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Finance · Nick Kioko · 5 min read

Turaco's founder says he threw the insurance textbook away on day one. Now it covers 4 million people.

Education · Nick Kioko · 4 min read

They built A Robot Arm That Can Translate Sign Languag

Climate & Energy · Nick Kioko · 2 min read

A stranger saw him building solar lanterns from PVC tubes at 2am and asked if he needed help. Sun King now reaches 1 in 5 Kenyan households.

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YesterdayJul 28

Turaco's founder says he threw the insurance textbook away on day one. Now it covers 4 million people.

Ted Pantone's Turaco has reached 4 million people with insurance sold through the products they already use, not agents or paperwork.

Jul 272026

They built A Robot Arm That Can Translate Sign Languag

Two years after that classroom, Zerobionic's humanoid robots are signing beside teachers in seven countries.

A stranger saw him building solar lanterns from PVC tubes at 2am and asked if he needed help. Sun King now reaches 1 in 5 Kenyan households.

Patrick Walsh and Anish Thakkar met in a university lab building prototypes for a trip to India — the company they built is now Kenya's dominant pay-as-you-go solar provider.

Jul 262026

Jul 222026

FintechTechCabal Daily: BVNK once for stablecoins

TechCabal's daily brief covers BVNK's stablecoin infrastructure push into African payment rails.

TechCabal·1w ago

OtherFusepay launches AI operating system for African trade businesses

Fusepay expands from payments into a broader AI operating layer for African trading businesses.

TechCabal·1w ago