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Cross Switch Appoints Nondumiso Siboto as Head of Operations, South Africa
Cross Switch is pleased to announce the appointment of Nondumiso Siboto as Head of Operations, South Africa. Nondumiso brings wide-ranging experience in operations leadership, customer success, and large-scale service delivery across fintech and SaaS environments. Her appointment comes at a time when Cross Switch is actively expanding its platform capabilities and solidifying its position as […]
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Thursday Chronicles: Surviving the ‘data is life’ illusion
Hello, my fellow Netizens! Welcome back to the weekly gathering of people who are currently contemplating whether to buy data or buy food. It’s a tough decision, isn’t it? Like choosing between breathing and blinking. Whether or not you’re reading this with your last megabytes — we appreciate the sacrifice. Pull up a virtual chair, […] Continue reading %%POSTNAME%% at %%BLOGNAME%%.
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👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Kenya gives credit where it’s due
In today's edition: Kenya issues 32 digital lending licences || Nigeria’s CAC affected by security breach || Cellulant taps ex-Xapo Bank executive || Zambia is digitising patient records
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TCL Unveils 2026 Product Lineup for South Africa, Bringing Revolutionary SQD-Mini LED TV Technology to Local Consumers
TCL, the global 1 Mini LED and Ultra Large Screen TV brand (75”+) according to OMDIA 2025, and the No. 1 brand locally for Mini LED TV unit sale in H2 2025, continues to push the boundaries of display innovation with the introduction of SQD-Mini LED in South Africa The launch marks a major milestone […]
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Prediction Market Apps Lets You Make Money Trading on Outcome of Real World Events
In recent years, a new wave of financial platforms has emerged—prediction market apps. These platforms allow everyday users to make money trading on the outcome of real-world events, turning opinions and insights into potential profit. Instead of buying stocks or crypto, you’re essentially trading on whether something will happen or not, from elections and sports […]
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NectarFi Closes $170K Pre-Seed to Build a Full-Stack On-Chain Financial Life for Crypto Users
A Nigerian startup born from a hackathon has closed a pre-seed round and launched publicly, aiming to replace the fragmented, unrewarding experience of crypto finance with something that works the way money should. NectarFi gives users a complete financial toolkit in a single application: they can hold and manage digital assets in a self-custodial wallet, […] The post NectarFi Closes $170K Pre-Seed to Build a Full-Stack On-Chain Financial Life for Crypto Users appeared first on Tech In Africa.
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Endeavor South Africa Closes Harvest Fund III at R230 Million to Back the Next Wave of Scale-Ups
Endeavor South Africa has completed the final close of its third Harvest Fund, bringing together institutional capital and founder-led investment to back late-stage technology companies across the continent. Harvest Fund III closed at R230 million, structured as a rules-based co-investment vehicle that deploys capital alongside qualified lead investors, with the bulk targeted at Series B […] The post Endeavor South Africa Closes Harvest Fund III at R230 Million to Back the Next Wave of Scale-Ups appeared first on Tech In Africa.
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South Africa’s Refiant AI Raises $5 Million to Make Artificial Intelligence Leaner and Less Energy-Hungry
A South Africa-founded startup is making the case that the AI industry’s default answer to the energy crisis — building bigger, burning more — is the wrong approach entirely, and has secured $5 million in seed funding to prove it. The round was led by California-based climate technology investor VoLo Earth Ventures. Founded in 2025 […] The post South Africa’s Refiant AI Raises $5 Million to Make Artificial Intelligence Leaner and Less Energy-Hungry appeared first on Tech In Africa.
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Visa’s Africa Fintech Accelerator Crosses 100-Startup Milestone and Opens Sixth Cohort
Visa’s Africa Fintech Accelerator has reached a landmark moment, crossing the threshold of 100 startups supported since its launch and simultaneously opening the door for the next generation of founders to apply. The milestone was announced during the Cohort 5 Demo Day, held at GITEX Africa in Marrakech, where 18 high-growth fintech startups from 10 […] The post Visa’s Africa Fintech Accelerator Crosses 100-Startup Milestone and Opens Sixth Cohort appeared first on Tech In Africa.
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Breaking News: CAC investigates cybersecurity breach, advises portal users to update credentials
By Boluwatife Oshadiya | April 15, 2026 Key Points Main Story Nigeria’s Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has confirmed it is investigating a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorised access to limited aspects of its information systems, raising fresh concerns over the security of critical government digital infrastructure. In a public notice issued on April 15, 2026, the […] Continue reading %%POSTNAME%% at %%BLOGNAME%%.
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The solar-powered medical kiosks bringing doctors to remote Chadians
Telemedan works like a small clinic, designed to handle consultation and diagnosis of a patient in one place.
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Three million Nigerians in gig economy, nearly a quarter in ride-hailing, Bolt report says
Three million people now work in Nigeria’s gig economy, and nearly a quarter of them are in ride-hailing, according to a new report by Ipsos, a global research firm, commissioned by Bolt, obtained by TechCabal. 
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Nedbank & Mastercard in Landmark 10-Year Partnership
Nedbank and Mastercard today announced a landmark 10-year commercial agreement that expands their long-standing collaboration across Southern Africa. Under the agreement, Nedbank will leverage Mastercard’s global technology expertise and payments innovation to accelerate its growth across retail banking, small businesses, commercial clients, and merchant services. Together, the two organisations will create future-fit products designed to […]
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Cellulant hires ex-Xapo Bank executive Anthony Hernandez as COO
Hernandez will oversee onboarding, transaction processing, and customer growth, with a focus on reducing failures and improving how payments are tracked across markets.
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Sony Expands Gaming Gear Range
Sony is expanding its range of gaming gear with the introduction of 2 new models – the INZONE H6 Air. The INZONE H6 Air offers an immersive gaming experience backed by the open-back acoustic structure and the custom drivers. It produces deep and tight bass thanks to the back ducts integrated into the drivers.  With […]
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Bayobab CEO Appointed to Global Leaders’ Forum (GLF) Board
MTN Digital Infrastructure, the parent company of Bayobab, today announced that its Chief Executive Officer, Mazen Mroué, has been appointed to the Board of the Global Leaders’ Forum (GLF), a global network of senior connectivity leaders working to shape the future of the digital infrastructure and telecommunications ecosystem. The GLF brings together senior executives from […]
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#HISA2026 Returns to Johannesburg—Registration Now Open!
Johannesburg, South Africa—The Healthcare Innovation Summit Africa (HISA) 2026, Africa’s leading platform for exploring the latest trends and technologies shaping the healthcare industry, will return to Johannesburg on 27-28 May for its 11th annual edition. Organized by IT News Africa, the event will gather senior healthcare professionals, government leaders, innovators, and technology providers from across Africa […]
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👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Takealot and wait for delivery
In today's edition: Takealot fights Temu, Shein with low prices || aptLearn shuts down || Kenya's hunt for new tax chief || Cauridor hires former Flutterwave exec
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Man Utd vs Leeds United: Michael Carrick Faces Scrutiny After Defeat
Michael Carrick’s first home defeat as Manchester United manager, inflicted by a Noah Okafor brace for Leeds United on Monday night, has raised pointed questions about the team’s readiness for the six-match run-in that determines whether they reach next season’s Champions League. United remain third in the table but are now nine points behind second-place […] The post Man Utd vs Leeds United: Michael Carrick Faces Scrutiny After Defeat appeared first on Gooner Daily.
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Welcome to TechCabal 4.0: Become an Insider
You’ve been reading TechCabal for free. That’s not changing. But some of our reporting is moving behind a gate. The stories built on sources nobody else has. Investigations that don’t stop at what happened but push into why it happened and what comes next. To read them, you need to become a TC Insider. It […]
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Zuri Health expands mobile clinic fleet across high-traffic Nairobi
Two of the buses operate as a self-contained clinic, powered by solar energy and fitted with equipment for diagnostics, dental care, and cervical cancer screening.
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Kenya-based assistive tech accelerator embeds persons with disabilities in product design
Innovate Now has selected 19 startups working across speech therapy, mobility, inclusive education, and caregiver support sectors to provide locally adapted solutions for accessibility.
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SportyTV Acquires Pay Rights for the FIFA World Cup 2026 in South Africa
SportyTV has secured a historic and groundbreaking agreement with FIFA to broadcast all 104 matches of the FIFA World Cup 2026™ in South Africa on a Pay TV basis. a landmark deal that positions the platform at the forefront of sports media innovation across the continent. Just one year after launching in the market, SportyTV […]
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How two Francophone founders are turning second-hand iPhones into a tech business
Sikili is more than a commerce play. It is an early argument for what a West African circular economy could look like, and a story about two women who chose to build it together, across two countries, from scratch.
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FNB Launches Digital Enablement Program to Accelerate SME Digital Transformation in SA
As digital technologies continue to reshape industries at an accelerated pace, the ability of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to adapt has become a defining factor in their survival and growth. Across key sectors, particularly those undergoing rapid transformation, businesses that fail to integrate digital capabilities face an increasing risk of stagnation or failure. In […]
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AI is changing the rules of cloud migration
Cloud migration has become a continuous balancing act to ensure companies can effectively manage costs, sovereignty and AI workloads, says Chris Badenhorst, Head of Azure Core Services at Braintree. Six percent. That’s how many database migrations have finished on time. Cloud migrations are even more complex, moving entire workloads across environments in processes that are […]
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Airtel expands network capacity in latest move to close gap with MTN
Airtel Nigeria, the second biggest player, has been building aggressively to compete. By December 2025, it had added 1,561 sites over three years, bringing its total to nearly 17,200.
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NEMSAS blames poor connectivity for emergency response delays
Keypoints Main Story At a media workshop in Abuja on Monday, Dr. Doubra Emuren stated that unreliable network coverage is directly risking lives by disrupting emergency call systems. He explained that when connectivity fails, response times are significantly affected, making it difficult for the National Emergency Number (112) to function consistently. He further noted that […] Continue reading %%POSTNAME%% at %%BLOGNAME%%.
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Belmoney and RwandaCash Partner to Unlock Pan-European Remittances to Rwanda
Strategic alliance combines Rwanda’s most trusted diaspora brand with Europe’s first Remittance-as-a-Service platform giving tens of thousands of Rwandans across the EU a faster, cheaper way to send money home. Belmoney, Europe’s first Remittance-as-a-Service (RaaS) provider, today announced a strategic partnership with RwandaCash, the leading financial services provider for the Rwandan diaspora. The partnership transforms […] The post Belmoney and RwandaCash Partner to Unlock Pan-European Remittances to Rwanda appeared first on Tech In Africa.
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Payfast Founder Acquires iVeri
Jonathan Smit, the founder and former Managing Director of Payfast, has announced his acquisition of iVeri, one of Africa’s longest-standing payment technology providers. The move marks a significant shift in the continent’s fintech landscape, bringing together iVeri’s nearly 30-year legacy of robust payment infrastructure and the vision of one of South Africa’s most accomplished entrepreneurs. […]
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👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – AI, made in Morocco
In today's edition: Morocco’s AI factory || Foreign income earned at home is taxable in Kenya || Nigeria sets June deadline for e-invoicing || Bad loans in Kenya hit 15.5% in 2025
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Ex-Flutterwave executive Awa Koné joins Cauridor as Chief Operating Officer
Koné's appointment comes as Cauridor moves beyond its early infrastructure-building phase and pushes into new markets.
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Storipod strikes deal to distribute Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s books digitally
The agreement will see titles from the Lagos-based publisher distributed digitally via Storipod, as both companies look to widen access to African literature.
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Africa can’t build 54 clouds, and importing one won’t fix it
I sat in on a cloud panel at GITEX Africa in Morocco on April 8, 2026, that was less about how countries and companies are adopting the cloud, but more about who is controlling it. 
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Charm Impact’s Gavriel Landau on backing deals others avoid
Gavriel Landau, founder and CEO of Charm Impact, talks about the limits of current climate finance and the economics of small-ticket lending.
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Kenya ruling expands tax net to foreign income earned from Nairobi operations
A Kenyan Tax Appeals Tribunal ruling that income earned from projects abroad can still be taxed locally could ripple through Nairobi’s fast-growing pool of remote tech workers, freelancers, and back-office teams working for global companies from Kenya.
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