Google-backed Platos Health raises $1.4 million pre-seed to roll out preventive health device across Nigeria
Platos Health, a Lagos-based health-tech startup that allows people to monitor their body fat and other health metrics from the comfort of […]
👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Safaricom’s $309 million bet
In partnership with Lire en Français اقرأ هذا باللغة العربية Howdy. Yesterday, millions of Nigerians woke up to a digital blackout: MTN, […]
CWG eyes East Africa, Middle East expansion after posting record profits in 2024
CWG Plc, one of Nigeria’s biggest IT services and infrastructure firms, is expanding to new markets in East Africa and the Middle […]
The AI agency helping Kenyan companies find on-ground applications of AI in their businesses
Ai Kenya started as a grassroots initiative in 2017. Back then, it was just a loose group of enthusiasts trying to demystify […]
Why Safaricom is spending $309 million annually to future-proof M-Pesa
By any measure, M-Pesa is a success story. It is one of Africa’s most consequential financial innovations in the last two decades. […]
NITDA’s Kashifu Inuwa sees small language models as Africa’s entry into AI race
Kashifu Inuwa, Director-General of Nigeria’s National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), believes that Africa’s best bet in the global AI race lies […]
Tanzania’s purge of 80,000 online platforms signals deeper state control over digital space
Tanzania has shut down over 80,000 websites, social media accounts, blogs, and online platforms in the country’s most extensive digital content purge. […]
👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Airtel brings Starlink down to earth
In partnership with Lire en Français اقرأ هذا باللغة العربية Good morning. RIP Skype. Once the king of “Can you hear me […]
We Scored the Nigerians at the 2025 MET Gala Based on their Fashion
The 2025 MET Gala is over, and we are happy that the Nigerians who made Anna Wintour’s shindig didn’t disappoint. By not […]
I Am a Feminist Who Enjoys OdumoduBlvck’s Music
It starts with a beat. A stupidly good one. Before you know it, you’re singing and rapping along, word for word. Then […]
What’s That Smell? It’s Not Ayra Starr, It’s Misogyny
Ayra Starr has built a hyper-feminine pop persona, and it’s drawn the ire of many Nigerian men online. Now, as she celebrates […]
Fluent Ventures’ Alexandre Lazarow wants to invest in locally adapted globally business models
Adaptation is often the determiner between survival and extinction in the animal kingdom, and according to Alexandre Lazarow, the managing partner of […]