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Most of us left the university with a degree and a vague idea of what might come next. Norah Kimathi, a graduate of informatics and computer science from Strathmore University, Kenya, is leaving with a company, a growing list of awards, and robots that could change how deaf students learn science. When we spoke over a video call, she was between university deadlines and startup meetings, slipping effortlessly from discussions about artificial intelligence to stories of dismantling household electronics as a child. Instead, she spoke with the matter-of-fact certainty of someone who has spent years solving problems that most of us never notice. The conversation kept circling back to one moment. During her mentoring of young people in STEM, she met deaf students struggling through STEM classes because qualified sign language interpreters were scarce. It struck her as an engineering problem as much as an educational one. If technology could automate factories, navigate roads, and diagnose disease, why couldn’t it bridge one of education’s oldest accessibility gaps? That question became ZeroBionic, the startup she co-founded in 2021. What began as a robotic hand assembled from recycled plastic inside a university workshop has evolved into AI-powered humanoid robots capable of translating spoken language into sign language in real time, technology that could soon find its way into every classroom. We spoke about curiosity, building with whatever is within reach, the optimism required to create hardware in Africa, and refusing to accept that accessibility should always come later. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Before the robots, the awards, or the conference introductions, what kind of child was Norah, and what part of her rarely makes it into a media profile? My entrepreneurship journey began when I was 15. I was always fascinated with tech, engineering, math, and generally STEM-related courses. Where we stayed in Kenya, I constantly saw the struggles people faced whenever it rained. Roads would flood, and there was no way to alert family to take different routes. At that time, I didn’t have a phone to warn anyone. So I decided to make my own phone using Lego bricks. I tinkered around, and though it obviously didn’t work—I was just 15—it actually looked like a real phone. When my parents saw it, they realised I had a passion for engineering and innovation at such an early age, so they registered a company for me. I was my very own CEO at 15. What people rarely see is the part where I spend sleepless nights in the lab, probably three or four days in a row. You’d find I’m there at night, the next day, the next night, the next day; it’s like a continuous loop. This is not something that’s ever been done in Africa. We are the ones laying the foundation, and by 2028, we hope to open-source billions of parameters. We need more time than a normal human being has, and that’s a side people don’t get to see. But at the end of the day, if you see the output, that’s what matters. How much did you actually know about accessibility and assistive technology before your encounter with deaf students during that STEM mentorship? I always had a passion for building technological solutions, and I never wanted to see people suffer, whether from climate issues, disabilities, or marginalisation. Seeing that I had tech skills on one hand, and on the other hand, I didn’t want people to suffer, the first encounter I had where a solution was needed was with deaf students. That’s when I knew I’d use my skills to bring a solution. I wouldn’t say I had any background in assistive tech or accessibility. It was more about growing up and seeing persons with disabilities sidelined from STEM, which shouldn’t be a privilege but a right. I just realised I needed to find a solution, and I did find one. It was more the environmental and surrounding impacts I saw at an early age. Looking back, what assumptions about education did that encounter overturn, and what did it demand of you as an engineer that you weren’t trained for? Most people take education for granted, as something that starts at five and ends when you graduate and start working. It’s normal for them. But I came to realise that for some, it’s normal; for others, once they get it, they take it as an honor. My end lesson was that people shouldn’t take something for granted; they should regard it with all the honor it deserves. Because when you get access to education, you don’t realise it’s what gives you employment, opens doors, and puts you on big stages. But some people don’t get access simply because they’re differently abled or lack resources. Be grateful because you never know how much somebody else would want to be in your position. Those are the doors we want to open, so it’s not a privilege but a right, just like for all of us who can see, hear, or talk. Image source: Norah Kimathi. Sophistication and speed are usually the bedrock for robotics companies, but you decided to go the climate way, building with recycled materials. Why? What came about that? When we started, we were targeting students in marginalised areas, schools without internet, without roads, disconnected from urban settlements. These schools couldn’t afford humanoid robots, going for hundreds of thousands of dollars. We realised we were building for a target market that wasn’t there. So we started looking for ways to subsidise the cost. Also, many people asked about the environmental impact of using metal, which is one of the biggest pollutants. We didn’t want that either. Conserving the environment was at the forefront of everything, but we didn’t know how to offset it. When the idea came to subsidise costs while conserving the environment, it was a win-win. Using recycled plastics for the outer casing reduced costs by over 60%. It was affordable for us to build at a
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Decide, the Nigerian AI startup that lets users analyse data in spreadsheets using prompts, has launched Decide for Work, an enterprise deployment arm to distribute its spreadsheet AI agent through universities, co-working spaces, and other professional communities. As part of the launch, Decide has entered its first major deployment partnership with CafeOne, a co-working network with over 30 locations across Nigeria. Through the partnership, CafeOne members with an active subscription will receive premium access to Decide as part of their membership, providing AI tools for spreadsheet analysis and research. The launch comes as African businesses and workplaces increase adoption of AI in their everyday work. By the end of 2025, 64% of African workers reported using AI at work over the previous year, ahead of the global average of 54%, according to a PwC survey. A separate KPMG report noted that 65% of West African CEOs expect AI to drive efficiency improvements in 2026. “AI agents are improving rapidly, but their adoption and integration into everyday work have not caught up,” Abiodun Adetona, founder of Decide AI, said in a public post. “We want Decide to be embedded wherever work happens online, inside spreadsheets, inboxes, and existing business tools, and physically, through the companies, co-working spaces, universities, and communities where people work and learn every day.” Decide for Work will use the same AI agent currently available to individual users, but package it for organisational deployments, Adetona noted. Instead of signing up individual employees, Decide will work directly with organisations to provide access, onboard users, and integrate the software into existing workflows. Adetona said pricing will vary based on deployment size, number of users, support requirements, and any custom integrations. Launched in 2025 by Adetona, a former Flutterwave software engineer, Decide helps users analyse spreadsheets and business data using natural language prompts instead of formulas. The startup said it has completed more than 41,000 analysis runs and helped users create and analyse over 21,000 spreadsheets since its launch. It said it is used by professionals across more than 10 countries and has achieved 82.5% verified accuracy on SpreadsheetBench, a benchmark for AI spreadsheet agents, placing it alongside models from leading AI companies such as OpenAI and Anthropic. CafeOne is the first major rollout under Decide for Work. The co-working company will make Decide available to eligible members across its subscription tiers, ranging from ₦8,525 ($6.15) daily to ₦109,950 ($79.36) monthly. Adetona said eligible CafeOne members will receive premium credits that unlock Decide’s products, with access lasting as long as those credits remain available based on individual usage. “CafeOne has built a nationwide community of professionals, founders, freelancers, operators, analysts, and growing teams,” he said. “Many of them work with spreadsheets, reports, research, and business data every day. It was a natural fit because their members closely match the people Decide was built for.” He noted that CafeOne would send members instructions on how to activate their Decide access, and they could also request activation directly from staff at any CafeOne location. Adetona said the CafeOne rollout is only the first step for Decide for Work, with discussions already underway with additional co-working spaces, universities, professional communities, and companies interested in deploying AI tools across their teams. “Our goal is to make Decide available wherever knowledge workers spend their day working with spreadsheets, reports, and business data,” he added. True scale demands moving beyond surface-level integrations to robust execution. We’ve filtered the noise out of Moonshot 2026, optimising the conference strictly for high-calibre connections between startup founders, global financial operators, enterprise leaders and individuals rewiring Africa’s technical frameworks. Get 20% off Early Bird tickets for a limited time.
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Kenya is considering offering permanent residency to foreign investors to strengthen Nairobi’s position as East Africa’s investment hub. The Kenya Investment Authority (Invest Kenya) is working on proposals for a residency-by-investment programme that would grant long-term residency to investors who commit substantial capital and create jobs, reviving a plan first floated in 2019 but never implemented. Kenya joins a growing list of countries competing for globally mobile investors with immigration incentives besides tax breaks. The proposal could prove attractive to venture capital firms and startup founders, who need senior investment staff and entrepreneurs to spend years building businesses in the markets where they invest. Unlike traditional foreign direct investment (FDI), venture capital relies heavily on local presence, with partners expected to sit on boards, recruit executives and work closely with portfolio companies. “We are exploring residency by investment,” Invest Kenya chief executive John Mwendwa told Business Daily in an interview on Thursday. “Directionally, that’s the way investors would like it.” The agency has yet to determine investment thresholds or qualifying sectors, and Mwendwa said any programme would require legislation because immigration policy falls outside Invest Kenya’s mandate. “We have to have parameters that make commercial sense,” he said. The move is part of a shift in how governments compete for capital. Rather than relying solely on tax holidays, countries are now using residency rights to attract investors whose businesses—and tax contributions—are expected to remain for decades. A win for VCs and startups For venture investors, immigration certainty has become an important consideration. Fund managers frequently relocate across markets as they source deals and support portfolio companies, while founders need long-term residency to scale businesses after raising capital. Kenya already hosts regional offices for several international venture capital firms—including Antler, Capria Ventures, Delta40, and Enza Capital—aided by one of Africa’s largest startup ecosystems and a pipeline of fintech, climate and enterprise software companies. But investors continue to navigate work permit renewals and immigration processes that can complicate long-term expansion. Kenya currently requires foreign investors to obtain a Class G Investor Permit, available to those investing at least $100,000 in an active Kenyan enterprise, before becoming eligible to apply for citizenship after several years of residence. Permanent residency would offer a faster, more predictable route for investors seeking to establish long-term operations. Permanent residency would remove much of that administrative burden, potentially making Nairobi a more competitive base against rival investment hubs such as Cape Town, Kigali, and Mauritius, all of which have introduced investor-friendly policies. South Africa introduced its permanent residence route for investors under the Immigration Act in 2002, allowing foreigners investing at least R12 million ($729,000) to apply for residency. In 2020, Mauritius lowered the minimum investment required for residency from $500,000 to $375,000 to stimulate foreign investment following the pandemic. The proposal comes as Kenya is reinforcing its position as one of Africa’s leading destinations for venture capital. Kenyan startups attracted $984 million in funding in 2025, the highest on the continent and about a third of all startup investment into Africa, driven largely by climate and energy technology deals. Kenya has retained its lead into 2026, remaining the continent’s largest startup funding destination in the first half of the year despite a broader slowdown in dealmaking. True scale demands moving beyond surface-level integrations to robust execution. We’ve filtered the noise out of Moonshot 2026, optimising the conference strictly for high-calibre connections between startup founders, global financial operators, enterprise leaders and individuals rewiring Africa’s technical frameworks. Get 20% off Early Bird tickets for a limited time.
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