🇳🇬 Novastar Ventures closes $147 million fund for African
Novastar Ventures has successfully closed its third institutional fund, securing $147 million for its Africa People and Planet Fund III (NVIII). This ...
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🇰🇪 Cloud Adoption Key to Kenya’s $35bn Digital Economy
Kenya's digital economy ambitions are shifting. While the nation built its global reputation on mobile money innovation—M-PESA remains the gold standa...
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🇳🇬 Novastar Ventures closes $147 million third fund to drive
Novastar Ventures, one of Africa's most active venture capital firms, has successfully closed its third institutional fund at $147 million, marking a ...
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🇲🇦 Morocco Joins WIPO Launch of Global AI Infrastructure
** Morocco has officially joined the World Intellectual Property Organization's (WIPO) groundbreaking Global AI Infrastructure Initiative, marking a ...
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🇳🇬 The problem with copying Silicon Valley fintech models in
The African fintech narrative has become dangerously predictable. A charismatic founder returns from San Francisco with venture capital ambitions, lau...
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🇳🇬 Francophone Africa’s ‘Amazon moment’ is arriving. The
Francophone Africa stands at a critical inflection point in digital commerce. While Anglophone markets like Nigeria and Kenya have produced billion-do...
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🇰🇪 👨🏿🚀TechCabal Daily – Starlink comes down to earth
Starlink's unexpected withdrawal from Namibia marks a critical inflection point in the satellite internet provider's African strategy—and a stark remi...
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🇳🇬 Free data for learning: Nigeria’s most urgent digital bet
Nigeria stands at a critical inflection point in its digital development trajectory. With over 223 million citizens and a median age of 18.4 years, th...
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🇳🇬 Nigeria awards ₦2.25 billion in grants to student-founded
Nigeria's government has committed ₦2.25 billion (approximately €3 million) in non-dilutive grants to student-founded ventures, marking a strategic pi...
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🇦🇴 The $600 million asset manager that tracked a startup for
BFA Asset Management's deliberate three-year observation period before committing $1.2 million to an Angolan startup illustrates a critical reality of...
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🇳🇬 Niger State replaces tech ministry with new agency to cut
Niger State's decision to dissolve its Ministry of Communications Technology and Digital Economy in favor of a newly established agency represents a s...
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🇳🇬 Africa’s industrial growth will be built on cybersecurity
Africa's industrial renaissance is real. Manufacturing output across sub-Saharan Africa has grown at 3.2% annually over the past five years, with sect...
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🇿🇦 How to apply for South African Smart ID at major banks
South Africa's long-delayed shift toward digitalized identity verification has entered a critical implementation phase, with major commercial banks no...
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🇳🇬 Progress Ochuko Eyaadah is building the blockchain
The African payments sector has long been a paradox for European investors: enormous untapped markets, chronic infrastructure deficits, and persistent...
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🇳🇬 Best Job Apps in Nigeria: Find Jobs, Hire Talent
Nigeria's labour market is undergoing a structural transformation that mirrors global workforce trends but at an accelerated pace. With unemployment o...
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🇳🇬 After dropping out of the university
The narrative of tech entrepreneurship in Africa is shifting. While Silicon Valley continues to lionise computer science graduates and serial founders...
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🇿🇦 South Africa’s taxman is coming for online earners
South Africa's Revenue Service (SARS) is intensifying its focus on online income earners, signaling a fundamental shift in tax compliance enforcement ...
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🇳🇬 👨🏿🚀TechCabal Daily – Job cuts at Kuda
Kuda, one of Africa's most high-profile fintech unicorns, has joined a growing cohort of venture-backed technology companies implementing workforce re...
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🇰🇪 Twiva Secures Backing to Scale Creator-Led Commerce
Kenya's digital commerce landscape is experiencing a fundamental shift as performance-based creator platforms gain institutional backing. Twiva, a hom...
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🇲🇦 GoSwap Raises Seed Funding to Expand EV Battery Swapping
Morocco's electric mobility ecosystem has just received a significant injection of capital with GoSwap's seed funding round backed by Azur Innovation ...
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