Opinion
Analysis and commentary from operators, investors and builders on where African tech is heading.
Opinion: Early-stage programmes need time to measure what lasts
A startup programme can announce investments quickly, but durable company-building takes longer to assess. Fundraising totals and cohort photographs reveal only part of...
Opinion: Startup funding reports should separate company cash from investor liquidity
A secondary share sale can be an important milestone without adding new operating cash to a startup. Treating every transaction value as money...
Opinion: Employee equity loans need room for an uncertain outcome
Borrowing against private-company equity joins two uncertain timelines: the employee’s repayment obligation and the company’s possible liquidity event. A useful product explanation should...
Opinion: Cross-border payments need a complete price before confirmation
A fast transfer can still be difficult to compare if its cost is split between an upfront fee, an exchange-rate margin and charges...
Opinion: Farm-market platforms should give producers useful data back
Digital marketplaces can collect detailed information about supply, demand and prices. Farmers participating in those systems should gain useful visibility rather than only...
Opinion: Finance assistants need permission that matches the task
An assistant that searches receipts does not need the same authority as a tool that initiates a payment. Business-finance AI should make that...
Opinion: Smartphone finance needs a clear total-cost label
Device finance can make a smartphone available before a customer has saved its full purchase price. The useful policy question is whether that...
Opinion: Secure-by-default software needs support beyond the workshop
Developer events increasingly discuss building secure systems alongside faster development. That conversation becomes more useful when it continues into the tools and working...
Founder Stories
Ikenna Nzewi: The Releaf journey that led to Biochar Industrial Group
Ikenna Nzewi’s startup career has moved from improving agricultural processing to turning its leftovers into a climate technology business. The thread connecting those...
Shola Akinlade: From building software in Lagos to Paystack and The Stack Group
Before Paystack became part of Stripe, Shola Akinlade was a software builder working through a much smaller question: how could the tools he...
