In partnership with Good morning. ☀️ Welcome back to capitalism work. We sure hope you had a great weekend. In case you missed it, we published Episode 13 of Headlines by TechCabal on Saturday, our talk show breaking down the biggest stories in African tech. From major infrastructure bets to the deals and policies shaping

Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NIGCOMSAT), the country’s state-owned satellite company, earned ₦2.2 billion ($1.6 million) in revenue in 2025, chief executive Jane Egerton-Idehen said. The growth—up from ₦650 million ($470,854) in 2024— comes as questions linger over the future of  Nigeria’s only working communications satellite, amid a dispute over $11.4 million in unpaid fees to

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Defaulting on a loan with some digital lenders can turn into relentless phone calls, frozen accounts, office raids, threats, and, in some cases, public shaming. In 2025, the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) introduced fines of up to ₦100 million ($72,000)—or 1% of annual turnover—for lenders who resort to harassment and intimidation as

As an experienced banking specialist, Chukwuemeka Mbachu believes banking is no longer just evolving, it’s being rebuilt; from products to platforms, from transactions to relationships, and from dashboards to something far more powerful: confidence. He is building at the centre of that shift, reimagining how people experience money in a digital-first world. As Director at

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Kenya is drawing a tight circle around who can issue stablecoins in the country and how those digital currencies must be built.  The National Treasury’s draft Virtual Asset Service Providers Regulations, published in March and now out for public comment until Friday, lay out reserve rules, capital thresholds, and disclosure standards that together try to

M-KOPA, a Kenyan asset financing startup, says it has extended more than ZAR 370 million ($22.5 million) in credit to low-income consumers in South Africa since its 2023 launch, pointing to the growing role of device financing in expanding access to the digital economy. Nearly half of that uptake has been driven by women, who

As many countries rush to centralise control of AI, South Africa is taking a different approach by spreading responsibility across existing agencies and favouring coordination over top-down control. On April 2, 2026, the South African cabinet published a draft version of the policy, dated d 24 October 24, 2024, for public comment. Spearheaded by the

Refiant AI, a South Africa-founded startup that uses algorithms to compress artificial intelligence (AI) models, has closed a $5 million seed round to build its platform, grow its team and support enterprise partnerships.  VoLo Earth Ventures, a California climate technology fund, led the round, backing what it considers a more efficient approach to developing smarter