Africa Tech Summit
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Andela CEO on AI, Talent and the Future of Software Development in Africa
Andela, the global remote technology talent marketplace, has set an ambitious target to train 15,000 AI-fluent developers by the end…
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Africa Tech Summit London Returns to London Stock Exchange on May 29
Africa Tech Summit London, the leading African tech conference in Europe, returns to the London Stock Exchange on May 29,…
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African Tech Founders Face Investor Pressure to Prove Adoption Beyond the Pitch Stage
The investment showcase at the Africa Tech Summit did not feel like a parade of polished optimism. It felt closer…
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Peace Technology Enters Africa’s Political and Economic Reality
On a midweek afternoon at the Moniepoint Stage, the conversation drifted toward an uncomfortable comparison. War technology attracts capital at…
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Settlement Risk and Fragmented Liquidity Define the Next Challenge Facing African Fintech Markets
At the DeFi Summit during the just-concluded Africa Tech Summit, the VALR Stage was primed for another crypto pitch. Instead,…
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Africa Built Digital Payments. Crossing Borders Still Feels Hard
The conversation around African payments often begins with ambition. Integration, digital finance, continental trade. Yet the practical experience remains stubbornly…
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Fragmented Regulation Keeps African Money Moving Slowly
The conversation around intra-African trade often begins with scale. A continent of more than 50 countries, a combined market measured…
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African Startups Adjust to the Discipline That Comes With Japanese Investment
Japanese involvement in African business followed familiar routes. Trading houses moved commodities, financed logistics, and built long commercial relationships that…
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Africa’s Climate Builders Confront the Limits of Pilot Funding
The conversation around climate tech in Africa has grown more grounded. Not less ambitious, but more honest about friction. At…
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The End of Easy Narratives in Africa Tech Investing
By late afternoon at the Moniepoint Stage, the mood felt less celebratory than reflective. That alone said something. For years,…
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Africa Tech Summit Investment Showcase and the End of Easy Capital
Last evening, the Moniepoint Stage at Africa Tech Summit moved from polite introductions to something closer to a stress test.…
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Delta40 Raises $20 Million and Bets That Hands-On Capital Wins This Time
Venture capital conversations around African startups has for years leaned on expansion stories. Larger rounds, faster growth, new capital entering…
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Infrastructure Defines the Limits of Agritech in Africa
Agriculture still carries the weight of Africa’s climate conversation, even when attention drifts elsewhere. At the Climate Tech & Investment…
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Africa’s AI Future Tests Ambition, Infrastructure, and Control of Value
The room at the AI & Digital Summit did not sound like a gathering convinced it was witnessing the future…
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Cross Border Income Grows Across Africa as Banking Struggles to Keep PaceBanking Reality
By mid-afternoon at the Moniepoint Stage in Nairobi, the room had settled into a familiar rhythm. Founders talking infrastructure, investors…
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The Point Where African Fintech Has to Prove It Can Hold Together
At a certain stage of growth, payments stop being about access. The conversation changes. Adoption is no longer the headline.…
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Inside Moniepoint: How One Fintech is Wrestling with Growth, Chaos, and African Payments
In a conference hall buzzing with the predictable energy of Nairobi’s tech scene, Moniepoint took the stage not to flaunt…
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Talent Is No Longer the Problem but the Systems Around It Still Are
Conversations about African tech talent have for years began with scarcity. That frame is wearing thin. At Africa Tech Summit…
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Cross Border Payments Remain Africa’s Most Persistent Infrastructure Problem
The conversation around African fintech often begins with access and scale. Fincra CEO Wole Ayodele approached it from a different…
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African Fintech Growth Runs Into the Hard Limits of Trust, Regulation, and Sustainable Scale
The conversation around African fintech has matured, or at least it sounds different now. At Africa Tech Summit Nairobi, the…
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TechTrends Podcast
The TechTrends Podcast x Africa Tech Summit | How Fincra Is Rebuilding African Payments
Africa’s fintech story is often told through flashy consumer apps, billion-dollar valuations, and rapid user growth. But beneath all of…
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Africa Tech Summit Nairobi: 12 Startups Selected for 2026 Investment Showcase
Africa Tech Summit Nairobi has officially unveiled the 12 African ventures selected to take center stage at its highly anticipated…
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Africa’s $1 Trillion Payment Opportunity to Take Center Stage at ATS Nairobi 2026
As the global financial community looks toward emerging markets for the next wave of hyper-growth, all eyes are on Nairobi.…
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The TechTrends Podcast | The State of Startup Funding in Africa in 2025 ft Andrew Fassnidge
Is Africa’s startup funding winter finally over? That’s the question we explored in a recent conversation with Andrew Fassnidge, Founder…
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Connected Africa Summit 2025: How Africa’s Digital Future is Taking Shape
William Kabogo, the Cabinet Secretary for Information, Communications, and the Digital Economy of Kenya, has officially launched the Connected Africa…
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TechTrends Podcast | Inside Africa Tech Summit: Growth, Startups & Future Trends with Andrew Fassnidge
In this episode of The TechTrends Podcast, we sit down with Andrew Fassnidge, the Founder & Director of Africa Tech…
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TechTrends Podcast | Raenest’s Victor Alade on Simplifying How Africans Manage Their Money Across Borders
In this episode of the TechTrends Podcast, we sit down with Victor Alade, CEO and co-founder of Raenest, to explore…
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Africa Tech Summit Awards 2025 Winners Announced
Africa Tech Summit Awards announced the 2025 winners, recognising the leading entrepreneurs and ventures shaping the tech industry across the…
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Yellow Card’s Sharon Tum on the Future of Digital Asset Adoption in Africa | TechTrends Podcast
In this episode of TechTrends Podcast, we sit down with Sharon Tum, the Senior Regional Manager- EA at Yellow Card,…
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TechTrends Podcast | dLocal’s Ed Aitken on Facilitating Seamless Cross-Border Transactions
In this episode, we sit down with Ed Aitken from dLocal to explore how the company is revolutionizing cross-border transactions.…
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Call for startups to Pitch Live at 2022 Africa Startup Summit in Nairobi
Africa Tech Summit has opened applications to the 2022 edition of Pitch Live at the fourth Africa Startup Summit. The…
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Fourth edition of Africa Tech Summit Coming to Nairobi This February
One of Africa’s top tech events the Africa Tech Summit is coming to Nairobi. The event will take place on…
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Data: Africa’s “new blood”, rather than the “new oil”
Data protection and privacy regulation in most, or even all, African countries are often less mature – particularly when compared…
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Five African credit scoring startups selected for ENGIE challenge at the Africa Tech Summit
French multinational energy utility company ENGIE has announced the five credit scoring startups that will pitch on the Africa Startup Summit at…
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Liquid Telecom and other Industry leaders to gather in Kigali for the Africa Tech Summit.
Industry leaders will from 14th -15th February gather in Kigali Rwanda for the Africa Tech Summit. They will include international…
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