Spotlight: Context
Context for commerce on the continent.
30 African startups that raised VC funding in March
Here's a quick look at the equity fundraising deals announced across Africa's tech ecosystem in March 2023.
April 2023
Save now, buy later: an emerging fintech model
SNBL is an emerging business model across Africa and other markets. This post includes a brief interview with one of the practitioners in Africa’s SNBL space: Tobi Odukoya, CEO & Co-Founder of CDcare.
March 2023
The challenges women leaders face in Africa’s tech ecosystem
An expert panel of founder/CEOs provides insight, commentary, & analysis on the challenges women leaders face across Africa's tech ecosystem & opportunities that may be overlooked.
March 2023
27 women founder-CEOs that have raised over $3 million in Africa
Meet twenty-seven women who have raised $3 million or more in VC funding and are both CEOs and founders of tech startups across Africa's tech ecosystem.
March 2023
The complete list of African unicorns today
Africa's unicorn list is small but growing. Here's an overview of the seven unicorns in the African tech ecosystem today.
February 2023
27 founders that raised over $1 million in Francophone Africa in 2022
While conventional startup & VC wisdom across Africa and elsewhere is to chase huge markets above all else, the reality is that focusing on dominating ‘niche’ markets is a savvy way to avoid competition and achieve efficient growth, not just...
February 2023