👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – New wine, old wineskins
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Nigeria wants more assistive tech. Who is fixing its inaccessible digital platforms?
While Nigeria is actively fostering innovation in assistive technology, true digital inclusion requires addressing the systemic inaccessibility of existing government and commercial platforms rather than relying solely on workarounds.
South Africa: SASSA Beneficiaries Face Black Card Deadline - South African News Briefs - August 31, 2026
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The African Speculative Fiction Society Announces the Shortlist for the 2026 Nommo Awards
The African Speculative Fiction Society (ASFS) has announced the shortlist for the 2026 Nommo Awards, the premier pan-African prize honoring excellence in speculative fiction. The announcement was made live at LACON V, the 84th World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon), before a worldwide audience
Atima Omara Reclaims “Instigator” as a Name for Black Women Who Change America
At 16, Barbara Johns had had enough. In 1951, after years of attending an overcrowded, dilapidated school in Jim Crow-era Virginia, she secretly organised her classmates to strike for better learning conditions. The protest eventually became part of the legal fight that led to Brown v. Board of Educ
Masobe Books Acquires Ibrahim Babátúndé Ibrahim’s Debut, Dear Descendant(s), Reveals Cover
Masobe Books has announced the acquisition of Dear Descendant(s), the debut work of fiction from Nigerian writer Ibrahim Babátúndé Ibrahim, alongside a striking cover reveal. Publication is set for March 18, 2027. Dear Descendant(s) opens in 1870, with a man named Alabi writing a letter to descendan
Mirror Mirror, Who Is the Ugliest of Them All? | Precious Nzeakor | Fiction
Every night under Jamal feels strange and burdening. It starts with a kiss on my forehead, then wandering hands, intentional hands. He searches for my thoughts. He swears I think up the best thoughts. He is amused most times at how my mind works. How I cannot stand the taste of olives but will […]
Brittle Paper Flash Fiction Competition Winners!
The Brittle Paper Flash Fiction Competition results are in! To celebrate our debut Literary Festival, held on 29 August 2026, we had a Flash Fiction competition, and over 250 submissions came in! The competition asked everyone to imagine a world in the year 2158. 200 years after Achebe published Thi
Nestoil’s Scorpio drilling deploys $28m rig, boosts OML 42 oil output
Nestoil Group, through its strategic business unit Scorpio Drilling International, has completed workover operations on two producing wells in Oil read more Nestoil’s Scorpio drilling deploys $28m rig, boosts OML 42 oil output
NUPRC reaffirms sole oversight powers over host community funds
…says registered HCDT now 172  The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has insisted that monitoring and controlling the read more NUPRC reaffirms sole oversight powers over host community funds