TechCabal

11 Feb 2026 - In today's edition: Senegal is digging for oil || Nedbank promises job security || Jumia’s revenue jumps 13% || Access Bank hits a wall

10 Feb 2026 - Terra GO is a Kenyan school transport system that logs student handovers using NFC taps, giving parents and schools verified arrival, pickup, and bus…

10 Feb 2026 - The telecom bond market, where companies raise debt from investors by issuing tradable securities, provides the long-term, reliable capital required…

10 Feb 2026 - In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), the AI sector attracted $858 million in funding in 2025, accounting for 22% of total venture capital…

10 Feb 2026 - 10 février 2026 Hello! Welcome to The Next Wave: Francophone Africa, your weekly deep dive into the tech ecosystem across French-speaking Africa. By…

10 Feb 2026 - The collapse of the proposed acquisition has dealt a blow to the Nigerian lender’s rapid pan-African expansion strategy, which has relied heavily on…

10 Feb 2026 - The platform will enable the over 37 million M-PESA users to buy and sell stocks the same way they send money to a friend or pay for utilities like…

10 Feb 2026 - Talk360, a South African calling app that enables worldwide calls without internet connection, has raised $1.4 million in a secondary investment.

10 Feb 2026 - NCBA disclosed the assurances in a Monday notice of additional information, saying its staff would play a central role in Nedbank’s regional…

10 Feb 2026 - In today's edition: Nigeria's Raenest plants flag in Asia || NCC and CBN want 24-hour refunds for airtime mistakes || Paratus plugs DRC into the…

9 Feb 2026 - African VC is beginning to look more like credit underwriting than long-term experimentation.

9 Feb 2026 - Nigeria’s telecom and financial regulators are moving to mandate 24-hour refunds for everyday airtime and data mistakes, from over-purchases to wrong…

9 Feb 2026 - Raenest, a Nigerian cross-border payments company offering multicurrency accounts for freelancers and businesses, has launched its services in India…

9 Feb 2026 - In the past two years, Equinix has moved beyond the cable landing itself. It has built a modular cable landing station, rolled out roughly 250…

9 Feb 2026 - The service is targeted at African companies that have raised under $1 million and need focused, fast-turnaround communications support.

9 Feb 2026 - Nothing illustrates Nigeria’s growing dependence on the Internet more than how much people now spend on data. Between 2024 and 2025, national data…

9 Feb 2026 - In today's edition: Airtel is launching a new subsea cable || South Africa launches service to combat payment fraud || Kenya officially goes green

9 Feb 2026 - We aren't solving the climate crisis with carbon math because climate action now looks like compliance work.

7 Feb 2026 - Staying close to communities in what Hautefeuille labels as being ‘on the ground’ has helped her realise that places that are very misunderstood from…

7 Feb 2026 - The report shows that more than half of institutions now consider themselves digitally mature, with 54% reporting advanced digital capabilities, up…

6 Feb 2026 - Brastorne Enterprises is bringing its lightweight web platform for farmers using entry-level smartphones to Côte d’Ivoire in 2026.

6 Feb 2026 - Adedeji Olowe is the founder of Lendsqr, a fintech infrastructure company that provides tools for financial institutions to build and scale digital…

6 Feb 2026 - Table of contents How to remove private number on your Android How to remove private number on your iPhone (iOS) What to do if your number still…

6 Feb 2026 - Startups On Our Radar spotlights African startups solving African challenges with innovation. This week, we explore five African startups in the…

6 Feb 2026 - Ephraim Modise is a journalist and writer whose work focuses on technology, business, and finance in Southern Africa.

6 Feb 2026 - Olivia Gao is a principal at Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures (VKAV), a pan-African venture capital firm backing growth-stage companies across the…

6 Feb 2026 - Lola Masha is a partner at Antler Africa, a global early-stage venture capital firm that backs founders from day zero.

6 Feb 2026 - Seun Lanlege is the founder of Polytope Labs, the developer of Hyperbridge, an interoperability protocol that enables blockchain networks to share…

6 Feb 2026 - As Chief Marketing Officer at MTN Nigeria, Adia Sowho led the consumer business serving more than 80 million customers and over $4 billion in annual…

6 Feb 2026 - Emmanuel Ojo is the chief executive officer and managing director of Redtech Limited, where he leads the company’s strategy.

6 Feb 2026 - Yewande Odumosu is a co-founder of HoaQ Ventures Fund, an early-stage investment fund backing founders serving Africa and its diaspora.

6 Feb 2026 - Uwem Uwemakpan is Head of Investment at Launch Africa Ventures, where he leads early-stage investing across the continent.

6 Feb 2026 - "In 2026, I expect AI tutors to evolve into fully capable multimodal learning companions" - Boye Oshinaga

6 Feb 2026 - "In 2026, I expect public health and development systems to accelerate the shift away from labour-intensive, level-of-effort-driven models" - Scott…

6 Feb 2026 - "In 2026, African regulators will stop tolerating scale without operational control across critical digital infrastructure sectors..." - Nikolai…

6 Feb 2026 - "In 2026, I expect the venture studio model to gain stronger recognition as a legitimate asset class" - Leslie Ossete

6 Feb 2026 - Since late November 2025, customers have received apologies and assurances that fuel would be available soon. But last Saturday was the final. 

6 Feb 2026 - In today's edition: MTN moves to acquire IHS Towers || Rwanda would now use drones to deliver medicine || Who secured the bag?💰

5 Feb 2026 - Rwanda has signed an expansion agreement with US-based drone logistics company Zipline to scale autonomous medical delivery systems.

5 Feb 2026 - eTranzact International Plc, a Nigerian payments and switching company, failed to hit its 2025 profit target despite posting a slight revenue increase

5 Feb 2026 - Lesaka’s merchant unit, which serves small and mid-sized businesses through its Kazang and Connect brands, saw revenue fall by 13%.

5 Feb 2026 - When AGOA expired, South Africa’s auto sector was already feeling the pressure of 2.5% tariffs on passenger cars and up to 25% on light trucks.

5 Feb 2026 - SAB Studios an Abuja-based AI film studio wants African creators to shape the future of storytelling on the continent.

5 Feb 2026 - The regional divergence suggests that the African creator economy is a collection of distinct markets at different stages of maturity.

5 Feb 2026 - Cape Town’s cautious approach reflects a broader challenge facing governments globally: balancing the efficiency of AI surveillance with legal and…

5 Feb 2026 - Fintech operators are pushing for a dedicated growth fund or credit guarantee scheme to unlock capital for innovation and expansion, but the Central…

5 Feb 2026 - We took a tour of the first ever 100MW AI data centre campus Kasi Cloud is building close to the coast of Lagos, Nigeria.

5 Feb 2026 - Cellulant has picked longtime engineer Michael Muriuki as CPTO to lead product and technology as competition rises in African digital payments…

5 Feb 2026 - MTN Group, Africa’s largest telecommunications company, has formally applied to the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) for approval to acquire IHS…

5 Feb 2026 - In today's edition: PwC takes over Koko Networks || AGOA is back, for now || Has T2 Mobile finally found its footing? || S&P says Nigerian banks…