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Node quoteFrom a Nairobi resident using M-Pesa to pay for groceries to a Nigerian market woman receiving payment via POS, fintech startups have transformed access to financial services across Africa. In the process, they have connected millions to formal services and built new payment rails, often skipping cash-based systems entirely. But this transformation has not unfolded…

Women are often at the centre of Africa’s agricultural labour, making up approximately 43% of the agricultural labour force in developing countries and producing between 60% and 80% of food, according to FAO . Yet despite this central role, women founders building agricultural technology receive a fraction of available capital, and women farmers themselves remain underrepresented as…

As African farmers contend with increasingly frequent droughts, pest outbreaks, and soil degradation, climate-smart agriculture (CSA), which involves managing farms, crops, livestock, and forests to mitigate and adapt to climate change, has become mission-critical. At the same time, farmers aiming to compete in premium export markets are under growing pressure to overhaul how they farm. Meeting the standards of…

Behind every transaction in Africa, from a mobile payment in Nairobi to a loan in Cairo, lies a growing web of collaboration between banks, telcos, and fintechs redefining how money moves. Our latest report, Banking on Innovation, co-authored with Lateral Frontiers, unpacks the partnerships reshaping how capital, data, and innovation flow across Africa’s financial systems, as well as the emerging…