Founder Stories

How Swiftway Shippers is Simplifying Cross-Border Trade for African Businesses — An Interview with Abubakar Sadick Fuseini

A leading Ghanaian startup called Swiftway Shippers, a logistics and freight forwarding platform is simplifying import, export, and cross-border trade for African businesses. The...

How Rouvoo Is Building an All-in-One E-Commerce and Logistics Platform for Nigeria’s Underserved Cities

For many consumers outside Nigeria's largest technology and commercial hubs, everyday commerce can still involve a collection of disconnected services. Food may come from one...

How truQ Is Digitising Heavy Cargo and Commercial Logistics in Nigeria

In 2019, truQ CEO and Co-founder Foluso Ojo needed to move a piece of furniture from Lagos Island to the mainland. What should have...

Building Quantum-Resistant Financial Infrastructure for Africa: An Interview with Coin Afriq’s Andre Theron

Coin Afriq, a South African blockchain startup developing quantum-resistant financial infrastructure tailored for Africa is building what it describes as a custom blockchain with...

Inside Zemi Africa: The Kenyan Startup Building Trust Infrastructure for Social Commerce : An Interview With Raphael Karanja

Social commerce is changing how consumers discover and buy products across Africa. In Kenya, a growing share of online shopping activity now happens through...

Exclusive Interview With Godwin Okechukwu, Co-founder of ‘Shyne.’ The Nigerian Startup Making Portfolios for Africa’s Creatives and Gig Workers

Africa's creator economy—encompassing musicians, filmmakers, designers, educators, digital entrepreneurs, and cultural producers—was valued at $5.1 billion in 2025 and is projected to reach $29.84...

Breni AI Building a Platform for Personalized Learning: An Interview with Abubakar Sadiq Umar

According to UNICEF, approximately 18.3 million Nigerian children are currently out of school — one in every five out-of-school children on the planet. Behind...

Kasi AI: Automating WhatsApp & Instagram Sales for Nigerian SMEs – Interview with Temidayo Aderibigbe

For many small businesses in Nigeria, the path from discovering a product to making a purchase does not necessarily begin on an e-commerce website. It...

Edtech Startup, Breni, from Northern Nigeria, Hits Unprecedented Cross-border Success

Breni, an artificial intelligence-powered learning platform founded and built in Northern Nigeria, has shattered regional boundaries to achieve unprecedented global success. Instead of just...

Bluechip Bets On African Languages With The Acquisition Of Nigerian Startup, YarnGPT

The conversation around Artificial Intelligence (AI) across the continent was for many years centred on how Africans could use Western tools like ChatGPT or...

Shecluded is Transforming Female-Focused Finance In Africa

It is a well-known reality across Africa that women-led startups face a massive funding gap. In fact, Africa boasts the highest rate of female...

How Chowdeck’s Founder Femi Aluko Built the Startup into a Delivery Powerhouse

Before Chowdeck's came onboard, getting a hot meal delivered quickly in Lagos used to be challenging. Major international companies tried to make it work,...

The Incredible NotchHR Founder Story: How Abiodun Atobatele Built a Fast-Growing HR Startup

When it comes to running a business in Africa, a unique set of administrative puzzles is required to scale through. This includes, but is...

10 Key Lessons From African Startups That Successfully Crossed Borders

In the past, running a startup in Africa meant serving only your local market; but today, things have changed. A new generation of African...

Midddleman Is Building the Infrastructure Africa-China Trade Never Had

Every year, hundreds of thousands of African traders make the same treacherous journey across apps. This especially affects those who source from Chinese marketplaces....

NjiaPay Is Building the Payment Control Tower Africa Never Had

Jonatan Allback left behind a senior career at one of the world's most sophisticated payment companies to come and solve something that most of...

Indigenius AI: The African Startup Building Voice AI for Indigenous Languages

During a recent interview with Techpolyp, Olayinka Iyinolakan, the CEO and co-founder of Indigenius AI, shared deep insights into his startup’s objectives. He highlighted...

How Bridgify Media is Redefining Digital Marketing for Nigerian Businesses

Oluwasegun Okusanya is a Lagos-based entrepreneur and the Founder of Bridgify Media, a company dedicated to helping Nigerian businesses enhance their online presence and...

SoftAI Africa: Building Technology That Works for Africans

When Mr. Ogaga A. Palmer talks about technology, he doesn’t sound like a typical tech founder. His words are familiar with that of Mr....

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