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Starlink goes stay in Eswatini months after receiving license

Starlink goes stay in Eswatini months after receiving license

The country becomes the 8th in Africa to have access to the service. Starlink, Elon Musk’s satellite internet service provider, officially launched in Eswatini yesterday, December 18. The company initially applied for a license to…

Clickbait money seize: Faux on-line offers hang-out Batswana as on-line rip-off claims victims

Clickbait money seize: Faux on-line offers hang-out Batswana as on-line rip-off claims victims

An online scam which claims to sell various items, including cell phones, food and unclaimed baggage for P40 (~$3), has claimed several victims in Botswana. An online scam offering expensive items for sale at a…

Marketforce CEO says Pezesha’s liquidation swimsuit is untimely

Marketforce CEO says Pezesha’s liquidation swimsuit is untimely

Tesh Mbaabu, CEO of Marketforce, a Kenyan business-to-business e-commerce that raised $40m in series A funding in 2022, has akuscarpe wmns air 1 mid harmontblainescarpe loevenichhut and-camicie gabssaldi akutrekkingshop blundstoneprezzi loevenichhutkaufen ynotsaldi ynotsaldi blaineharmont donkeywinkekatze…

Breaking: SEC fees Tingo Group CEO Dozy Mmobuosi with “huge fraud”

Breaking: SEC fees Tingo Group CEO Dozy Mmobuosi with “huge fraud”

America’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will bring charges against Dozy Mmobuosi, the CEO of Tingo Group, for fabricating financial statements and other documents of three of Tingo Group and its subsidiaries, Tingo Mobile and…

Hacking SA’s tech gender hole

Hacking SA’s tech gender hole

This article was contributed to TechCabal by Charles Mathews It is a Saturday morning in Cape Town, and in a room, many girls and a few boys are baking code. The big challenge? To create…

Unique: Twiga CEO closed a $35 million convertible bond deal earlier than 6-month sabbatical

Unique: Twiga CEO closed a $35 million convertible bond deal earlier than 6-month sabbatical

Peter Njonjo, the CEO of Twiga, a Kenyan startup that connects farmers to food vendors, announced his decision to take a six-month sabbatical from the company on Thursday, sparking fears that the company’s investors were…

Subsequent Wave: Tides, tsunamis and a slow-motion return to arduous issues

Subsequent Wave: Tides, tsunamis and a slow-motion return to arduous issues

2023 is ending on a humble note for the fintech boom, climate-tech’s wobbly first steps and a back-to-the-drawing-board for e-commerce in Africa. Everywhere you turn, doing the hard things first is back on the menu.…

M-PESA goes plastic: 50 million Kenyans will get debit playing cards following Visa partnership

M-PESA goes plastic: 50 million Kenyans will get debit playing cards following Visa partnership

This marks the second time in under two years that M-PESA and Visa have collaborated to expand global payments for their customers. M-PESA, the ubiquitous mobile money platform used by 32.1 million Kenyans and over…

South Africa dominates Netflix’s most-watched motion pictures in Africa for 2023

South Africa dominates Netflix’s most-watched motion pictures in Africa for 2023

Netflix, the second largest streaming platform in Africa, recently released its first of what will become a biannual report that details what people watched on Netflix over six months—January to June 2023—globally. The list covered…

Meet among the folks constructing within the Abuja tech ecosystem

Meet among the folks constructing within the Abuja tech ecosystem

The Abuja tech ecosystem, the second most popular in Nigeria after Lagos, has witnessed steady growth in recent years. The ecosystem now boasts 72 startups and about 20 ecosystem entities, including accelerators, incubators, and hubs.…

Mansa companions with Large Cabal Media to highlight its Moonshot convention in the USA

Mansa companions with Large Cabal Media to highlight its Moonshot convention in the USA

Mansa, a US-based free streaming platform for black content, has partnered with Big Cabal Media, the parent company of TechCabal to advertise its tech conference, Moonshot. Mansa, the free ad-supported streaming platform that raised $8…

Nigerian customers really feel the pinch as inflation hits 28.20%, meals prices chew

Nigerian customers really feel the pinch as inflation hits 28.20%, meals prices chew

Nigeria’s inflation rate has jumped for a record 11th time this month, adding pressure on the central bank to hold a rate hike meeting In November, Nigerian households felt the pinch even more as consumer…