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Nasiru Abubakar Abdullahi and the Enduring Legacy of a northern financial visionary
11+ hour, 17+ min ago (721+ words) His story is not one driven by loud publicity or dramatic headlines. It is the story of substance. A story shaped by years of consistent excellence, thoughtful leadership, and an unwavering belief in the power of knowledge and enterprise. His…...
Float skipped Africa's expansion race to challenge UK's fintech giants
12+ hour, 41+ min ago (499+ words) Float, a South African payments startup, is taking a card-linked instalment product developed at home to one of the world's most sophisticated fintech markets, with the belief that innovation built for Africa can compete globally. The move reflects a broader…...
Kenya proposes letting families bar relatives from gambling
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (450+ words) Kenyan families will be able to ask the country's gambling regulator to bar relatives from betting under sweeping new rules that give households an unprecedented role in tackling gambling problems, as authorities seek to curb a surge in addiction fuelled…...
South Africa's Starlink row shifts from licencing dispute to politics
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (562+ words) Solly Malatsi, South Africa's Communications Minister, has said the Starlink licencing controversy has evolved from a satellite broadband debate into a political battle over his reform agenda In a sharply worded letter, dated Sunday and addressed to Parliament's communications committee…...
What ABH's 2026 Top 100 reveals about the future of African entrepreneurship
6+ day, 10+ hour ago (421+ words) Tech Cabal What ABH's 2026 Top 100 reveals about the future of African entrepreneurship The 2026 Africa Business Heroes cohort reveals a kind of entrepreneurship that stems from diverse geographies and sectors. For its 2026 entry, the Africa Business Heroes team selected 100 entrepreneurs from…...
African Tech Funding H1 2026: Startups Raise $1. 44 B
6+ day, 12+ hour ago (554+ words) This article was originally'published on Tech Cabal Insights and was written by'Joseph Oloyede, Analyst at Tech Cabal Insights. The first half of 2026 is officially over, and the numbers show that African startups had it good funding-wise. Startups across the continent…...
Google Play to back 10 African game studios with $1 million fund
6+ day, 12+ hour ago (401+ words) The Indie Games Fund will award between $50, 000 and $200, 000 in capital to each of the 10 selected studios, alongside technical support and mentorship from industry experts. Applications are open until July 31, and the selected studios will be announced in September. Africa's gaming…...
Battery rentals are changing how Africans buy electricity
1+ week, 13+ hour ago (491+ words) Across Africa, consumers are paying for access instead of ownership. They buy mobile data instead of fixed internet contracts, stream films rather than purchase DVDs, and use mobile money without opening bank accounts. Electricity is beginning to follow the same…...
Why Google is building Africa's AI future from South Africa
1+ week, 1+ day ago (448+ words) Google, the technology global giant, used its first-ever Cloud Summit on African soil to signal that South Africa is becoming the company's launchpad for building the continent's artificial intelligence (AI) economy. The announcements marked a notable shift in Google's Africa…...
South Africa's anti-migrant protests bring delivery apps to standstill
1+ week, 1+ day ago (591+ words) South Africa's e-commerce economy slowed sharply on Tuesday as anti-migrant protests forced many businesses to shut down and kept delivery riders off the roads. The disruption affected platforms including e-hailing giant Uber, Uber Eats, and the grocery delivery app of…...