Interopérabilité en Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre : une nouvelle ère pour le secteur financier
2 septembre 2025 Welcome to The Next Wave: Francophone Africa, your weekly look at the tech ecosystem in French-speaking Africa. This newsletter […]
Luno draws 10,000 South Africans to tokenised US stocks in first month
In early August, Luno, the UK-based crypto company operating in four African countries, became one of the first startups to offer South […]
AI-powered agritech Babban Gona raises $7.5 million in debt from British International Investment
Babban Gona, a Nigerian AI-powered agritech company, has raised a $7.5 million debt round from the British International Investment (BII), the UK’s […]
Nigeria pushes indigenous languages into AI with homegrown LLM
At GITEX Nigeria in Abuja on Monday, Nigeria reaffirmed its ambition to become a continental leader in artificial intelligence (AI) with a […]
This is how FoodCourt’s ‘dark kitchens’ work
A growing number of startups are running delivery-only kitchens that eliminate dining rooms and front-of-house staff. These dark kitchens, sometimes called cloud, […]
On Johannesburg’s streets, traders remain fiercely cash-first
In Johannesburg’s inner city, street traders turn sidewalks into shopfronts. On one side, a woman chops inhloko (cow head), her knife striking […]
Neexa AI’s Ethan Bampeire on building a startup in Uganda
Uganda has no shortage of hackathons, accelerators, or training programmes for young entrepreneurs. What it lacks is money. “Everyone wants to train […]
Sterling Bank says locally built core banking application processed 2 billion transactions in first year
Sterling Bank, a Nigerian tier-2 bank with a market capitalisation of ₦390.9 billion, has said its homegrown core banking application (CBA), SEABaaS, […]
Nigeria jumps from zero to 20 AI research papers in 18 months
Nigeria has published 20 peer-reviewed artificial intelligence (AI) compute research papers in less than two years, up from zero, in a sign […]
👨🏿🚀TechCabal Daily – No more cheap loans
In partnership with Lire en Français اقرأ هذا باللغة العربية Good morning. If you work in African tech, you probably know Kola […]
Life in Nigeria runs on data, and it now costs ₦721 billion monthly
This is Follow the Money, our weekly series that unpacks the earnings, business, and scaling strategies of African fintechs and financial institutions. […]
Kola Aina on AI in Africa, local capital, and exits
Kola Aina needs no introduction. As the founding partner of Ventures Platform, a $46 million early-stage fund, he has been a central […]