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Africa’s tech media are plotting to be as influential as the startups they cover
It starts as a scrappy blog of punchy hot takes by a hobbyist who gets tired…
A Mukesh Ambani-owned media firm is helping Modi’s BJP win elections in India
A media startup owned by Asia’s richest billionaire has been accused of helping India’s ruling Bharatiya…
VC fundraising favors African CEOs who studied abroad
Hi Quartz Africa readers, Besides being the chief executives of multibillion-dollar African startups, Olugbenga Agboola of…
Sudan has its first Y Combinator startup
When the demo day for Y Combinator’s winter cohort of startups begins later this month, Bloom…
African startup CEOs that study abroad raise more VC money than those at home
Besides being the chief executives of multibillion-dollar African startups, Olugbenga Agboola of Flutterwave, and Ham Serunjogi…
Nigeria’s need for wheat is rising—and so is the price
Nigeria’s dependence on foreign imports to satisfy growing wheat consumption might face its biggest challenge yet…
Africa’s biggest telco thinks its booming fintech and 4G services will woo Gen Z users
Last year in Nigeria, African telecoms group MTN doubled its mobile money transaction volume, deployed 4G…