Turning Bold Ideas Into Stories That Drive Success
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African fintech has a new public-market valuation benchmark, and it could fundamentally change how investors assess the continent’s technology businesses.
Some thought on #AirtelMoney IPO and what it means for African fintech
Read more here: talkingdrumcomms.com/blog/wh…
Beyond the memes and jokes, #DangoteIPO revealed something important: wealth creation matters to young Africans.
@rankapp__ CEO @femi_iromini spoke to @BusinessDayNg about building accessible pathways to long-term wealth for young Africans. 👇🏾 businessday.ng/africa/articl…
Congratulations to Biochar Industrial Group (BIG) on raising $1.5 million in pre-seed funding to turn agricultural waste such as nut shells, cobs, husks, and stalks into carbon removal solutions and additional revenue streams for African agribusinesses.
P.s - if the faces look familiar, that’s because the founders also founded @Releafearth.
Read the full story here - techcabal.com/2026/09/17/bio…
A crisis rarely arrives on schedule, and operating under pressure can lead to costly errors. From premature statements to total silence, how you respond is crucial
Here are 5 Comms Mistakes Companies Make During a Crisis - and what to do instead.👇
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Capital concentration is reshaping African tech.
@tc_insights_ data shows 86% of H1 2026 funding went to 30 companies. Building in silence is now a liability.
Our latest post explores how strategic comms and visibility can accelerate your next raise.
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Busy week at Talking Drum HQ!!
@tryduplo integrated with @wemabank to enable automated payments, cash flow control and more in one place to @alat_ng users
@rankapp__ launched Money Circles, Tribe, and Perks to unlock wealth creation for young Africans.
Manual finance operations leads to significant leakage for SA businesses. In @IOL, Christine Buss highlights how these inefficiencies stall growth.
To solve this, @tryduplo partnered with @OzowPay to automate end-to-end ops, cutting manual data entry by 90%.
iol.co.za/business-report/ec…
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Dangote used to let his factories and balance sheet do the talking. Not anymore.
His recent media run proves that strategic visibility isn't just a PR exercise - it’s a core leadership discipline. I explore this in my latest for @TalkingDrumComm
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Huge congratulations to @remedial_health (#8), @AfrichangeHQ (#11) and @rankapp__ (#12) on their inclusion in the @FinancialTimes’ 2026 “Africa’s Fastest Growing Companies” list.
This marks Remedial Health’s second consecutive year in the top 10, while Africhange and Rank Capital make impressive debuts on the list. All three companies join an elite group of African businesses maintaining high-velocity growth despite global economic headwinds.
Congrats again to these three standout teams and everyone else featured!
We recently updated our website with new case studies, recent accolades and some more information about what we've been up to.
You should take a look: talkingdrumcomms.com
#TechPR #Innovation #AfricanTech
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Africa’s innovation model is a masterclass in market creation!
Following last week's UK-Nigeria state visit, I shared some insights with @EntrepreneurUK on what the UK business community can learn from the continent's entrepreneurs.
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We’re proud to be shortlisted as a finalist at the Strategic Global Awards 2026 in the Integrated Strategic Communication Campaign category - for our work with @remedial_health.
Grateful to help tell the stories of companies building essential infrastructure across Africa.
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MTN's reported acquisition strategy could be a blueprint for other large African companies.
If more incumbents follow - telcos, banks, logistics networks - Africa could finally unlock the exit flywheel its startup ecosystem needs.
New blogpost for @talkingdrumcomm talkingdrumcomms.com/blog/af…
5 years of Talking Drum!
Happy Anniversary to us!!
To every client, partner, journalist, collaborator and team member that has been on this journey with us: Thank You!
We are definitely just getting started
From dreaming of becoming a pilot to building healthcare infrastructure in Nigeria, @sammville sat down with @peaceitimi to discuss what it really takes to scale infrastructure in a complex market - discipline, systems-thinking and a lot of resilience
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Had a frank, honest discussion with @peaceitimi at Founders Connect about growing up, previous entrepreneurial endeavors, getting into tech, choosing pharmacy and the work we're doing at @remedial_health
This week's episode on Founders Connect is a brutal, beautiful reality check for anyone building in Africa.
Talking with Samuel made me realise that some of the most successful companies on the continent aren't built on disruption alone; they are built by the sheer stubbornness.
Most people see @remedial_health as a high-flying, YC-backed startup that has raised over $50 million. What is less visible is the "bedroom coder" who started at 13, the pharmacy student who sold two software companies in Uni and the founder who spent three years in Nigeria wondering if he’d made the biggest mistake of his life.
Samuel's journey is defined by a level of operational intensity that most people would find terrifying.
He didn't start with a polished platform; he started "healthtech without the tech," taking manual orders on WhatsApp and scrambling to fulfil them.
Today, he manages over 450 people, 100 vehicles, and 100 million medicines annually.
In Nigeria, Remedial Health (YC W22) Health had to become two businesses in one because you cannot outsource pharmaceutical logistics where cold chain infrastructure doesn't exist.
If you want to understand the unfiltered truth about building at scale in a frontier market—the pain, the setbacks, and the resilience—you should watch this.
Full conversation on YouTube: youtu.be/tIvkmobS1h8
This episode is sponsored by @ObiexHQ .
History has been made!! @Releafearth just announced the issuance of Nigeria’s first industrial-scale carbon removal credits.
Read more here: climate.co.ke/releaf-earth-b…
#Nigeria #Sustainability #ReleafEarth #CarbonRemoval #GreenEconomy
