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Drawing from years of advising businesses, Aderonke Alex-Adedipe and Seun Timi-Koleolu explain how the legal landscape has matured, why compliance should start from day one, and what founders often overlook in their rush to scale.
Algonix AI, a startup founded by Martins Otun is on a drug delivery and formulation mission: to help scientists find excipients that could one day make biologic medicines, such as insulin, more stable outside refrigeration and easier to deliver via alternatives such as patches.
Although Waliyu studied sociology and anthropology during his undergraduate studies, his focus has always been on technology, which explains his journey into software programming after graduation.
Ifeoluwa Success started his career in the aviation sector but pivoted to cybersecurity after he left his job with the Nigerian Air Force. Today, Success has built a simulation model to train aviation workers to guard against cyber attacks.
In this edition of Techpoint Diaspora, we chronicle Emem Adjah’s journey from her early days in Brooklyn, New York, to her role as an author and advisor to early-stage founders today.
According to Moses Owhonda, getting technology to fit the way people already work can be far more difficult than writing the code itself. He shares how that lesson has shaped both his approach to product development and the evolution of NestFlow CRM.
In this edition of After Hours, we follow the journey of Victoria Duru, and how her personal experience balancing childbirth and work inspired her startup, Wakamedics.
Within a year of deploying SchoolTry for higher education, the startup generated more revenue than it made in three years deploying SchoolTry for K-12.
At a time when startups are judged by how much capital they raise and artificial intelligence is increasingly associated with replacing people, Lilia Stoyanov has spent more than a decade betting on a different future.
After more than 20 years spanning telecommunications, corporate banking, and digital payments, Akwaugo Sylva Ezemoka has witnessed Nigeria’s payments ecosystem evolve. In this spotlight, she explains why pull payments could unlock the next stage of digital finance.
In this edition of After Hours, Adebanji Oluwatoni shares his journey from studying political science to navigating two startup shutdowns and building an intelligence platform for the creative economy.
In this edition of After Hours, Abidemi Adetula shares how a confusing national conversation around taxation inspired him to build TaxInfo.
Why do some products become indispensable while others remain just another option in a crowded market? Arinze Onuoha believes the answer lies in moving beyond feature parity and thinking differently about scale.
At 16, Ibrahim Kolade is already building a freelance platform designed to help African talent get discovered beyond ratings and platform bias.
Kora’s Chief Legal Officer, Enyioma Madubuike breaks down what it really takes to navigate Africa’s fragmented regulatory landscape, from balancing growth with compliance to why localisation matters more than replication.
From fragmented regulations to deeply localised financial behaviours, Ehi Ijewere of KoraPay explains why scaling fintech products across the continent requires more than infrastructure.
In this edition of After Hours, Jehpte Ioudom, a Cameroon AI engineer, shares his experiences with technology.
As Kora expands across Africa, its COO Stephen Oluwatobi is focused on building systems that can sustain growth, manage regulatory complexity, and ensure execution keeps pace with ambition.
As fintechs scale across markets and customers, they don’t just gain traction; they expose themselves to new threats, from fraud to insider risk.
From managing infrastructure costs to building profitable business models, Ayodeji Osisami explains why sustainability, efficiency, and disciplined growth are becoming the real tests for African fintech companies.
