East Africa

At the heart of a thriving startup ecosystem are established tech companies committed to developing talent and training the next generation of tech entrepreneurs. A phenomenon that gradually...

One of the challenges confronting Africans in the diaspora is the ability to remit to their relatives through safe and cheaper means. Despite the existence of many banking...

Nzambi Matee hurls a brick hard against a school footpath constructed from bricks made of recycled plastic that her factory turns out in the Kenyan capital. It makes...

Pula, a Kenyan insurtech startup that specialises in digital and agricultural insurance to derisk millions of smallholder farmers across Africa, has closed a Series A investment of $6...

It wouldn't look out of place in a science-fiction film, but this robotic arm could be set to change the real lives of disabled people in Kenya. It...

It has been a tough past year in many respects, but the African startup space has shown great strength and tenacity in the face of adversity, and we’ve...

A conversation with Baraka Jeremiah, founder of Kilimo Fresh and winner of MEST Africa Challenge 2020 The MEST Africa Challenge is Africa’s biggest tech startup pitch competition offering...

Exactly five weeks until Ugandans are given the choice to elongate or curtail President Yoweri Museveni‘s 34-year reign, the only female presidential candidate among the 10 looking to unseat...

In June 2020, MFS Africa acquired African digital payments platform Beyonic. The deal marked the end of another chapter for Ugandan-born entrepreneur Luke Kyohere, who has been building...

During the first year of her studies at Addis Ababa University, Bethelhem Dejene Abebe visited the Atkilt Tera market, the biggest fruit and vegetable market in Ethiopia, with...