🇳🇬 FG extends Project BRIDGE research cluster application
Nigeria's Federal Government has extended the application window for its ambitious Project BRIDGE initiative, pushing the deadline for the National Di...
Read full analysis →Intelligence Feed
620 articles
🇰🇪 M-KOPA Makes Financial Times’ Fastest Growing African
M-KOPA's inclusion on the Financial Times' prestigious list of Africa's fastest-growing companies for the fourth consecutive year represents a signifi...
Read full analysis →
🇰🇪 Autopax launches local Cheche e-motorcycle assembly in Kenya
Kenya's automotive sector just reached a critical inflection point. Autopax, the East African mobility company, has begun locally assembling the Chech...
Read full analysis →
🇿🇦 Beating rampant cybercrime in Africa
Africa's digital economy is expanding faster than its security infrastructure can protect it. As European entrepreneurs scale operations across the co...
Read full analysis →
🇿🇦 African electric vehicle firm bets on innovation with US
The African electric vehicle sector is experiencing a pivotal moment. A South African EV manufacturer's decision to merge with a US-listed company sig...
Read full analysis →
🇰🇪 JKUAT to assemble 3,000 computers for digital hubs
Kenya's government has awarded Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) a significant contract to assemble 3,000 computers desti...
Read full analysis →
🇳🇬 European Capital Floods Nigeria's Digital Infrastructure:
Nigeria's technology sector is experiencing an unprecedented inflection point. Three distinct but mutually reinforcing developments—infrastructure inv...
Read full analysis →
🇿🇦 South Africa-founded Refiant AI raises $5 million to build
Refiant AI, a Johannesburg-based artificial intelligence company, has successfully closed a $5 million funding round aimed at scaling its machine lear...
Read full analysis →
🇳🇬 World’s largest ride-hailing company pledges over $300
Uber's announcement of a $300 million investment commitment to Nigeria represents far more than a single company's expansion play. It signals a fundam...
Read full analysis →
🇳🇬 Meet Nigerian innovator building STEM platform to support
The narrative of African tech entrepreneurship is shifting. Rather than the traditional "leave and never return" diaspora model, a new cohort of innov...
Read full analysis →
🇰🇪 TECNO Rolls Out Beta of EllaClaw, Kenya’s First Mobile AI
TECNO Mobile has entered a strategically important battleground with the beta launch of EllaClaw, a mobile AI agent designed for emerging markets. Bui...
Read full analysis →
🇰🇪 Why data privacy matters for Kenyan enterprises
Kenya's digital economy is expanding at a pace that would have seemed impossible a decade ago. Mobile money platforms process billions in transactions...
Read full analysis →
🇰🇪 Kenya’s cyber threats surge 441% in three months as defence
Kenya has positioned itself as East Africa's digital economy leader, attracting billions in foreign investment and establishing itself as a hub for fi...
Read full analysis →
🇿🇦 Temu adds VAT and import duties at Checkout in SA
Temu's decision to incorporate Value Added Tax (VAT) and import duties directly into its South African checkout process marks a watershed moment for A...
Read full analysis →
🇳🇬 This startup is building access to global work from Africa
Africa's digital economy is experiencing a structural transformation, and one of the most overlooked opportunities lies in the fragmentation of how Af...
Read full analysis →
🇿🇦 NCC issues recall of ESR HaloLock wireless power banks
The National Consumer Commission (NCC) of South Africa has issued a formal recall of ESR HaloLock wireless power banks (Model 2G505B), marking another...
Read full analysis →
🇳🇬 Sanwo-Olu seeks tech-driven legal practice
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu's recent call for Nigerian lawyers to adopt technology and entrepreneurial practices signals a critical inflec...
Read full analysis →
🇳🇬 Madica invests $600,000 in three startups, launches
African venture capital continues its maturation, and Madica's latest $600,000 investment across three early-stage startups represents more than headl...
Read full analysis →
🇳🇬 Madica grows portfolio with $600,000 investment in three
South African venture capital firm Madica has announced a $600,000 investment round distributed across three African technology startups, marking a no...
Read full analysis →
🇳🇬 The boardroom blind spot: Why Nigerian organisations must
Nigeria's corporate leadership faces a critical blind spot that threatens both organisational resilience and investor confidence. While C-suite execut...
Read full analysis →