Startups

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…

3 days ago

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…

4 days ago

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…

5 days ago

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…

5 days ago

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…

1 week ago

“Africa doesn’t have a talent problem, it has a discovery problem” – Day 1-1000 of ProDevs

William Nwogbo still remembers the phone call. One of the talents ProDevs had placed with a foreign company, a developer…

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7 African startups powering sales, sports, support, and settlements

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

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7 startups providing solutions for skin, sexual wellness, sales, and sustainability

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

2 weeks ago

The empathetic debt collector: Day 1-1000 of DebtRecuva

When people think about debt recovery and debt collection in the Nigerian context, the image that comes to mind is…

3 weeks ago

After hiring Raise’s founder, Carta sets out to fix Africa’s private capital infrastructure

Carta, the global startup that provides software for managing equity ownership, valuations, and fund administration, is building localised products for…

3 weeks ago

Flutterwave adopts Polygon blockchain to power stablecoin cross-border payments

Flutterwave, Africa’s largest payments infrastructure company, is betting on stablecoins to make cross-border transactions faster and cheaper through a multi-year…

3 weeks ago

Antler’s new Lagos cohort features TC Battlefield startups

Antler, a global investment network that focuses on early-stage investments, officially kicked off its latest Lagos cohort on October 20.…

3 weeks ago

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…

3 weeks 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…

3 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks 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…

4 weeks 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)…

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