Stay ahead of Africa’s fast-moving tech landscape with this week’s Startup Researcher Africa podcast.We unpack headline-making stories, including:• Address Me’s victory at the Innovate Africa Fund hackathon, solving verifiable addresses for township residents• Nigeria’s new AI accelerator with Meta that leverages Llama models to fuel health, agriculture, and security startups• Binance compliance lead Tigran Gambaryan’s exit amid the exchange’s wider leadership churn• Yellow Card’s regulatory stance after Ghana’s central bank warning and Moniepoint’s $889 k stock disputeFunding spotlight: Moove is in talks for a $300 m round that could push it to unicorn territory, while South Africa’s Nile secures $11.3 m to scale its agri-marketplace, MyNextCar raises $10 m for affordable ride-hailing, Salus Cloud banks $3.7 m for AI-native DevOps, and WeThinkCode lands a $2 m Google.org grant to train 12 000 AI learners.We also cover CreditChek’s strategic acquisition of US-based CreditCliq, Super Capital’s new MEA investment club, and Silverbacks Holdings’ fivefold return from OmniRetail. Our Startup of the Week is Nile, reshaping fresh-produce trading with end-to-end transparency, and Investor of the Week is Super Capital, now targeting high-growth MEA sectors. Finally, the Opportunity Radar features the DPI for People and Planet Challenge—up to $100 k in grants and a COP30 pitch.Listen now for a concise, data-rich roundup of funding rounds, exits, and ecosystem trends that matter to founders, investors, and analysts tracking Africa’s innovation boom.