Africa’s hardware and defence ecosystem just hit an unprecedented milestone. Terra Industries, founded in 2024 by Nathan Nwachuku and Maxwell Maduka, has closed a historic $52 million seed round…
While early-stage venture funding has been tight across emerging markets, Ventures Platform has pulled off a major milestone, closing its Pan-African Fund II at $84 million. Backed by heavyweight…
The geopolitical landscape of artificial intelligence is shifting structurally across the continent. African engineers and startup founders are bypassing closed US large language models (LLMs) in…
The vehicle-financing pioneer Moove made its mark by putting tens of thousands of human drivers on the road for platforms like Uber. However, managing gig drivers in emerging and frontier markets has…
The "full-stack cost trap" claims another high-profile victim. GoLemon, the Lagos grocery delivery platform launched in 2024 by four former senior managers at Paystack, has officially stopped…
Cybersecurity risks reached the highest halls of power in Kenya when the official presidential portal was defaced by hackers who demanded a ransom of 5 Bitcoins under threat of leaking sensitive…
The legal definition of creativity in East Africa has changed forever. In a high-stakes dispute involving an author who used AI tools to produce a series of commissioned books, Kenya’s Copyright…
The race to build the ultimate financial "super-app" for the diaspora just got real. Following its acquisition of credit specialist Pillar last year, LemFi has received FCA approval to fully acquire…
In this special episode of Tech Tides Africa, Karen and Kelvin are joined by Linnet Kitonga, the co-founder and CMO of G-Rani Mobility, a Kenyan carpooling platform that is turning one of the…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has dropped a regulatory hammer that will reshape the back-end infrastructure of Nigeria's fintech sector. Under a newly issued circular, all deposit money banks,…
