AfCFTA’s Hidden Opportunities for African Startups
Imagine you run a startup and suddenly your potential customer base isn’t just your city or country, but 50 million people in another region of the continent. Sounds ambitious, right? But that’s exactly the kind of leap that the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) offers, especially for African startups
Inside VIEBEG Medical’s Journey: Using Data to Transform Africa’s Medical Supply Chains
In Africa, where infrastructure is patchy, procurement is opaque, and logistics are risky, a handful of companies are rewiring the system from the inside. One of such companies is VIEBEG Medical, a Rwandan-born startup that has aimed at one of the continent’s most persistent bottlenecks: the medical supply chain. What
The Gig Economy in Africa: Opportunity or Exploitation?
Imagine waking up, grabbing your phone, and finding a flexible job, maybe you’re a driver, a freelance designer, or a delivery courier. It sounds liberating, right? That’s the allure of the gig economy in Africa. But here’s the catch, while it promises freedom, flexibility, and income when traditional jobs are
Exit Strategies for African Startups (What Investors Should Know)
If you’ve ever backed an African startup (or are thinking of doing so) you’ll know the excitement: the tech‑enabled business, the growth potential, the massive under‑served markets. But then there’s the question that often gets whispered: How and when do we get out? In other words, what’s the exit strategy?
Ariaria International Market Aba: Africa’s Hub of Creativity and Trade
If you’ve ever been to Aba in southeastern Nigeria, someone has probably mentioned Ariaria. It’s impossible to talk about the city without it. The market is massive and magnificent all at once. But Ariaria is more than a market. It’s an idea, a living symbol of African ingenuity and the
African Second-hand Economy: The Billion-dollar Industry
Walk through any major African city, and you’ll notice something that looks chaotic at first but runs like a hidden machine. Piles of shirts folded on tarpaulins. Stalls stacked with laptops, car parts, and baby strollers. People bargaining, fixing, reselling. It’s noisy, messy, alive. This is the second-hand economy, a
Fintech 3.0 in Africa: What Comes After Payments?
It started with payments. Mobile money, digital wallets, and remittance apps changed how Africans moved money fast, cheap, and across borders. For nearly a decade, that was the heart of Fintech in Africa. Startups like M-Pesa, Flutterwave, and Chipper Cash built the rails that connected millions of people to the
State of Artificial Intelligence in Africa: Opportunities & Challenges
Not long ago, artificial intelligence felt like something far away from Africa, a high-tech idea from Silicon Valley that didn’t really touch everyday life here. But that’s changing fast. Today, AI is quietly becoming part of how Africans live and work. It helps banks make quicker decisions, doctors spot illnesses
Inside Twiga Foods’ Journey: From Rural Farms to Cities
What immediately stands out about Twiga Foods is helping smallholder farmers reach city markets while allowing urban vendors to avoid inflated costs driven by middlemen. Now imagine cutting out many of those intermediaries, using technology to fix the logistics, and connecting farmers directly to vendors. The potential is huge. So,
How Currency Volatility Impacts African Startup Valuations
When the Nigerian naira lost nearly half its value in a single year, many startups didn’t feel it all at once. It crept in slowly. First, infrastructure bills doubled. Then investor reports, once proudly showing $1 million in annual revenue, now displayed $600,000 for the same naira figure. The story
