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International Black Syndicate is eager on backing extra black-founded startups throughout the globe

International Black Syndicate is eager on backing extra black-founded startups throughout the globe

When Craig Dixon gets asked why he has an entrepreneurial perspective on life, he quickly refers people to his roots as the child of Jamaican immigrants in the United States. Both his parents came separately…

Learn how to deposit cash from M-PESA to KCB in Kenya 2023

Learn how to deposit cash from M-PESA to KCB in Kenya 2023

KCB Bank Kenya Limited, licensed by the Central Bank of Kenya, is a bank based in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. M-PESA is a mobile banking service that enables users to save and transfer funds from…

Unique: Romain Poirot-Lellig on how acquisitions can enhance the African tech ecosystem.

Unique: Romain Poirot-Lellig on how acquisitions can enhance the African tech ecosystem.

The Kwik cofounder talks about the state of funding in Africa, a new phase for the African tech ecosystem, and what consolidation could mean for African startups.  Romain Poirot-Lellig comes across as a complex man.…

Yahoo is shedding 20% of its workers

Yahoo is shedding 20% of its workers

Yahoo has announced that it is laying off 20% of its staff, or about 1,600, becoming the latest technology company to trim down its headcount in what has become somewhat of a daily trend. The…

Orange and German Growth Company construct digital centre in Sierra Leone

Orange and German Growth Company construct digital centre in Sierra Leone

Orange and the German Development Cooperation have announced the opening of an Orange Digital Center (ODC) in Sierra Leone. The centre will serve as an ecosystem entirely dedicated to the development of digital skills and…

South African cybersecurity startup Sendmarc raises $7 million

South African cybersecurity startup Sendmarc raises $7 million

South African cybersecurity startup Sendmarc has announced that it has raised $7 million in Series A funding to offer businesses protection from email phishing attacks and impersonation. The Johannesburg-based startup was founded in 2020 by…

Layoffs proceed as Disney and Zoom announce cuts

Layoffs proceed as Disney and Zoom announce cuts

It does not look like the trend of job cuts has plateaued just yet. This week, pandemic-era darling Zoom and Disney announced that they were axing a combined total of 8,300 staff, with Zoom cutting…

Learn how to lose $100 billion in at some point, the Bard manner

Learn how to lose $100 billion in at some point, the Bard manner

As it turns out, Google’s Bard, the AI chatbot meant to rival OpenAI’s ChatGPT, is still pretty uhhm, bad, according to the stock market. A “mistake”, which might not have been a mistake after all,…

Nigerian Supreme courtroom briefly halts the federal authorities ban on previous naira denominations

Nigerian Supreme courtroom briefly halts the federal authorities ban on previous naira denominations

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) urged Nigeria’s Federal Government and Central Bank to extend the cutoff date for the use of the 200, 500, and 1000 naira notes as legal tender. IMF’s representative in Nigeria,…

Flutterwave spreads its wings to North Africa

Flutterwave spreads its wings to North Africa

Nigerian fintech unicorn, Flutterwave, has acquired its Payment Services Provider and Payment Facilitator licenses in Egypt, marking its entry into the North African region. The licenses will enable Flutterwave to act as an official payment…

PR in your startup throughout an financial downturn

PR in your startup throughout an financial downturn

This article was contributed to TechCabal by Claudine Moore, an award-winning global PR leader specializing in Africa-focused PR and communications across multiple sectors including tech. She is the Managing Partner, Africa Allison+Partners and founder and former…

Microsoft goes all in on AI with launch of AI-powered Bing & Edge

Microsoft goes all in on AI with launch of AI-powered Bing & Edge

Just a day after Google announced its competitor to OpenAI’s ChatGPT conversational AI tool, Microsoft has revealed that it will be launching AI-powered versions of its search engine Bing and web browser Edge. According to…