The Afro Insider

February 17, 2026. Uncategorized

Meet The Nigerian Billionaire Guarding Africa’s Future with a $500 million Bet

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 […]