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Africa’s enterprise funding to hit $7 billion in 2022

Africa’s enterprise funding to hit $7 billion in 2022

This year, Africa continues to be an outlier in the global investment landscape. The continent closed the first half of 2022 at $3.5 billion, a 133% increase from the first half of the previous year.…

Nigeria ranks 86th in world survey assessing digital high quality of life

Nigeria ranks 86th in world survey assessing digital high quality of life

For the past four years, Surfshark, a cybersecurity company, has conducted surveys that evaluate the digital quality of life (DQL) obtainable by citizens across the globe. In its latest report that evaluated 117 countries—92% of…

Talk360 secures $3 million in seed funding extension

Talk360 secures $3 million in seed funding extension

International calling app Talk360, which enables people worldwide to make calls to any landline or mobile phone worldwide, has secured an additional $3 million in seed round funding, taking its total seed round to $7…

Funding for Africa’s agritech sector elevated by ten-fold in 5 years

Funding for Africa’s agritech sector elevated by ten-fold in 5 years

This article was submitted to TechCabal by Conrad Onyango, bird story agency* Venture capital in Africa is being boosted by investments in companies connecting farmers and food producers to retailers (known as “midstream technologies”) according…

Banks take the combat to the disruptors

Banks take the combat to the disruptors

As Africa’s new crop of digital-savvy businesses dazzles foreign investors, banks in Nigeria and South Africa want to reinvent themselves and take on their biggest disruptors—fintechs and telcos. In June 2021, Guaranty Trust Bank, one…

The Subsequent Wave: A knowledge centre roadmap for Africa

The Subsequent Wave: A knowledge centre roadmap for Africa

You cannot wish a digital economy into existence! Africa is at a digital crossroads. With more people and businesses embracing and depending upon connected digital tools to make everyday decisions, manage sprawling business interests across…

The main African tech strikes from September 2022

The main African tech strikes from September 2022

3 OCTOBER, 2022 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH Happy new month 🚀 This month started off on a sour note with news of yet another coup d’etat in Burkina Faso.  Eight months after Lt-Col Paul-Henri Damiba overthrew…

Rain submits formal merger proposal to Telkom board

Rain submits formal merger proposal to Telkom board

South African mobile network operator Telkom has announced that it has received a non-binding proposal from data-only mobile network operator Rain. The proposed deal will see Telkom acquiring Rain in return for Rain getting issued…

This week: Sky.Backyard faces shut down

This week: Sky.Backyard faces shut down

Editor’s Note Week 39, 2022 Read time: 5 minutes Multinational oil giant Shell acquiring a clean-energy company is further proof that we’re in interesting times, given Shell’s history with pollution. Sultan covered that story this…

TC Recreation: Unscramble “Nigerian”

TC Recreation: Unscramble “Nigerian”

game By Ngozi Chukwu Oct 01, 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: Sky.Garden faces shut…

Traders require startups to have technical cofounders. However is that obligatory?

Traders require startups to have technical cofounders. However is that obligatory?

Smeagol, a character in the TV franchise Lord of the Rings, reminds me of most entrepreneurs. Smeagol was a fine young man before encountering a magical force, a “One Ring” that wielded enough power to…

TC Recreation: Guess the mortgage app

TC Recreation: Guess the mortgage app

Consumer Tech By Ngozi Chukwu Sep 30, 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: Sky.Garden faces…