Standing with Africa’s innovators — so their work builds the continent’s future.
We are an ecosystem support organisation. Through journalism, research, convening, and direct support we help African founders gain visibility, access capital, and shape the policies that govern the digital economy.
The scale of the work
We track where our programs reach, who they serve, and what they move — because evidence is how we hold ourselves to our mission.
Countries our editorial and research work reaches across the continent.
Founders profiled, featured, or supported through our media arm.
Disclosed funding we have documented flowing into African startups.
A decade of continuous independent reporting on Africa’s innovation economy.
Five focus areas. One objective.
Every program we run — from independent journalism to policy research to investor matchmaking — is measured against a single question: does it make it easier to build a globally competitive company from Africa?
For a decade we have profiled Africa’s founders, funders, and operators through independent journalism — turning under-reported work into shared ecosystem memory.
We work alongside hubs, accelerators, and community organisers across 54 markets — sharing tools, convening peers, and shaping better support for founders.
Through research and advocacy we push for a digital economy that works for the excluded — MSMEs, women-led ventures, and rural innovators.
We bridge universities, labs, and founders — helping frontier research move from paper to product, with a focus on African problems and African IP.
We demystify capital for founders and surface aligned, patient investors — with programs, data, and direct support for under-represented entrepreneurs.
Stories from the field
Rural hubs as the new innovation frontier
How a coalition of secondary-city hubs in Uganda, Ghana, and Togo is redrawing where African innovation gets built.
Closing the capital gap for women-led ventures
Fewer than 3% of Africa’s disclosed startup funding reached all-women teams in 2024. Our cohort work aims to shift that number.
What the next billion Africans online will need
Data, identity, and livelihoods — a three-part brief for policy-makers shaping the next phase of the continent’s digital transition.
Nine programs that turn focus into work.
Our focus areas are the strategy. These are the vehicles that deliver it — each with a clear purpose, a published status, and a way for founders, investors, and funders to engage directly.
Daily independent journalism on African innovation — 10+ years, five languages, 8,400+ founders profiled.
Peer convenings, open-source playbooks, and capacity grants for hubs, accelerators, and community organisers.
A private peer community for African founders — monthly calls, stage-based circles, warm intros, and always-on member support.
Our annual flagship report and standing policy briefs — evidence-led input into the rules of the continent’s digital economy.
Weekend and week-long hackathons pairing African builders with frontier problems — AI, climate, health, fintech — with mentorship and prize pools.
Structured multi-week bootcamps for early-stage builders — technical foundations, product craft, and go-to-market, all anchored in African contexts.
Public directory of 1,500+ African startups and 1,600+ investors, maintained as ecosystem infrastructure, with monthly data drops.
10 weeks of structured preparation for founders raising their first institutional round. No equity, no fees.
Curated deal flow and quarterly briefings for angels, VCs, DFIs, and family offices deploying into Africa.