While Mauritania, Tah’s home country, has historically been absent from the African tech map, it recently made a bold move that may hint at his outlook on innovation policy.
As international donors and governments increasingly seek scalable, technology-enabled solutions to long-standing development challenges, companies like SORA are positioning themselves as intermediaries between innovation and impact.
In a region where women founders receive a disproportionately small share of venture capital, this deal is emblematic of a slow but steady shift in strategy among development-minded investors.
Despite the proliferation of fintech, e-commerce, and logistics platforms across Africa, a lack of formal addresses remains a blind spot in infrastructure.
