Startup

Fola Laoye drives Nigeria’s healthcare sector through strategic investment and leadership in hospital systems and health financing. A functional healthcare system is fundamental to national development, supporting individual …

Adeola Ayoola, co-founder and CEO of  Famasi Africa, is addressing one of Nigeria’s most pressing health challenges: medication adherence. In a country where nearly  30% of all deaths …

Across rural Africa, where smartphones are scarce and data is unaffordable, Naledi Magowe is helping millions leap over the digital divide. As co-founder and Chief Growth Officer of …

Nichole Yembra is the Founder and Managing Director of The Chrysalis Company, an investment and advisory firm that backs technology-driven businesses that are solving problems in Africa and …

South African fintech infrastructure company – Scale is tackling the painfully slow, expensive process of issuing payment cards. The current reality for African fintechs is brutal. Issuing cards …

Radhika Bhachu is the co-founder and CEO of Ndovu, a Kenyan fintech startup revolutionising access to local and global financial markets. Ndovu is a digital investment platform offering …

In Nigeria’s growing tech-driven service sector, some startups are emerging with solutions tailored to everyday challenges. One such company is Fichaya, a cleaning and facility management firm founded …

Osazomon Imarenezor is using AI and skin-specific data to help beauty and pharmaceutical brands create personalised skincare products tailored to melanin-rich and historically underserved skin types.  Born out …

Many Ethiopians, like Samrawit Fikru, have faced the daily struggle of finding safe, reliable transport in a city with an unstructured ride-hailing network. Instead of accepting it as …

Growing up in Kenya, Navalayo Osembo saw that despite Kenya’s global legacy in athletics, the country had never manufactured performance running shoes that bore its name or story. …