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African K-12 EdTech 2026: The Institutional Pivot, Zeraki's 50 Percent Kenyan High Schools, and the SMS-First Models That Survived

K-12 edtech in Africa is undergoing a pivot from direct-to-parent consumer models toward institutional sales to schools ...

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African Pharmaceutical Manufacturing 2026: The 60 Percent by 2040 Target, Afreximbank's USD 2 Billion Facility, and the Long Road to Pharma Autonomy

African Union member states committed to manufacturing 60 percent of the continent's vaccines domestically by 2040, alon...

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The African Agricultural Productivity Gap: Why Yields Lag and What Closing the Gap Would Cost

African cereal yields average roughly half of the global average, and the gap between actual yields and what the same la...

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Mobile Money in East Africa: M-Pesa, MoMo, and the Next Frontier

Safaricom's M-Pesa processed KSh 38.29 trillion in FY2025, serving 35.82 million active customers in Kenya alone. Two de...

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State of African Logistics and Trade 2026: The 40 to 60 Percent Cost Penalty, the Venture Capital Retreat, and the AfCFTA Opportunity

African logistics infrastructure adds between 40 and 60 percent to the cost of goods according to IFC and Google researc...

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State of African Energy 2026: Mission 300, the 600 Million Gap, and the Financing That Has to Close It

Approximately 600 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa lacked access to electricity as Mission 300 entered its second ye...

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State of African EdTech 2026: Edukoya's Shutdown, Decagon's Pivot, and the Adult Learning Turn

African edtech in 2026 is in a reality check similar to the one playing out in African healthtech. Edukoya shut down in ...

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State of African HealthTech 2026: The Reality Check, the Funding Concentration, and the Search for Sustainable Models

African healthtech is in a reality check phase. 54gene collapsed. Medsaf shut down. Ilara Health laid off staff despite ...

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Nigeria's Payment Service Banks: Three Years In, What's Working

Three years after MTN MoMo and Airtel SmartCash launched their Payment Service Banks in Nigeria, the telco-led mobile mo...

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State of African AgriTech 2026: USD 50 Billion Food Import Bill, 30 Million Smallholders, and a Funding Environment in Flux

African agrifoodtech funding peaked at USD 776 million in 2022 and has contracted to USD 192 million in 2024, a retreat ...

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The State of African FinTech in 2026: Funding, Regulation, and Market Shifts

African fintech raised US$769 million in equity funding in 2025, still the largest sector, but its dominance is narrowin...