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Top Story: How Ethiopian Startup, Gebeya, is Building an AI Platform that Allows Users Build Apps Without Coding
When Ethiopian startup, Gebeya, launched its new suite of AI products just four months ago, few would have predicted the speed of adoption. Today, the company reports 85,000 users across its tools, with its flagship product, Dala, emerging as the clear breakout success.
The team says Dala, short for Gebeya Dala, allows users to build applications using natural language prompts, removing the need for coding skills.
The concept mirrors the rapid rise of platforms such as Lovable, the multi-billion-dollar AI startup that inspired its creation. But Gebeya Dala’s founder, Amadou Daffe insists Dala is not merely an African replica.
“The first version of Gebeya (Gebeya 1.0) was actually a school, and the purpose was to train many high-end software engineers on the continent and eventually provide an outsourcing opportunity,” said Amadou Daffe.
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On Startup Spotlight:
eNovate Partners Cobi to Embed AI-powered Intelligence into Egypt’s Digital Payments Ecosystem
eNovate, a subsidiary of eFinance Investment Group, has announced an integration with Cobi, an AI-native customer intelligence platform headquartered in the UAE, in a move set to reshape how Egyptians interact with digital financial services.
Enabled through Mastercard Engage programme, the partnership embeds Cobi’s AI-powered intelligence infrastructure across eNovate’s digital payments ecosystem. The goal is to equip banks, fintechs and payment providers with deeper behavioural insight, real-time personalisation capabilities and portfolio-level intelligence at scale.
“eNovate is committed to enabling banks & financial institutions with modern, data-driven capabilities. Partnering with Cobi allows us to introduce real-time intelligence into every digital wallet and payment experience we support, starting with the youth-focused Rize app,” Nashwa Kamel, Chief Executive Officer of eNovate, said.
“Our partnership with eNovate represents a fundamental shift in how digital payment infrastructure operates. By embedding Cobi as the intelligence layer across eNovate’s ecosystem, we are enabling banks and financial platforms to move beyond static transaction processing toward real-time, adaptive systems that understand and respond to user behaviour instantly,” said Darren Edmund, Chief Executive Officer of Cobi.
Quadri Adejumo brings you all the details. Read here.
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Flextock Secures $12.6M Series A to Power Integrated E-Commerce Infrastructure Across Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Yakub Abdulrasheed brings us the details, here.
Quote of the Day:
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is equivalent to magic.” – Arthur C. Clarke.
Thank you for joining me yet again this evening. Stay safe, and see you tomorrow for the next tech newsletter.
Best, Quadri
