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.
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.
African logistics is traditionally informal and fragmented. Bamba Lô is streamlining it.
By Jessica Long
By Hassan Bourgi
Gregory Rockson is scaling a private healthcare play in Africa.