Digital tools
Africa’s EdTech Revolution Is About More Than Education
Africa’s e-learning market is projected to grow from $3.4 billion to $19 billion by 2034. Ten EdTech ventures made Africa’s Business Heroes 2026 Top 100.…
Artificial Intelligence
Africa’s Gen Z Founders Are Using AI to Build Social Enterprises — and the Numbers Are Staggering
265,000 young Africans applied to the Tony Elumelu Foundation this year alone. Over 60% of young African founders are using AI tools to build their…
Customer discovery
Designing Products for Low-Connectivity Markets
The App That Worked Perfectly (In Nairobi) Fatima’s agricultural extension app was beautiful. Clean interface. Real-time data sync. Rich multimedia content. Cloud-based analytics. Her demo…
Agritech
Tech-Enabled Financial Inclusion for Smallholder Farmers
Across Africa, smallholder farmers feed the continent — yet they remain some of its poorest citizens. They grow most of our food, but struggle to…
Automation
Affordable Digital Tools to Scale Impact
You may be running a small social enterprise in Nairobi, Accra, or Kigali. Your idea works — it’s improving lives, creating jobs, and tackling a…