IFC’s backing for Absa Bank Ghana and Complete Farmer points to a bigger shift in African agriculture: finance, buyers, data and trust built into one system.
Category: Technology
The Diaspora Language Comeback: Young Africans Are Reclaiming Mother Tongues Online
For many young Africans in the diaspora, reclaiming a mother tongue is not nostalgia. It is family, identity, business, and digital survival.
Africa’s Rangers Are Learning the Tech Stack of Conservation
African conservation workers are training with drones, sensors, cameras, solar power, and GIS tools, showing why the future of biodiversity protection depends on local technical capacity.
Africa’s Newsrooms Are Training for the AI Age
A new pan-African media innovation programme is training 42 journalists from 10 countries for the AI age, with lessons in trust, sustainability, and African narrative power.
Côte d’Ivoire’s Rural Internet Push Is About More Than Signal
Côte d’Ivoire’s 8m rural connectivity programme aims to connect 575 localities and shows why Africa’s digital future must reach villages, schools, clinics, and small businesses.
Lagos Is Hosting the AI Conversation Africa Cannot Afford to Outsource
GITEX Nigeria brings startups, investors, banks and public agencies to Lagos, showing why Africa’s AI future must be built, funded and governed from the continent.
Why Ventures Platform’s $84M Fund Matters for Africa’s Startup Future
Ventures Platform’s 84 million Pan-African Fund II signals a more disciplined era for African startup capital, founders and diaspora investors.
Africa’s Battery Minerals Are Becoming a Bargaining Table
Africa’s critical minerals are becoming a bargaining table as governments push local processing, jobs, and industrial value in the clean-energy supply chain.
South Sudan’s Next Business Story Is Being Built Through Mobile Money
After 1,225 entrepreneurs completed a digital finance program, South Sudan has a quieter story to tell: small businesses are learning how mobile money can build resilience, trust, and growth.