Articles by Stephen Agwaibor

Who Owns Africa’s Sky?

Satellite internet providers, such as Starlink, are expanding fast across the continent — but the...

The Future of African Innovation May Be a Corridor, Not a City

New data from Southern Nigeria's startup ecosystem suggests the continent's next major innovation hub may...

State of Healthtech in Nigeria 2026 Recap: What Does Scale Actually Look Like?

At the launch of TechCabal Insights' State of Healthtech in Nigeria 2026 Report, founders, investors,...

Africa’s AI sovereignty problem is really an energy problem

Africa's AI ambitions keep colliding with the same wall. Foreign powers overpromise, legislation imitates the...

African Startups Are Scaling Fast. Their Data Infrastructure is Not.

African startups are expanding at record pace, but their data systems are lagging behind. As...

Africa’s AI Builders: 207 Startups and One Continent’s Bet

A data-driven analysis of 207 AI startups across Africa, tracking sector growth, geographic expansion, and...

Why Africa’s Winning Fintechs Are Betting on Compliance

The fintechs winning institutional capital and banking partnerships across Africa are not the fastest builders...

What does it mean to be an AI startup in Africa?

In Q2 2025, Africa reportedly received just 0.02% of global AI funding. But the real...

Nigeria exited the FATF grey list. Now it wants to set the rules for African fintech

After two years of coordinated reforms, Nigeria has cleared one of the biggest reputational hurdles...

State of Tech in Africa 2025 Recap: From growth at all costs to sustainable scale

African tech ecosystem in 2025: $3.4B raised across 502 deals, 72% increase in M&A, and...