Africa's Tech Future, Today.
The AfroTech Horizon editorial desk. Bylines are replaced with the reporting journalist once a story is commissioned — this account exists so the site has a working author profile before the newsroom is staffed.
AltSchool Africa CEO Adewale Yusuf is stepping down and co-founder Akintunde Sultan takes over as the edtech pivots to licensed degrees and an edX-style model.
Tactful AI, the Egyptian agentic customer-experience startup, adds former e& CEO Hatem Dowidar as an investor after 11.7x ARR growth. What the deal tells us.
BPE website backups holding database credentials sat in a public folder for days, a researcher says. What was exposed and what Nigeria's privatisation agency must do.
Healthleap, founded by South African siblings, raised $38M from Sequoia, First Round and Hummingbird to flag hospital patients whose conditions are missed.
The NCC device checker now screens new phones before they join Nigerian networks. Here is how *315# works, who is exempt, and why importers carry the burden.
The Milken-Motsepe Prize in Circular Economy has named 10 semi-finalists from Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Egypt and Nigeria. A $1 million grand prize is at stake.
Spectrum costs in Africa run 24% higher per unit than elsewhere, GSMA finds, as 200+ licences near renewal. Here is who pays most and what it wants changed.
Five35 Ventures made 3.5x and a 38% IRR selling its Complete Farmer stake in a secondary deal. Here is what the Ghanaian agritech exit says about African VC.
Cryptocurrency exchange Roqqu is preparing to tokenise shares listed on the Nigerian Exchange. By creating digital representations of real-world equity assets on blockchain infrastructure, the platform aims to enable fractional share ownership and expand retail investor participation across West Africa.
Vuyani Jarana turned his childhood curiosity with radios into a career driving rural connectivity across South Africa. As former chief executive of Vodacom Business and South African Airways, and now leading Ilitha Telecommunications, he focuses on bringing affordable broadband to townships and rural areas.
Former healthcare worker Betelhem Abebe transitioned from nursing to software development to build solutions for Ethiopia's health system. Her career shift highlights the growing trend of domain experts learning software development to address sectoral challenges.
Former University of Lagos students Dare Adeola and Olamide Onigbanjo built UniBeta AI to help students navigate complex academic syllabi. By leveraging artificial intelligence to process past questions and university course materials, the edtech startup offers personalized study paths for tertiary education.
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