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the fastest growing startups figured out one thing: marketing isn’t a department anymore. It’s everyone’s job on the team

The sign of being a great entrepreneur is not how good your ideas are. It's how clever you can be about figuring out quick, cheap, and easy ways to try them.

MTN Nigeria has overtaken MTN South Africa to become the company's largest source of profit.

Africa’s top lenders, including Standard Bank, FirstRand, Absa, and Nedbank, are targeting Kenya for their next phase of expansion: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

BrightAI was offered nine figures from VCs. They said no. $80M a year in revenue. Bootstrapped. Base44. Six employees. Zero VC. Sold for $80 million. VCs are selling something founders no longer need.

It’s rare, but the best investors come to the meeting wanting to believe.

moats to build: - distribution - data - judgement - infrastructure - speed - brand - trust - quality - ROI - insight - relationships

Facebook offering TikTok and YouTube creators $3,000 to post content bbc.in/3NQhBwh

Bro the whole country of Rwanda no one has figured out the cinema situation??? Like we have no cinema hall at all???

Which African billionaire’s business strategy do you admire the most?

When you invest in Africa, you're betting on resilience. But don't take my word for it. Ask any African founder about the obstacles they've overcome and the risks they face daily.

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Africa after aid is more resilient than you might think. economist.com/leaders/2026/0…

Koko Networks (UK) Limited, just like the Kenyan entity, will cease operations due to financial difficulties.

Luno's launch of prediction markets in Nigeria signals a shift in engagement with finance. With Bayse (formerly Gowagr) also active, the trend raises questions as adoption grows. It's the latest sign that prediction markets, a type of trading once confined to specialist forums and political betting sites that allows people to stake on just about anything (from major real-world events to random niche interests), are gaining ground in the continent's economic powerhouse. But the jury is out as the rising crop of local players attempt to replicate the success of global giants like Polymarket and Kalshi, amid ongoing debate about the regulation of a fledgling industry that critics have described as gambling in finance garb. Read more👉weetracker.com/2026/03/17/pre…

list of startup accelerators you can apply to right now: TOP TIER ACCELERATORS - a16z Speedrun ($750k to $1M for ~7 to 10%) - Y Combinator ($500k for ~7%) - Techstars ($220k for ~5 to 7%) - 500 Global ($112.5k for 6%) - LAUNCH ($125k for 6 to 7%) - AngelPad ($120k for ~7%) EARLY FOUNDER PROGRAMS - Pioneer ($20k for 1%) - Entrepreneur First (~$250k for ~9%) - South Park Commons ($400k for 7% + $600k follow on) - Founder Institute (equity based program) - Founders Fellowship ($150k for 5 to 10%) AI FOCUSED PROGRAMS - OpenAI Converge ($1M equity investment) - Betaworks AI Camp ($500k) - AI Grant ($250k uncapped) - AI2 Incubator ($50k to $150k) VENTURE STUDIOS / RESIDENCIES - Sequoia Arc (~$1M) - PearX ($250k to $2M) - HFO Residency ($1M uncapped for 5%) - NEO ($600k uncapped SAFE) - Greylock Edge (SAFE + $500k credits) - Conviction Embed ($150k uncapped MFN SAFE) GLOBAL ACCELERATORS - Seedcamp (€100k to €200k for ~7 to 7.5%) - Startup Wise Guys (up to €65k) - APX (up to €500k, typically €50k for ~5%) OTHERS - Accel Atoms (up to $500k to $1M) - Afore Capital ($100k to $500k) - Berkeley SkyDeck ($200k) - Soma Capital ($100k) - Boost VC (up to $500k for ~15%) - Google for Startups (up to $100k) bookmark this if you're building.

I'm seeing African founders building some really, really interesting things these days, going deep into what is structurally changing with the use of AI. I mean everything from semiconductors to robotics to oil & gas to pharma to fish. For the first time, our pipeline isn't absolutely dominated by fintech and its happened faster than I thought it would. It's also increasingly clear that the bottleneck on "venture backability" on the continent is shifting from product to customer discovery & sales. Given what's possible, there's so much more market to take, but it's also never been easier to spin up quality software and hardware to tackle exciting problems. However, the very best teams we come across can sell convincingly and early to 'lighthouse' customers and permeate their workflows before the crowd catches up. They can then validate the shape and size of that demand, tailor and compound their intelligence using proprietary data, and go out to lock down a fundraising advantage. Flywheel spins.

Nigerian musicians generated over 30 billion streams on Spotify in 2025. But their payout per stream remains a fraction of what artists in wealthier countries earn. Read more👉 weetracker.com/2026/03/17/spo…

The winners didn’t have a better plan. They just stayed in the room longer.

Associated Battery Manufacturers (East Africa) Ltd, the company that produces automotive batteries and owns the Chloride Exide brand in East Africa, reported revenues of Sh14.8B in 2025 —Revenues: +5.5% to Sh14.8B —Profit after tax: +120% to Sh757m [Numbers below are in Rands]