Guides, reports, and expert insights for African business
Market ReportAfrican pharmacy retail has been one of the most visible healthtech sub-categories, with operators including mPharma, MY...
Ghana
NewsSolar home systems operator Sun King has closed a USD 156 million securitization deal with Citi to fund expansion of its...
Kenya
Market ReportOver 30 million smallholder farmers operate across Sub-Saharan Africa, accounting for 80 percent of all farms and produc...
Market ReportDebt now accounts for 41% of all capital raised by African tech startups, up from 17% in 2019. For fintechs, this is not...
NewsPan-African payment infrastructure company Flutterwave has received authorization from Senegalese regulators to operate ...
SenegalMarket ReportBy late 2025, the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System connected 19 countries, more than 150 commercial banks, and ...
Market ReportNigeria has Africa's largest economy, approximately 86 million people without reliable grid electricity, and one of the ...
NigeriaCase StudyFlutterwave was founded in 2016 by Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, Olugbenga Agboola, and Adeleke Adekoya. By March 2021 it had close...
Nigeria
Market ReportDigital freight platforms including Kobo360, Lori Systems, and Sendy attracted over USD 130 million in combined venture ...
Nigeria
Market ReportK-12 edtech in Africa is undergoing a pivot from direct-to-parent consumer models toward institutional sales to schools ...
Kenya
How-to GuideClassic BNPL models borrowed from Klarna and Affirm often fail in African markets because retail margins are thinner and...
KenyaMarket ReportAfrican Union member states committed to manufacturing 60 percent of the continent's vaccines domestically by 2040, alon...