June 21, 2025
Polities

Governor Seyi Makindes Marathon Adventures Balancing Local vs. International Races

Over the weekend, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State embarked on a remarkable journey by participating in the challenging Houston Half Marathon. Battling

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President Trumps Impact How Nigeria Navigates a Second Term

It’s a time of uncertainty as President Donald Trump embarks on his second term in office. His unorthodox approach to governance has the

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Sona’s Field Notes #02: The Market Size Misconception

Hello Founders, Investors and Ecosystem Builders, I’m lucky that I get to be part of founder and startup communities where I meet incredible

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OP-ED: Why ‘Venture Capital’ in Africa Is a Misnomer—And what to do about it

Africa’s startup funding landscape is often mislabelled as venture capital, but the reality is starkly different. It’s time for honest, context-driven investment models

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POD: Stop Raising Millions—Why African filmmakers must embrace AI or risk irrelevance

Marie Lora-Mungai joins the African Tech Roundup Podcast to explore how AI is democratising filmmaking in Africa—and why adopting emerging tools is now

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OP-ED: When AI Comes for Your Craft—A personal reckoning in Africa’s creative scene

AI is disrupting African creative work—and it’s personal. Andile Masuku confronts hard truths about his own voiceover career and what comes next for

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OP-ED: Africa Isn’t India—But Capitec Bank’s success shows the value of local insight

South Africa’s largest retail bank, Capitec, shows how aligning with real consumer behaviour—not imported models—can unlock value in Africa’s fragmented, stratified, and misunderstood

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Sona’s Field Notes #03: Principles Over Playbooks

Sona Mahendra challenges the African tech ecosystem’s reliance on startup playbooks and frameworks, arguing instead for first principles approaches to venture building. Hello

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POD: Venture Building, AI and Scaling Impact—Inside Funema’s vision for backing African ventures

David Ogundeko unpacks Funema’s contrarian venture development philosophy, long-term investment sensibilities, and lessons from nearly a decade of building startups in Nigeria, South

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OP-ED: Claude, Deepfakes, and the Death of ‘Real’—A wake-up call for the digital age

As AI blurs the line between truth and fiction, our collective indifference to reality could prove more dangerous than the technologies reshaping our

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