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Nigerian Bluechip Applied sciences expands to Europe to focus on banks and telcos
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Nigerian Bluechip Applied sciences expands to Europe to focus on banks and telcos

L-R Kazeem Tewogbade, Olumide Soyombo Source: Bluechip Technologies Bluechip Technologies, a Nigerian software company that provides management solutions to companies, has recently announced an expansion move into Europe. Launched in 2008 by prolific investors Olumide…

TC Crossword: Guess the startup
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TC Crossword: Guess the startup

game By Ngozi Chukwu 9th August 2022 Source: Dictionary.com Get the best African tech newsletters in your inbox TC Daily Next Wave Events More from this author Consumer Tech Airtel Africa signs $125 million credit…

TC Video games: Which nation’s flag is that this?
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TC Video games: Which nation’s flag is that this?

game By Ngozi Chukwu 9th August 2022 Image source: Techcabal How many African countries can you identify by their flags? Find out! Get the best African tech newsletters in your inbox TC Daily Next Wave…

South African VC agency Havaic invests $500,000 in FinAccess to scale co-ops throughout East Africa
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South African VC agency Havaic invests $500,000 in FinAccess to scale co-ops throughout East Africa

South African venture capital firm HAVAÍC has announced a $500,000 pre-Series A funding round in FinAccess, a Kenyan software solutions provider that digitises farming co-operatives and community banks, also called Savings & Credit Cooperative Organisations…

Kenya turns into the primary African nation to show coding as topic in colleges
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Kenya turns into the primary African nation to show coding as topic in colleges

Last Friday at the State House in Nairobi, the president of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, announced the addition of coding as a subject into its primary and secondary schools curricula. This new development makes Kenya the…

The way forward for mobility and automotive subscriptions in South Africa, in response to Planet42 Managing Director
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The way forward for mobility and automotive subscriptions in South Africa, in response to Planet42 Managing Director

According to Mordor Intelligence’s Car Rental Market – Growth, Trends, COVID-19 Impact, and Forecasts (2022 – 2027) report, the global car rental market was worth $119.28 billion in 2021 and is expected to reach $223.07…

The Subsequent Wave: African traders love fintech. However there’s a possibility price
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The Subsequent Wave: African traders love fintech. However there’s a possibility price

Fintech is the darling of the technology sector in Africa. From its early and humble beginnings at the turn of the century, enabling payments has become the centrepiece of innovation in Africa. Last year, about 62%…

This Week: Layoffs, taxes, bandits and memes
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This Week: Layoffs, taxes, bandits and memes

Editor’s Note Week 31, 2022 Read time: 5 minutes Sadly, the tech lay-offs continue unabated. Meanwhile, the Nigerian government plans to increase VAT on mobile services. As you follow these unpalatable stories, I hope they…

MTN and Airtel’s H1 2022 experiences reveal challenges of working in Nigeria
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MTN and Airtel’s H1 2022 experiences reveal challenges of working in Nigeria

Last week telco giants, Airtel Africa and MTN Nigeria, released their 2022 first half (H1) financial reports. The financial reports, although stellar by many standards, were impacted by the challenges of operating in Nigeria. On…

Digital Nomads: The Dubai-based product designer looking for a house in Europe
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Digital Nomads: The Dubai-based product designer looking for a house in Europe

In February, during a visit to Nairobi, Nigerian product designer Lola Salehu started thinking about leaving Lagos. Until then, Salehu, who previously worked with Paystack as a senior product designer, had lived in Lagos all…

How Wave is navigating the financial downturn with its radical enterprise mannequin
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How Wave is navigating the financial downturn with its radical enterprise mannequin

Wave, a leading mobile money provider, became a household name 4 years ago across francophone West Africa for 2 different reasons: crushing monopoly and bringing the mobile money pricing structure down by 80% in Senegal. …

The rise of the African digital village
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The rise of the African digital village

This piece was contributed to TechCabal by Oswald Osaretin Guobadia. Mr. Guobadia is currently the Senior Special Assistant to His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, on Digital Transformation. He is the lead on the Nigeria Startup…