I’m starting to look deeper into companies building real-world systems in Africa —
EVs, hardware, infrastructure.
If you know any, I’d like to see them.
Sub-Saharan Africa had over 330 million active mobile money accounts in 2023.
That scale suggests mobile money is no longer just fintech growth.
It is becoming economic infrastructure.
Around 85% of employment in Africa happens in the informal sector.
Which means many businesses are operating outside the structures most software is designed for.
Safaricom is often talked about as a telco.
But that’s not the interesting part.
The real story is how it quietly became the infrastructure layer of Kenya.
I’m starting to look deeper into African companies building hardware.
Devices, infrastructure, real-world systems.
This is where things get interesting.