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Nigerian telecom regulator rejects MTN and Airtel tariff hike

Nigerian telecom regulator rejects MTN and Airtel tariff hike

Nigeria’s telecom regulator, Nigerian Communications Commission has rejected the recent increase in the prices of voice and data services by telecom operators in the country. This hike, a 10% tariff increase, is the latest effort…

Crypto property at the moment are thought of monetary merchandise in South Africa

Crypto property at the moment are thought of monetary merchandise in South Africa

South Africa’s Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA), through the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services (FAIS) Act, has declared that cryptocurrency assets are classified as financial products, allowing them to be regulated. However, the FSCA’s head…

Cellulant’s co-founder is obvious of all allegations 2 years after he was pressured to resign

Cellulant’s co-founder is obvious of all allegations 2 years after he was pressured to resign

After two years of litigation, pan-African fintech company Cellulant said it has arrived at a mediated out-of-court settlement with its co-founder, ex-co-CEO, and former head of its Nigerian operations, Bolaji Akinboro. Akinboro has been cleared…

Africa’s failing startups have a frugality drawback

Africa’s failing startups have a frugality drawback

The latest African startup to close shop is Notify Logistics. Why? You guessed right, they also ran out of money.  The company, whose business model bears a close resemblance to Adam Neumann’s WeWork, leased office…

TC Recreation: Unscramble “resign”

TC Recreation: Unscramble “resign”

ecosystem By Ngozi Chukwu Oct 21, 2022 Image source: Techcabal Get the best African tech newsletters in your inbox TC Daily Next Wave Events Weekender More from this author Newsletters This Week: The Nigeria Startup…

Nigeria’s Moove raises £15 million to scale operations within the UK

Nigeria’s Moove raises £15 million to scale operations within the UK

Moove, an automobile financing firm, has raised £15 million from Emso Asset Management to scale its recently launched operations in the United Kingdom. This recent funding comes two months after Moove expanded into London with…

TC Recreation: VC tweets

TC Recreation: VC tweets

Ask An Investor By Ngozi Chukwu Oct 20, 2022 Image source: Techcabal Get the best African tech newsletters in your inbox TC Daily Next Wave Events Weekender More from this author ecosystem FoondaMate expands to…

Digital Nomads: From Ukraine to Canada—beginning anew with $26,000

Digital Nomads: From Ukraine to Canada—beginning anew with $26,000

In February, right at the tipping point of the Russo-Ukrainian conflict, the lives of 76,000 international students were thrown into disarray. Many of these students—19,000 of them African—had left their home countries for the relatively…

Primedia purchases digital land in Africarare’s Ubuntuland metaverse

Primedia purchases digital land in Africarare’s Ubuntuland metaverse

South African media company Primedia, announced that it has purchased land in Africarare’s Ubuntuland metaverse. The company made the announcement at its inaugural PrimeX event in Johannesburg, adding that the move is in line with…

MTN pulls out of acquisition talks with Telkom

MTN pulls out of acquisition talks with Telkom

South African mobile network operator, Telkom has announced that MTN has decided to step away from acquisition talks which started in July 2022. MTN has also confirmed its withdrawal from the negotiations. Telkom stated that…

Prime nostalgic cartoons and the place to seek out them on-line

Prime nostalgic cartoons and the place to seek out them on-line

Several things formed memories for people of different generations when they were growing up. And it’s sometimes impossible for people to relate  to popular experiences in the same way even if they were born in…

Nigerian social commerce startup, Bumpa, raises $4 million seed spherical

Nigerian social commerce startup, Bumpa, raises $4 million seed spherical

Social commerce is a fast-growing sector, particularly on the African continent. Over 384 million Africans use social media, and there are over 281 million online shoppers on the continent. The market is predicted to grow…