Africa's Tech Future, Today.
Vuyani Jarana turned his childhood curiosity with radios into a career driving rural connectivity across South Africa. As former chief executive of Vodacom Business and South African Airways, and now leading Ilitha Telecommunications, he focuses on bringing affordable broadband to townships and rural areas.
Former healthcare worker Betelhem Abebe transitioned from nursing to software development to build solutions for Ethiopia's health system. Her career shift highlights the growing trend of domain experts learning software development to address sectoral challenges.
Former University of Lagos students Dare Adeola and Olamide Onigbanjo built UniBeta AI to help students navigate complex academic syllabi. By leveraging artificial intelligence to process past questions and university course materials, the edtech startup offers personalized study paths for tertiary education.
Lowering Right of Way charges reduces cable deployment expenses, but it does not make internet infrastructure projects automatically viable. In Nigeria, operator decisions to expand broadband footprint depend heavily on consumer market demand and commercial revenue potential rather than fee reductions alone.
EFInA data reveals that formal financial inclusion in Nigeria has reached 73 per cent, with 87.2 million adults onboarded. However, formal credit access remains constrained, reaching only 12 million adults as high borrowing costs and strict underwriting requirements persist.
Faced with high app acquisition costs and low retention rates, founder Emmanuel Obiechina pivoted away from standalone mobile apps. By launching Kure, he built a banking service operating directly within messaging platforms like WhatsApp and Telegram.
The MNT-Halan IPO drew orders 43.6 times the retail tranche and 11.2 times the private tranche. Shares in Egypt's fintech start trading on the EGX on 20 October.
Paystack six years after Stripe is no longer just a payment gateway. It now has a microfinance bank, a lending plan and a new parent called The Stack Group.
The National Identity Management Commission has reaffirmed that Nigeria's national identity database is hosted locally within the country and managed entirely by internal staff. As the agency scales enrolment toward a 95 per cent national coverage target, it is implementing local data hosting and user consent management tools across its identity authentication services.
Comparing the OnePlus 16 and the RedMagic 12 Pro+ highlights two distinct approaches to mobile gaming hardware. Powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 processor, both smartphones target high-performance gaming, with OnePlus prioritising versatile photography and RedMagic focusing on active fan cooling.
Proposed amendments to Kenya's payment system regulations seek to give the Central Bank direct oversight over significant equity investments in payment firms. While the reforms aim to enhance market stability and compliance, required regulatory approvals could lengthen fundraising cycles for growing startups.
Alchymia is reimagining artificial intelligence architecture to run frontier models locally without massive server farms or screens. Founded by Ayomide Daniels, the startup has developed the Alchymia Bar, a screenless pocket-sized device designed for resource-constrained markets across Africa and Asia.
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