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  Ecommerce

  Africa’s next billion-dollar startups will come from fixing the invisible systems of commerce

  Abdulrasheed Abubakar

  21st October 2025

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  Newsletters, The Next Wave

  Next Wave: Digitising danfo payments could unlock a $375 million opportunity in Lagos

  Muktar Oladunmade

  4th April 2025

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  Newsletters, The Next Wave

  Startups don’t die—they adapt with purpose

  Kenn Abuya

  3rd February 2025

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  Newsletters, The Next Wave

  Realising regional expansion for African startups

  Adonijah Ndege

  21st January 2025

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  Newsletters, The Next Wave

  Next Wave: Can contactless payments solve settlement for low-ticket items in Africa?

  Joseph Olaoluwa

  9th September 2024

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  Newsletters, The Next Wave

  Next Wave: How investor activity changed after 2022

  Joseph Olaoluwa

  26th August 2024

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  Newsletters, The Next Wave

  Next Wave: What does the rest of 2024 look like for transport and logistics?

  Joseph Olaoluwa

  6th August 2024

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  Newsletters, The Next Wave

  Next Wave: AI is not a product

  Joseph Olaoluwa

  16th July 2024

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  Newsletters, The Next Wave

  Next Wave: Unfortunately, startups that go into administration are basically dead

  Kenn Abuya

  8th July 2024

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  Newsletters, The Next Wave

  Next Wave: Accelerating EdTech: Unlocking Africa’s potential

  Guest Author

  24th June 2024

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  Newsletters, The Next Wave, Uncategorized

  Next Wave: Japan is invested in exporting its resources to Africa

  Joseph Olaoluwa

  13th May 2024

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  Newsletters, The Next Wave

  Next Wave: Housing startups need to evolve

  Joseph Olaoluwa

  29th April 2024

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  Newsletters, The Next Wave

  Next Wave: Is there a way to tame Apple’s anti-competitive behaviour?

  Kenn Abuya

  22nd April 2024

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  Newsletters, The Next Wave

  Next Wave: Is Nigeria ready for the AI revolution

  Joseph Olaoluwa

  15th April 2024

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  Newsletters, The Next Wave

  Next Wave: Data overtaking calls isn’t a bad thing

  Joseph Olaoluwa

  1st April 2024

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  Newsletters, The Next Wave

  Next Wave: Showmax is promising, but it needs to fix a few technical basics

  Kenn Abuya

  25th March 2024

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  Newsletters, The Next Wave

  Next Wave: The future of fintech regulations

  Joseph Olaoluwa

  18th March 2024

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  Newsletters, The Next Wave

  Next Wave: Agritech are startups outpaced by traditional brokers. What can be done?

  Kenn Abuya

  11th March 2024

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  Newsletters

  Next Wave: How edtech can build the future of work

  Joseph Olaoluwa

  4th March 2024

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  Newsletters, The Next Wave

  Next Wave: What’s driving M&A deals in Africa?

  Joseph Olaoluwa

  20th February 2024

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  The Next Wave

  Next Wave: Venture investing is for everyone. Especially corporations

  Kenn Abuya

  12th February 2024

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  Newsletters, The Next Wave

  Next Wave: The case for local car manufacturing in asset financing

  Joseph Olaoluwa

  6th February 2024

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  The Next Wave

  Next Wave: Innovation theatre

  Abraham Augustine

  29th January 2024

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  Newsletters, The Next Wave

  Next Wave: Local tech IPOs are not the answer… yet

  Abraham Augustine

  15th January 2024

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  Newsletters, The Next Wave

  Next Wave: Should Nigeria’s startups consider listing on its stock exchange?

  Joseph Olaoluwa

  9th January 2024

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  Newsletters, The Next Wave

  A Next Wave of 2023’s Next Waves

  Abraham Augustine

  25th December 2023

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  Ecosystem, Newsletters, The Next Wave

  Next Wave: Tides, tsunamis and a slow-motion return to hard things

  Abraham Augustine

  18th December 2023

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  Ecosystem, Newsletters, The Next Wave

  Next Wave: Estonia is invested in exporting its tech to Kenya

  Kenn Abuya

  11th December 2023

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  Newsletters, Telecoms, The Next Wave

  Next Wave: Telecoms is the building block for tech innovation in Africa

  Joseph Olaoluwa

  4th December 2023

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  Newsletters, The Next Wave, Venture Capital

  Next Wave: Venture capital is undergoing a reset but no one is changing

  Abraham Augustine

  27th November 2023

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  Newsletters, The Next Wave, Venture Capital

  Next Wave: The obsession over unicorns or camels is weird

  Abraham Augustine

  20th November 2023

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  Newsletters, The Next Wave

  Next Wave: The mental price of being a founder

  Joseph Olaoluwa

  6th November 2023

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  The Next Wave, Venture Capital

  Next Wave: Rewriting the venture capital “theory-of-everything”

  Abraham Augustine

  23rd October 2023

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  Newsletters, The Next Wave, Venture Capital

  Next Wave: Do VCs still believe in VCing?

  Abraham Augustine

  16th October 2023

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  Newsletters, The Next Wave

  Next Wave: Somalia should be part of the tech ecosystem conversation in Africa

  Kenn Abuya

  9th October 2023

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  Newsletters, The Next Wave

  Next Wave: When is the ultimate Eldorado for a startup founder?

  Joseph Olaoluwa

  2nd October 2023

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  Newsletters, The Next Wave, Venture Capital

  Next Wave: Africa’s investors have their work cut out for them

  Abraham Augustine

  25th September 2023

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  Newsletters, The Next Wave

  Next Wave: A modern retail wave is building up across Africa

  Abraham Augustine

  18th September 2023

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  Climate, Newsletters, The Next Wave

  Next Wave: Africa is years away from adopting eco-friendly transportation

  Kenn Abuya

  12th September 2023

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  Newsletters, The Next Wave

  Next Wave: Thinking about Jumia and the future of e-commerce

  Joseph Olaoluwa

  4th September 2023