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Zambian Platform Enables Africans to Connect, Transact, and Do Business
ChitChat is a Zambian social-commerce and fintech platform designed to make digital transactions as simple as sending a message. The platform was developed by Union54, the fintech company co-founded by Perseus Mlambo (CEO) and Alessandra Martini (COO), which first gained prominence for building payment infrastructure across Africa. ChitChat combines messaging, payments, wallets, and commerce into a single experience, enabling users to communicate, send money, make purchases,
Spotlight In Africa
Aug 111 min read
Kenyan Agri-fintech Using AI, Satellite Data, and Mobile Tech to Help Farmers
Apollo Agriculture is a Kenyan agri-fintech company transforming how smallholder farmers access the tools and capital needed to grow. The company was co-founded by Benjamin Njenga, alongside Eli Pollak and Catherine Berman, to address one of agriculture’s biggest challenges: the lack of affordable financing for small-scale farmers. By combining satellite imagery, machine learning, mobile technology, and agronomic data, Apollo assesses farm-level risk and provides farmers with
Spotlight In Africa
Aug 111 min read
Africa's Strategic Push To Build Its Own Fertiliser Industry
Africa’s push to build more resilient supply chains is increasingly extending beyond energy and into fertiliser—a critical input for food production that has become vulnerable to the same geopolitical risks affecting global oil markets. The Strait of Hormuz, through which a significant share of the world’s oil, natural gas, and petrochemical products pass, is also a key artery for fertiliser inputs. As tensions in the Middle East disrupt trade flows and raise costs, African g
Spotlight In Africa
Aug 112 min read
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