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How Swypt turns M-PESA payments into stablecoins without changing how Kenyans pay

How Swypt turns M-PESA payments into stablecoins without changing how Kenyans pay

Kenyan fintech Swypt connects M-PESA payments to stablecoins by letting merchants receive, hold, and send USDT without changing how customers pay.

What Senegal’s tech ecosystem can teach Francophone Africa about scale

What Senegal’s tech ecosystem can teach Francophone Africa about scale

Senegal is charting a new chapter in its tech ecosystem. After producing Francophone Africa’s first unicorn, the country is now layering public and private capital

VOLZ raises Algeria’s largest startup funding round in local currency

VOLZ raises Algeria’s largest startup funding round in local currency

VOLZ, an Algerian travel-tech startup, has raised 600 million dinars (about $5 million) to strengthen its product offerings within the country and expand into new

👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Fynding a way to SA

👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Fynding a way to SA

In today's edition: Outage for Standard Bank customers || Fynd finds its way to South Africa || WIOCC’s $65M data centre push || Cool Stuff 😎

After investing £1 billion in Africa in 2024, BII’s Africa head explains the sectors driving its biggest bets

After investing £1 billion in Africa in 2024, BII’s Africa head explains the sectors driving its biggest bets

In 2023, BII invested £725 million in Africa, then £1.09 billion in 2024, a 40% increase. Here are the sectors they're backing in the coming years.

India’s Fynd launches in South Africa with luxury retailer Surtee Group

India’s Fynd launches in South Africa with luxury retailer Surtee Group

Fynd, a Mumbai-headquartered  AI-powered unified commerce platform backed by Reliance Retail Ventures, has launched in South Africa and onboarded Surtee Group,

One-click debt-trap: How product design fuels predatory lending in Nigerian fintech

One-click debt-trap: How product design fuels predatory lending in Nigerian fintech

While loan apps have thrived in Nigeria’s credit-starved market, some deepen their exploitation of already vulnerable borrowers through “dark patterns.”

👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Sun King makes it rain

👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Sun King makes it rain

In today's edition: Sun King raises $40 million || PayPal teases launch of PayPal World || Solly Malatsi pushes for EEIP policy || Kenyans saved 448,000 hours ordering

Africa wants to make its own games. Building them is still the hard part

Africa wants to make its own games. Building them is still the hard part

Poor internet connection, power outages, a small pool of talent; all these and more are challenges Nigeria's gaming industry face. Yet, local gaming studios are

Day 1-1000: ‘Nigerian hospitals wouldn’t buy our software. So we started paying for their patients’ care’

Day 1-1000: ‘Nigerian hospitals wouldn’t buy our software. So we started paying for their patients’ care’

One in three Nigerians abandon healthcare because of cost. MyItura tried solving this with software, then realised the real problem was money.