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February 17, 2026. Tech

After 14 Years at Hotels.ng Solving Travel for Individuals, Tech Founder Builds Corporate Travel Platform That Reaches $2.4M in 120 Days

For over a decade, Mark Essien focused on one mission: making travel simpler for everyday Africans. Through Hotels.ng, he helped millions of individuals discover and book hotels across Nigeria and beyond. But after 14 years of solving travel for consumers, he noticed a bigger, less visible problem, corporate travel in Africa was still broken. And […]

February 17, 2026. Tech

Kagure Wamunyu turned the chaos of construction into a streamlined process for Kenya counties

Across Africa, infrastructure is often slowed not just by funding gaps, but by broken processes. From inflated costs to delayed projects and poor accountability, many counties struggle to manage construction at scale. For Kagure Wamunyu, this challenge wasn’t theoretical. It was personal and it became the foundation of a company built to bring order to […]

February 17, 2026. Tech

Meet the entrepreneur whose AI app analyzes symptoms and connects users to help within 15 seconds.

For many people, a health emergency does not begin in a hospital. It begins with a question. A headache that will not go away. A sudden chest pain. A child developing a high fever in the middle of the night. In those first moments, most people do the same thing: they search online, ask friends, […]

February 17, 2026. Tech

This software engineer created an AI automated hair braiding device worth $325 thousand to save you hours spent in the hair salon.

For millions of Black women around the world, getting braids is more than a beauty routine—it is a cultural tradition, a protective hairstyle, and often an all-day commitment. A salon appointment can easily stretch for six, eight, or even twelve hours. In some cases, people spend multiple days braiding their own hair at home. For […]