The African startups in Y Combinator Summer 2022 batch

These African companies that have been accepted into Y Combinator Summer 2022 batch out of 146 companies, globally.

Inside South Africa’s Rapid Payments Programme for merchants and consumers

Rapid Payments Programme will create a simpler, safer, and cheaper instant payment environment for South African residents.

How Kora’s UK expansion will impact Africa’s payment ecosystem

Kora has expanded into the UK to provide payment processing gateway and portals, as well as merchant service aggregation from the Kingdom to Africa.

Inside Vazi Legal’s effort to provide legal support for African tech startups

Founded in 2019, Vazi Legal is a tech law firm that represents African investors, startups, and technology-enabled enterprises at all stages of development.

Exclusive chat with Tomiwa Aladekomo, TechCabal’s parent CEO

Tomiwa Aladekomo sits with Benjamin Dada to discuss the African Media landscape, Big Cabal's Seed raise, and operational efficiencies.

Why ThriveAgric won the Visa Everywhere Initiative 2022 for African, European and MENA startups

ThriveAgric emerged as the winner of the Visa Everywhere Initiative (VEI) 2022 for Central Europe, Middle East, and Africa Region (CEMEA).

Four organisations training African youth in tech skills like coding

Here are virtual learning development platforms that train tech enthusiasts with hands-on skills to thrive in tech.

14 Nigerian startup founders selected for Google’s Black Founders Fund Europe

Google has selected 40 startups for its Black Founders Fund Europe. Twelve out of the selected startups have Nigerian founders. One of the startups, Propel, has three Nigerian founders, thereby, bringing the total number of Nigerian founders to 14. Two out of the 14 Nigerian founders are female.

The cheque sizes of active African venture capital firms

This article examines the cheque sizes of African venture capital firms.

Inside Getwallets’ pivot to Orchestrate, a payments infrastructure company

Orchestrate (formerly Getwallets) is a payment infrastructure company that give fintechs and merchants access to multiple payment providers with a single integration. But before Orchestrate, there was Getwallets. What changed and what is next?

Eight notable African tech stories in May 2022

In May 2022, Ethiopia launched its 5G network, Interswitch raised $110 million in investment, and we curated these and other notable stories.

Inside Irritech’s effort to enable irrigation in Nigeria

Founded in 2020, Irritech has provided solar-powered irrigation and water pumping systems for 2146 farmers across 16 states in Nigeria