How SIM card manufacturer CardCentre grew to ₦4.9bn revenue in two years
When Nigeria barred the import of SIM cards in 2022, a Lagos-based maker of bank payment cards saw an opening. Two years […]
Bank staff will no longer enjoy cheaper loans under new CBK pricing model
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has scrapped preferential borrowing terms for bank employees, rejecting a push to exempt staff loans from […]
👨🏿🚀TechCabal Daily – Layoffs at eBee
In partnership with Lire en Français اقرأ هذا باللغة العربية Happy new month. AI keeps getting interesting. Yesterday, while trying out Google’s […]
Digital Nomads: A superbike accident was the breaking point for Oluwaleke Fakorede
Oluwaleke Fakorede’s story begins on a grim note. On a random weekend in July 2022, after visiting friends in Osogbo, southwest Nigeria, […]
Busha, SEC partner to launch crypto course for financial leaders
One year since it issued provisional crypto licences to two startups, Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)—under the capital market institute (NCMI)—and […]
South Africans can now shop for home loans online
Getting a mortgage in South Africa is starting to look a lot like buying a fridge. Digital platforms are turning the long, […]
GTCO injects ₦365.9 billion into GTBank to meet new capital rules
Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc (GTCO), one of Nigeria’s largest financial services groups, has injected ₦365.85 billion ($236 million) into its flagship […]
Kenya’s eBee lays off employees across all departments in major restructuring
eBee Africa, the Kenyan mobility startup that once promised to put one million electric bicycles on African roads by 2030, laid off […]
Roqqu is the latest Nigerian crypto startup to list the cNGN stablecoin
Four months after talks began, Roqqu, a Nigerian crypto company, has listed the compliant Naira (cNGN), the stablecoin pegged 1:1 to the […]
Why Nairobi’s co-working spaces are losing to restaurants
A decade ago, Nairobi’s co-working spaces were touted as temples of Kenya’s innovation economy—glass-walled hubs, adorned with local art and furnished with […]
👨🏿🚀TechCabal Daily – Bosun Tijani appears on TIME
In partnership with Lire en Français اقرأ هذا باللغة العربية TGIF! We effectively came to flex on here, pointing out that we’ve […]
Stablecoins make up 43% of Sub-Saharan Africa’s crypto transactions in 2024
Global financial institutions are integrating stablecoins for payments and treasury operations, with corporate transactions growing by 25% in 2024, particularly in cross-border […]