Artificial Intelligence
Platybooks Wants to Close the Gap Between Invoicing and Payment for Africa’s Small Businesses
YAKUB ABDULRASHEED – South African startup Platybooks is seeking to simplify one of the most persistent administrative headaches for small businesses by bringing quoting,...
UAE Investors Back US Robotics Startup Maven With $100m to Take AI Into Warehouses and Factories
YAKUB ABDULRASHEED – UAE-based investment firm Shorooq and Presight, an applied artificial intelligence company within G42, have invested in US industrial robotics startup Maven...
Uganda’s Startup Sandi AI is Turning African Farmers’ Savings Groups Into a Pathway to Solar Irrigation Ownership
YAKUB ABDULRASHEED – Ugandan agri-tech startup Sandi AI is developing a different route for smallholder farmers to acquire solar irrigation equipment, using the traditional...
Adaptive Atelier Builds AI-powered Accessibility Infrastructure to Make Digital Products Work for Disabled Users
YAKUB ABDULRASHEED – Nigerian technology startup Adaptive Atelier is building an accessibility infrastructure designed to help businesses identify, fix and validate barriers preventing people...
Saudi Arabia’s Erad Raises $22m to Expand AI-Powered Shariah-Compliant Financing for SMEs Across the Gulf
YAKUB ABDULRASHEED – Saudi Arabia-based fintech company Erad has raised $22 million in a Series A funding round as it seeks to expand its...
UAE’s Company Amaani Raises $5m to Take Middle Eastern Beauty Brand AÏZA Beyond the Gulf
YAKUB ABDULRASHEED – Dubai-based consumer company Amaani, the parent company of Middle Eastern beauty brand AÏZA, has raised $5 million in a Series A...
How Nigeria’s Startup Kasi AI is Building the Operating System for Africa’s Social-commerce Economy
YAKUB ABDULRASHEED – Commerce in Nigeria is increasingly moving away from conventional storefronts, and into the everyday conversations between sellers and customers on WhatsApp,...
Nigeria’s Developer, Ekene Eze Launches Thally to Keep Software Documentation in Sync With Product Changes
Nigerian software engineer and developer relations, Ekene Eze has launched Thally, an AI-powered software platform designed to help technology companies keep product documentation, websites,...
AŠHÓR: How Tianah Bamidele is blending African fashion, AI and cultural storytelling to reshape digital shopping
YAKUB ABDULRASHEED — African fashion entrepreneur Tianah Bamidele is preparing to launch AŠHÓR, a fashion technology startup designed to combine African fashion, cultural storytelling...
UPN Launches Global Payments Consortium as Network Records First Live African Transaction
Universal Payment Network (UPN), a subsidiary of FinTra Holding, has launched the UPN Consortium, an open global platform designed to bring payment networks, banks,...
Nigeria’s Bloccpay Builds Stablecoin-Powered Payroll Platform for Worker’s Payment, and Financial Records
Nigerian fintech startup Bloccpay is building a stablecoin-powered payroll and invoicing platform designed to simplify how businesses pay distributed teams while helping freelancers and...
Ghanaian Startup Hyphine Builds One-Link Platform to Simplify Creative Client Reviews and Approvals
Ghanaian startup Hyphine is seeking to simplify one of the most frustrating stages of creative work by giving freelancers, agencies and creative teams a...
