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JAMB outcomes 2024 errors and options

JAMB outcomes 2024 errors and options

The SMS option is currently the only working UTME result channel for checking the JAMB 2024 scores. But the JAMB portal will also be updated soon for candidates to access their results and also print…

Twiga Meals hires Jumia’s Charles Ballard as new CEO

Twiga Meals hires Jumia’s Charles Ballard as new CEO

Four months after the abrupt resignation of founder and CEO Peter Njonjo, Twiga Foods has hired Jumia Kenya’s Charles Ballard as its new CEO. Ballard is joining Twiga from e-commerce giant Jumia where he has…

I’m betting on banking, not fintech

I’m betting on banking, not fintech

This article was contributed to TechCabal by Uzoma Dozie. I am going to do banking, but better. The vast majority of our current crop of African fintechs claim to make banking easier—banking the unbanked/underbanked, etc.…

JAMB 2024 outcomes at the moment are out for checking

JAMB 2024 outcomes at the moment are out for checking

The JAMB exams are over, and the results are now available for candidates to access. JAMB offers multiple ways to access your scores once they’re available. Here are three convenient methods to check your JAMB…

Unique: BuuPass acquires QuickBus, a bus ticketing platform, in a money and inventory deal

Unique: BuuPass acquires QuickBus, a bus ticketing platform, in a money and inventory deal

BuuPass, a Kenyan travel booking platform backed by Founders Factory Africa and FrontEnd Ventures, has acquired its Nigeria and South Africa-based competitor QuickBus. Both companies declined to share the transaction amount for the cash and…

TechCabal’s best-read tales of Q1 2024

TechCabal’s best-read tales of Q1 2024

With the African tech ecosystem beset by a funding downturn, rising inflation, layoffs and startup shutdowns, the industry was off to a slow and uncertain start this year. Despite these challenges, some major highlights have…

Investor confidence in Africa’s blockchain trade renewed

Investor confidence in Africa’s blockchain trade renewed

At the CV Summit held in Cape Town on 25 April, investors expressed renewed confidence in the African blockchain startup ecosystem. In 2022, the global crypto and blockchain industry entered a crypto winter as investments…

Unique: CBN directs 4 fintechs to cease onboarding new prospects

Unique: CBN directs 4 fintechs to cease onboarding new prospects

Kuda Bank, Moniepoint, OPay and Palmpay have paused account opening for new customers following a directive from the Central Bank of Nigeria. The directive came two days after the EFCC blocked 1,146 bank accounts involved…

Wasoko denies Rwanda exit because it ramps up hiring throughout East Africa

Wasoko denies Rwanda exit because it ramps up hiring throughout East Africa

Wasoko, a Kenyan e-commerce platform backed by Tiger Global and 4DX Venture, has refuted claims that it has closed its Rwandan operations weeks after exiting Zanzibar and pausing business in Uganda and Zambia. The e-commerce…

OPay’s valuation nears $3 billion as Nigeria’s digital funds adoption surges

OPay’s valuation nears $3 billion as Nigeria’s digital funds adoption surges

The valuation of OPay, the Nigerian fintech startup backed by Sequoia Capital and Softbank, has risen by over 30% since its Series C funding round in 2021, according to recent corporate filings by Opera, an…

Subsequent Wave: Housing startups must evolve

Subsequent Wave: Housing startups must evolve

Proptech’s growth over the last seven years has slowed, as funding in the sector has sharply declined. Globally, VCs disbursed $1.8 billion among Europe’s proptech startups in 2022; the following year, that amount dropped to…

After conquering monetary providers, Mauritius needs to hack tech too

After conquering monetary providers, Mauritius needs to hack tech too

Mauritius is Africa’s leading financial services hub. The small island houses some of the continent’s leading banks, investment companies, asset managers, and insurance entities. Over the last few years, the country’s tech industry has tried…