Why Nigeria’s AI future depends on politics, not just policy
Nigeria’s push to lead in artificial intelligence (AI) will depend less on ministerial enthusiasm and more on political will. For all the energy and...
Main Topics
Cameroon’s REasy raises $1.8m to fix how Africa’s importers pay suppliers
REasy, a Cameroonian trade finance platform that offers cross-border payments, logistics, and compliance services to SME importers, has raised $1.8 mi...
How Lagos made more money than 31 Nigerian states combined in 2024
Lagos, Nigeria’s startup capital, made ₦1.26 trillion ($857.57 million) in internally generated revenue in 2024, a 54.63% increase from the ₦815...
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 city of Mombasa, a tr...
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, and infrastructure deficit. Peopl...
Keep what you pay for: The South African MVNOs offering non-expiring data
For years, South African mobile users have voiced frustration over paying for data that disappears before they can use it, a policy established by the...
Solar Foods is using sunlight to solve food insecurity in Sudan
While most business owners flee war zones, Alaa Salih Hamadto is scaling in one. From Kassala, near Sudan’s eastern border with Eritrea, she runs So...
Zap founder, Moore-Dagogo Hart, wants you to trust crypto again
Crypto in the African continent is either one of two extremes: a get-rich-quick scheme or complex technology. But for true enthusiasts like Moore Dago...
NEWSLETTER
Enter your email address below to subscribe to my newsletter
