Author: Gillian Darko

The narrative about Africa’s technological future is often framed through the narrow lens that the continent must “catch up” to global innovation. But this framing misses a critical point: Africa has never simply been a consumer of technology. We adapt it, reshape it, and increasingly originate it. This is the essence of Africanisation: designing and deploying technology in ways that respond directly to the continent’s cultural nuances, economic realities, and local challenges. Africanisation typically begins with context. In 2019, Nigeria’s youth faced a perfect storm of currency volatility and unemployment. Stablecoins were not introduced as a theoretical innovation; they were…