A Kenyan court has frozen Ksh400.6 million ($3.3 million) in accounts belonging to Nigerian payment company, Flutterwave, over allegations of money laundering and card fraud. The court granted the Asset Recovery Agency’s (ARA) application on August 25 to prevent Flutterwave from transferring or withdrawing the funds in three bank accounts, including two in UBA and

This month, Google announced that it had begun a gradual phase-out of its consumer-facing video calling app, Google Duo. According to the tech firm, the feature-packed Google Duo will no longer be part of the pre-installed apps on android mobile phones. Instead, the company intends to blend all of its video features into its other

The crypto market is ripe with lucrative investment prospects, but fraud and other security flaws continue to plague the sector. Therefore, learning ways to avoid crypto fraud is now imperative.  How can you protect yourself from falling victim to cryptocurrency fraud? How do you keep your personal crypto information uncompromised? See the following tips: Determine

This article was contributed to TechCabal by Claudine Moore, Managing Director, Africa Allison + Partners (formerly CEO/Founder C.Moore Media, International PR) To say I am excited about the launch of this Public Relations (PR) column specifically for African tech startups is an understatement. One thing 2022 has shown us all is that as the African

Tech, they say, is the new oil. Governments, big corporates, and individuals are leveraging it to build, and perhaps rebuild, the world. But we have barely scratched the surface of its potential.  Since 2021, TechCabal has shown the world that there’s tech in everything by reporting on the business and human impact of tech on

Editor’s Note Week 34, 2022 Read time: 5 minutes Nigeria’s ASUU strike is upending the degree-before-career norm in the minds of young Nigerians, many of whom are turning to tech as they wait for university to resume. That’s tech for you: snaking its way around society, moving things around, building new modes of engagement, and

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South African information technology and services company Cognition Holdings has announced that it is selling its 50.01% stake in the property listing website Private Property for R150 million. According to an announcement on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange News Service (SENS), the stake will be sold to BetterHome, ooba, and Fledge Capital in a single indivisible

The Free Market Foundation (FMF), a classical liberal think tank located in Johannesburg has submitted its opposition to the provisional report on online intermediation platforms made last month by the Competition Commission of South Africa. The FMF’s self-proclaimed duty is to promote and foster an open society, the rule of law, personal liberty, and economic

2022 began with Volaris Group’s $88 million acquisition of software and IT firm Adapt IT in January. Other acquisitions have followed: Principa’s acquisition by Hyperclear, inq.’ acquisition of Syrex, Gumtree’s acquisition by Impresa Capital, Teraco’s acquisition by Digital Realty,  TymeBank’s acquisition of Retail Capital,  and more. According to Disrupt Africa’s 2022 South Africa Startup Ecosystem

This article was contributed to TechCabal by Tiwonge Kampondeni/bird story agency  29-year-old Clement Kandodo still has very vivid memories of his farmer parents’ support for a family of 5 children. Kandodo himself spent many happy days in the fields with his father and mother and to this day holds his parents up as role models. 

Image Source: TechCabal For 25-year-old Nigerian music star, BNXN fka Buju, surpassing expectations has become the norm. His extended playlist, Sorry I’m Late, which dropped last October, amassed over 10 million streams in the first week of its release, cementing the artist’s status as a bonafide superstar.  At a private event hosted for his metaverse