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Nigeria’s latest telecom operator, Mcom, launches its 5G community

Nigeria’s latest telecom operator, Mcom, launches its 5G community

Nigeria’s newest telecom operator, MAFAB Communications, has launched its 5G network services for Nigerians. The launch ceremony took place in Abuja on Tuesday January 24 and in Lagos on Thursday January 26, 2023.  This announcement comes…

Political activist Farida Nabourema is utilizing bitcoin to liberate herself and others from abusive financial programs

Political activist Farida Nabourema is utilizing bitcoin to liberate herself and others from abusive financial programs

Farida Nabourema is a Togolese activist who was born and raised under a military regime. From the time she was a child, Nabourema watched her grandfather and father oppose the harsh dictatorship, occasionally landing in…

Swvl share value jumps as board approves reverse inventory cut up

Swvl share value jumps as board approves reverse inventory cut up

Swvl, the Dubai-headquartered firm, has announced a reverse stock split that grants each shareholder 25 shares for each share held. The move was a response to Nasdaq’s second delisting warning means after Swvl’s stock price…

Nigeria’s central financial institution launches AfriGo, a nationwide home card scheme

Nigeria’s central financial institution launches AfriGo, a nationwide home card scheme

Nigeria’s central bank has today made good on its intentions to launch a national domestic card scheme, AfriGo. The scheme, which was initially announced at a Bankers’ Committee press briefing in October 2022, introduces the…

Nambu Group raises seed spherical to create animal feed from fly larvae

Nambu Group raises seed spherical to create animal feed from fly larvae

South African agritech startup Nambu Group, whose technology produces high nutrition animal feed using the larvae of the Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia Illucens), has secured seed funding from E Squared Investments. Nambu’s solution works by…

Cape City is getting one other information centre, due to Africa Knowledge Centres

Cape City is getting one other information centre, due to Africa Knowledge Centres

Cassava Technologies-backed data centre constructor, Africa Data Centres, has announced that it is building another data centre facility in Cape Town. The new facility will have an IT load of 20MW and is expected to…

Luno wields job axe on 35% of employees

Luno wields job axe on 35% of employees

South African crypto exchange Luno is retrenching 35% of its global workforce, with CEO Marcus Swanepoel citing dwindling growth and revenue numbers as the main reason for the cuts. “2022 has been an incredibly tough…

Kenya hopes to spice up authorities income by taxing M-Pesa transactions

Kenya hopes to spice up authorities income by taxing M-Pesa transactions

Kenya cannot afford high taxes. They stifle growth, cut investment, and deter business. But it also cannot afford its mounting debt. So the government plans to throw a bigger tax net—one wide enough to tax…

This Senegalese farm is coaching the following technology of African information engineers  

This Senegalese farm is coaching the following technology of African information engineers 

EcoFarm, an eco-friendly farm in Fimela, a Senegalese village located about 150 km southeast of Dakar, the country’s capital, has started training the next generation of data engineers in Africa. The farm plays host to a…

9 new African languages added to Google translate offline assist

9 new African languages added to Google translate offline assist

*This article was submitted to TechCabal by bird story agency Google recently announced the expansion of its offline translation by adding 33 new languages, including nine African languages, to the Google Translate app on iOS…

With low costs and belief, what’s subsequent for African crypto startups and creators?

With low costs and belief, what’s subsequent for African crypto startups and creators?

Two years after crypto excitement hit Africa, there has been a painful return to earth. Prices and trust are low, and the promise that crypto would help Africans escape poverty now needs re-examination.   In November…

Subsequent Wave: A balancing act in two acts

Subsequent Wave: A balancing act in two acts

What does it mean to tell Africa’s story? It is a common refrain that you hear in almost any sphere of African life, that we have important stories that need to be told but aren’t.…