NeoFleet Capital raises $4 million to finance taxi fleets across Africa and emerging markets
NeoFleet, a Cyprus-based mobility finance company that operates in Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, and Peru, has raised a $4 million pre-seed round.
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👨🏿🚀TechCabal Daily – Worth a MNT
In today's edition: MNT-Halan floats shares in blockbuster IPO || Quickmart founders get a way out || South Africa’s end-user subscriber rules are stuck || Ghana carves out a space agency
Cowrywise crosses 1 million stock trades as retail investing grows
As younger investors use apps to buy equities more frequently, investment fintechs are competing not only on access and ease of trading.
TikTok sued over alleged access restrictions in northern Nigeria
The case will test whether Nigerian courts can hold a global technology company accountable for allegedly restricting access to its platform.
Kenyan brands want digital audiences but still crave newspaper prestige
Kenyan brands, including large companies, can understand that their customers are online, yet still want their big announcements in print.
From sneaking onto his mom’s typewriter at age six to building Europe’s AI supercomputers
Ifetayo Agboola didn’t follow a corporate playbook. From sneaking out at age six to turn on his mother’s computer in Ilorin, Kwara State, North-central Nigeria, to installing campus Wi-Fi during NYSC at Unilorin, his trajectory was built on curiosity, field execution, and unprompted referrals. When
South Africa needs to build tech companies big enough to create their own exits
South Africa can build successful tech startups. The bigger challenge is creating the capital, governance and market pathways that help tech scale-ups grow large enough to create their own exits.
PiggyVest helped Nigerians save and became more than a savings app
The hurdles PiggyVest had to scale to pay out $2.3 billion to its customers since it started a decade ago.
Can code save onshore oil? Inside Heirs Energies’ $1.1 billion operational experiment
Heirs Energies combined real-time monitoring with security upgrades and field investment to revive OML 17, an oil asset plagued by theft and ageing infrastructure. Its recovery shows how technology can help restore production—and why secure pipelines and reliable operations still matter.
Oppo F35: What to know about the new budget phone
Oppo launched the Oppo F35 in India on October 5, 2026, with sales starting on October 11.