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EXCLUSIVE: Hohm Power raises $8 million seed to deal with loadshedding in SA

EXCLUSIVE: Hohm Power raises $8 million seed to deal with loadshedding in SA

South African solar energy startup Hohm Energy has raised an $8 million seed round to scale its rooftop solar installation product. The funding, the largest seed round ever raised by a South African tech startup,…

How one can print or reprint your 2024 JAMB examination slip

How one can print or reprint your 2024 JAMB examination slip

For every JAMB candidate, obtaining and printing the JAMB exam slip is a vital step towards preparing for the upcoming 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). This slip contains vital information such as your JAMB…

YC-backed Miden has huge ambitions in difficult digital card house

YC-backed Miden has huge ambitions in difficult digital card house

Dom Okiemute and Ini Udoh started Miden to increase the speed of card issuance in Nigerian financial institutions. For a fintech startup, cards are essential to drive payment volume and grow customer base. However, issuing…

Determined measures? Binance limits USDT/NGN buying and selling as Naira slide worsens

Determined measures? Binance limits USDT/NGN buying and selling as Naira slide worsens

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, placed limits on peer-to-peer transactions trading the USDT/NGN pair as the naira fell to record lows on Tuesday afternoon. The exchange, which acts as an escrow and allows Nigerians…

DeFi adoption surges in Africa as Opera’s MiniPay surpasses 1 million customers

DeFi adoption surges in Africa as Opera’s MiniPay surpasses 1 million customers

This article was contributed to TechCabal by Conrad Onyango via bird story agency . The recent announcement by Opera MiniPay that it had signed up over one million users in Kenya, Nigeria, and Ghana just…

Breaking: Y Combinator’s backs Ocular AI, a startup led by Zambian and Zimbabwean cofounders

Breaking: Y Combinator’s backs Ocular AI, a startup led by Zambian and Zimbabwean cofounders

Ocular AI, a Zimbabwean AI startup that lets teams within organizations search, visualize, and automate workflows on a single platform, has been selected for Y Combinator’s winter 2024 batch. Founded in 2024 by Microsoft and…

All eyes on CBN: Will Cardoso dare a mega fee hike to curb galloping inflation?

All eyes on CBN: Will Cardoso dare a mega fee hike to curb galloping inflation?

Olayemi Cardoso, Nigeria’s Central Bank Governor, will chair a monetary policy meeting next week, the first since he was appointed in September 2023. The consensus among three analysts who spoke to TechCabal is that the…

Subsequent Wave: What’s driving M&A offers in Africa?

Subsequent Wave: What’s driving M&A offers in Africa?

The African tech ecosystem is no stranger to Mergers and Acquisitions. South Africa has had great success in closing these kinds of deals and according to Digest Africa, the value of mergers and acquisitions in…

Coinbase-backed Mara paused pockets service since November citing UK rules

Coinbase-backed Mara paused pockets service since November citing UK rules

Mara Wallet, a multicurrency wallet by Mara, the crypto startup that raised $23 million from investors like Coinbase and FTX, has been inaccessible since November 2023. The company told users to move their deposits to…

Partech’s file $300 million Africa-focused fund reaches remaining shut regardless of international funding dip

Partech’s file $300 million Africa-focused fund reaches remaining shut regardless of international funding dip

Partech Africa, the global VC fund, has closed “Partech II,” its second Africa-focused fund, at $300 million to invest in African startups in multiple sectors. It is the largest Africa-focused fund, doubling Partech’s first fund,…

The best way to add a number of WhatsApp accounts to 1 WhatsApp 2024

The best way to add a number of WhatsApp accounts to 1 WhatsApp 2024

WhatsApp recently rolled out an update to improve the user messaging experience: the ability to add multiple WhatsApp accounts within a single WhatsApp app. This long-awaited feature brings convenience and flexibility to users who previously…

Inflation is a two-sided coin for BNPL startups in Nigeria

Inflation is a two-sided coin for BNPL startups in Nigeria

Since its launch in 2020, CDCare, a Nigerian e-commerce startup, has sold more blenders than any other products. The startup, which offers Buy-Now-Pay-Later (BNPL) options, allows users to spread payments and has gained popularity in…