✦ India’s perilous “Aramco” moment

Hi Quartz members, For months, a tricky IPO has been giving bankers and government officials in…

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…

How a former Microsoft executive brought Magic Leap back from the brink

During the height of the pandemic in 2020, augmented reality (AR) startup Magic Leap, fresh off…

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…

The subtle, but major shift coming to AR and VR technology

Magic Leap, the augmented reality (AR) company that was near death (paywall) just a few years…

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…