Amidst the continental investment slump of late 2023 and early 2024, the The Africa Report’s 20 Future Champions of African Tech for 2023 have been navigating how to grow or achieve profitability.

This year has seen a diversification in the business models favoured by investors. While healthtech was already attracting interest, climate tech and edtech have now joined the list. In this selection ...

From Lagos and Nairobi to Cape Town and Marrakech, founders, investors, and corporates are using tech festivals to close ...

The global tech industry is witnessing a significant shift as African tech experts emerge as pivotal contributors. Research reveals that four out of every ten African software developers are now ...

Earlier this month, we reported that investors’ sentiments surrounding venture capital activity going into this were more reserved than upbeat. Investors believe the market correction, which caught up ...

As 2024 came to a close, a new milestone was reached in Africa’s tech scene: Two new unicorns were minted back-to-back. The Nigerian fintech Moniepoint and the South Africa-based TymeBank joined seven ...

MULDERSDRIFT, South Africa—The University of Johannesburg might have selected Joburg, rather than the bush, for the most recent Southern African Conference for Artificial Intelligence Research focused ...

When my plane landed in Lagos, Nigeria, in 2005, the man next to me leaned over to say: “Now this is a boom town.” I was tired after an overnight flight. Outside, the airport looked modest. I smiled ...

Even as VC funding dries up across the world, development finance institutions (DFIs) are looking to African startups to deploy their dry powder. British International Investment (BII), a DFI from the ...

Africa has been urged to move beyond short-term digital projects and embed technology in governance systems that can endure political transitions and funding cycles.Founder and chief executive officer ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Montana Technological University's African Students Association is inviting the community to its first ever African Students Day Celebration. There are 21 African students at Montana ...