Startups

“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…

2 months 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…

2 months 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…

3 months ago

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…

3 months ago

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…

3 months 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.…

3 months 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…

3 months ago

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 months 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 months 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 months 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 months 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 months 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…

3 months 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,…

3 months 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…

3 months 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…

3 months 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…

3 months ago

Weeks after Copia’s collapse, co-founder, top executives quietly registered new startup

One month after Kenya’s Copia Global collapsed in May 2024 under the weight of operational debt and failure to raise…

3 months ago

M-KOPA lawsuit alleges racial disparity in employee equity, firm says claim is baseless

When M-KOPA Holdings, a UK-headquartered fintech with over five million users across five African markets, restructured its shareholding in 2019,…

3 months ago

Moniepoint, PiggyVest, M-KOPA, Interswitch named among world’s top 300 fintechs by CNBC

Ten African fintechs, including Interswitch, Moniepoint, M-KOPA, OPay, and PiggyVest, have been named among the world’s top 300 fintech companies…

3 months ago