‘Copy-paste does not always work’ and other truths about investing in Africa
Venture capital (VC) funding in Africa is still young, with most firms yet to reach the 10-year mark when portfolio performance and returns to investo...
TechCabal and NITDA announce strategic partnership for Moonshot 2025 Policy Track
We are excited to announce the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) as a Strategic Partner for the Policy Track at this year’s...
This hub thinks Africa’s future will be written by AI agents
Cortex Hub, the South African accelerator turning 15 next year, is launching its most ambitious program yet: a continent-wide hackathon inviting 40 Af...
Future medicines could fail 1.5 billion Africans – this founder won’t let that happen
For Ayodeji Alaran, the future of innovation in Africa is making science and research raw material for startups. “We need to start evolving beyond t...
How service outages knocked Telkom Kenya out of top three mobile operators
Telkom Kenya has lost its position as the country’s third-largest mobile operator, slipping behind Finserve’s Equitel after multiple disconnection...
The taxman is coming for Nigeria’s remote workers
This is Follow the Money, our weekly series that unpacks the earnings, business, and scaling strategies of African fintechs and financial institutions...
Why Kenya wants to cut M-PESA, Airtel Money transaction fees
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) plans to slash the cost of sending money via M-Pesa and Airtel Money, arguing that high fees are choking innovation an...
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