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Ladies’s solely ride-hailing platform, HerRyde, launches in Abuja
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Ladies’s solely ride-hailing platform, HerRyde, launches in Abuja

Image Source: HerRyde Last Friday, HerRyde, a woman-only ride-hailing company, launched in Abuja. According to the company’s co-founders (CEO Monsurah Oluwafuyi, COO Muhammad Muazu, and Chief Product Officer Kamaldeen Ibrahim), the company is providing a…

African logistics firm Lori Techniques raises pre-Sequence B funding from Google
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African logistics firm Lori Techniques raises pre-Sequence B funding from Google

Image Source : Lori Systems Lori Systems, an African digital logistics company, has recently secured an undisclosed amount of investment from Google, the third such investment by Google on the continent. The two companies Google…

Will self-service lockers repair last-mile supply in Nigeria?
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Will self-service lockers repair last-mile supply in Nigeria?

Last-mile delivery continues to be an enigma for Nigerian shoppers and businesses. SmartParcel is bringing “smart” postal boxes to the mix. Nigeria’s last-mile challenge begins with sparse postal service distribution. Poor addressing systems in sprawling…

MTN’s newest monetary outcomes present sturdy progress of fintech enterprise
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MTN’s newest monetary outcomes present sturdy progress of fintech enterprise

South African mobile network operator MTN’s latest financial results showed a solid 14% growth of its fintech business over the first 6 months of 2022. The volume of mobile money transactions increased by 31.5% year-on-year…

Hytch abandons car-pooling, turns into a B2B logistics startup
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Hytch abandons car-pooling, turns into a B2B logistics startup

Hytch, a Nigerian ride-hailing startup that launched to the public in May this year to help people share rides and move faster and cheaper, will no longer provide car-pooling services. According to a source who…

MTN receives $35 million binding supply for its Afghanistan enterprise
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MTN receives $35 million binding supply for its Afghanistan enterprise

South African mobile network operator MTN has announced that it has received a $35 million binding offer from an undisclosed buyer for its Afghanistan business. The completion of the deal will see the company completely…

Pastel locks in $5.5 million seed funding led by TLcom to optimise African SMEs
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Pastel locks in $5.5 million seed funding led by TLcom to optimise African SMEs

80% of Nigeria’s 40 million micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) fail to last beyond their fifth year, owing to a lack of digitisation and sub-optimal business practices. 3 graduate students at Stanford University: Abuzar…

TechCabal and MoniePoint companion to debate how tech is altering the casual economic system
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TechCabal and MoniePoint companion to debate how tech is altering the casual economic system

On the 23rd of September 2022, TechCabal, the leading pan-African publication on innovation and technology, will host the second edition of its flagship conference – “The Future of Commerce”. The Future of Commerce will explore…

The Subsequent Wave: We’re sleepwalking right into a biometric dystopia
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The Subsequent Wave: We’re sleepwalking right into a biometric dystopia

My first piece for TechCabal was on Nigeria’s National Identity Number (NIN). It was an upbeat, positive story that discussed the government’s attempt to improve privacy by tokenising citizens’ national identity numbers and why it was welcome.…

What’s the way forward for African logistics?
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What’s the way forward for African logistics?

Logistics trucks in Africa Source: BBC Logistics is the backbone of international trade; without a working system of moving goods around the world, trade would be hindered. In the African tech ecosystem, investment in tech-enabled…

TC Video games: What number of phrases are you able to get from “Saturday”?
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TC Video games: What number of phrases are you able to get from “Saturday”?

game By Ngozi Chukwu 13th August 2022 Get the best African tech newsletters in your inbox TC Daily Next Wave Events More from this author Newsletters This Week: Kenya mandates coding in schools Ngozi Chukwu…

This Week: Kenya mandates coding in faculties
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This Week: Kenya mandates coding in faculties

Editor’s Note Week 32, 2022 Read time: 5 minutes It feels like we are in precarious times. In spite of the looming global economic recession, Africa’s tech ecosystem is still raising capital, however difficult things…