At least five African tech startups shuttered in H1 2023

In the last six months, at least five tech startups operating in Africa have shut down, others have pivoted or scaled down operations.

Earnipay is driving on demand pay in Africa

Earnipay's payroll financing solution helps businesses meet their payroll obligations on time, help employees access their funds in real time, and hence cut down the attrition rate to the barest minimum.

Competition about to ramp up in the Ethiopian telecoms sector

After decades of operating as a monopoly in Ethiopia, state-owned Ethio Telecoms will experience more competition now that the government is privatising the sector.

Inside ConTech, the community for no-code creators in Africa

ConTech Africa is building a community for no-code tech professionals in Africa to learn, network and grow. Here's why and how far they have gone.

Northern Nigeria tech entrepreneurs want to revamp the startup ecosystem

In 2016, two graduates from the University of Jos—Daser David and Hyginus Horson—founded nHub in Jos, making it the first tech and innovation hub in northern Nigeria. The following year, another innovation hub, CoLab launched in Kaduna.

Guarding Africa’s digital growth with a resilient fraud prevention infrastructure

Dojah launches new product to help digital businesses recognize and thwart dishonest practices on their platforms.

How Fullgap is tapping into the new world of work with Africa’s HoneyBook

Fullgap is building the operating system for freelancers. In just three weeks of the public beta launch, they acquired their first 3,000 users. Here is my interview with two of the co-founders.

Inside Gebeya’s plan to support 100 existing marketplaces in Ethiopia, and across Africa

In 2016, two Ethiopian entrepreneurs—Amadou Daffe and Hiruy Amanuel—founded Gebeya to bridge the shortage by providing training and also serving as a marketplace between these talents and companies in Africa. We look at the next phase of this company.

Inside Nollywood’s first game app—Aki and Pawpaw Epic Run

"Say hello to the first Nollywood game app," Charles Okpaleke, the CEO of CEO Play Network Africa, tweeted on Thursday.

Hover transitions to an open source community

Due to its inability to raise additional funding, Hover—the parent company of Stax, says instead of shutting down, it is transitioning from a "full-time team to an open source community".

African techies in the 2023 Forbes 30 under 30 class

Out of the 30 young Africans recognised by Forbes Africa 30 under 30 class, 11 are tech professionals from Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Rwanda and Mauritius.

Review of Klasha’s virtual dollar card

Klasha's virtual dollar card works for online spending at international merchants like Amazon and can be funded with Nigerian naira. Here is what I observed from creating, funding, using and withdrawing from the card.