Hadu Sherpa

Your personalized Africa tech guide

Hand-picked news, events, startups, and people — curated specifically for your interests, goals, and focus countries. Delivered at your cadence, with a clear reason for every recommendation.

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Members
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Startups
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Events
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African countries covered

Everything in your brief

Five categories of recommendations, all explained.

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Personalized news digest
Stories filtered by your countries and topics
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Event recommendations + discounts
Matched to your goals, with member deals
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Startups to watch
Early-stage picks relevant to your focus
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People you should know
Community matches on your public profile
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Discussion starters
Prompts to grow your network
AI-powered rationale
AI rationale on every recommendation
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Personalized news digest

Every brief surfaces the Africa tech stories that actually matter to you — filtered by your focus countries, topics, and interests. No noise, no generic roundups.

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Event recommendations + discounts

We scrape event websites for agendas and speaker lists, then match events to your goals. Some events come with exclusive Hadu member discounts.

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Startups to watch

Early-stage African startups and their updates, ranked by relevance to your interests — so you can follow, support, comment, or reach out at the right moment.

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People you should know

Community members matched to your public profile. We surface investors, co-founders, and collaborators you'd likely want to connect with.

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Discussion starters

Based on your interests and that week's findings, we suggest high-quality discussion prompts you can start — designed to attract the right people to engage with you.

AI-powered rationale

Every recommendation comes with a clear explanation of why it was picked for you. No black-box curation — you always know the reasoning.

How it works

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Tell Sherpa about you

Share your free-text interests, goals, and the countries you're focused on.

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We do the research

Sherpa indexes fresh news, scrapes event sites, and scans the Hadu community — tailored to your window (weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly).

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Your brief arrives

Recommendations land in your inbox and live here in the app, with rationale for every pick. Ready to act on — read, connect, register, discuss.

Simple, transparent pricing

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Frequently asked questions

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