4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (479+ words) The conversation about AI in Africa has changed. The question is no longer whether the continent will adopt AI, but whether it can create the conditions to use it responsibly, confidently and at scale. That question is becoming more important…...

5+ day, 53+ min ago   (244+ words) The Nigerian technology agency partnered with a regional enterprise organization to provide primary and secondary school pupils with practical instruction across emerging digital fields The curriculum focused on artificial intelligence, machine learning and computer vision. Instructors also covered robotics and…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (269+ words) The funding goes to Trade Lenda and AirSmat, bringing the Africa Ecosystem Catalysts Facility’s portfolio to seven companies across Ghana and Nigeria The Africa Ecosystem Catalysts Facility, a $4 million pilot investment facility managed by Village Capital with funding from FMO…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (142+ words) The startup secured capital from three early-stage investment firms: Kaleo Ventures, Microtraction, and Openseed. The company also received funding from Alliance, a global cryptocurrency accelerator. The founders identified Kenya as their initial expansion target outside of Nigeria after tracking user…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (641+ words) If you were to step away from your business for 30 days, what would happen? Would it continue to grow, remain stable, or begin to decline? For many founders, answering this question honestly reveals an uncomfortable truth: something would inevitably slow…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (234+ words) The mobile application consolidates guest verification and payment processing into a single interface funded by transaction fees SecVite, a Nigerian mobile application that processes event ticketing and guest verification, has reached 600 users since its launch last October. As first reported…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (287+ words) The startup plans to launch a credit-scoring API for financial institutions and expand its lending model to Kenya during the fourth quarter The company bypasses traditional banking structures by using its insured retailer channel to issue collateral-free credit. This channel…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (323+ words) The Nigerian startup rebuilt its code-switching support after customer deployments exposed the limits of the previous version Intron AI, a Nigerian startup that builds speech recognition and voice generation models for African languages, has released Sahara v2.5, a version of its…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (242+ words) The investment vehicle provides revenue-based financing and term loans to technology scale-ups generating at least R20 million in annual revenue Edge Growth, an investment firm managing venture debt and enterprise development portfolios, has launched the Edge Impact Fund with an initial…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (104+ words) The provider will deploy the financial systems this quarter to process airtime purchases and data subscriptions via mobile applications and USSD channels “This aligns perfectly with our ‘Telco Trinity’ philosophy of delivering reliable, affordable, and customer-centric services,” said Teniola Stuffman,…...