Author name: Techie

Africa 118 is a company founded in 2010 with the mission to help African startups and Small & Medium Enterprises(SMEs) get discovered online. For the past years, Africa 118 has been doing that in three ways: developing accurate business directories; providing SMEs with digital marketing services, and creating a complete, accurate, flexible database. The problem […]

MFS Africa is the leading digital payments gateway supported by a multicultural, multi-talented, agile team from over 30 different nations that is driven to create access to a borderless world – a world where access overcomes borders. Consistently at the forefront of relevant, timely tech innovations, we connect people across Africa – to each other

Semicolon Africa was founded in 2019 by Sam Immanuel; a software engineer, passionate about people and economic development.  The mission of Semicolon is to develop a generation of software engineering talent that will solve problems and create economic opportunities by addressing tech-skill gaps, nurturing talent, fostering innovation, and building a thriving tech ecosystem. The enterprise

Afriwise was launched at the end of 2018 to address the poor availability of up-to-date and quality legal information across Africa. Existing solutions were failing to meet needs and expectations, with providers not focused on Africa and information often patchy, inconsistent, and not properly maintained. While even basic legislation can be difficult to find, there

Prospa was founded by Frederik Obasi, Chioma Ugo, and Rodney Jackson-Cole.  As a serial entrepreneur running businesses in tech and media, Obasi experienced how tough running operations and banking his business simultaneously was in Nigeria. Banks only concerned themselves with providing some financial services so people like Obasi had to look for software or personnel

Built by the team behind the taxi app ZayRide, ArifPay was established as a business in February 2021 and launched operations in April of the same year once it received its license from the National Bank of Ethiopia – the first one for a fintech startup in the country. The startup has developed an MPOS

Vendease was founded in 2019 by Tunde Kara, Olumide Fayankin, Gatumi Aliyu, and Wale Oyepeju to connect food businesses with suppliers. The idea for Vendease came when the founders, who have been friends for more than five years, noticed their favorite restaurants in cities like Lagos and Accra shutting down.  Inquisitive, they asked the owners

Akili Network launched Akili Kids, Kenya’s first and only free-to-air TV station with educational entertainment for children and families.  Today, Akili Kids is the number one most-watched TV channel in Kenya in households with kids under the age of 18, with a weekly viewership of over 6.7 million children and 4.8 million grownups watching along

Founded in 2017, Complete Farmer allows users to own shares in tech-enabled farms. Over the past three years, it has implemented a crowd-farming model with a total of 7,200 acres of production serving commodities to Asia, Europe, and the rest of the world. Complete Farmer’s platform currently supports over 2,000 acres of farmland across six

Yuppiechef was founded in 2006 by two good friends, selling just 32 kitchen products online, from a lounge in Plumstead. More than a decade (and more than a million cards and fridge magnets) later, nearly 275 of us are now working together to help our customers find more moments of joy in their homes. The