0 SA’s My-iMali targets niche areas in overcrowded payments sector
Payments platforms are not exactly in short supply in Africa, but South African fintech startup My-iMali believes it has identified…
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0 Kenyan energy startup M-Paya ventures into new verticals with metering service
Kenyan energy startup M-Paya has seen such quick uptake of its electricity metering services for residential and commercial properties that…
0 Maturing startups give Kenyan tech space a welcome funding boost
As recently as 2017, we had our concerns about whether or not the Kenyan startup space was developing in the…
0 There are not enough women-led tech startups – and it’s costing us all
Africa’s technology startup scene is vibrant – and growing fast, writes Muhammad Nabil, partners and startups strategy lead at Microsoft…
0 African tech startup funding hits $491m in record-breaking 2019
2019 was the best year yet for investment into the African tech startup space, with 311 companies banking a combined…
0 Egypt’s Wasla wants to subsidise mobile internet for 500m emerging market users
Egyptian startup Wasla aims to subsidise mobile internet access for over 500 million users in emerging markets over the next…
0 South African fintech in 2020 – what can we expect?
Fintech is rapidly transforming the very essence of global financial services, writes Dominique Collett, a senior investment executive at Rand…
0 Nigeria’s CrowdForce is Africa’s largest offline distribution network
When Disrupt Africa first caught up with Tomi and Damilola Ayorinde back in 2016, they were making waves with Mobile…
0 Meet the Investor: Aubrey Hruby, Tofino Capital
Originally from Colorado, with no familial ties to Africa, and a background in the advisory business, it has been a…
0 Mauritian startup aims to encourage recycling with UNESCO-backed eco-game
Mauritian startup Panda & Wolf Holdings has rolled out Eco-Warriors, the first UNESCO-supported mobile game in Africa, to teach kids…