Stay ahead of Africa’s fast-moving tech landscape with this week’s Startup Researcher Africa podcast. We unpack headline-making stories, including:
• Address Me’s victory at the Innovate Africa Fund hackathon, solving verifiable addresses for township residents
• Nigeria’s new AI accelerator with Meta that leverages Llama models to fuel health, agriculture, and security startups
• Binance compliance lead Tigran Gambaryan’s exit amid the exchange’s wider leadership churn
• Yellow Card’s regulatory stance after Ghana’s central bank warning and Moniepoint’s $889 k stock dispute
Funding spotlight:
Moove is in talks for a $300 m round that could push it to unicorn territory, while South Africa’s Nile secures $11.3 m to scale its agri-marketplace, MyNextCar raises $10 m for affordable ride-hailing, Salus Cloud banks $3.7 m for AI-native DevOps, and WeThinkCode lands a $2 m Google.org grant to train 12 000 AI learners.
We also cover CreditChek’s strategic acquisition of US-based CreditCliq, Super Capital’s new MEA investment club, and Silverbacks Holdings’ fivefold return from OmniRetail.
Our Startup of the Week is Nile, reshaping fresh-produce trading with end-to-end transparency, and Investor of the Week is Super Capital, now targeting high-growth MEA sectors.
Finally, the Opportunity Radar features the DPI for People and Planet Challenge—up to $100 k in grants and a COP30 pitch.
Listen now for a concise, data-rich roundup of funding rounds, exits, and ecosystem trends that matter to founders, investors, and analysts tracking Africa’s innovation boom.