If you attended the African Tech Summit (ATS) 2026 in Nairobi on February 11 and 12, or simply felt the buzz through your social media feed, you probably left with that familiar mix of exhilaration and “what now?” that follows big ecosystem moments. Nairobi, Kenya’s sprawling capital, is learning and improving at hosting such gatherings. Now in its eighth edition, ATS is usually held in February, when the Nairobi skies are bright, activities are agog, and traffic is a bit brutal. Kenya remains one of Africa’s top three startup markets by funding, usually trading places with Nigeria and South Africa. If you believe the numbers floating around the floor, African startups raised north of $2–3 billion in 2025 (depending on who’s counting and how they classify debt), still less than the 2021 ...