Table of contents October is a smart time to buy some Apple products and hold off on others. Apple has just refreshed its iPhone and Apple Watch lineup with the new A19 chips, bringing faster performance, better health tracking, and improved audio features. If you’re thinking of upgrading your mobile or wearable devices, this is

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In an era where your mobile phone number is the key to your digital life, including bank accounts and social media verification, securing your SIM card is a cybersecurity imperative. The rise of sophisticated scams, particularly SIM swapping, has made millions of users vulnerable. A SIM swap attack involves a fraudster tricking your mobile network

In an interview with TechCabal five years ago, Owenize Odia said she had always been fascinated by the idea of “money on the internet.” For her, internet money means more people and institutions will have access to cryptocurrencies—but in ways that are safe, regulated, and trusted. Today, she remains on the path of bringing her

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Sending money in Kenya is still more complicated than it looks. A payment that starts in a bank account often transfers through a mobile wallet before reaching a merchant, with each leg taking a fee, and each system jealously guarding its own rails. Commercial banks’ answer has been Pesalink, an instant transfer platform that promises

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Street Wallet, a South African cashless payment fintech, has partnered with Plush Car Wash, a popular car care brand, to introduce digital payments to informal car washers in Cape Town, Durban, and Johannesburg. Through this partnership, Street Wallet will embed its payment system into Plush’s network of informal car washers, many of whom are unbanked

Lisk, a Swiss blockchain platform founded in 2016, has launched a $15 million fund to back Web3 founders in Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia. Head of Investments Gideon Greaves told Techcabal in September that the focus is on projects with real problems and utility, not speculative ones.  The fund is designed to address a

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Table of contents The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has introduced the Electronic Rental Income Tax System (eRITS), a digital platform that lets landlords register properties, file returns, and pay Monthly Rental Income (MRI) tax online. Launched in April 2025, the system requires full compliance by September 2025. KRA built eRITS to address a significant issue: