Category: Science/Technology

KFC Squads up with Pubg: Battlegrounds and PUBG Mo...

Today, KFC is launching the ultimate collaboration for fans, PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS and PUBG MOBILE players as they join squads in a ...

Nigerian genomics startup 54gene is shutting down. Yesterday, ex-CEO Ron Chiarello confirmed the startup's closure to TechCabal. ...

Madica plans to invest $6 million in African pre-s...

Madica, which stands for Made In Africa, is an investment program launched in December 2022 and is focused on backing pre-seed-st...

Enza Capital launches $58 million Founder partner ...

 Enza Capital, a Kenyan-based Venture firm has raised $58 million to support startups on the continent alongside a new  shared own...

South African payments startup Revio raises $5.2 m...

Revio, a South African payment API startup, has raised a $5.2 million seed round to deepen its market across the continent.

South Africans can shop for contraceptives online ...

"We’ve done a lot of training and accelerator programmes and while they have been instrumental to our learning, they’re often over...

Adetutu Laditan on how creators can better drive g...

A lot of creators struggle with knowing how to monetise, and the first thing they need to learn is how to collaborate.

Exclusive: Nigerian fintech PayDay is looking to s...

Six months after raising $3million, PayDay is currently in discussions to sell the company. Its journey has been marked by negativ...

TechCabal has exclusively reported that the acquisition of Sendchamp by WhoGoHost was valued in the "mid-six-figure" range in USD ...

Artificial intelligence: An indispensable tool for...

AI can help businesses to make better decisions by analysing large amounts of data and identifying patterns that would be difficul...

Ivorian startup, Anka, raises $5 million pre-Serie...

Anka, an Ivorian e-commerce startup with the majority of its vendors in Nigeria and Kenya, has raised $5 million in equity and deb...

Zimbabwe confirms Starlink has applied for operati...

According to insights by DataReportal, there were 5.74 million internet users in Zimbabwe as of January 2023, translating to an in...

A MultiChoice acquisition is perfect for Canal+ bu...

Canal+ Group’s France and European market challenges, combined with MultiChoice’s pan-African presence, robust topline financial p...

One year after resigning as 54Gene CEO, Abasi Ene-...

Abasi Ene-Obong, former co-founder and CEO of 54gene has launched a new startup—Syndicate Bio.

Kenya’s ICT agency suspends CEO Ezra Chiloba over ...

Ezra Chiloba, the director-general or CEO of Kenya’s ICT watchdog, the Communications Authority (CA), has been suspended. The CA a...

What we know about Naspers interim CEO, Ervin Tu

Naspers group’s chief investment officer Ervin Tu will become the company's interim CEO after the resignation of Bob Van Dijk

Exclusive: Sendchamp’s founders and investors get ...

According to people with direct knowledge of the deal, Whogohost’s acquisition of the customer messaging platform Sendchamp was a ...

Scaling a startup in an unstable economy

Avoid layoffs if possible, as hiring and training new employees later is costly. Consider temporarily reducing hours or pay rather...

The people who call the shots at Piggytech

With over ₦1.1 trillion paid out to users, Piggytech has grown from a savings platform to a financial services behemoth in just 6 ...

“Ice-cream births” are saving women’s lives in Nig...

Somehow, the online term "ice cream births" had passed me by. Not surprising, perhaps, given the incongruous, even outrageous natu...