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22 Sep 2025 - In today's edition: Moove locks in on unicorn ambition || LagRide rides on EV lane || Africa subsea cable to go live this month || Nigeria's LLM move…

20 Sep 2025 - On the surface, it is easy to imagine that Africa’s digital workers remain home because of choice. In truth, choice is part of the story, but rarely…

20 Sep 2025 - Before Olawale Samuel's Axia Africa became a household name, it was a struggling edtech startup with huge ambitions.

19 Sep 2025 - Safaricom will carry out a major upgrade of M-PESA on 22 Sept, taking the service offline for three hours as it shifts to a new core system.

19 Sep 2025 - The episode exposes the growing nexus of deepfake media, compromised accounts, and opportunistic crypto projects seeking quick legitimacy. It also…

19 Sep 2025 - Startups On Our Radar spotlights African startups solving African challenges with innovation.

19 Sep 2025 - After more than a decade of delays, South Africa has finally brought e-hailing into the country’s legal transport framework. On September 12,…

19 Sep 2025 - Digitip users will now gain access to Street Wallet’s upgraded infrastructure, including faster payouts, lower transaction fees, and daily…

19 Sep 2025 - The EFInA Access to Financial Services in Nigeria (A2F) 2023 Survey shows that 64% of adults are financially included.

19 Sep 2025 - Digital-first challengers like Opay, PalmPay, and Kuda are jostling with established lenders, each trying to lock in users in a country where mobile…

19 Sep 2025 - The bank disclosed that ₦2.40 billion ($1.60 million) worth of transactions were linked to fraud attempts in H1 2025, but only 12% resulted in actual…

19 Sep 2025 - Legend Internet Plc, Nigeria’s first publicly listed internet service provider (ISP), posted higher annual profits in 2025 even as rising costs and…

19 Sep 2025 - Olayide Babayemi, the brain behind GITEX events in Nigeria and Africa, talks us through her processes and hacks for making things happen on the…

19 Sep 2025 - In today's edition: Quick Fire 🔥 with Olayide Babayemi || Nigeria’s crypto tax hammer drops || Wasoko co-founder steps down || Who secured the bag? 💰

18 Sep 2025 - Japan plans to train 30,000 Africans in AI while addressing its own digital workforce needs. Here’s why it matters.

18 Sep 2025 - You know Bonny Island as Nigeria's crude oil cash cow. Richard Pepple wants you to know it as a hotbed of innovation.

18 Sep 2025 - Table of contents Meta Ray-Ban Display and the Meta Neural Band Oakley Meta Vanguard Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 2) Horizon TV Hyperscape Capture Horizon…

18 Sep 2025 - Daniel Yu, who co-founded Wasoko in 2013, is leaving his full-time role a year after the Kenyan B2B e-commerce company merged with Egypt’s MaxAB.

18 Sep 2025 - Virtual Assets Service Providers (VASP) that fail to comply with provisions of Nigeria’s new tax laws will face an initial penalty of ₦10 million ($6…

18 Sep 2025 - Behind the scene of Chef Hilda Baci's new Guiness World Record is Nene Bejide who also led efforts for Baci's 2023 event. How did she create an…

18 Sep 2025 - Sedna Africa’s boldest move yet is a R5 billion ($287,000) investment in its new Network Operations Centre (NOC) in Johannesburg, a facility it…

18 Sep 2025 - Sedna Africa’s boldest move yet is a R5 billion ($287 million) investment in its new Network Operations Centre (NOC) in Johannesburg, a facility it…

18 Sep 2025 - Blockchain Africa has made several key hires across compliance, business development, customer success, and growth in Nigeria, and is expanding…

18 Sep 2025 - The firm connects clients with case managers and independent attorneys, while leveraging technology, including a cloud-based document system and…

18 Sep 2025 - The programme will select one TVET college in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, and the Western Cape provinces, near Takealot’s distribution hubs.

18 Sep 2025 - In today's edition: Metrofile delists from the JSE || Katlego Maphai resigns from Yoco || BYD launches South Africa's most affordable EV || NGX mulls…

17 Sep 2025 - The lines between cyber fraud, insider theft, and organised crime are blurred. According to the BFIU officer, most victims never report, whether from…

17 Sep 2025 - Table of contents The types of SASSA social grants How to apply for the SASSA SRD R350 grant How to check your SASSA status online How to change your…

17 Sep 2025 - Stacey Brewer’s journey into tech was anything but linear. A native of Johannesburg, she earned a BSc from Rhodes University and then spent time…

17 Sep 2025 - Uber marks ten years in Kenya with the launch of Uber Safari, but driver unrest, lawsuits, and regulatory battles show a mixed legacy for the ride-…

17 Sep 2025 - Uber marks ten years in Kenya with the launch of Uber Safari, but driver unrest, lawsuits, and regulatory battles show a mixed legacy for the ride-…

17 Sep 2025 - In today's edition: MultiChoice begins Canal+ restructuring || Tanzania’s CRDB Bank upgrades to Temenos T24 || Naspers announces five-for-one share…

16 Sep 2025 - Payble is building a platform to help Africa’s smallest businesses move beyond cash, gain access to credit, and grow with digital tools designed for…

16 Sep 2025 - In two weeks, October begins, and that means millions of South Africans will turn to digital systems to access their South African Social Security…

16 Sep 2025 - Nigeria’s plan to grow tax and customs revenues to at least ₦17.85 trillion ($11.92 billion) in 2026 heavily depends on technology. With crude oil…

16 Sep 2025 - CRDB’s chief executive, Abdulmajid Nsekela, told TechCabal that the system migration—which occurred in the first weekend of September—is crucial to…

16 Sep 2025 - Interoperability in CEMAC promises a more connected financial ecosystem, but for startups, the high costs and technical demands of GIMACPAY are…

16 Sep 2025 - On September 10, 2025, Google rolled out AI Max for Search campaigns globally. And here is what this means for businesses.

16 Sep 2025 - In 2025 alone, the over $2 billion raised so far has flowed primarily to male-led teams, with about 10% shared by companies that include at least one…

16 Sep 2025 - As we enter another global cycle, we can decide to make this the start of the clearest strategic decade of investing in and building tech in Africa.…

16 Sep 2025 - Only one in every 100 Africans was connected to 5G in 2024, despite $28 billion poured into next-generation mobile networks over the past five years.

16 Sep 2025 - Caring Africa and 32 other organisations will gain access to capital, mentorship, investor networks, and global visibility aimed at strengthening…

16 Sep 2025 - In today's edition: Starlink pauses operations in Lagos, Abuja || Lagos Uber drivers park their cars in protest || Megamillion, that's a mega move…

15 Sep 2025 - This brings Kredete’s total funding to $24.75 million since its founding in 2023 and will also finance the company’s expansion into Canada, the UK,…

15 Sep 2025 - AMCON, the country’s national bad loan bank, has downplayed expectations of a quick sale of NatCom Development and Investment Limited (NATCOM)—the…

15 Sep 2025 - AMCON, the country’s national bad loan bank, has downplayed expectations of a quick sale of NatCom Development and Investment Limited (NATCOM)—the…

15 Sep 2025 - Mstudio recruits through multiple pipelines: existing startup founders, top talent from high-growth startups, diaspora professionals, and what the…

15 Sep 2025 - Table of contents Official launch date and time iPhones that can update to iOS 26 iPhones that can’t update to iOS 26 New features in iOS 26 Pre-…

15 Sep 2025 - Credit histories rarely travel across borders. Once in a new country, migrants are presented with a clean financial slate as it were.

15 Sep 2025 - Every gigabyte of data you buy doesn’t just fatten telcos’ accounts; it also fattens the government’s purse. Nigeria’s surge in data usage has become…