Amidst the continental investment slump of late 2023 and early 2024, the The Africa Report’s 20 Future Champions of African Tech for 2023 have been navigating how to grow or achieve profitability.

This year has seen a diversification in the business models favoured by investors. While healthtech was already attracting interest, climate tech and edtech have now joined the list. In this selection ...

The global tech industry is witnessing a significant shift as African tech experts emerge as pivotal contributors. Research reveals that four out of every ten African software developers are now ...

Carnegie Mellon University Africa announced today that t he African Engineering and Technology Network (Afretec) has signed its tenth university partner, Addis Ababa Science and Technology University ...

MULDERSDRIFT, South Africa—The University of Johannesburg might have selected Joburg, rather than the bush, for the most recent Southern African Conference for Artificial Intelligence Research focused ...

After defying the global funding slowdown of 2022, VC investments in African startups dropped considerably last year, mirroring the situation in other regions where capital taps were significantly ...

For over a decade, AfriLabs has been at the forefront of cultivating a vibrant tech ecosystem across the African continent. Through the strength of community networks, this organization has become a ...

When my plane landed in Lagos, Nigeria, in 2005, the man next to me leaned over to say: “Now this is a boom town.” I was tired after an overnight flight. Outside, the airport looked modest. I smiled ...

As 2024 came to a close, a new milestone was reached in Africa’s tech scene: Two new unicorns were minted back-to-back. The Nigerian fintech Moniepoint and the South Africa-based TymeBank joined seven ...

Last year presented a tough period for African tech startups. Venture capital was hard to bag (as predicted earlier), bridge and down rounds became the norm, and news of fire sales, layoffs and ...