- Big data analytics has emerged as a critical field in recent years, owing to the explosion of data and the need to make sense of it. This article explains the intricacies of a career in BDA and provides an overview of the skills and qualifications required.
- Kenyan president William Ruto has reversed the 2020 rule that mandates foreign companies to have at least 30% Kenyan ownership to operate in the country.
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- Some of the major deals announced in the Africa ecosystem in Q1 include Planet42’s $100 million combination of debt and equity raise in February, Lulalend’s $35 million raise, and Carry1st’s $27 million raise.
- Côte d’Ivoire may soon be the latest African country to boast of a national startup act. Recently, its government unveiled a startup bill that it describes as a “framework designed to support the country’s most talented startups.”
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- On a cost-cutting spree, Microsoft is set to lay off 10,000 employees. It has laid off a quarter in Seattle. Now the firing squad has come to Kenya. If layoffs are truly contagious, as some academics say, the Microsoft office in Lagos might be getting some soon.
- Kenya has received $378 million from the European Union to facilitate the electrification of the country’s public transport system. The financing will enable Kenya build the necessary infrastructure to make its BRT system more efficient and cost-effective.
- Cote d’Ivoire has announced plans to launch its startup act, which will offer support to its burgeoning startup ecosystem. This follows a string of startup laws that have been enacted across Africa as several governments look to support and build their technology ecosystems.
- According to data from the International Diabetes Federation, diabetes caused an estimated 96,000 deaths in the country in 2021. Additionally, the disease affects 1 in 9 adult South Africans, with 45.4% of people living with the disease in the country undiagnosed.
- Cape Town: May 2023 – The Sentech Africa Tech Week will breeze into Cape Town once again from 2nd-5th May, 2023. The conference is set to be a tour de force revolving around providing illuminating answers to long-held local challenges. Members of public and private sectors, big businesses and small…
- The African Development Bank (AfDB) has loaned the government of Sao Tome and Principe, a Central African country, $3.2 million to upgrade its payment infrastructure.
- Allawee has built a suite of financial software and hardware that takes away the hassle of expense management and reduces error and fraud ratio to zero.
- In this timeline we look back on the key moments over the past 10 years that have shaped TechCabal to become one of the most influential tech publishers in Africa.
- MTN is investing $83 million in alternative power sources in South Africa. With the adverse effects of load shedding, the telco has recorded spikes in vandalism; over 390 sites have been vandalised since January 2022.
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- One source close to the situation told TechCabal that investors were skeptical about taking legal action against Olusanya. This stemmed from a fear of the negative publicity it would bring and the feeling that it could create bad perceptions for investors to sue a founder.
- According to a statement by the company, the centre will support Liquid C2's efforts to ensure its Zambian customers have access to real-time intelligence-driven alerts and advisory services, enabling them to mitigate potential threats timeously.
- Sharing data on mobile networks in South Africa can be a quick and easy process. In this guide, we take a look at how to transfer data on MTN, Telkom, Cell C, and Vodacom networks in South Africa.
- The “Please call me” feature may not be as popular as before. But it still remains intact with most network providers in Africa. This implies the service is still well in use. Here's how to send a Please Call Me message on all networks in South Africa.
- Carrefour Kenya has a new service that allows customers to check themselves out...literally.
The retailer recently introduced self-service to reduce the queues at the store and speed up the checkout process. More in #TCDaily.
- Digital lenders in Kenya are facing a tough reality: obtain a hard-to-get licence from the CBK to remain operational or die slowly without it. Without a license, Google will not host their apps on Playstore. The CBK’s slow pace is thus an existential threat for Kenyan lenders
- TechCabal can confirm that some investors have petitioned the EFCC in a matter in which Dr. Olusanya is a subject of interest. The specifics of the petition are not yet known at the time of this report.
However, a source close to the situation and with knowledge of the matter said that EFCC…
- This edition of #EnteringTech🚀 shares everything you need to get started to become a frontend engineer. Frontend engineers develop the visual aspects—pages, menus, buttons, links, and graphics—that you can interact with. Here's how you can become one too.
- In South Africa, MTN is one of the largest network providers, and they offer SIM swap self-service. In this article, we’ll go through the process of doing a SIM swap on MTN in South Africa.
- PayDay has raised $3 million in a seed funding round led by @moniepoint. TechCabal exclusively reported three weeks ago that Payday was looking to raise $1.5 million in a seed round, and today’s announcement disclosed that it was eventually oversubscribed. @opuruicheC reports.
- Recent research shows that tuberculosis is a serious public health issue in South Africa, with about 450,000 people developing the disease every year. It is also South Africa’s leading cause of death, killing about 89,000 every year, an average of ten people every hour.
- This week, Kenya Airways reported its tenth consecutive annual loss with a record $290 million full-year loss driven by debt and skyrocketing fuel prices. The airline more than doubled its 2021 loss which stood at $122 million.
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- Redmi Note 12 Series continues to bring flagship-exclusive features to upper-mid-range devices, redefining photography, and overall user experiences. Xiaomi today announced the highly anticipated Nigeria release of Redmi Note 12 Series at a launch event held at the Lagos Marriott Hotel in Ikeja.…
- The injection of old banknotes puts an end to Nigeria's naira redesign policy. The redesign was the CBN's latest attempt to lead the country into a cashless economy, but it turned out to be a torturous cosmetic exercise.
@opuruicheC and @_Fayve report.
- In what is probably one of the most bizarre cases of prison break in South Africa, "Facebook rapist" Thabo Bester escaped from prison by faking his own death but investigative journalism and social media has lead to a manhunt for him.
- In a win for fintechs and the banking sector, the apex regulator has said it will "align with industry calls to keep Open Banking, open. "
@signorabraham reports.
- In this interview, Noel Tshiani(@NoelTshiani) speaks with Rudy Yaone on what entrepreneurs need to know about launching successful marketing campaigns.
- For 10 years TechCabal has documented the shifting landscape of tech in Africa. As we celebrate our 10th birthday we reflect on our roots that emerged from a tiny blog in Lagos, to become one of the most respected tech publications in Africa.
- Kalon Venture Partners, a South African venture capital firm is set to launch a pan-African fund worth $50 million. It will be the first time the firm is investing outside of South Africa.
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- Phone Place Kenya is one of the most popular places to shop for mobile phones and gadgets in Kenya. But we'll be providing you with 4 other reputable online stores to buy phones and gadgets in Kenya, apart from Phone Place.
- The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has officially licenced an additional 10 digital lenders to operate in the country, bringing the total number of authorised digital credit providers (DCP) to 32. The apex bank is seeing to a saner digital lending space in Kenya.
- Investigations have revealed that the culprit who leaked parts of Twitter's source code on GitHub might just be a disgruntled ex-employee. This news should alarm the African tech companies that have been laying off staff since last year.
- Through the addition of the new services, Stitch becomes an end-to-end Payments Service Provider (or PSP, defined as a third party that enables businesses to accept, manage and send digital payments through a variety of methods).
- we must begin to face the reality of AI in Africa in order to learn how to deal with it from a citizen engagement and policy standpoint.
@signorabraham writes for #NextWavebyTechCabal
- Is Nigeria's slew of failed transfers and buggy banking apps reaching an end? Last week, the Nigerian House of Representatives directed the Central Bank (CBN) to request that all banks overhaul their online banking systems.
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- Atiku, one of the candidates of Nigeria's presidential elections has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of using a third-party software called Device Management System to rig the election.
- Because of the app's low data consumption and wide access, Whatsapp chatbots have better reach than other mobile apps in the southern Africa region where data is expensive.
- Rwazi, a market intelligence startup, has raised $4 million in a seed round led by Bonfire Ventures. With this fresh capital, Rwazi will double down on its penetration into emerging markts like Africa.
- “54gene’s new leadership is focused on prioritising the company’s core mission and positioning the company for future success, and that means certain roles were redefined or eliminated in recent months,” 54gene told TechCabal
- ChatGPT has implemented plug-ins from Shopify, Slack, Zapier, Klarna and eight other tech companies. Now the chatbot can access present-day information, run computations, or use third-party services.
