Africa’s Next Fintech Wave: Lending, Wealth, and Embedded Finance Payments are no longer the prize byBetty WangariMay 12, 2026
Attention Is the New Oil. In Africa, the Drilling Rights Are Still Up for Grabs Oil built fortunes by controlling something everyone needed but few could byFatima OladunniMay 12, 2026
Niche Platforms Are Eating African Mass Media From the Inside The Lagos newspaper that once reached two million readers is printing fewer byBolu BabalolaMay 11, 2026
Telcos Are Back — and African Startups Should Be Worried Africa's telcos — MTN, Airtel, Safaricom — are no longer sleeping byBolu BabalolaMay 11, 2026
EventsApril 30, 2024 Google’s Startups AI Accelerator Africa program, Applications Now Open. Google on Monday announced that applications are now open for the 8th cohort of byMuhammed Mustapha
EventsApril 29, 2024 Google for Startups Growth Academy: AI for Education, Applications Now Open. The Google for Startups Growth Academy: AI for Education is a specialized byMuhammed Mustapha
Africa NewsApril 25, 2024 Tech and Basketball: NBA Africa Eyes Partnerships with Early-Stage Startups. Perhaps you’re familiar with the classic Hollywood romance “Love and byMuhammed Mustapha
EventsApril 25, 2024 The Intel Liftoff AI Hackathon, Applications Now Open. Applications are now open for the second edition of the Intel Liftoff Hackathon byMuhammed Mustapha
Africa NewsApril 24, 2024 New incubator launched for African health-tech innovators. African healthcare innovation incubator Pishon Health has recently unveiled its byFatima Oladunni
EventsApril 23, 2024 The Africa Tech Summit London investment showcase, Application Now Open. African tech startups are invited to apply for the investment showcase at the byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsApril 2, 2024 Kenya’s Triply joins Y Combinator Winter ’24 (3rd African startup) In January, we broke the news that Y Combinator’s (YC) winter batch for byBolu Babalola
EventsMarch 31, 2024 Goldman Sachs One Million Black Women: Black in Business Cohort 6, Applications Now Open. Goldman Sachs’ One Million Black Women: Black in Business initiative byMuhammed Mustapha
EventsMarch 28, 2024 Norrsken Accelerator seeks innovative early-stage startups from Africa to join its program. African early-stage entrepreneurs with a vision to drive positive change are byMuhammed Mustapha
EventsMarch 23, 2024 Africa Tech Startup Forum Accelerator, Applications Now Open. The Africa Tech Startup Forum is a comprehensive Market Access and Acceleration byMuhammed Mustapha