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Cascador partners Nigeria’s youth ministry to back young founders
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Electric vehicles and debt deals drive $224 million surge in July 2026
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The Selar row shows how Nigeria plans to tax its creator economy
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Nigeria’s SEC admits Yellow Card, Blockchain Africa into crypto sandbox
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Nigeria’s Fylings is a pan-African company registry intelligence platform
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Growth Indices
Africa Economic Intelligence
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2025 data
Intra-Africa Trade Growth
▲ +12.5% YoY12.5%
vs 4.2% global avg
AfCFTA-driven intra-regional trade surges, outpacing global trade average by 3×
AfCFTA Secretariat · 2025
Local VC Commitment Share
▲ +22pp from 23%45%
was 23% historically
African corporates & DFIs now account for 45% of VC fund commitments — locally anchored capital shift
AVCA Annual Report · 2025
Mobile Money Transaction Value
▲ +19.2% YoY$1.03T
vs $865B prior year
Africa's mobile money ecosystem crosses $1 trillion in annual transaction value for the first time
GSMA State of Mobile · 2025
Indices sourced from AfCFTA Secretariat, AVCA, GSMA & World Bank. Updated as new reports publish.
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Germany offered Adekoyejo Kuye a future. He chose Nigeria.
Kuye is the founder of KAMIM Technologies, a Nigerian climate-tech company that builds solar-powered cold storage infrastructure and connects farmers to markets.
Cascador partners Nigeria’s youth ministry to back young founders
The programme adds to the Nigerian government's efforts in supporting young entrepreneurs and early-stage businesses.
Electric vehicles and debt deals drive $224 million surge in July 2026
The second half of 2026 has started, bringing the total funding raised by African startups to $1.66 billion so far this year. Between January and June, startups raised $1.44 billion. Adding July’s $224M brings us to the $1.66B milestone. While July’s $224 mill
The Selar row shows how Nigeria plans to tax its creator economy
Nigerian creators may lose 5% of their income to tax if the government decides an ebook sale is a royalty. Here's why it matters.
Nigeria’s SEC admits Yellow Card, Blockchain Africa into crypto sandbox
Nigeria’s SEC has admitted Yellow Card, Blockchain, and Pisi into its regulatory sandbox, expanding the ARIP programme to 12 firms since July.
Nigeria’s Fylings is a pan-African company registry intelligence platform
Nigerian startup Fylings is a pan-African company registry intelligence platform that pulls official company data from across the continent and turns it into a single, searchable layer. Founded by Precious Okeke, Fylings is a product of Mansa Labs, a studio bu
Africa’s Business Heroes Announces Top 20 Entrepreneurs Advancing to 2026 Semi-Final in Nairobi
The Top 20 were selected from an expanded Top 100 cohort drawn from more than 24,000 applications across all 54 African countries. 20 Entrepreneurs selected from an expanded Top 100 cohort Semi-Finalists will pitch before business, investment and entrepreneuri
Ghana’s CityQuest launches to boost African tourism with edutainment platform
Ghanaian startup CityQuest Africa has launched a platform that combines tourism and edutainment by transforming destinations into playable adventures. Founded this year by Mathias Asamoah, CityQuest has built a free browser game that introduces players to Gha
11th AfriLabs Annual Gathering to take place in Benin in November
The AfriLabs Annual Gathering will mark its 11th edition in November in Cotonou, Benin, under the theme “Africa’s Innovation Era: Building Sustainable Institutions for Global Influence and Continental Impact”. Founded in 2011, AfriLabs is the largest pan-Afric
Nigeria wants to tax crypto. Traders say it could slow business.
The compliance burden will weigh heavily on crypto traders who rely on very small price differences to make money.
👨🏿🚀TechCabal Daily – Too much spill ruins the goods
On today's edition: Kenya goes easy on cyber cafes || E-Finance eyes Egyptian expansion || South Africa’s rocket-launch plans || Who secured the bag? 💰
Kenya says cyber cafés won’t need to monitor users’ browsing history
Kenya’s Communications Authority (CA) has clarified new licencing rules for cyber cafés, saying operators will be required to keep basic customer and session records but will not have to track users’ browsing histories.
The making of a multimillion-dollar honey export business in Tanzania
Swahili Honey sources honey from 3,000 smallholder beekeepers in Tanzania and exports it around the world.
New Disrupt Africa Intelligence offering to assist VCs, corporates in accessing continent’s startup ecosystem
Tech news and research platform Disrupt Africa has launched “Disrupt Intelligence”, which offers corporates and VC looking to engage – or further engage – with the African tech market access to signals, founder intelligence, sector research and selective scout
Nigeria’s Clea launches vendor payments to simplify international supplier payments
Nigeria’s Clea, the stablecoin-powered cross-border payments platform helping African businesses trade globally, has launched Vendor Payments, a new capability that enables businesses to simplify payments to international suppliers, auction platforms and shipp
Standard Bank wants to own more of Africa’s digital payment flows
The growth comes as payments become an integral part of how banks capture value from Africa’s digital economy.
Africa’s cybercriminals are adopting AI faster than the institutions chasing them
AI was involved in 55% of cybercrime cases observed by African countries surveyed by Interpol in 2025, as criminals used the technology to produce convincing phishing messages, fabricate identities, and impersonate executives and public figures. Deepfake incid
Aqua for All seeks impact-driven fund managers for catalytic capital
Aqua for All has launched a new call for applications, inviting impact-driven fund managers with private debt, private equity, natural capital, infrastructure or other real-asset strategies to apply for catalytic funding to scale their impact across water, san
Nigeria’s identity law raises questions over who regulates digital signatures
A digital signature is a mathematical method for verifying that a digital document, email or message is authentic, has not been altered and was signed by the person claiming to have signed it.
Nigeria’s SeerBit integrates PayPal to expand global payment options for African merchants
Nigeria’s SeerBit, a leading pan-African payments company, has announced its integration with PayPal, enabling merchants across its supported markets to accept payments directly from PayPal users at checkout. SeerBit makes it easier for businesses and financi
👨🏿🚀TechCabal Daily – Kenya’s new Internet bouncers
In today's edition: Kenya’s cyber cafes are becoming data collectors || Uber discontinues UberX in South Africa || BRICS wants faster cross-border payments || South Africa’s central bank takes over the payment rail
Africa Tech Festival unveils 1st speakers for 2026
Africa Tech Festival, the continent’s longest-running technology event, will convene its 29th edition in Cape Town in November, and has announced its first speakers. Taking place on November 16-19 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, Africa Tech F
SA fintech startup TurnStay processes $61.5m in travel payments in 6 months
South African fintech startup TurnStay, which helps African travel businesses get paid by international guests, has processed more than ZAR1 billion (US$61.5 million) in transactions so far this year – a milestone reached in just six months, and only three yea
How Nigeria’s Blockops Network is powering stablecoin operations for fintechs, banks
Nigerian startup Blockops Network is building OnchainStacks to power stablecoin financial operations for fintechs, PSPs, banks, and remittance companies. Blockops is an all-in-one platform that aims to help enterprises and institutions to adopt blockchain wit