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  • Digital Nomads: The AI engineer who left Nigeria for Germany and quadrupled his income
    Digital Nomads

    Digital Nomads: The AI engineer who left Nigeria for Germany and quadrupled his income

    Emmanuel Nwosu
    4th Jul, 2026
  • A Zimbabwean developer built a bride price calculator that went global
    Features

    A Zimbabwean developer built a bride price calculator that went global

    Phathisani Moyo
    4th Jul, 2026
  • Alaa Hamadto on building through uncertainty and believing in Sudan again
    Journeys

    Alaa Hamadto on building through uncertainty and believing in Sudan again

    John Adoyi
    3rd Jul, 2026
  • How unpaid salaries and vendor debts forced FoodCourt to pause operations
    Exclusive

    How unpaid salaries and vendor debts forced FoodCourt to pause operations

    Muktar Oladunmade
    3rd Jul, 2026
  • Nigerian startup takes top prize at UNDP’s pan-African edtech accelerator
    News

    Nigerian startup takes top prize at UNDP’s pan-African edtech accelerator

    John Adoyi
    3rd Jul, 2026
  • $1.44 billion raised in the first half of 2026
    Funding, Startups, TC Insights

    $1.44 Billion Raised In The First Half Of 2026

    TechCabal Insights
    3rd Jul, 2026
  • Google Play to back 10 African game studios with $1 million fund
    Funding

    Google Play to back 10 African game studios with $1 million fund

    Opeyemi Kareem
    3rd Jul, 2026
  • 👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – LemFi comes into Wealth
    Newsletters, TC Daily

    👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – LemFi comes into Wealth

    Opeyemi Kareem
    3rd Jul, 2026
  • Quick Fire 🔥 with Sheriff Adedokun
    Quick Fire

    Quick Fire 🔥 with Sheriff Adedokun

    Opeyemi Kareem
    3rd Jul, 2026
  • Catalyst Fund completes $30 million second close to back Africa’s climate-tech startups
    Venture Capital

    Catalyst Fund completes $30 million second close to back Africa’s climate-tech startups

    Opeyemi Kareem
    2nd Jul, 2026

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  • What ABH’s 2026 Top 100 reveals about the future of African entrepreneurship
    Partner

    What ABH’s 2026 Top 100 reveals about the future of African entrepreneurship

    Eme Oreoluwa
    3rd Jul, 2026
  • Why relationship capital is Africa’s most undervalued competitive advantage 
    Partner, Press Room

    Why relationship capital is Africa’s most undervalued competitive advantage 

    Partner
    3rd Jul, 2026
  • QORAY Mobility & Energies formally introduces its founding executive team
    Partner, Press Room

    QORAY Mobility & Energies formally introduces its founding executive team

    Partner
    3rd Jul, 2026
  • How Centiiv is unifying liquidity and infrastructure for global payments
    Partner

    How Centiiv is unifying liquidity and infrastructure for global payments

    Eme Oreoluwa
    3rd Jul, 2026
  • Fiducia partners MTN Nigeria to unlock supply chain finance for businesses
    Partner, Press Room

    Fiducia partners MTN Nigeria to unlock supply chain finance for businesses

    Partner
    3rd Jul, 2026
  • Grey names 2026 UpGreyed Her winners, marking $27,500 in equity-free funding across three editions
    Partner, Press Room

    Grey names 2026 UpGreyed Her winners, marking $27,500 in equity-free funding across three editions

    Partner
    2nd Jul, 2026

Startups

  • Bango thinks food prices shouldn’t depend on which trader you ask
    Startups

    Bango thinks food prices shouldn’t depend on which trader you ask

    Opeyemi Kareem
    Jun 27, 2026
  • $1.44 billion raised in the first half of 2026
    Funding, Startups, TC Insights

    $1.44 Billion Raised In The First Half Of 2026

    TechCabal Insights
    3rd Jul, 2026
  • Munich-based startup brings AI-powered business tools to African small businesses
    Startups

    Munich-based startup brings AI-powered business tools to African small businesses

    Opeyemi Kareem
    25th Jun, 2026
  • Ukiyo’s new app connects South African students to their first jobs
    Startups

    Ukiyo’s new app connects South African students to their first jobs

    Opeyemi Kareem
    17th Jun, 2026

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FinTech

  • Kenyan cross-border fintech WapiPay enters Canada with money services licence
    FinTech

    Kenyan cross-border fintech WapiPay enters Canada with money services licence

    Adonijah Ndege
    20th Jun, 2026
  • Grey Business processes $61 million as stablecoins dominate payments
    FinTech

    Grey Business processes $61 million as stablecoins dominate payments

    Temitayo Jaiyeola
    5th Jun, 2026
  • Esca Finance taps Tether-backed MANSA for same-day African payment settlements
    FinTech

    Esca Finance taps Tether-backed MANSA for same-day African payment settlements

    Emmanuel Nwosu
    3rd Jun, 2026
  • Nala secures $50 million credit line to expand stablecoin payment network
    FinTech

    Nala secures $50 million credit line to expand stablecoin payment network

    Kenn Abuya
    28th May, 2026

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Banking

  • CBN revokes 47 microfinance bank licences as Sycamore cites legacy issues
    Banking

    CBN revokes 47 microfinance bank licences as Sycamore cites legacy issues

    Temitayo Jaiyeola
    1st Jul, 2026
  • I&M taps departing Absa chief Abdi Mohamed as Kenya CEO 
    Banking

    I&M taps departing Absa chief Abdi Mohamed as Kenya CEO 

    Kenn Abuya
    29th Jun, 2026
  • Lender Baobab becomes Beltone’s biggest business three months after acquisition
    Banking

    Lender Baobab becomes Beltone’s biggest business three months after acquisition

    Temitayo Jaiyeola
    23rd Jun, 2026
  • Kenya’s KCB Group fires staff over fraud as cases drop sharply
    Banking

    Kenya’s KCB Group fires staff over fraud as cases drop sharply

    Adonijah Ndege
    16th Jun, 2026

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Companies

  • After years of losses, Prosus’s e-commerce empire is finally making money
    Companies

    After years of losses, Prosus’s e-commerce empire is finally making money

    Phathisani Moyo
    29th Jun, 2026
  • Kenswitch taps Visa as Kenya’s national payments switch race heats up
    Companies

    Kenswitch taps Visa as Kenya’s national payments switch race heats up

    Adonijah Ndege
    3rd Apr, 2026
  • eTranzact beats Q4 revenue forecast but misses 2025 profit target
    Companies

    eTranzact beats Q4 revenue forecast but misses 2025 profit target

    Temitayo Jaiyeola
    5th Feb, 2026
  • eTranzact targets ₦4.28bn profit in 2025 as it shifts away from airtime sales
    Companies

    eTranzact targets ₦4.28bn profit in 2025 as it shifts away from airtime sales

    Temitayo Jaiyeola
    31st Oct, 2025

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Features

  • A Zimbabwean developer built a bride price calculator that went global
    Features

    A Zimbabwean developer built a bride price calculator that went global

    Phathisani Moyo
    4th Jul, 2026
  • Ride-hailing was just the entry point. Yango had bigger plans.
    Features

    Ride-hailing was just the entry point. Yango had bigger plans.

    Ganiu Oloruntade
    23rd Jun, 2026
  • Why Africa’s most-funded EV startup is thinking beyond motorcycles
    Features

    Why Africa’s most-funded EV startup is thinking beyond motorcycles

    Kenn Abuya
    12th Jun, 2026
  • Nigeria licenced 46 telecom challengers to rival MTN and Airtel. Few have taken off.
    Features

    Nigeria licenced 46 telecom challengers to rival MTN and Airtel. Few have taken off.

    Frank Eleanya
    5th Jun, 2026

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Newsletters

  • Africa’s creator economy has a payment problem. These startups want to fix it.
    Francophone Weekly, Newsletters

    Africa’s creator economy has a payment problem. These startups want to fix it.

    Lina Kacyem
    2nd Jun, 2026
  • 👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – LemFi comes into Wealth
    Newsletters, TC Daily

    👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – LemFi comes into Wealth

    Opeyemi Kareem
    3rd Jul, 2026
  • 👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Nigeria’s Central Bank is cleaning house
    Newsletters, TC Daily

    👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Nigeria’s Central Bank is cleaning house

    Opeyemi Kareem
    2nd Jul, 2026
  • 👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Safaricom ports to South Africa
    Newsletters, TC Daily

    👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Safaricom ports to South Africa

    Emmanuel Nwosu
    1st Jul, 2026

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News

  • Afreximbank says Spiro investment signals Africa’s battery ambitions
    News

    Afreximbank says Spiro investment signals Africa’s battery ambitions

    Frank Eleanya
    2nd Jul, 2026
  • Nigerian startup takes top prize at UNDP’s pan-African edtech accelerator
    News

    Nigerian startup takes top prize at UNDP’s pan-African edtech accelerator

    John Adoyi
    3rd Jul, 2026
  • Novastar joins Google Africa Applied AI Lab to back startups
    News

    Novastar joins Google Africa Applied AI Lab to back startups

    Opeyemi Kareem
    2nd Jul, 2026
  • ARM-Harith is raising $200 million to tap African pension capital for infrastructure
    News

    ARM-Harith is raising $200 million to tap African pension capital for infrastructure

    Emmanuel Nwosu
    9th Jun, 2026

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TC Insights

  • Reports, TC Insights

    217+ startups, ₦11B fraud, and $3B valuations: Insights from the 2025 Nigeria Payments Report

    TechCabal Insights
    20th May, 2025
  • $1.44 billion raised in the first half of 2026
    Funding, Startups, TC Insights

    $1.44 Billion Raised In The First Half Of 2026

    TechCabal Insights
    3rd Jul, 2026
  • Inside Africa’s tech layoffs: What the data says (2023–2026) 
    TC Insights

    Inside Africa’s tech layoffs: What the data says (2023–2026) 

    Margaret Awojide
    29th Jun, 2026
  • Why Africa’s electric mobility is no longer a venture bet
    TC Insights

    Why Africa’s electric mobility is no longer a venture bet

    Adedayo Ojo
    15th Jun, 2026

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