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    Optasia’s Book-Build Covered at Top End, Securing a $1.3B Valuation Ahead of JSE Debut

    Unlike many high-burn tech companies that listed in 2021, Optasia is coming to market with strong fundamentals. The company is profitable, reporting revenue of $150m in 2024 and a net profit of $36m.

    The Blind Spots and Their Backers: What Africa’s ‘Big Four’ Tech Markets Avoid and Why

    In 2025, the “Big Four” are not a monolith; they are four distinct markets with unique investor appetites.
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    From Penny Stock to $15 Per Share, Egypt’s Transport Startup SWVL Finds its Bearings on Nasdaq

    SWVL, the Egyptian-born transport startup once heralded as a unicorn, has found itself at...

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    Optasia’s Book-Build Covered at Top End, Securing a $1.3B Valuation Ahead of JSE Debut

    Unlike many high-burn tech companies that listed in 2021, Optasia is coming to market with strong fundamentals. The company is profitable, reporting revenue of $150m in 2024 and a net profit of $36m.

    The Blind Spots and Their Backers: What Africa’s ‘Big Four’ Tech Markets Avoid and Why

    In 2025, the “Big Four” are not a monolith; they are four distinct markets with unique investor appetites.

    Nigeria’s New Tax Teeth Bite Into Fintech’s Public Debt Party

    This new rule targets the very instruments fintechs had come to love.

    How Failed Tech Expansions Are Creating Africa’s Next Generation of Founders

    Safeboda’s Kenya story offers perhaps the clearest example of how corporate retreats birth entrepreneurial advances.