Startups
Early and growth stage African startups, the products they are shipping and the problems they are solving.
Oria launches voice, text and camera assistant designed with African users in mind
Executable Technologies has publicly launched Oria, an AI assistant designed for use through voice, text and a phone camera. The company says the...
Yapplicator debuts funding workspace to help founders organise startup applications
Yapplicator, a Nigerian startup founded in 2026, joined Afrolaunch’s launch board on 7 October with a workspace for finding and managing funding opportunities.The...
Acadeva makes October launch-board debut with study materials and offline learning tools
Nigerian education technology startup Acadeva appeared on Afrolaunch’s launch board on 20 October, introducing its student workspace to the platform’s community of founders...
Meet OurNigeria, the new civic-tech platform opening up public-money records
OurNigeria is a Nigerian civic-tech platform introduced in Afrolaunch’s 12–18 October launch cohort, giving the Just Launched section a new entrant focused on...
MarkIQ SI launches in Abeokuta with trading education and strategy-testing tools
MarkIQ SI, a trading education and market intelligence venture founded by Oloyede Naheem Pelumi, launched in Abeokuta on 10 October 2026 with an...
Tanzania’s Medikea raises $1.2 million pre-seed to expand integrated healthcare network
Tanzanian healthtech startup Medikea has raised $1.2 million in pre-seed funding through successive closes as it expands its combination of virtual consultations and...
Egypt’s Turuq secures Den VC seed investment to expand e-commerce fulfilment
Egyptian logistics technology startup Turuq has secured seed investment from Den VC to strengthen its platform and expand fulfilment services for e-commerce businesses....
Ghana’s Vitara Agritech raises €1.8 million to expand traceable shea supply chains
Ghanaian agritech company Vitara, formerly known as Sommalife, has secured €1.8 million, approximately $2 million, in equity investment from AgriFI, Acumen and angel...
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...
