TechCabal

18 Oct 2025 - African customers tend to want three things out of their digital products: convenience, affordability, and speed.

18 Oct 2025 - Crop2Cash began with an ambitious goal: to end hunger by helping smallholder farmers access loans. But the journey from that goal to a functional…

18 Oct 2025 - 38% of informal businesses in Nigeria make less than ₦10,000 ($6.78) in daily profit, according to Moniepoint’s 2025 Informal Economy Report,…

17 Oct 2025 - Despite years of fintech expansion, internet banking growth, and mobile banking, Nigeria’s informal economy still operates primarily on cash. Only…

17 Oct 2025 - The growth of crypto has also come with rising fraud. Crypto-related crimes in Africa jumped 27% last year, with Nigeria recording over 9,500 cases…

17 Oct 2025 - “They grew up with technology. They need things to move as fast as possible,” Alade said at Moonshot by TechCabal on Thursday, October 16.

17 Oct 2025 - Abudu said the first rule of growth is simple: "The first thing I would say about building momentum is that there is a time factor, which brings me…

17 Oct 2025 - Talent isn’t the problem of Africa’s creative industry; its growth is still being held back by weak infrastructure, funding, and support systems.

17 Oct 2025 - For creatives, digital platforms have become the global stage, offering visibility, investor confidence, and access to markets once out of reach.

17 Oct 2025 - Babatunde Esanju, a seasoned software engineer and entrepreneur, shares how building in fintech and caretech taught him that true innovation starts…

17 Oct 2025 - In today's edition: Quick Fire 🔥 with Babatunde Esanju || Moonshot Day 2 recap from Adon's POV || Moonshot Day 2 recap from Muktar's POV

16 Oct 2025 - Mastercard's Tolulope Adeyinka argues that "inclusion and innovation, is not just about where Africa is going, but how we get there together."

16 Oct 2025 - Payments across Africa remains fragmented; Flutterwave's API collapses barriers allowing African businesses to connect to local payment…

16 Oct 2025 - At the 2025 Moonshot by TechCabal conference, Emmanuel Sohe, CEO of Cardtonic, shared a story that perfectly captured the session’s theme of…

16 Oct 2025 - African filmmakers must move past traditional, dependency-laden distribution channels and embrace digital direct-to-consumer strategies

16 Oct 2025 - Africa’s path to taking centre stage in global trade isn’t about having more, it’s about doing more with what we already have.

16 Oct 2025 - Sending money in Africa is expensive because African currencies are converted multiple times before reaching another African country.

16 Oct 2025 - AI is improving hiring speed and expanding access to jobs for Africans but people need to build skills and relationships.

16 Oct 2025 - Cedar Money, a cross-border fintech, has launched a new product called "Hold" that holds funds, protecting against FX pressures.

16 Oct 2025 - At Moonshot by TechCabal 2025, CBN's Chai Gang said despite the delays, Nigeria's open banking will go live once governance and other structures are…

16 Oct 2025 - Infrastructure still poses a fundamental challenge where most startups and businesses cannot build or access digital financial services without…

16 Oct 2025 - In spite of regulatory challenges and bottlenecks, Nigeria's Minister of Trade, Industry, and Investment says the country is leading in digital trade…

16 Oct 2025 - In the past ten months alone, at least nine Nigerian states, from Ekiti and Enugu to Rivers and Kano, have reshuffled their executive cabinets, often…

16 Oct 2025 - Nations like Nigeria and Kenya consistently rank among African leaders in crypto usage, necessitating a shift from market survival to regulatory…

16 Oct 2025 - In today's edition: Moonshot Day 1 recap from Sakhile’s POV || Moonshot Day 1 recap from Tayo's POV || Canal+ to merge Showmax and DStv

15 Oct 2025 - African startups are raising more money than ever, but few are seeing real returns.

15 Oct 2025 - African startups are raising more money than ever, but few are seeing real returns.

15 Oct 2025 - The Director of MansA Maison des Mondes Africains, Elizabeth Liz Gomiz, believes Africa’s future depends on owning the tools that power its…

15 Oct 2025 - From weak governance and fragmented ownership to poor documentation, too many companies scale quickly but build little that a buyer can actually…

15 Oct 2025 - There’s a massive gap in African research, both in studies about Africa and in those led by Africans themselves.

15 Oct 2025 - AI is becoming an inevitable collaborator, and the future belongs to creators who approach it ethically.

15 Oct 2025 - Institutional capital remains cautious in Africa but public and private partnerships can de-risk investments to spur infrastructure development.

15 Oct 2025 - Eloho Omame, partner at TLcom Capital, and Odunayo Eweniyi, co-founder and general partner at FirstCheck Africa, took the stage to unpack one of the…

15 Oct 2025 - Africa’s fragmented payment systems have long slowed trade and fintech growth, with businesses and consumers still struggling to move money across…

15 Oct 2025 - At Moonshot by TechCabal, Sabi's Olumide Okubadejo said African startups must shift from hustle-driven operations to building resilient…

15 Oct 2025 - Ray Youssef, CEO of Panama-based Noones, says stablecoins will widen access to cross-border trade in the Global South.

15 Oct 2025 - For African startups, Series A funding no longer signals safety. It marks the beginning of the toughest test.

15 Oct 2025 - For much of the past decade, early-stage exits in Africa were rare. Investors poured millions into startups, but few delivered liquidity events for…

15 Oct 2025 - Speaking on a panel titled “The Reality of Building and Scaling Startups in Africa” at Moonshot by TechCabal 2025, Ajene argued that poor positioning…

15 Oct 2025 - Africa’s next tech leap will be shaped by scalable infrastructure and trust-building partnerships not just technology, says Interswitch Purepay's…

15 Oct 2025 - Kuunda, a Tanzanian B2B fintech solutions provider that provides working-capital solutions, has raised $7.5 million in Pre-Series A funding to expand…

15 Oct 2025 - In today's edition: COMESA is investigating the Wasoko-MaxAB merger || Telkom told to open WiFi centres or face fines || South Africa now has an AI…

15 Oct 2025 - In partnership with Lire en Français اقرأ هذا باللغة العربية Good morning. ☀️ Moonshot 2025 is almost here.  Africa’s tech ecosystem is alive…

14 Oct 2025 - Gozem, a Francophone Africa-focused super app, has launched Gozem Money, a mobile money platform developed in partnership with NSIA Bank Togo.

14 Oct 2025 - Under the agreement, Vertiv will supply advanced thermal management systems, uninterruptible power supply (UPS) units with batteries, and…

14 Oct 2025 - 14 Octobre 2025 Hello! Welcome to The Next Wave: Francophone Africa, your weekly deep dive into the tech ecosystem across French-speaking Africa. By…

14 Oct 2025 - At the 10th AfriLabs Annual Gathering in Nairobi, investors and fund managers discussed why African startup funding must move beyond Kenya, Nigeria,…

14 Oct 2025 - The new capital will be used to scale its software suite, specifically targeting operations-heavy employers like manufacturers and agribusinesses.

14 Oct 2025 - A draft guideline released in October 2025 shows how the regulator is pushing to improve ATM density in a country where downtime and long queues are…

13 Oct 2025 - If you live in Kenya, chances are that you use M-Pesa every day, or you are thinking of starting to consider the possibilities of taking advantage of…