Artificial Intelligence
Nigeria’s Startup Bujeti Launches AI Finance Platform Brain to Give African Businesses an ‘AI Finance Team’
YAKUB ABDULRASHEED - Nigerian fintech startup Bujeti has launched Brain, an agentic artificial intelligence platform designed to help businesses automate routine financial management tasks...
OP-ED: African Tech Raised $3.42b in 2025, But Where Did the Money Go? | Ayeesha Bala-Wunti
AYEESHA BAL-WUNTI - According to TechCabal Insights' State of Tech in Africa 2025, the top 50 startups accounted for $2.69 billion of that funding,...
OP-ED: 20 years in communications, 20 hot takes on how the job has changed | Danielle Lajoie
1) The press release is no longer the main event. Sometimes it’s not even invited to the party. 2) Internal comms IS external comms. Your...
OP-ED: Should Robots Pay Tax? | Kola Adesina
KOLA ADESINA - If a company replaces 120 employees with technology, improves productivity, reduces costs and increases shareholder returns, should it also contribute towards...
How Nigerian Edtech Startup BlueBic Scales to 190+ Schools Without Venture Capital
YAKUB ABDULRASHEED - Nigerian edtech startup BlueBic has grown into a school management technology provider serving more than 190 partner schools and over 45,000...
Saudi Construction Tech Startup Project Suppliers Raises $1m to Build AI-Powered Financial Solutions
YAKUB ABDULRASHEED - Saudi Arabia-based construction and procurement technology startup Project Suppliers has raised $1 million dollars in its first pre-Seed funding round as...
Nigeria’s Minister Bosun Tijani Lauds Milsat Technologies for Powering Country’s New National Digital Postcode
YAKUB ABDULRASHEED - Nigeria’s Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr Bosun Tijani, has commended Nigerian geospatial technology company, Milsat Technologies, for its...
Exclusive: How Nigerian Software Engineer Ikechukwu Attah Built Ikovia to Simplify Canada’s Complex Immigration Journey
YAKUB ABDULRASHEED - A Toronto-based Nigerian software engineer, Ikechukwu Anthony Attah, has built ikovia, a live AI-powered platform that makes Canada’s complicated immigration system...
Cameroonian Startup lensX Launches Centralised Online Marketplace, Eyes AI and AR-Powered Shopping
YAKUB ABDULRASHEED – A Cameroonian technology startup, lensX, has launched an online marketplace designed to connect businesses, vendors and customers across Africa, positioning itself...
Mission Mobile Bags $30m to Expand Smartphone Access, Strengthen Mobile Network Customer Loyalty
YAKUB ABDULRASHEED - South African mobile technology startup Mission Mobile is set to receive up to ZAR500 million ($30.1 million) from investment holding company...
Qatar’s Aligator Raises $1.2m to Build AI Agents for the PR Industry
YAKUB ABDULRASHEED – Qatar-based agentic artificial intelligence startup Aligator has raised $1.2 million (QAR 4.3 million) in seed funding to accelerate the development of...
South African Startup Exten AI Lets Non-Coders Build Working Apps by Simply Describing Their Ideas
YAKUB ABDULRASHEED – A South African technology startup, Exten AI, is seeking to change how entrepreneurs turn software ideas into working products by allowing...
