Access to reliable, affordable, and constant power supply has continuously been a problem in sub-Saharan Africa for a...
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After failing at 4 startups, Obasegun Ayodele is making hardware accessible to Africans with Vilsquare
The entrepreneurship journey varies for every entrepreneur, but there are often a few similarities. For the vast...
7 things you need to know about Wave, Francophone Africa’s first Unicorn
In 2007, Safaricom, Kenya's mobile network operator, launched M-Pesa, the first African mobile money payment service,...
Blockchain-powered proptech startup, Seso Global, wants to change the African real estate scene with one commodity: trust
Several things are wrong with Africa's real estate industry. Mercenary real estate agents, shifty landowners,...
How early-stage venture capital firm, Saviu Ventures, is funding Francophone African startups
It can be argued that most of the progress made in the African startup space has been concentrated in one part of the...
A chat with Mopewa Ogundipe, Nigerian-born engineer behind Clubhouse’s Android app
The launch of Clubhouse -- the invitation-only audio-chat platform -- in 2020 hugely disrupted social networking....
Nigeria’s Akiddie is scaling to become a storytelling platform for minority kids worldwide
“I came up with the Akiddie idea because I felt my niece deserved better, more representative stories, and that idea...
Meet Ruth Iselema, the Bitmama of the African blockchain space
In 2016, after Ruth Iselema got scammed of ₦250,000 (~ $1200 at the time) trying to sell bitcoin, she saw an...
Fintech escrow service provider, Vahlid, wants to protect your money in online retail transactions
A report reveals that fraudulent online activities are projected to cost eCommerce retailers a whopping $20 billion in...
“Angel investing is more than just writing a cheque” — Biola Alabi, Nollywood producer and tech investor
Startup investing in Africa has come a long way, and this is partly due to the work that angel investors do in helping...
10 African tech experts putting Africa on the world map
Africans are often poorly mentioned in the media, but there’s so much more to Africans than the negative stereotype...
Nifemi Akinwamide defied a learning challenge to become Kudi’s Product Manager
Choosing a career today is easy because people are spoilt for choice. There are options that cut across almost every...
Meet Wale Abba, who designed Interswitch’s Quickteller and several Nigerian banking apps
Nigerian fintech unicorn, Interswitch, has, for the past 19 years, led the way when it comes to digitising payments in...
I want more women to become angel investors — Yemi Keri on angel investing and building Rising Tide
Historically, women have been underrepresented in the workplace, and this also plays out in the venture capital space....
This is Patricia; a place where convention comes to die
If you are Nigerian, live in Nigeria, know someone who knows someone who lives in/is Nigeria(n), or you have anything...
How South African edtech startup, FoondaMate, is helping students study with WhatsApp
Following the first detection of the coronavirus in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, COVID-19 has reached pandemic...
Rachael Akalia’s remarkable journey to becoming Patricia Technologies’ brand manager
How much does it cost to educate a girl child? This is one of the questions that come to mind when trying to make...
Inside Alida School’s plans to raise Africa’s next generation of tech talents
From interpersonal communication to business transactions, technology is fast changing the conventional way of doing...
An insight into how early-stage venture firm, LoftyInc Capital Management, invests in African startups
On the surface, Reliance HMO, a Nigerian health insurance startup, and Printivo, a print-on-demand startup from...
An insight into how early-stage venture firm, Microtraction, invests
There are various paths for those looking to get into venture capital, and for regions like Africa where the concept...
