Socium, founded in 2021 by Samba Lo and Serigne Seye, provides payroll, recruitment and workforce management software to businesses across 21 Francophone African countries.
At the time we reported on Nigerian cloud startups rallying behind some proposed data rules to escape the claws of foreign hyperscalers, something about the mood felt slightly off.
As 2025 heads into its second half, the question is no longer whether funding will return. It has. The question now is: where will it go next — and who will be left behind?
In a significant milestone for Africa’s clean energy and financial inclusion sectors, solar energy firm d.light has secured an additional $300 million in receivables financing,
Socium, founded in 2021 by Samba Lo and Serigne Seye, provides payroll, recruitment and workforce management software to businesses across 21 Francophone African countries.
Sixteen months later, on a hot July day in 2026, Egypt's finance minister, Ahmed Kouchouk, returned to a company whose public frustration had once laid bare the country's industrial bureaucracy.
