The African tech academy started with 22 students. Its most useful invention may be what happens after they graduate: they come back to teach, hire and build.
The Kigali company builds software, trains the people who will use it, and helps businesses compete for contracts. Its most revealing lesson begins with 35 women and a change of plan.
Eden Care Medical is a licensed digital health insurer building the claims and distribution infrastructure that modernizes health insurance in Africa. Starting in Rwanda and expanding into Kenya, it sells group health cover to employers and their staff, then runs the whole value chain - HR admin portal, an employee app for navigating care and wellness, and digital tools for hospitals and clinics - to cut the cost of insurance in a market where operating costs run 2.2x the global average and penetration sits near 0.2%.