How TruQ got into three accelerators within three years

Over the years, global accelerators, especially Y Combinator and Techstars have played an important role in providing opportunities for African tech entrepreneurs to access mentorship and funding to build their startups from zero to scale.

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.

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.

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.

How MyCover.ai is building Africa’s digital insurance infrastructure

MyCover.ai is on a mission to provide financial security to Africans by improving access to insurance products.

Breaking into Tech: Ifeoluwa Oyeniyi’s journey to Product Management

Ifeoluwa Oyeniyi’s journey into product management started with a love for problem-solving. From his first role to shaping fintech products, he shares how he navigated the industry, the skills that matter, and what’s next for him.

Starting from Kenya, BuuPass is digitising ticketing for Africa’s mobility sector

In 2016, two Kenya-based entrepreneurs—Sonia Kabra and Wycliffe Omondi—set out to digitise this sector by providing operators with a bus management system (BMS) for managing their operations, inventory and sales.

Kobo360 joins Flutterwave, Wave in the list of top YC-backed startups in Africa

You can monetize your TikTok account through brand partnerships, live-streaming, creator fund, selling merchandise and affiliate marketing

National IDs are important for KYC, but frequent downtimes hinder their reliability, reports Smile Identity

Smile Identity, a leading digital KYC provider in Africa, was founded in 2017 by Mark Straub (CEO) and William Bares. Leveraging anonymised data from nearly 50 million KYC checks, the company has put together its second report on the state of KYC in Africa.

Backed by YC, Shekel Mobility is building a neobank and trading platform for car dealers in Africa

In Africa, small and medium-scale car dealers make up almost 82% of the car dealership market, and most of these dealers sell used cars at high prices due to inadequate financing.

Soyombo’s Voltron Africa invested in one startup every week of 2022. Here is our analysis

Could Olumide Soyombo's Voltron Africa have been the most prolific local VC firm on the continent for 2022? Here is a list and an analysis of all the 53 startups that Voltron invested in.