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Ridelink: This Ugandan Startup Is Using AI to Help Africans Trade Globally and Access Working Capital
Ridelink, a Ugandan startup now headquartered in San Francisco, is positioning itself as a one-stop platform for logistics, credit and predictive intelligence across Africa–Asia...
Nigeria’s Polytope Labs Builds Hyperbridge to End Crypto’s Multi-Billion-Dollar Bridge Hack Crisis
After years of catastrophic bridge exploits that have drained billions of dollars from the crypto ecosystem, Seun Lanlege, CEO and co-founder of Lagos-based Polytope...
Zazu Raises $1 Million to Make Banking, Payroll, and Compliance Easy for African SMEs
Zazu, a digital financial operating system for African small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), has raised $1 million in pre-seed funding to position itself as...
Can African Graduates Lead the Next Wave of Global Tech Talent Race? Breedj Thinks the Time Is Now
Africa is home to one of the world’s fastest-growing pool of young, technically trained graduates, yet global employers continue to overlook this talent in...
How Abba Abubakar Aliyu Is Strengthening Nigeria’s Power Infrastructure — and What It Means for the Tech Ecosystem
Nigeria’s rural power landscape is undergoing a transformation, and at the centre of this shift is Abba Abubakar Aliyu, the Managing Director of the...
Nanovate: This Egyptian Startup is Building Arabic AI Tools That Help Businesses Work Faster in Their Own Language
Egyptian startup Nanovate is emerging as one of the most focused Arabic-first AI automation companies in the Middle East and North Africa, developing tools...
ClockPay is Helping Businesses and Startups Get Paid in Cryptocurrency and Convert It to Local Currency Instantly
ClockPay, a fintech startup founded by blockchain veteran Martins Ejeheri, is transforming how businesses handle cryptocurrency payments. By enabling companies to accept digital currencies and...
Credlock Africa: How this Startup is Using Smartphones as Collateral to Provide Loans to Nigerians
Without traditional collateral or bank-verified credit histories, most entrepreneurs and small business owners across Africa cannot access reasonably priced loans. This problem is what...
FSD Africa Launches $30m Fund to Back Insurtech Startups Across the Continent
FSD Africa has unveiled a US$30 million Inclusive Insurtech Investment Fund (3iF), an initiative designed to open the way for more private capital into...
Midddleman: This Nigerian Startup is Using AI to Help African Businesses Source Goods Directly from China
For years, African small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have relied on retail platforms such as AliExpress, and Temu to source low-cost goods from China....
A Complete Guide to Applying for the Federal Government’s N50 Million Student Venture Capital Grant
Nigeria’s push to cultivate home-grown innovation has taken a major step forward with the launch of the Student Venture Capital Grant (S-VCG), a bold...
3 Years On, Why’s Nigeria’s 5G Network Coverage Still Stuck at 3 Per Cent?
When Nigeria’s 5G network coverage arrived in 2022, the country positioned itself as a technological frontrunner in Africa. Policymakers spoke confidently of a future...
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