It makes up nearly 40% of the continent’s…

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Leon Kiptum, fintech executive who believed in people and purpose, dies at 44

When Leon Kiptum left his role at Flutterwave in June, his goodbye post on LinkedIn didn’t read like the end…

3 weeks ago

Update: DigiTax gets technically approved to expand into Nigeria

DigiTax, a pan-African e-invoicing firm, has secured technical approval from Nigeria’s Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to serve as an…

3 weeks ago

LemFi CEO shares origin story and lessons for founders at Pitch2Win

At the fifth edition of Pitch2Win on July 30, a yearly event where aspiring entrepreneurs showcase their ideas and learn…

3 weeks ago

“I didn’t know if Tix had a future. But I knew I wanted to survive”: Day 1 to 1000 of Tix

If you’ve ever bought a ticket to an event in Nigeria, chances are that the ticket was purchased on Tix,…

3 weeks ago

Lagos to Tokyo: Global startup lessons from Iyin Aboyeji and Akio Tanaka

At the fifth edition of Pitch2Win on July 30, Iyin Aboyeji, founding partner at Future Africa, and Akio Tanaka, founding…

3 weeks ago

Lipa Later sought $5 million from UK lender two weeks after entering administration

Two weeks after entering administration in March, Kenyan buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) startup Lipa Later co-founder, Eric Muli, tried to raise $5…

4 weeks ago

Duniya Healthcare is digitising medicine supply chains to reach Zambia’s most remote clinics

In a remote part of Zambia, a heavily pregnant 17-year-old named Chipego arrived at a Catholic-run clinic in Monze District,…

4 weeks ago

This Mastercard-backed startup says it will be AfCFTA’s implementation engine

Despite Africa’s immense economic potential—a combined GDP exceeding $3 trillion and a population of over 1.4 billion—just 17% of its…

4 weeks ago

“It started as an embarrassment.”: Day 1-1000 of Advantage Health Africa

You can order hot jollof on Chowdeck and have it at your door before the steam fades. You can order…

4 weeks ago

Atsur is solving African art’s provenance problem with blockchain

Art—how we create, store, buy, and distribute it—has taken different forms across several centuries. In 2020, as a rare global…

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