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African AI Ambitions @BossoAfrica. #ConstructionTech

[Rogue_African @FreeSalsBrain]

6 months ago we struggled to make 100 dollars in a month. 3 Months ago we struggled to make 1000 dollars.

Last month we made $15,000.

In 6 months, I hope I can say we made $200,000 in a month.

Keep pushing guys. It's our time. Build Zambian companies!
🇿🇲🇿🇲🇿🇲🇿🇲🇿🇲🇿🇲🇿🇲🇿🇲🇿🇲🕴🏿

[Ms. Chibwe 📷 @ChibweLumpa]

I deliver to you good news 🫡🫢

[Liverpool FC @LFC]

An incredible nine years from our Egyptian King 👑

[Nkwazi Magazine @NkwaziMag]

As Africa Day approaches, we’re often reminded of liberation through a single hero. But in Zambia, as across the continent, the truth is far more layered, far more human, and far more interesting than that.

In Zambia’s fight for independence, figures like Kenneth Kaunda stood at the forefront, but the movement was shaped just as much by Harry Nkumbula, Simon Kapwepwe, Mainza Chona, and Simon Zukas. Different backgrounds, different beliefs, even different ideas of what freedom should look like, yet all pushing against the same system in their own way.

Their stories sit side by side with tension, disagreement, and unlikely alliances, and together they built something bigger than any one of them.

Africa Day is a reminder that liberation was never a solo act. It was messy, collective, and deeply human.

Read the full article via the link https://t.co/IOCASC7xpO

[Jasiel Martin-Odoom @Jasielinvests]

Most founders building in Africa have one exit in mind: the strategic premium, where a well-capitalised acquirer pays a multiple above the last round because your product solves something they cannot build fast enough themselves. That outcome exists. It has happened.

But it is not the default, and exit announcements that package every exit as a "great exit" are bad for both investors and founders.

There are actually four distinct exit types operating in this market right now, and each has a different set of implications for how you should be building today.

1️⃣ The strategic premium exit is what the headlines describe. Strong returns, the founder often stays on, investors are happy. This is genuinely rare in Africa at the moment. A handful of deals get here.
2️⃣ The feature acquisition is where most transactions are landing. Your product is useful, but the unit economics never fully closed, or the market is too narrow to support a standalone business. An acquirer buys you to fold you into their stack. Early investors may or may not recover capital depending on what is sitting above them on the cap table.
3️⃣ The acqui-hire means the acquirer wants your team, not your product. The product gets shut down. Founders land somewhere reasonable. Investors receive negligible returns.
4️⃣ The distressed sale is the one dressed up most aggressively in ecosystem-friendly language. Runway is ending, a buyer steps in at a fraction of the last valuation, and the press release calls it a strategic consolidation.

Here is what you should do as a founder:
Look at your business honestly and write down which exit your business is actually building toward at its current trajectory, not the one you are pitching and hoping for.

Then write down what would need to be materially true for you to move up one category. That gap is your strategy.

[Techstars @Techstars]

Want to grow your startup fast?

Techstars CEO & Founder, David Cohen, breaks down exactly what founders need to win.

Accelerator applications are open.

https://t.co/pDGYSJDyES

[Africa Impact Summit @AFimpactsummit]

30 Days to Go!

The countdown is on for the #AIS2026

- Delegates are confirming. The room is taking shape.
- Early Bird rates closing soon
- Deal Room and Investor Connect application deadline approaching

📅 10–11 June 2026

Register today:https://t.co/7ktPxrdFFG

[Magatte Wade @magattew]

There's a whole industry built around African poverty. NGOs, consultants, conferences, awareness campaigns, celebrity endorsements. 

Billions of dollars flow through this system every year, employing thousands of well-paid Westerners.

None of those people have an incentive for the problem to actually be solved, because if African poverty disappeared tomorrow, they'd all need new jobs. 

I'm not saying they're evil. 

I'm saying the incentive structure is broken, and incentives shape behavior more than intentions do.

[ABAN Angels @ABANAngels]

Do you want to be among the first to see what’s shaping Africa’s startup ecosystem?

Register now at https://t.co/ewJGcY1Dkb for early access to the ABAN 2025 Angel Investment Survey Report.

@UNDP @timbuktooafrica @briter_co @AfricaCatalytic

[TechCrunch @TechCrunch]

Think you might be too early for Startup Battlefield? You might be exactly the kind of founder we want to hear from.

If you’ve built a working MVP and you’re solving something real, apply before May 27: https://t.co/8BsBBYXGMH

[Linda Kasonde @LindaKasonde]

As Zambia heads to the polls in August 2026, I’m asking a hard question: do we still have the meaningful power to choose our leaders?

I’ve written about the legal, constitutional & institutional changes that threaten to answer that question for us.

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

👇 Read my piece below

@DemocracyAfrica:
#Zambia #ZambiaElections2026 #Democracy #HumanRights

https://t.co/LuO8IQbfVz

[Diggers.News @DiggersOfNews]

News Diggers Edition 2236 Monday April 20, 2026 https://t.co/xnXcl4zDB3

[UN Capital Development Fund @UNCDF]

In Africa alone, the financing gap for SMEs is estimated at $331 billion.

⚙️ UNCDF deploys blended finance designed for this gap: guarantees that give lenders confidence, concessional loans that make credit affordable, & advisory that helps businesses become investment-ready.

[Wendell Pierce @WendellPierce]

Ava DuVernay, Lee Daniels and More Featured in Doc Honoring Negro Ensemble Company Founder — EBONY Exclusive https://t.co/mxMVnCl0ac

[barrel server @ ylfa’s bottleneck 🪓 @mouseabolition]

we’re about to see acting like it’s never been acted before oh my

[FAZ @FAZFootball]

HERE WE GO!

⚽️ 🇧🇷 Vs 🇿🇲

🗓️ 14.04.26
⏰ 21h00 local time (03h00 Zambian time)
📺 FIFA+ online platform (open for Zambian audience).

Note: The game is at 21h00 (Tuesday) local time and 03h00 CAT.

[𓆩♡𓆪 GODS FAVORITE 𓆩♡𓆪 @soulaaangel]

back when we lived in villages

[African Union @_AfricanUnion]

How Poor Housing Can Fuel Instability in Africa -
Second Africa Urban Forum #AUF2 Podcast https://t.co/7kXYW6XwPC

@housingurbanKE @UNHabitat

[Victor Glover @AstroVicGlover]

Home, again! Mission complete. I hope we glorified God, humanity, our families and our terrific teams a @NASA and @csa_asc. Time to share the good news!

[Shen Sean Chen @ShenSeanChen]

If you're a founder in my network, 3 important things:
- Apply to https://t.co/hmjD5muj3q now ($150k pre-seed). DDL< 2w.
- Let's talk. I can refer you if you are building great things.
- You know it's an amazing fund when the GP (@jazer) just emails you on a Saturday, asking for great founders to connect with and answer questions.

Best experience we've had with investors so far. Def worth your time. Do it now.

This is what it was like to pitch at Character Capital Demo Day if you're curious: https://t.co/0xgKbOd85Z

You Can Build Anything. You Can Learn Anything. 💪
(@jazer @jakek @eliblee Kristen)

[Alliance @alliance]

The ALL17 Deadline is 1 Week Away

Apply by March 25 to:
‣ Receive $500K in Funding
‣ Pitch Paradigm, a16z, Founders Fund, and Dragonfly at Alliance Demo Day
‣ Join a Network of 300+ Alliance Startups

Tag a founder who needs to see this ↓