Telecom tariffs to rise in 2025 as NCC greenlights price increases
SASSA 2025 appeal process and new payment dates
Exclusive: YC-backed Mecho Autotech restructures amid macroeconomic challenges and FX volatility
77% of African angel investors limit deals to $25,000, ABAN finds
Safaricom accused of 'business fraud' in dispute over $23.9m money market fund
Techstars-backed PBR Life Sciences raises $1 million pre-seed funding
TechCabal Daily ' When will the exits cross the road
New SASSA jobs in South Africa for 2025
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TechCabal Daily ' M-PESA is not backing down
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POS agents will raise fees in response to CBN's rules on withdrawal limits
TechCabal Daily ' Congo sues Apple
Tyme raises $250 million Series D to become Africa's ninth unicorn
TechCabal Daily ' MNT-Halan's fourth expansion
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Tech workers paid more for food and transport in November as inflation hits 34.60%
Nigeria's Juicyway raises $3 million to help businesses solve FX shortage problem
TechCabal Daily ' MTN eyes banking licence in SA
Ethical and responsible AI deployment: A focus on Africa
CBN imposes '150 million fine on banks found selling mint banknotes to currency hawkers
YC-backed internet provider Tizeti will become the first Nigerian startup to list on IPO-starved NGX
Exclusive: First Bank loses '7 billion to fraud incident
TechCabal Daily ' Access on a rampage
Palmpay integrates with Jumia to allow customers pay online from their accounts
TechCabal Daily ' The magic word is compliance
They just show up and look at our books,'fintech executives reveal stricter CBN compliance checks
Entering Tech #80: How Joshua Udonne switched from engineering to growth
TechCabal Daily ' Billion naira fines hit Moniepoint, OPay
Nigerian fintech Billboxx raises $1.6 million in pre-seed from Norrsken, 54 Collective
CBN fines Moniepoint and OPay '1 Billion each as Nigeria tightens fintech regulation
Next Wave: How East Africa's regulatory environment is suffocating startups
TechCabal Daily ' Kenyan banks to lower lending rates
Pan African Towers appoints Oladipo Badru as acting CEO
Hacks to shopping on Temu in 2024 and beyond
Kenyan banks to lower interest rates following pressure from the Central Bank
TechCabal Daily ' Less money, more problems
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With 2.6 million orders in 30 days, Jumia's Black Friday remains a hit with customers
AI could create millions of jobs in Africa but the right policies are crucial
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Savannah Clinker withdraws $197.2 million Bamburi bid after CEO arrest
Kenya's parliament proposes 8-year timeline for banks to meet new capital requirements
TechCabal Daily ' Finance workers are feeling the squeeze
Access Bank is building a payment rail to connect Africa's remittance market
56% of finance employees in Nigeria are dissatisfied with their salaries, says Duplo report
Next Wave: Mergers and acquisitions require more than financial synergy
Moroccan mobility startup Enakl raises $1.4 million in Catalyst Fund-led pre-seed round
AltSchool expands to Europe as it nears profitability
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UNDP partners with Ethiopia's industry ministry to launch pan-African tech hub
TechCabal Daily ' Hackers steal $17 million from Uganda's central bank
Paystack deepens its pay by account feature with OPay integration
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GTBank apologises to customers for weeks-long disruption after core banking change
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MTN Nigeria's $120m 5G investment delivers fastest internet speeds in West and Central Africa
Safaricom receives regulatory approval to launch second money market fund, Ziidi
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Kenya proposes new law to hold outsourcing firms liable for employee claims
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49% of Nigerian startups founded in the last 10 years make less than '10 million in revenue
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KCB Group grows profits by 49% as total assets hit $15.4 billion
The 'Big 5' accounts for 85% of Africa's private capital deals in Q3 2024, says Stears report
9 Best crypto lending platforms: safest options for loans and interest - Techpoint
9 Last-Minute Deals on WIRED-Approved Gifts That Will Arrive In Time - Wired
A Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory report says data centers could account for 6.7%-12% of US total electricity consumption by 2028, up from ~4% currently (Laila Kearney/Reuters) - Techmeme
Affordable Digital Marketing Strategies for African Small Businesses - Innovation Village
AI startups attracted 25% of Europe's VC funding - Techcrunch
Alibaba launches its first African site in Morocco - Innovation Village
All American Airlines flights in the US are currently grounded - Engadget
An investigation finds that Google Maps fails users in the West Bank - Techcrunch
An investigator says he reported 26 OnlyFans accounts suspected of containing CSAM to NCMEC and that all of the accounts were removed within a day of his report (Reuters) - Techmeme
Analysis: SAP accounts for ~40% of Frankfurt DAX's 18.7% gains in 2024, with SAP up 70%+ as the software company transitions its business customers to the cloud (Financial Times) - Techmeme
Apache Tomcat Vulnerability CVE-2024-56337 Exposes Servers to RCE Attacks - Hackers News
Apple Sends Spyware Victims To Nonprofit Security Lab 'Access Now - Slashdot
Arizona Races To Power Data Center Boom as Maricopa County Set For Number 2 Spot - Slashdot
Arizona's Maricopa County is set to have the second largest concentration of US data centers by 2028, as the state races to increase electricity production (Pranshu Verma/Washington Post) - Techmeme
ASUS Christmas Campaign Sparks Malware Panic Among Windows Users - Slashdot
Balderton Capital and Dealroom: European AI startups attracted 25% of the region's VC funding, or ~$13.7B, in 2024, compared to 15% in 2020 (Anna Heim/TechCrunch) - Techmeme
Biggest Banks Sue the Federal Reserve Over Annual Stress Tests - Slashdot
Calls, SMS, data to cost more in January - Technext
CISA Adds Acclaim USAHERDS Vulnerability to KEV Catalog Amid Active Exploitation - Hackers News
Clop ransomware gang takes credit for latest mass hack that breached dozens of companies - Techcrunch
Commercial Tea Bags Release Millions of Microplastics, Entering Human Intestinal Cells - Slashdot
Critics Decry Vietnam's 'Draconian' New Internet Law - Slashdot
Disney Pulled the Plug on This Game in 2013. A Group of Teens Kept It Alive - Wired
Donald Trump announces Scott Kupor, a managing partner at a16z, will serve as director of OPM, and Michael Kratsios will serve as the White House OSTP director (Annie Palmer/CNBC) - Techmeme
Drinking Tea and Coffee Linked To Lower Risk of Head and Neck Cancer in Study - Slashdot
Electric Aircraft Startup Lilium Ceases Operations, 1,000 Workers Laid Off - Slashdot
Elon Musk's xAI lands $6B in new cash to fuel AI ambitions - Techcrunch
Encyclopedia Britannica Is Now an AI Company - Slashdot
Engadget's Balatro of the year - Engadget
Engadget's Balatro of the year 2024 - Engadget
Engadget's Games of the Year 2024 - Engadget
Engineers Achieve Quantum Teleportation Over Active Internet Cables - Slashdot
Experts: Bitcoin has time to adopt newer encryption that's resistant to attacks via potentially upcoming quantum systems, but such an overhaul could take years (Alexander Osipovich/Wall Street Journal) - Techmeme
Filing: Apple asks to participate in Google's upcoming US search antitrust trial, saying it can't rely on Google to defend their revenue-sharing agreements (Jody Godoy/Reuters) - Techmeme
Filing: Chinese video surveillance provider Dahua to terminate or exit five government projects in Xinjiang; Hikvision made a similar announcement this month (Reuters) - Techmeme
Flying taxi maker Lillium lays off 1,000 workers and ceases operations - Engadget
FOMO keeping you online' This new Instagram feature might fix that - Pocket Lint
Google is Using Anthropic's Claude To Improve Its Gemini AI - Slashdot
Google is using Anthropic's Claude to improve its Gemini AI - Techcrunch
Google's Counteroffer To the Government Trying To Break It Up is Unbundling Android Apps - Slashdot
Gordon Mah Ung, PCWorld Editor and Renowned Hardware Journalist, Dies At 58 - Slashdot
Halide's next version will come with new film filters, HDR - Techcrunch
Hashed: $112M+ worth of USDC fled Hyperliquid, the top DeFi derivatives exchange by volume, on December 23, after concern over trading by North Korean hackers (Muyao Shen/Bloomberg) - Techmeme
Health Care Giant Ascension Says 5.6 Million Patients Affected In Cyberattack - Slashdot
Home Is Where the Couch Is: Photos by Natcha Wongchanglaw - Wired
HomeKit doorbells suck, so Apple is reportedly making its own - Pocket Lint
Honda and Nissan Announce Historic Merger Plans to Tackle Rising EV Competition - Innovation Village
How AI hallucinations are transforming scientific discovery, with some scientists calling the term "hallucination" misleading and likening it to exploration (William J. Broad/New York Times) - Techmeme
How Apple Developed an Nvidia Allergy - Slashdot
How Instagram Reels Can Bring Your Nigerian Christmas to Life - Innovation Village
How NASA Might Change Under Donald Trump - Wired
How Nigerian Gen Z Creatives Are Going Mainstream - Innovation Village
How tech-enabled transportation service Zidallie is revolutionizing school transport in Kenya - TechMoran
Hyundai is giving away free Tesla NACs adapters to its EV customers - Techcrunch
Hyundai will offer its EV customers free NACS adapters starting next year - Engadget
Infinix Introduces Vibrant New Colours for the HOT 50 Series: A Bold Lifestyle Statement for the New Year - Technext
Internet freedom advocates criticize Vietnam's Decree 147, which goes into effect on Dec. 25 and requires social media users to verify their identities and more (Agence France-Presse) - Techmeme
Iran claims it will lift its ban on "certain widely used foreign platforms", naming WhatsApp and Google Play as the first two apps to be unblocked (Bloomberg) - Techmeme
It Was a Record Year for Dating Apps. They Still Don't Have It Figured Out - Wired