8 things African VC firms are looking for in a startup
If you’ve ever wondered what African VC firms are looking for when investing in startups, you’re not alone. There’s a lot of […]
Airtel plans 2026 IPO for mobile money unit in push against M-Pesa, MoMo
Airtel Africa plans to list its mobile money unit, Airtel Money, in the first half of 2026 as the telecoms giant seeks […]
👨🏿🚀TechCabal Daily – Delete our data
In partnership with Lire en Français اقرأ هذا باللغة العربية Happy pre-TGIF. Remember thinking your 20s were the peak of happiness? Turns […]
How Nigerian banks’ market cap tripled to ₦10.5 Trillion in six years
This article was originally published on TechCabal Insights. In just six years, the total market capitalisation of Nigerian commercial banks has more […]
Food delivery startup OyaNow is targeting the 1% to break even by Q1 2026
OyaNow, a seven-year-old Nigerian food delivery startup, projects it will break even by Q1 2026, according to founder Abbas Dayekh. This is […]
MIVA, Nigeria’s first private open university, targets 100,000 students with new Lagos study centre
It was 4 PM on a rainy Tuesday afternoon, April 29th, 2025, when scores of people trooped into the premises of a […]
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 […]