Fathia Olasupo
183 posts
Nov 21, 2025
Top 5 Ambitious African Infrastructure Projects Stalled or Abandoned in the Last 10 Years
Over $3.5 billion was spent on five major African infrastructure projects in the past decade, but none were completed, leaving bridges, monorails, and industrial facilities abandoned, according to audits and investigative reports....
Nov 21, 2025
How Fred Swaniker Built the African Leadership Group to Train Africa’s Future Leaders
Fred Swaniker launched the African Leadership Group, training nearly 1,800 students at ALA, awarding US$230 million in scholarships, and aiming for 3 million ethical leaders by 2035....
Nov 20, 2025
How Temie Giwa-Tubosun Built LifeBank Into Africa’s Leading Lifesaving Logistics Network
In Nigeria alone, over 1.8 M units of blood are needed yearly, but only 500 K are collected, a gap LifeBank fills by delivering blood and other lifesaving supplies....
Nov 20, 2025
Top 10 African Countries with Coalition Governments, 2025 (Ranked by Stability and Impact)
At least 12 African countries have operated coalition governments over the last two decades, reflecting a trend toward shared political power and the global rise of coalition systems....
Nov 20, 2025
How Marcus Swanepoel built Luno into a leading crypto exchange in Africa (from startup to 9M+ users)
By 2021, Luno served 9M users in 40+ countries, processing billions of dollars in transactions and making crypto accessible across Africa....
Nov 14, 2025
How Aisha Pandor built SweepSouth into one of Africa's leading on-demand home services companies
Over 80% of domestic work in Africa is informal, and Pandor turned this overlooked gap into one of the continent’s most successful tech solutions....
