Terra Industries Secures $18M for Drone Facility
Defense and autonomous tech startup Terra Industries has secured an additional $18 million in seed funding, accelerating the construction of its 34,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in Ghana.
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Evans Consulting: A Rising Digital Marketing Strategist in Cameroon
Kongnyuy Evans is emerging as a new voice in Cameroon’s digital marketing space. Through Evans Consulting, he is helping businesses, founders and creators understand marketing, build stronger digital brands and use AI more strategically.
How Agritech Innovations Are Securing Food Systems in Africa
Agriculture employs over half of Africa’s workforce, yet post-harvest losses and climate unpredictability cost billions annually. A new generation of agritech innovators is deploying satellite data, smart hardware, and digital commodity trading to fix the chain.
Africa's Push for Sovereign AI and Local Compute Power
Relying on foreign data hubs for artificial intelligence introduces unacceptable latency, foreign currency risk, and cultural bias. African tech ecosystems are responding by building indigenous cloud infrastructure and sovereign AI models.
Why African SMEs Are Accelerating Cloud ERP & AI in 2026
Faced with currency fluctuations and supply chain friction, African SMEs are ditching fragmented software tools for integrated, cloud-native Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems that serve as the real-time nerve center of their operations.
African Startup Funding Expands Beyond the Big Four
For a decade, four nations absorbed over 75% of all venture funding on the continent. Now, a wave of capital dispersion is turning regional cities into powerhouse tech ecosystems.
The B2B Infrastructure Shift – How Embedded Software Is Digitizing Africa’s $100B Informal Economy
Consumer-facing super-apps once dominated headlines, but the most durable businesses in African tech are quietly being built in the unglamorous background—embedding logistics, inventory management, and digital payments directly into informal supply chains.
South Africa Unveils Policy Framework to Establish Regional Cloud Data Hub
South Africa releases a comprehensive cloud policy framework designed to fast-track data center permitting, streamline energy connectivity, and establish Southern Africa as an enterprise cloud computing hub.
M-KOPA Reaches 10 Million Customers Through Embedded PAYG Asset Financing
M-KOPA scales past 10 million users across East and West Africa by utilizing IoT-enabled daily micropayments to unlock collateral-free credit for smartphones, solar energy, and mobility assets
Africa Tech Festival 2026 Focuses on Sovereign AI and Regional Compute Infrastructure
As cloud dependency exposes regional tech to foreign currency risks, Africa Tech Festival 2026 convenes policy and enterprise leaders to build localized data centers, subsea cables, and sovereign AI frameworks.
Village Capital Backs High-Growth Agritech and SME Software in Ghana
Village Capital deploys catalytic financing to Ghanaian innovators Built Financial, GrowForMe, and SAYeTECH, accelerating digital accounting and automated machinery for agricultural supply chains.