Startup snapshot

Startup snapshot: Forget about buying stuff and say hello to renting with Rentoza

Published by Staff Writer on 11 September 2019

Rentoza was started by a group of South Africans who were convinced the stuff hiding in their garages should be paying rent for taking up so much space.

Startup snapshot: HouseAfrica simplifies real estate investment. Not its rewards.

Published by Staff Writer on 4 September 2019

Nigeria-based HouseAfrica splits properties into shares, recorded as digital units on a blockchain, thereby empowering previously neglected investors to own real estate.

Startup snapshot: Nigerian AI-driven platform helps reduce health insurance fraud

Published by Staff Writer on 28 August 2019

Nigeria-based Curacel provides intelligent fraud detection and claim fast-tracking technology for African health insurers.

Startup snapshot: Doing away with paper sales receipts

Published by Staff Writer on 23 August 2019

Johannesburg-based Snapslip Holdings is a digital receipting and analytics application.

Startup snapshot: Zimbabwean duo allows everyone to participate in the business of farming

Published by Staff Writer on 22 August 2019

YouFarm allows people to invest in crops and livestock and share the profits with the farmers when the produce goes to market.

Startup snapshot: Connecting Kenya’s rural small scale farmers to urban traders

Published by Staff Writer on 29 July 2019

Taimba is a Nairobi-based agtech startup that runs a cashless platform connecting rural small scale farmers to urban retailers.

Startup snapshot: Innovative solution to reuse greywater

Published by Staff Writer on 16 March 2019

Interview with green tech pioneer.

Startup snapshot: From smoke alarms to water filters – cutting edge products for the Nigerian market

Published by Justin Probyn on 6 March 2019

Founded by Nigerian designers, the Nupe Project develops problem-solving products for the African market.

Startup snapshot: Allowing African artists to sidestep the gallery curator

Published by Justin Probyn on 19 February 2019

Wezart is an art marketplace that helps local African artists sell to the rest of the world.

Startup snapshot: Changing the way people live in Lagos

Published by Justin Probyn on 13 February 2019

Nigeria-based Spleet’s mission is to change the way people live together and re-define the future of urban shared-living for working professionals, millennials and digital nomads.

Startup snapshot: Successful Nigerian tech company bootstrapped from a garage

Published by Justin Probyn on 11 February 2019

From starting with nothing but laptops in a garage four years ago, 3 Wise Pixels managed to get itself listed on the London Stock Exchange’s Companies to Inspire Africa 2019 report.

Startup snapshot: Using Airbnb bookings as collateral for loans

Published by Justin Probyn on 16 January 2019

AirAdvance provides cash advances for Airbnb hosts based on their confirmed future bookings.

Startup snapshot: Ghanaian company training a new generation of data scientists

Published by Justin Probyn on 10 January 2019

Blossom Academy trains and pairs data science talent with tech businesses operating in Africa.

Startup snapshot: Two Kenyans making e-commerce ‘social’

Published by Justin Probyn on 30 November 2018

Kenya-based Mookh Africa makes it easy for people to buy and sell online.

Startup snapshot

Startup snapshot: Forget about buying stuff and say hello to renting with Rentoza

Startup snapshot: HouseAfrica simplifies real estate investment. Not its rewards.

Startup snapshot: Nigerian AI-driven platform helps reduce health insurance fraud

Startup snapshot: Doing away with paper sales receipts

Startup snapshot: Zimbabwean duo allows everyone to participate in the business of farming

Startup snapshot: Connecting Kenya’s rural small scale farmers to urban traders

Startup snapshot: Innovative solution to reuse greywater

Startup snapshot: From smoke alarms to water filters – cutting edge products for the Nigerian market

Startup snapshot: Allowing African artists to sidestep the gallery curator

Startup snapshot: Changing the way people live in Lagos

Startup snapshot: Successful Nigerian tech company bootstrapped from a garage

Startup snapshot: Using Airbnb bookings as collateral for loans

Startup snapshot: Ghanaian company training a new generation of data scientists

Startup snapshot: Two Kenyans making e-commerce ‘social’

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