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Registering to file tax returns with the LIRS eTax platform

Registering to file tax returns with the LIRS eTax platform

TechCabal Filing tax returns can be a daunting task, but thanks to the LIRS eTax platform, the process has become much simpler and more convenient. LIRS, which stands for Lagos Internal Revenue Service, is the…

Unique: CBN desires NIBSS to regulate entry to Open Banking infrastructure

Unique: CBN desires NIBSS to regulate entry to Open Banking infrastructure

The Central Bank wants NIBSS to serve as an aggregator for bank and fintech APIs, but banking industry professionals say centralising API access in the settlement system operator is the opposite of Open Banking. After…

Interview with Dieudonné Kayembe, founding father of Motema based mostly in Kinshasa

Interview with Dieudonné Kayembe, founding father of Motema based mostly in Kinshasa

This article was contributed to TechCabal Noel K. Tshiani, founder of Congo Business Network, speaks in this exclusive interview for TechCabal with Dieudonné Kayembe, founder of the startup Motema. It aims to produce telephones and…

Opera quietly will increase its stake in Opay

Opera quietly will increase its stake in Opay

But the company wants to sell its increased stake as soon as it can. Opera the consumer internet brand and developer of the eponymous web browser has increased its stake in OPay to 9.5% from…

Credable, an infrastructural digital banking platform, raises $2.5 million to scale merchandise

Credable, an infrastructural digital banking platform, raises $2.5 million to scale merchandise

Credable, a Dubai-based startup that helps businesses to provide their customers with digital banking services, has raised $2.5 million to scale its suite of products across several markets. The startup provides digital banking infrastructure services…

Liquid Clever Applied sciences expands into Egypt

Liquid Clever Applied sciences expands into Egypt

Liquid Intelligent Technologies has acquired a Cairo-based cloud and cyber security provider, Cysiv MEA. Cysiv MEA has been in business since 2008 and specialises in providing enterprise cloud and cyber security services to some of…

Zumi shuts down once more, letting go of 150 workers

Zumi shuts down once more, letting go of 150 workers

B2B e-commerce startup Zumi is shutting down due to its inability to raise the funding necessary to sustain its operations. This close will see the company lay off its team of 150 people who have…

The revolution shall be tweeted: How Twitter is driving the #NationalShutdown in SA

The revolution shall be tweeted: How Twitter is driving the #NationalShutdown in SA

Monday, March 20, is the day of the #NationalShutdown in South Africa. The protest is spearheaded by the opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) against the country’s lingering power shortage. The party also  called for the…

Subsequent Wave: The exhausting limits of retail digitalisation in Africa

Subsequent Wave: The exhausting limits of retail digitalisation in Africa

Source: DFS Lab research based on funding data retrieved from Briter Intelligence, The Big Deal database, and media releases. Note: Some of these companies are headquartered in the United States and serve multiple African markets;…

South African neobank Fin acquires Thuthukani to increase finance choices

South African neobank Fin acquires Thuthukani to increase finance choices

South African neobank Fin has announced its acquisition of Thuthukani, a Pretoria-based fintech startup as part of its expansion efforts. Through the acquisition, Thuthukani’s incremental housing finance offering will be renamed to Fin Home Loans…

5 locations to purchase Ghana WAEC end result checker on-line and offline

5 locations to purchase Ghana WAEC end result checker on-line and offline

TechCabal The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) is responsible for conducting and issuing results for a variety of examinations in Ghana, including the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), and Basic Education Certification Examination…

Nigeria launches $672 million tech fund

Nigeria launches $672 million tech fund

Lire en français Read this email in French. Editor’s Note Week 11, 2023 Read time: 5 minutes Another week, another lineup of interesting, insightful, and sometimes controversial tech stories from around the continent. Welcome to…