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Kingsford Obeng

Kingsford Obeng

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The Builders

Moolre Launches Startup Cup 2026 To Champion Ghana's Next Generation Of Digital Builders.

Moolre launched the four-month Moolre Startup Cup 2026, a national buildathon to spur Ghanaian digital solutions using its APIs (Collections, Disbursements, SMS, USSD). With GHS 245,000 in 20 prize categories, teams nationwide can develop fintech, payments, e-commerce, and inclusion projects. Registration opened June 1, 2026; finalists vie through four stages, with a grand finale on August 29, 2026.

June 5, 2026Kingsford Obeng
Capital & Commerce

The End of the Fintech-First Era.

For more than a decade, African venture capital chased companies that helped people move money. Now, investors are backing a different kind of builder; those solving the physical bottlenecks that prevent economies from growing. From logistics networks and energy infrastructure to industrial technology, a new investment thesis is emerging across the continent. The question is no longer how Africans transact, but how Africa produces, moves, and scales.

June 1, 2026Kingsford Obeng
Storyblocs

Built: Making African SMEs Underwritable

Built Financial Technologies tackles Africa’s SME ‘legibility gap’ in trade finance. Since 2016, it has built a mobile-first platform that makes SMEs traceable: invoicing, automatic accounting, payroll, expense, and inventory tracking, and real-time reports.

May 20, 2026Brif Africa
Tech & Innovations

Building Bytes: Fostering Innovation Through In-Person Collaboration at "Demo Friday."

Ghana has one of the most sound startups ecosystems in Africa. Ranking 4th in West Africa alone, one key factor contributing to this success is the country's refined entrepreneurial talent. Building bytes, a startup podcast hosted by software entrepreneurs Caleb Lamptey, founder of Landlord, Poga Kuofie and Yaw Antwi Owusu, co-founders of Ubadi, is one such space where new and existing talent is recognized and nurtured. One such venture they’re engaging in is Demo Fridays, where they hold candi

July 5, 2024Jacqueline Nganga