Africa's Tech Future, Today.
Signed commentary from founders, investors, researchers and practitioners. We publish disagreement. We publish criticism. This section has a point of view.
Traditional commercial lenders must embed financial services directly into everyday consumer transactions to remain competitive alongside digital platforms. Speaking at Moonshot by TechCabal in Lagos, industry leaders from Access Holdings and OPay argued that future banking success relies on making core financial infrastructure seamless and invisible.
MultiChoice revenue fell 3% like-for-like in nine months under Canal+, though the drop eased to 2% in Q3. Here is what the numbers say about DStv's turnaround.
Spotify audiobooks are now live in Nigeria: Audiobooks+ costs ₦2,300 a month for 15 hours of listening, and local authors can upload their own titles.
Former banker Watson Matsa founded eSusFarm Africa to bridge the gap between traditional banking frameworks and smallholder agriculture. By leveraging soil, weather, and crop data, the platform creates dynamic risk management tools designed around seasonal earnings rather than rigid monthly schedules.
Veteran tech leader Lungi Sangqu shares key takeaways from nearly forty years in digital transformation and enterprise leadership. He argues that true operational efficiency begins with people and clear workflows rather than software investments.
African tech startups raised $614 million in debt financing during H1 2026, as founders increasingly leverage non-dilutive credit over equity to fund physical infrastructure, smartphone loans, and clean energy assets.
Boosterism has been the default register of African tech coverage for a decade. It has not served founders, and it has not served readers.
Funding totals fell again, and the headline figure hides more than it explains. A closer read of where the money went, and what the drop does not mean.
The comparison flatters nobody and misdescribes what is actually being built. It also imports a set of expectations that do not fit.
Donor-funded pilots are announced constantly and scaled rarely. The incentive structure explains why, and it is not about the technology.
Investors, founders and policymakers all make decisions on thin information. That is a market failure, and it is one a publication can address.
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