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29 Dec 2025 - Rather than one defining headline, the year was shaped by a set of recurring words. Here is the 2025 African tech dictionary.

29 Dec 2025 - A lot happened in Africa's technology industry in 2025. Here are TechCabal’s 15 most definitive stories of the year.

27 Dec 2025 - The internet often describes the world as a ‘global village.’ But in practice, the seams show quickly. Borders still determine access. Job…

26 Dec 2025 - When Nigeria’s currency began stabilising this year after months of volatility, many observers were cautious about calling it a turning point. But…

26 Dec 2025 - Spiro electric boda bodas spark debate in Kenya over ownership, control and power, after claims bikes can be disabled, raising fears about…

26 Dec 2025 - Africa’s tech scene saw fundraising jump 33% to $3 billion in 2025 as deals and acquisitions returned. Yet many transactions stalled quietly and…

26 Dec 2025 - Startups On Our Radar spotlights African startups solving African challenges with innovation. This week, we explore five African startups in the…

26 Dec 2025 - Cities like Marrakech, Lagos, Algiers, Kigali, and Cape Town played host to events that reflected the state of Africa’s tech ecosystem and its future.

25 Dec 2025 - In 2025, Nigerians used AI for far more than drafting emails or summarising PDFs. Chatbots became makeshift therapists, romantic intermediaries, and…

24 Dec 2025 - Effective smartphone repair always begins with identifying the actual cause of the issue, not jumping to conclusions or trying random fixes in the…

24 Dec 2025 - Every so often, TechCabal reporters and editors come across incredible work that make us go: "Damn, I wish we had made that." Here's our inaugural "…

24 Dec 2025 - Across the continent, the biggest opportunities often lie in infrastructure gaps: payments, logistics, mobility, energy, and healthcare.

24 Dec 2025 - Nigeria’s internet penetration crossed the 50% mark in November 2025, reaching 50.58%, according to the latest industry data from the Nigerian…

23 Dec 2025 - Nomba is the latest Nigerian fintech to integrate Apple Pay, joining Stripe-owned Paystack, which integrated Apple Pay into its payment stack…

23 Dec 2025 - Why do people keep getting hacked despite new security features? The answer is simple: human error. It’s rarely high-tech hacking; it’s usually a…

23 Dec 2025 - Sun King’s expansion into smartphone financing comes as rising smartphone prices continue to deepen Nigeria’s digital access gap.

23 Dec 2025 - As Senegal’s startup ecosystem matures, DER is moving away from generic entrepreneurship support toward sector focused programmes designed to…

23 Dec 2025 - In 2025, Africa’s telecom industry entered a defining chapter. Towers and cell sites now blanket the continent, yet hundreds of millions of people…

22 Dec 2025 - From January 2026, sending ₦50,000 ($34.14) through your bank app could cost you ₦100 in transfer fees. Not because banks suddenly changed their…

22 Dec 2025 - The Tecno Spark 40 is the latest addition to Tecno’s Spark lineup, a lineup tailored for buyers who want budget-friendly smartphones with a long…

22 Dec 2025 - Cet article est aussi disponible en français First published 21 Dec, 2025 Thanks for reading The Next Wave this year. Your engagement hasn’t just…

20 Dec 2025 - What if travellers picked up packages as they commuted, and earned money while they did? That was the beginning of Travella Logistics.

20 Dec 2025 - For years, Caribbean citizenship let Nigerian entrepreneurs and globally minded professionals move easily between markets without leaving home.…

19 Dec 2025 - This year, artificial intelligence (AI) moved from a playground for the curious to the engine room for the productive. 

19 Dec 2025 - Startups On Our Radar spotlights African startups solving African challenges with innovation. This week, we explore five African startups in the…

19 Dec 2025 - Nigeria’s fuel subsidy removal sent petrol prices soaring and forced a rethink of how people move goods and people. In that shock, electric vehicles…

19 Dec 2025 - Venture capital (VC) funding in Egypt grew by 31% year-over-year (YoY) in the second half of 2025 (excluding December), hitting $524 million raised…

19 Dec 2025 - The partnership closes coverage gaps neither company can solve alone. Airtel has spectrum, towers, distribution, and tens of millions of users, but…

19 Dec 2025 - Before co-founding Liquid, Justice helped build Paystack’s Virtual Terminal and was an early engineer at Lazerpay, where he shipped the minimum…

19 Dec 2025 - In today's edition: We’ve launched the Builders’ List! || Quick Fire 🔥 with Justice Eziefule || Who secured the bag? 💰

19 Dec 2025 - How much of the African tech story did you digest this year? Let’s find out.

18 Dec 2025 - TechCabal is launching The Builders’ List: an annual index of the most consequential people shaping Africa’s technology ecosystem in the calendar…

18 Dec 2025 - Rosemary Hewat, a former Kuda executive, sued her former employer and Babs Ogundeyi, Kuda's CEO, for gender discrimination. Here's why it was…

18 Dec 2025 - A complete list of the layoffs that happened in Africa's tech ecosystem in 2025 amid tighter capital, shifting strategies, and a stronger push toward…

18 Dec 2025 - Flowmono aims to address how African businesses can operate digitally without relying on foreign software and incurring exorbitant subscription fees…

18 Dec 2025 - Microsoft and its partners trained four million Nigerians in AI, software development, data engineering, etc and certified 70,000 of them.

18 Dec 2025 - In today's edition: The Builders’ List || Why the Builders’ List exists || Chowdeck, GoLemon partner for grocery delivery services || Showmax users…

17 Dec 2025 - Shaaré, a Nigerian home service marketplace has launched instant matching feature to automatically connect cleaners to users.

17 Dec 2025 - Founders already inside the US system remain shielded from the executive order. But first-time entrants will face a wall built from data, security…

17 Dec 2025 - Africa’s tech ecosystem is building cars without brakes. Toyin Akinniyi, Luminate Group's Regional Portfolio Director, Africa explains why builders,…

17 Dec 2025 - GoLemon has partnered with Chowdeck to supply groceries to Chowdeck’s dark stores and offer customers same-day grocery delivery through Chowdeck.

17 Dec 2025 - The move also highlights how mobile money is becoming core infrastructure for digital entertainment as streaming platforms push deeper into mobile-…

17 Dec 2025 - In today's edition: Kenya’s pay-TV market grows || BasiGo opens charging station || Luno, AltSchool announce new course

16 Dec 2025 - Kenyan fintech Swypt connects M-PESA payments to stablecoins by letting merchants receive, hold, and send USDT without changing how customers pay.

16 Dec 2025 - Senegal is charting a new chapter in its tech ecosystem. After producing Francophone Africa’s first unicorn, the country is now layering public and…

16 Dec 2025 - VOLZ, an Algerian travel-tech startup, has raised 600 million dinars (about $5 million) to strengthen its product offerings within the country and…

16 Dec 2025 - In today's edition: Outage for Standard Bank customers || Fynd finds its way to South Africa || WIOCC’s $65M data centre push || Cool Stuff 😎

15 Dec 2025 - In 2023, BII invested £725 million in Africa, then £1.09 billion in 2024, a 40% increase. Here are the sectors they're backing in the coming years.

15 Dec 2025 - Fynd, a Mumbai-headquartered  AI-powered unified commerce platform backed by Reliance Retail Ventures, has launched in South Africa and…

15 Dec 2025 - While loan apps have thrived in Nigeria’s credit-starved market, some deepen their exploitation of already vulnerable borrowers through “dark…