Startups
In nearly a decade, hundreds of entrepreneurs have emerged with innovative startups across the African continent. We provide insights on their experiences and highlight the activities of investors who fund them.
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How does a solution created for a personal problem turn into the first iteration of a money-making business? We talked to Ridwan Egbeyemi, Tolu Adesina, and Gloria Agboifoh, the founders of fintech, Unboxd, to hear their story.
Founded on a philosophy to promote social impact while maximising profit, Kalibotics is a Nigerian robotics startup building products for smart classrooms, precision farming, AI-powered e-waste management, and other proprietary solutions. The co-founders, Olugbenga Abejirin and Mayowa Abejirin, explain what it takes in this piece.
Given the Nigerian context, lending companies usually resort to underhanded tricks to get their money back or, in the case of banks, refuse to give out loans to the average person. Indicina wants to change that.
As the battle for senior tech talents rages on, the pipeline for entry-level talent needs to be nurtured. AltSchool Africa has raised $1 million to bolster tech talent development in Africa.
With a vision to create a borderless continent, the co-founders of Nigerian-founded regtech startup, Sidebrief, bring their loads of experience to help African startups seamlessly set up businesses and legally operate in any of the 54 African countries as well as the US.
The inability of financial institutions to adequately assess customers’ creditworthiness causes a reluctance to lend. Periculum wants to solve this problem using its proprietary technology.
What does it mean to help a startup start, build, and scale in Africa? We talked to Norebase Co-founder, Tola Onayemi, who gave the inside story of the company’s beginnings and future plays.
Today, January 22, 2022, Techpoint Build 2021 ended in grand style with the Pitchstorm 3.0 winner announcement. The Ghanaian-founded agritech startup, Worldtech Consult successfully made it through three elimination stages to win a $10,000 non-equity fund, the third winner since the competition started in 2018. Founded by Paul Siabi Senaye, the startup provides solar-powered cold…
For as little as ₦250 daily paid over one year, Nigerian real estate startup, Oxfordbuildbay wants every African to own land, irrespective of their financial status.
Unfamiliar terms and complex charts are some features that make blockchain platforms complex, but Crevatal has a design solution to make it as simple as ABC.
HR platforms are the biggest players in Africa’s cloud computing space, which Orda is entering with restaurant management and a $1.1m pre-seed.
Branded merchandise has become an unspoken part of Nigeria’s startup culture, but how much do you know about the companies that create them? Oreoluwa Shonibare shares Wiicreate’s story in this piece.
Y Combinator’s announcement of an improved deal for the startups it backs has generated some furore, but what does it mean and how does it affect startups that intend to go through the accelerator?
Over 1.5 million Lagosians use the Cowry card to pay for bus rides, but the startup creating these cards had a very interesting past before its card became the word on the street.
The Francophone Africa funding scene has received quite a boost. Côte d’Ivoire-based CinetPay recently got a piece of the pie and we caught up with CEO Idris Monthe to discuss that and everything in between.
Financial institutions use different approaches to IP valuation as part of their financing process. One of the threshold considerations for lenders in evaluating whether and how much to loan a borrower using its IP as collateral is determining the scope and value of the company’s IP portfolio. Unlike inventory and equipment, where established procedures can…
To combat Africa’s pharmaceutical supply chain problem, Adham Yehia and Chibuzo Opara set up DrugStoc in 2015. We had a sit down with Opara to discuss the healthtech startup’s vision, journey, and goals.
What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think about toilets? Certainly not tech. Well, @OnomeOneyibo spoke to some startups and persons doing some incredible things in the sanitation space in Africa. Dig in. Or in Japanese, Oagariyo!
Real estate investment traditionally has a high entry barrier. Fractional investment startup, Enterprise Hotel, hopes to change this by offering Africans a way to own real estate with minimal investment.
After exiting Africa’s sole Facebook marketing partner @PopimediaSocial, Gil Sperling (@gksperling) and Daniel Levy are building @flowlivingcom to help real estate developers and agents automate their advertising on social media.