TechCabal

19 Dec 2025 - The partnership closes coverage gaps neither company can solve alone. Airtel has spectrum, towers, distribution, and tens of millions of users, but…

19 Dec 2025 - Before co-founding Liquid, Justice helped build Paystack’s Virtual Terminal and was an early engineer at Lazerpay, where he shipped the minimum…

19 Dec 2025 - In today's edition: We’ve launched the Builders’ List! || Quick Fire 🔥 with Justice Eziefule || Who secured the bag? 💰

19 Dec 2025 - How much of the African tech story did you digest this year? Let’s find out.

18 Dec 2025 - TechCabal is launching The Builders’ List: an annual index of the most consequential people shaping Africa’s technology ecosystem in the calendar…

18 Dec 2025 - Rosemary Hewat, a former Kuda executive, sued her former employer and Babs Ogundeyi, Kuda's CEO, for gender discrimination. Here's why it was…

18 Dec 2025 - A complete list of the layoffs that happened in Africa's tech ecosystem in 2025 amid tighter capital, shifting strategies, and a stronger push toward…

18 Dec 2025 - Flowmono aims to address how African businesses can operate digitally without relying on foreign software and incurring exorbitant subscription fees…

18 Dec 2025 - Microsoft and its partners trained four million Nigerians in AI, software development, data engineering, etc and certified 70,000 of them.

18 Dec 2025 - In today's edition: The Builders’ List || Why the Builders’ List exists || Chowdeck, GoLemon partner for grocery delivery services || Showmax users…

17 Dec 2025 - Shaaré, a Nigerian home service marketplace has launched instant matching feature to automatically connect cleaners to users.

17 Dec 2025 - Founders already inside the US system remain shielded from the executive order. But first-time entrants will face a wall built from data, security…

17 Dec 2025 - Africa’s tech ecosystem is building cars without brakes. Toyin Akinniyi, Luminate Group's Regional Portfolio Director, Africa explains why builders,…

17 Dec 2025 - GoLemon has partnered with Chowdeck to supply groceries to Chowdeck’s dark stores and offer customers same-day grocery delivery through Chowdeck.

17 Dec 2025 - The move also highlights how mobile money is becoming core infrastructure for digital entertainment as streaming platforms push deeper into mobile-…

17 Dec 2025 - In today's edition: Kenya’s pay-TV market grows || BasiGo opens charging station || Luno, AltSchool announce new course

16 Dec 2025 - Kenyan fintech Swypt connects M-PESA payments to stablecoins by letting merchants receive, hold, and send USDT without changing how customers pay.

16 Dec 2025 - Senegal is charting a new chapter in its tech ecosystem. After producing Francophone Africa’s first unicorn, the country is now layering public and…

16 Dec 2025 - VOLZ, an Algerian travel-tech startup, has raised 600 million dinars (about $5 million) to strengthen its product offerings within the country and…

16 Dec 2025 - In today's edition: Outage for Standard Bank customers || Fynd finds its way to South Africa || WIOCC’s $65M data centre push || Cool Stuff 😎

15 Dec 2025 - In 2023, BII invested £725 million in Africa, then £1.09 billion in 2024, a 40% increase. Here are the sectors they're backing in the coming years.

15 Dec 2025 - Fynd, a Mumbai-headquartered  AI-powered unified commerce platform backed by Reliance Retail Ventures, has launched in South Africa and…

15 Dec 2025 - While loan apps have thrived in Nigeria’s credit-starved market, some deepen their exploitation of already vulnerable borrowers through “dark…

15 Dec 2025 - In today's edition: Sun King raises $40 million || PayPal teases launch of PayPal World || Solly Malatsi pushes for EEIP policy || Kenyans saved 448,…

13 Dec 2025 - Poor internet connection, power outages, a small pool of talent; all these and more are challenges Nigeria's gaming industry face. Yet, local gaming…

13 Dec 2025 - We spoke to 22 Nigerian tech workers, including product designers, software engineers, data professionals, and founders.

13 Dec 2025 - One in three Nigerians abandon healthcare because of cost. MyItura tried solving this with software, then realised the real problem was money.

13 Dec 2025 - Adebayo Aderohunmu has hired for some of Africa’s most ambitious startups from Reliance Health, Moniepoint, Stitch, to LemFi. 

12 Dec 2025 - Here are 12 tech gadgets gifts you can buy for your loved ones that can make the Christmas season one to remember.

12 Dec 2025 - Startups On Our Radar spotlights African startups solving African challenges with innovation. This week, we explore seven African startups in the…

12 Dec 2025 - For WrappedCBDC, bringing the naira on-chain was a way to digitise the currency's value, despite its historical volatility (with wild swings seen…

12 Dec 2025 - Much like how a calculator can be an assistant when solving complex arithmetic, AI can be a tool used to make the music creation process efficient.

12 Dec 2025 - Fifteen of the companies operate in payments, lending, banking, or related services. This tracks broader fundraising data, showing that African VC…

12 Dec 2025 - Beverly Ezebuike is a global fintech and blockchain marketing expert and recognised thought leader, with a track record of driving large-scale…

12 Dec 2025 - In today's edition: Quick Fire 🔥 with Beverly Ezebuike || Privacy concerns over Kenya-US health deal || Standard Bank backs Safaricom Ethiopia || Who…

11 Dec 2025 - In Nigeria, students and budget users need durable, reliable laptops without breaking the bank or spending money they don’t have on high-end models.…

11 Dec 2025 - The Rundown Studio has launched an AI-powered prompt library designed to help communications teams in emerging markets cut the cost of traditional…

11 Dec 2025 - Do you really need a power bank in 2025? To be honest, smartphones now come with durable batteries that last the whole day. But realistically, power…

11 Dec 2025 - In today's edition: Mr Price to buy Germany's NKD || Safaricom raises $154 million through debt || LemFi acquires US licences || Kenya has a new…

10 Dec 2025 - The increase reflects the growing cost pressures facing telecom operators in South Africa, where mobile networks underpin everything from fintech to…

10 Dec 2025 - Cypherock is bringing its sharded crypto hardware wallets to Africa, aiming to solve the risks of self-custody and lost keys. By splitting private…

10 Dec 2025 - Lagos has retained its spot as Nigeria’s top-performing state for ease of doing business, reaffirming its commercial dominance, according to a new…

10 Dec 2025 - Their victory capped weeks of state-level contests across Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Ondo, Osun and Ekiti, where young innovators pitched the digital…

10 Dec 2025 - From the smart, no-nonsense analysis of The Flip to the local development insights of CodeCast Zambia, here are our top 17 African tech podcasts of…

10 Dec 2025 - At Zipline, Juliet Oshagbemi is on a mission to seek out Africa's best talent and creating work environments that allow them thrive.

10 Dec 2025 - Now and then, companies roll out AI updates, and you hear about the promise of AI and its innovative use cases—from perfect customer personalisation…

10 Dec 2025 - NIMC began migrating the country’s foundational identity system onto an open-source platform known as Modular Open Source Identity Platform (MOSIP)…

10 Dec 2025 - In today's edition: Airtel Money’s mobile money win in Kenya || Vodacom secures key approval for Safaricom deal || Kenya's interest rate lowest in…

10 Dec 2025 - The company had initially sought to raise KES 15 billion ($116 million), but overwhelming demand pushed the subscription rate to 275.7%.

9 Dec 2025 - This launch comes as Nigeria’s digital economy continues to expand, contributing about ₦7 trillion to GDP in the first half of 2025 and supported by…