My Life in Tech: Federick Abila is building Ghana’s AI future from a dorm room in Tarkwa
It’s a rainy evening in Lagos. I am speaking with 21-year-old Ghanaian innovator Federick Abila, a second-year student of computer science and […]
BasiGo launches Kenya’s first electric Matatu pilot on intercity routes
Kenyan electric mobility startup BasiGo has launched the country’s first pilot programme for electric matatus (public transport minivans) on inter-city routes, a […]
Weeks after Copia’s collapse, co-founder, top executives quietly registered new startup
One month after Kenya’s Copia Global collapsed in May 2024 under the weight of operational debt and failure to raise fresh funding, […]
Safaricom adds PayPal withdrawals to M-PESA app to court Kenya’s remote workers
Safaricom has added PayPal withdrawals to the M-PESA super app, making it easier for Kenyan users, particularly freelancers and remote workers, to […]
👨🏿🚀TechCabal Daily – A collective collapse
In partnership with Lire en Français اقرأ هذا باللغة العربية Happy mid-week. In yesterday’s newsletter, we referenced a news article detailing an […]
Vendy wants to become the go-to payment platform for social commerce in Africa
The rising number of social media users and online shoppers on the continent has fuelled a rise in social commerce. Nigerian startup […]
M-KOPA lawsuit alleges racial disparity in employee equity, firm says claim is baseless
When M-KOPA Holdings, a UK-headquartered fintech with over five million users across five African markets, restructured its shareholding in 2019, it was […]
“Mastercard Foundation’s agreement was not terminated due to a breach,” Bongani Sithole, 54 Collective’s CEO
In February 2025, over 40 employees at 54 Collective, an early-stage venture studio that helped African founders build their startups, received shocking […]
Africa’s AI ambitions take root in Lagos with first full-stack data growth zone
Within Alaro City, which borders Eleko, a coastal community on the fringes of Lagos, Itana is building Africa’s first full-stack AI and […]
Meta to unmask operators behind teen revenge porn channels in South Africa
WhatsApp and Instagram owner, Meta, has agreed to release the information of those behind accounts that posted revenge porn of minors across […]
The real reason your data “disappears” in Nigeria
TechCabal recently published a piece on why internet bundle feels like it’s disappearing, focusing on auto-updates, background apps, and device settings as […]
On NewComma, Africa’s diasporan creators earn and find community on a global stage
Long gone are the days when television, radio, and newspapers were the dominant channels to capture the attention of an audience. In […]