After landmark acquisitions like InstaDeep and Expensya, proof of the region’s growing ecosystem maturity, North Africa has drawn increased investor attention over the past two years. Its proximity to Europe’s vast consumer market and access to deep Middle Eastern capital pools only add to the allure. In 2024, Egypt recorded the fastest growth in equity

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Twelve years after it was conceived, the Ekiti Knowledge Zone (EKZ) will begin construction in the third quarter of 2026, ending a protracted journey marked by political discontinuity, shifting global trends, pandemic-driven pivots, and drawn-out talks for international funding. The $80 million AfDB-backed project, now spearheaded by the Ekiti State Development and Investments Promotion Agency

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Safaricom has reduced the cost of new business fibre connections by 25% for the next two months, targeting firms in fibre-ready buildings and timed as satellite rival Starlink grapples with a shrinking customer base in Kenya. The slash, announced at a Nairobi business forum on Monday, underscores the telco’s strategy to defend its dominance in

Nestled in the rolling hills of southwestern Nigeria, Ekiti State is better known as the “Fountain of Knowledge,” a title its people embrace with pride. Education is not just valued here; it is deeply woven into the fabric of everyday life. “In almost every family in Ekiti, you’ll find someone with a Master’s degree or

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Imagine trying to pay for your electricity online, but the text on the call-to-action button is too small to read, or your aunt in the village who wants to use her mobile banking app, but the app doesn’t support her native language. For many Nigerians, this is their daily predicament while using a digital product.

Sehinde Afolayan, founder of logistics platform Haul247, was one of the first founders I interviewed as a journalist for TechCabal. The startup, launched in 2020, had just raised $3million at the time.  In a space ravaged by big name logistics startups struggling and shuttering, Haul247 has held its own. Afolayan knows the space is tough.

Bankole Dunsin could have had a long career in bartending, in food, or in music. Those were special interests he had always held since his university days; threads of creativity that shaped the kind of person he would become. Fresh out of school, he stumbled into bartending by chance, stepping in for a friend and

A quiet but profound struggle is playing out within Africa’s tech ecosystem—one not over code or innovation, but over control. It is the battle for digital sovereignty: the right of African nations to own their digital infrastructure, govern their data, and shape the future of their technological ecosystems. Yet as it stands today, much of

Kenya’s credit market is set for its biggest shake-up in years, with the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) preparing rules that would bring every non-deposit-taking lender under its direct control for the first time. The proposed regulations will require any credit-only provider with at least KES 20 million ($155,000) in capital, borrowings, or loan book