Flutterwave founder Olugbenga Agboola says African technology companies need access to international capital and talent to expand. [Photo: Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg
Author: Ewang Johnson
African startups raised $183 million in October 2026, with ventures outside the continent’s traditional investment hubs attracting more than half of the disclosed funding.
Africa’s rapid expansion of digital financial services is creating an unexpected environmental contradiction. Bringing more people into the financial system can stimulate economic activity that increases carbon emissions, even as financial technology offers opportunities to reduce environmental pressures. The relationship becomes more promising when financial inclusion and technological innovation operate together, challenging assumptions about how…
This was one of the key arguments advanced by Bluebulb Co-founder Ola Daramola during a panel discussion titled “Building Companies That Matter: From Startup to Strategic Asset” at TechCabal’s Moonshot 2026.
Huazhong University of Science and Technology Tongji Medical College Union Hospital, Wuhan, China
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