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Africa’s IPO Pipeline 2026–2027: Which Startups Are Signalling for a Listing — and Where?
Moniepoint, Wave, Onafriq, and Breadfast are the most consistently identified near-term public market candidates from Africa. An analysis of who is ready, which exchange makes sense, and what the Jumia lesson means for timing.
Africa’s Comedy Economy: The Business Behind the Laughter
Africa’s comedy industry commands ₦5M VIP tables and 9-million subscriber YouTube channels — but the monetisation structure is top-heavy and platform-dependent. An analysis of the real economics behind the continent’s fastest-growing content vertical.
Nigeria DARES Programme: Inside the World’s Largest Public Solar Mini-Grid Deployment
391 signed grant agreements. 28 mini-grids commissioning in Q1 2026. How the World Bank-backed DARES programme is building distributed clean power for 17.5 million Nigerians.
Africa Agricultural AI: Why Smallholder Farms Are the Hardest Localisation Challenge
AI tools trained on North American farms fail on Africa smallholder plots. Here is who is building the data infrastructure to close the gap.
Microsoft’s 3-Million-Person AI Training Blitz in Africa Is a Market-Capture Play as Much as a Skills Programme
Microsoft Elevate Africa promises to train 3 million Africans in AI — but with MTN distribution deals, DeepSeek counter-positioning, and ZAR 5.4 billion in infrastructure, the initiative is as much a market-capture play as a skills programme.
AfDB Backs Saviu Ventures — Development Finance Enters Francophone Africa VC
The African Development Bank’s €6.5 million commitment to Saviu II marks a structural shift: the continent’s flagship development lender is now a named LP in a fund built entirely around Francophone Africa’s underserved startup ecosystem.
South Africa’s Platform Tax Pivot: Budget 2026 Makes Digital Marketplaces the VAT Collector
South Africa’s 2026 Budget shifts default VAT liability for electronic services from individual suppliers to intermediary platform operators — a structural re-engineering of compliance that will significantly affect Uber, Bolt, online marketplaces, and foreign SaaS providers.
Africa’s AI Skills Gap: Can the Continent Train Its Way to 40 Million Jobs?
The AfDB and UNDP have pledged $10 billion to catalyse 40 million AI-adjacent jobs by 2035. Africa produces 700,000 STEM graduates per year. Can the continent close the gap?
Nigeria’s AI Data Centre Race: The Billion-Dollar Bet on Africa’s Compute Gap
A 1 billion dollar wave of AI data centre investment is reshaping Nigeria’s compute landscape. Equinix, Kasi Cloud, Airtel Nxtra and MDP are racing to build Africa’s missing AI infrastructure.
Africa’s Radio Economy: The $130M Advertising Market Streaming Cannot Reach
Africa radio advertising generates over 130 million dollars annually across South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya. An analysis of broadcast economics, SAMRO royalties, and how streaming is reshaping the dominant audio medium.