The continent's economic future hinges not just on connecting its markets, but on building the businesses sturdy enough to operate within them.
The numbers on the map tell two very different stories. The question is which one you choose to read.
The continent's investment gap is real - but capital is not what is missing.
By Ajay Wasserman One of the most persistently misunderstood realities of building companies in Africa is that opportunity is rarely the binding constraint. Across the continent,...
By Kelly Mua Kingsly Africa is the world’s youngest continent – and that is not merely a demographic footnote. With a median age of just 19.7...
By John Kourkoutas Forget the GDP charts. Forget the foreign direct investment heatmaps. Forget the trade-flow diagrams and the color-coded risk indexes that have become the...
By Caleb Maru A few weeks ago, one of Africa’s most ambitious climate-tech startups quietly ceased to exist. KOKO Networks, a Kenya-based company that had spent...
By Michele Moscaritoli Intra-African commerce has quietly transformed from aspiration to reality – and the implications are profound. For decades, the refrain echoed through development conferences...
By Lailla Mutajogera This past weekend in Kigali, something far more significant than a routine business meeting unfolded. President Paul Kagame convened with Jack Ma, founder...
By Caleb Maru Africa’s venture capital and private equity landscape appears robust on paper. Last year delivered one of the continent’s strongest fundraising performances, with funds...
By Wavinya Makai For decades, Africa’s development narrative has been drafted in foreign ministries and multilateral boardrooms. The plot hinges on foreign direct investment, concessional loans,...
By Des H. Rikhotso Africa’s fintech revolution is no longer a story of isolated outliers – it’s increasingly a tale of dynamic urban hubs driving continent-wide...
By Jean Claude Niyomugabo Africa is undergoing a digital transformation unlike any the world has seen – and it’s happening faster than on any other continent....
By Davida Ademuyiwa Africa is not lacking in ideas – it is overflowing with them. From bustling Lagos markets to remote villages in the Sahel, ingenuity...
By John Kourkoutas There’s a now-iconic image making the rounds online: a portable power adapter duct-taped to a flip-flop sandal. To many, it’s a punchline –...
By Godfred Zina For decades, Africa has been the world’s largest recipient of foreign aid. Yet despite pouring over US$50 billion annually into the continent, the...
By David Coleman Every year, members of the African diaspora send nearly US$100 billion in remittances back home – more than all foreign direct investment combined....
By Farouk Mark Mukiibi Africa is often hailed as “the last frontier” – a continent brimming with demographic promise, untapped resources, and explosive urban growth. Yet...
By Farouk Mark Mukiibi Raising capital in Africa isn’t merely difficult – it’s a labyrinth of mismatched expectations, delayed term sheets, and endless meetings that rarely...
By Agnes Chikukwa Hove When people think of Africa’s corporate powerhouses, they often picture telecom giants, sprawling banks, or resource-rich mining conglomerates. But here is a...
By Farhia Noor “When the young carry the drum, the village must dance.” Pan-Africanism is no longer confined to speeches at summit halls or inked declarations....
By Dishant Shah For decades, the world’s understanding of Africa has been shaped not by Africans, but by distant cameras, foreign correspondents, and outdated tropes. The...
By Lailla Mutajogera When I speak with investors about Africa, I hear the same six questions – again and again. They reflect a deep curiosity, but...
By Ajay Wasserman Africa is home to more than 125 million small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) – 44 million of them in Sub-Saharan Africa alone. These...
By Ajay Wasserman In boardrooms from New York to London, the conversation among global investors often circles back to the same anxious refrain: Where will the...
By Dishant Shah Africa’s billionaires are more than just symbols of wealth – they are reflections of the continent’s economic structure, its contradictions, and its untapped...
By Farhia Noor The rise and fall of Okra, once one of Nigeria’s most promising fintech startups, is more than just another Silicon Valley-style cautionary tale....
By Dishant Shah Imagine 19 out of every 100 people on Earth contributing just 2 cents of every dollar generated globally. That’s the reality for Africa...
By Gregory Simpkins The recently-concluded African Diaspora Investment Symposium 2025 (ADIS2025) commemorated a decade of the promotion of Diaspora investment in Africa by the African Diaspora...
By Amon Munyaneza On a roadside in Kampala, Uganda, a woman sells cassava before sunrise. No CRM. No loyalty program. No app. Yet by 9 a.m.,...
By Amon Munyaneza In a bustling African city, a young tech entrepreneur – laptop open, a half-coded app glowing on the screen, clad in skinny jeans...
By Ajay Wasserman It’s time to shift your gaze. South. Way south. Africa isn’t on the rise – Africa has arrived. From Cape Town to Cairo,...
By Emmanuel Musaazi The African Diaspora is people of African descent who live outside the African continent due to historical and contemporary migration. This includes descendants...
Bloomberg | Africa’s technology and startup firms are becoming too attractive for international investors to ignore, according to a partner at a fund focused on investments...
The African tech startup ecosystem experienced a notable decline in total investment in 2023, with a 27.8 percent decrease to reach US$2.4 billion. This decline was...
Bloomberg | African startups raised a record US$5.3 billion last year, though that may be the high-water mark as a deepening slump in the technology industry...
Bloomberg | Funding for African startups is on track to hit a record this year despite a slowdown globally, according to a recent report. Venture capital...
Serena Williams, A&T Capital back Nigerian startup Nestcoin
By Brian Laung Aoaeh Africa is experiencing a boom in entrepreneurship due to proliferating Internet and mobile computing technologies. Simultaneously African startups face the often life-threatening...
