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Olumuyiwa Olowogboyega

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The startups helping African countries capture the value of their mineral exports

They are using a mix of software and grit to boost the continent’s mineral processing ambitions.
A sample of rock drilled at a cobalt mining site operated by Jervois Global is seen at a facility, west of Salmon, Idaho, on May 16, 2024. Carlos Barria/File Photo/Reuters

Temu and Shein are reshaping Africa’s biggest online retailer

Chinese e-commerce giants are forcing Jumia to confront a new kind of competition and rethink its future.
A delivery man drives a transporter with an advertisement for Nigeria’s e-commerce site Jumia in the Plateau district of Abidjan on April 24, 2019.Issouf Sanogo/AFP via Getty Images

How Starlink is stitching together a pan-African strategy in small bytes

Elon Musk’s Starlink looks likely to end up being the most widespread ISP on the continent.
A Starlink satellite dish on the roof of a building in Niamey on January 22, 2025. Boureima Hama/AFP via Getty Images