Built in Africa
Sharing Africa’s tech ecosystem with the global audience
Built in Africa launched on July 2, 2021 with 110 votes, #444 of 3,502 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 5 years on.
What it does
Built In Africa is a platform that connects African trailblazers through the unifying language of Tech. We've interviewed 100+ African software developers, UX designers, data scientists, and entrepreneurs about the products they're building.
We present Africa’s tech ecosystem to a global audience by sharing the stories of those contributing to its growth. We cover everything from the software developers in Africa building products to the entrepreneurs in the Diaspora working with them.
Explore the dynamic world of African UX design, where innovation meets user-centered solutions. Meet Maureen Okojie, the co-founder and Head of commercial at SEND, the digital freight forwarder and customs broker, whose seamlessly integrated platform provides simple end-to-end solutions and 360 visibility to power unparalleled cross-border trade. I spoke with Caroline Mwasigala, the co-founder and CTO of Bizzyn, about her tech journey, how Bizzyn is transforming the business of its 2,000+ SMEs, and what it takes to build successful software solutions for Africa. Meet Jaco Nel, CTO of Deimos, the South African cloud-native developer and security operations company. Jaco discusses Deimos…from builtinafrica.io
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With the advance of AI, everyone is building and creating solutions. It is actually amazing to see people in Africa engage this creative field and produce products that could help their ecosystem. So I built a platform that will soon be the biggest directory of tech products made by people in Africa to solve African Problems. I am taking this path because I understand we have very different problems and different cultures and things work differently especially in Africa. What do you guys think? I want your feedback on everything.
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My name is Nelly Cheboi. I am the co-founder of https://techlitafrica.org, an organization that fosters a more technologically literate Africa by building computer labs in African schools. I was raised in Mogotio, Kenya, in abject poverty. At nine years old, I collected wild vegetables on my way from school to cook for my younger sister. The only way I knew out was by studying. So I studied. I studied hard. And I ended with a full-ride scholarship to Augustana College, IL. I was majoring in Chemistry before I discovered computer science my junior year of college. I loved it. With…
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