Global News2 Min Read Faith AmonimoonFebruary 19, 2025 Former OpenAI CTO, Mira Murati Launches AI Start-Up, ‘Thinking Machines Lab’ Mira Murati, former Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at OpenAI, has officially launched Thinking Machines Lab, an AI-focused start-up aiming to…
Faith AmonimoonFebruary 18, 2025 Building Text-to-Speech AI for Nigeria: Saheed Azeez Speaks on YarnGPT, Machine Learning Challenges, and Future Innovations Meet Azeez Saheed, a final-year Mechanical Engineering student at the University of Lagos. While studying engineering, Azeez developed a…
African Startup Ecosystem Event Radar Africa3 Min Read Ifeanyi AbrahamonFebruary 17, 2025 #AfricaTechSummit: What Lexi Novitske and Norrsken22’s $205M Fund Are Looking for in African Startups At the Africa Tech Summit, we had the opportunity to have a rapid fire q & a with Lexi Novitske, a General Partner at Norrsken22, a…
African Startup Ecosystem2 Min Read Ifeanyi AbrahamonFebruary 14, 2025 AfricaTechSummit: Onyeka Akumah on Lessons from 17+ Investments and His Mission to Support African Founders At the Africa Tech Summit, we had the opportunity to have a quick rapid fire chat with Onyeka Akumah, the CEO of Treepz, a serial…
Africa’s Innovation Frontier Event Radar Africa5 Min Read Faith AmonimoonFebruary 14, 2025 Meet the Africa Tech Summit 2025 Award Winners Driving Africa’s Tech Future: Zuri Health, Ikusasa, Mazao Hub, MiniPay, Cassava Technologies, Sabi, Flutterwave, OmniRetail, Smile ID, My Pregnancy Journey, & HUB2 The Africa Tech Summit Nairobi 2025 Awards have showcased the top innovators and impactful tech companies, recognizing their contributions in…
African FutureTech3 Min Read Faith AmonimoonFebruary 13, 2025 Google CEO Sundar Pichai Meets President Tinubu on AI Skills Expansion and Digital Transformation in Nigeria Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai met with Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu in Paris to discuss expanding Artificial Intelligence (AI) skills and…
Ifeanyi AbrahamonFebruary 12, 2025 Jessica Hope on How PR Shapes African Tech: Lessons from iROKO, Global Expansion, and the Stories That Matter At the Africa Tech Summit Founders’ Day, Jessica Hope, Founder of Wimbart PR, delivered a candid and insightful talk on the evolution of tech…
African Startup Ecosystem FinTech3 Min Read Ifeanyi AbrahamonFebruary 12, 2025 Paystack Hails Central Bank of Kenya as a Forward-Thinking and Collaborative Regulator at Growth Summit Ahead of Africa Tech Summit At the Growth Summit: Building Strong Fintech Partnerships, held at iHub Nairobi on February 11, Paystack’s Kenya Country Lead, Caroline…
Africa’s Innovation Frontier African Startup Ecosystem4 Min Read Ifeanyi AbrahamonFebruary 12, 2025 Raenest Secures $11M as Sunil Sharma’s Early Bet Pays Off and Hoaq Club Celebrates 8x Exit, Marking a Milestone for African Fintech Investment For years, African freelancers, remote workers, and businesses have battled one frustrating problem: getting paid on time and in the right…
Africa’s Innovation Frontier2 Min Read Faith AmonimoonFebruary 11, 2025 Safaricom Unveils FarmerAI, an AI Chatbot to Support Smallholder Farmers in Kenya Safaricom, in partnership with Opportunity International, has launched FarmerAI, a generative AI-powered chatbot designed to provide…