Stories · African Stories
Innovation, infrastructure and digital change across Africa.
GSMA's global mobile money report puts sub-Saharan Africa at US$1.4 trillion of the world's US$2 trillion total — though a persistent gender gap and cross-border data rules still hold the model back.
Consolidation, not funding rounds, is defining Africa's tech market in 2026 — led by MTN's $6.2 billion move to take full control of IHS Towers.
Flourish Ventures' pre-seed program funds an Algerian HR platform and a Cameroonian neobank alongside three ventures in Africa's already-crowded 'big four,' testing its own thesis about who gets left out.
