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Tayo Oviosu on Paga’s evolution after 13 years and $10bn in funds processed

Tayo Oviosu on Paga’s evolution after 13 years and $10bn in funds processed

During a chat at the company’s head office in Yaba, a suburb on Lagos Mainland once touted as Nigeria’s Silicon Valley, CEO Tayo Oviosu recalls the epiphany moment that led to the founding of Paga…

TechCabal Day-to-day -👨🏿‍🚀Zambia disconnects 2 million sim playing cards

TechCabal Day-to-day -👨🏿‍🚀Zambia disconnects 2 million sim playing cards

4 APRIL, 2022 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH Good morning 🌞 Welcome to Q2, I hope your Q1 KPIs didn’t follow you into April the same way mine did. Before you launch yourself into this week, you…

Constructed by ex-Nasdaq engineer, daba desires to enable retail investing in African startups

Constructed by ex-Nasdaq engineer, daba desires to enable retail investing in African startups

After co-founding and running Afrika Startup Lab—a non-profit that connects African founders with mentorship and training—for nearly 2 years, US-based entrepreneurs Boum III Jr and Anthony Miclet are familiar with many of the challenges founders…

TechCabal Every single day -👨🏿‍🚀The biggest tech strikes in March

TechCabal Every single day -👨🏿‍🚀The biggest tech strikes in March

1 APRIL, 2022 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TGIF 🎊 Google is bringing a very important update to Meet: in-meeting emoji reactions! Soon, instead of spending precious time unmuting to say “Lol”, “Super” and “I totally agree/I…

TechCabal Each day -👨🏿‍🚀Andela is increasing

TechCabal Each day -👨🏿‍🚀Andela is increasing

31 MARCH, 2022 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH Happy pre-Friday 🎊 Twitter is beta-testing a lot of features.  There’s a TikTok-style video feed, upvote/downvote buttons, and there’s also Twitter Articles that could allow users post long-form content.  Its latest…

The emergence of the metaverse and web3 requires rethinking on-line privacy

The emergence of the metaverse and web3 requires rethinking on-line privacy

In developed economies, data privacy has been a topic of public discourse for some time, leading to the implementation of laws like the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and smaller laws passed in…

African countries are discovering a path into the worldwide attach flee

African countries are discovering a path into the worldwide attach flee

Sending more satellites into orbit and building capacity through international partnerships, technology transfer and capacity building is providing African countries with a path into the space race as they bid for geopolitical and commercial influence.…

Breaking down tech terms: What attain blockchain, NFT and DAO point out?

Breaking down tech terms: What attain blockchain, NFT and DAO point out?

Do you need a guide for all the big tech terms people are throwing about on the internet? What do blockchain, NFT, DAO and crypto mean? Over the past couple of years, there’s been an influx…

Nigerian musician Buju wished to reward his fans, so he created an NFT challenge

Nigerian musician Buju wished to reward his fans, so he created an NFT challenge

Towards the end of 2020, project lead of “HeadsByBuju”, Iyobosa Rehoboth, a creative director of Global Creative Operations (GCO), started brushing up on his knowledge of crypto. After learning extensively about ethereum and NFTs, he…

TechCabal Day to day – The sCoup of the day

TechCabal Day to day – The sCoup of the day

28 JANUARY, 2022 TGIF 🌄 On Monday, military officials in Burkina Faso a staged a coup that ousted President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré.  Burkina Faso follows Mali, Chad, Guinea and Sudan to become the fifth…

What African founders deem regarding the contemporary $500,000 Y Combinator deal

What African founders deem regarding the contemporary $500,000 Y Combinator deal

About 2 weeks ago, Y Combinator announced that it has updated its investment deal in startups, from $125,000 to $500,000. With this new deal, the accelerator  has added $375,000 in an uncapped safe, with “most…

Zimbabwean James Manyika, turns into Google’s first Senior Vice President of Technology and Society

Zimbabwean James Manyika, turns into Google’s first Senior Vice President of Technology and Society

Google has appointed Zimbabwean James Manyika as the company’s first Senior Vice President of Technology and Society. Manyika will report directly to Alphabet’s (Google’s parent company) CEO Sundar Pichai and will be working on the…