Artificial intelligence giant OpenAI has officially extended its conversational advertising platform to the Nigerian market, opening a fresh commercial frontier for local enterprises, tech startups, and digital brands. The expansion allows businesses registered in Nigeria to run targeted promotional
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At the Build 2026 Conference in Abuja, Luminate CEO Melanie Hui warned that Nigeria loses millions annually to foreign cloud dependencies, stressing that Africa must build true digital sovereignty and infrastructure ownership to thrive in the global AI economy.
Egyptian agentic AI customer experience (CX) startup Tactful AI has secured investment from Hatem Dowidar, the former group CEO of e&, as part of an extension of its pre-Series A funding round. Founded by Mohamed Elmasry, Mohammad Hassan and Sherif Khairallah, Tactful is a unified customer experienc
Every like, heart and share on social media sits on terms rarely read. Andile Masuku revisits the Rudd Concession to ask whether owning our data can protect the world’s least-equipped digital citizens, or simply make them easier to plunder.
Her Startup, an accelerator for women-led technology startups in Africa, has opened applications for the second cohort of its programme. The Her Startup initiative, a partnership between the KSH Foundation, Tomorrow Foundation and EHA Impact Ventures, will select 10 early-stage women founders and he
South Africa-founded clinical AI startup Healthleap has raised US$38 million in combined seed and Series A funding as it looks to expand its offering to more conditions. Founded in South Africa in 2022 by siblings Josiah and Jemima Meyer, Healthleap has developed a platform that screens hospital pat
Corporate productivity metrics often mask severe operational risks. When departmental managers face rigid central procurement, slow helpdesk response times, or clunky legacy software, they rarely wait for official approval to fix their immediate workflows. Instead, tech-savvy teams take matters into
Kenyan fintech Pesapal has partnered with business transformation firm Drift Consult to expand adoption of RACK, a platform integrating payments, inventory management and point-of-sale systems for retail and hospitality businesses. Under the partnership, Drift Consult will lead business advisory and
Data centres and cloud platforms have been used interchangeably but are not the same thing. With the Central Bank of Nigeria requiring payment data to remain on local infrastructure by 2027, building local cloud platforms on Nigeria's expanding data centre foundation is critical.
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South African ed-tech startup Halo Sim Labs has developed a simulation-based emotional intelligence and preventative mental health education platform that places learners inside realistic social situations they may face in their own lives. Founded in January of this year by Thembelihle Zwane, Halo S
Egyptian payment orchestration startup MoneyHash has announced a new partnership with Ozow, a leading South African fintech and payments provider, to expand access to local online payment methods in South Africa. Founded in 2021 by Nader Abdelrazik and Mustafa Eid, MoneyHash has developed a propriet
Four innovators from Kenya, South Africa and Niger have been selected as finalists for the 2026 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, with the winner set to receive £50,000 as engineers develop solutions to healthcare access, medical monitoring and agricultural sustainability challenges across th
Sila Kaloki is the founder of miGuy, a digital services marketplace owned and operated by Asazia Technologies Limited, a Kenyan technology company. The platform connects customers with service providers across everyday and professional services, from plumbing and electrical work to legal, medical an
Brian Otieno, a Kenyan technology entrepreneur, is building KulaMtaani, a food-commerce platform designed to help restaurants, food vendors and private chefs manage their operations, receive orders and coordinate business activities through one system. Launched in June 2025, KulaMtaani is targeting
