The Realistic Optimist's coverage of the African startup scene.
Africa's gig workers want to work, but lack the assets to do so (vehicles, smartphones...). The culprit is access to financing.
Intra-Africa money transfers are being solved. Intra-Africa company expansion isn't yet. Itana is on the case.
Turning Dakar's taxis from petrol-fueled to electric vehicles, while onboarding taxi drivers onto formal credit rails.
Renda is digitizing African logistics & providing product-based credit to delivery drivers.
Building B2C & B2B fintech in Tunisia, methodically, with international ambitions.
Legendary Foods is selling palm larvae protein to B2C and B2B consumers.
SunFi is creating a credit ecosystem for solar panels in Nigeria.
MAX is funding EVs and building EV infrastructure in Africa.
Orda is digitizing African restaurants.
Rivy is financing solar panels for homes and businesses in Nigeria.
Jia is connecting yield-seeking crypto to credit-starved SMEs.
Blanket sanctions on Sudan have fallen. Yousif Yahya explains how big tech companies haven't updated their policies.
Ethiopia has historically been a closed economy. Tensaye Desalegn rides recent regulatory changes to modernize the country's financial system.
