👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – FAAN’s new pickup line
In today's edition: Quizzes || Uber, Bolt aren’t banned from Nigerian airports—yet || Comsol is building a wholesale 5G network for SA || Who secured the bag? 💰
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Nigeria’s SEC wants crypto firms to share transaction data
Under new rules, crypto businesses targeting Nigerian users to register with the SEC, even if they operate from outside the country.
Google is giving Nigerian students a year of free AI access
The offer is Google's latest effort to bring its AI tools into education in Africa.
AI is making Africa’s cheapest smartphones harder to afford
Africans planning to buy a new smartphone this year may have to spend more as rising AI demand makes the cheap devices that helped millions get online more expensive to produce.
African content has found a global market. Now comes the fight over the money
That visibility is one of the clearest signs of how much Africa’s entertainment industry has changed. A decade ago, the challenge was getting African stories beyond their home markets.
What AMACO’s $1.5bn Kenya AI project can teach Africa about energy
The company's HERCULES project combines electricity generation, cooling and AI data-centre infrastructure. The idea is to reduce dependence on the national grid by generating electricity close to where it is consumed. The initial design uses liquefied natural gas (LNG), although AMACO says the syste
👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Absa, but make it Nigerian
In today's edition: Absa eyes Nigerian entry || Terra Industries taps former SpaceX executive || DStv adds sports channel || WhatsApp Business is no longer free in SA
Nigeria has taught entrepreneurship for years. Is it actually converting?
Nigeria has spent nearly two decades embedding entrepreneurship education in higher education. But with 85% of surveyed institutions supporting it for at least six years, the question is whether that investment is producing economic outcomes.
These Kenyan startups raised $500 million before shutting down. Where are the founders now?
Over the past five years, startups across logistics, e-commerce, agriculture, fintech, food delivery, clean energy, AI, and auto manufacturing have shut down, entered administration, or abandoned their core businesses.
Nigeria to earn $41 million from MTN’s $406 million dividend payout
The Nigerian government is set to be the second-biggest beneficiary of MTN Nigeria’s ₦545.89 billion ($406.37 million) dividend payment scheduled for September 7.