Oyin Solebo Oyin Solebo has been appointed Chief Operating Officer of Cascador, marking a strategic move to strengthen the organization’s focus on scaling high-growth African businesses. Solebo brings extensive experience across venture capital, startup acceleration, and ecosystem building, most notably through her leadership role at the ARM Labs Lagos Techstars Accelerator. Her appointment signals Cascador’s intent to deepen operational support for founders and expand its impact beyond leadership training into sustained business growth. In her new role, Solebo will oversee operations, program delivery, and strategic execution, with a mandate to build systems that enable founders to transition from early traction…
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A familiar craving It started with a familiar feeling—one that many Africans in the diaspora know too well. A long day. A craving for something real. Something that tastes like home. For Adeoluwa Fola-Alade and Zikora Enweani (Founders of Kwikish), that craving often pointed to one thing: proper West African food. Not shortcuts. Not watered-down versions. The real thing—rich, layered, deeply satisfying. The time problem But there was a problem. Real African cooking takes time. The kind of time that modern life rarely gives. Between work, commuting, and everything else that comes with living in a fast-paced city like London,…
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Terra Industries founders (L-R) Nathan Nwachukwu and Maxwell Maduka [📸Bloomberg] Abuja, Nigeria — January 12, 2026 — Terra Industries, the defense technology startup co-founded by Nathan Nwachukwu and Maxwell Maduka, has successfully raised $11.75 million in a major funding round led by U.S. venture capital firm 8VC, signaling strong global confidence in Africa’s emerging security tech ecosystem. The round brought together a powerhouse group of investors, including Valor Equity Partners, Lux Capital, SV Angel, Leblon Capital, Silent Ventures, Nova Global, and notable angel backers such as Micky Malka. Alex Moore, Defense Partner at 8VC and a board director at Palantir…
Ahmed El Zeini — Managing Partner at El Zeini Group, Egypt Ahmed El Zeini (Managing Partner at El Zeini Group, Egypt) has just opened up a valuable opportunity for founders who are ready to scale. If you’re building in a high-growth sector and looking for the right early-stage capital partners, his latest call is one you’ll want to pay attention to. Here’s his message: 🚀Calling All Startup Founders!If you’re building something ambitious in *Fintech, PropTech, DeepTech, AI, AgriTech, or SaaS*, I’d love to connect with you!.I’m currently connecting high-potential founders with *Angel investors*actively deploying capital with ticket sizes ranging from…
Olusegun Joe-Alabi – Founder @MakkanInnovation | Building @MingoolAI After months of building, Olusegun Joe-Alabi has just launched Mingool AI, an AI Chief of Staff for solo founders built to read, prioritise, draft, and organise your emails for you, so you can focus on building your business instead of drowning in your inbox. It’s like having a personal assistant who never sleeps, keeping you on top of what matters most.Says Olusegun We launched on Friday and in 24 hours we had 24 signups, $0 ad spend—just pure organic growth from founders who are tired of drowning in email chaos.If you’re a…