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TechCabal·Jul 22, 2026#startups#africa

Norebase report finds Nigeria, Rwanda among Africa’s fastest incorporation markets

The findings arrive as African governments compete to attract founders and foreign investment by simplifying the mechanics of starting a business.

TechCabal·Jul 22, 2026#startups#africa

👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – BVNK once for stablecoins

In today's edition: LemFi, BVNK partner to use stablecoins for remittance || Shareholders agree on Nedbank-NCBA merger || Court settles Nigeria’s airtime lending dispute || Kenya introduces new telecom licence

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TechCabal·Jul 21, 2026#startups#africa

What you should know about the Infinix HOT 70 Pro

The new phone brings 5G, a faster chipset, and a screen that changes color depending on the temperature.

TechCabal·Jul 21, 2026#startups#africa

State of Tech in Africa H1 2026 recap: Is consolidation the new growth story?

At the launch of the State of Tech in Africa H1 2026 report, investors and founders got candid about why early-stage capital has dried up, what African venture capital owes the ecosystem, and where the next wave of growth is actually coming from.

TechCabal·Jul 21, 2026#startups#africa

Nigerian court upholds digital lending rules but rejects parallel telecom licencing

While the court upheld the validity of the regulations, it agreed with one of WASPAN's central arguments: the FCCPC's consumer protection powers do not extend to licencing telecommunications operators.

MIT Technology Review — AI·Jul 21, 2026#ai#data

Advancing next-gen AI with materials science innovation

The conversation about AI often centers on algorithms, computing power, or huge investments in new semiconductor fabrication plants and hyperscale data centers. But beneath each of these advances is another layer of innovation that makes them possible: advanced materials. Every n

TechCabal·Jul 21, 2026#startups#africa

👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Lie detector test for SIM cards

In today's edition: South Africa overhauls SIM registration || GTBank Kenya needs a new managing director || Cyberattacks in Kenya || Malawi wants to break telecom duopoly

MIT Technology Review — AI·Jul 20, 2026#ai#data

China’s AI models have Trump’s AI world at war with itself

This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Over the weekend, several current and former advisors to President Donald Trump on AI publicly lobbed insults at the country’s leading AI comp

TechCabal·Jul 20, 2026#startups#africa

Why Launch Africa keeps writing early-stage cheques despite market slowdown

Launch Africa has invested in 15 startups so far in 2026, with a focus on early-stage startups, as other investors slow down on funding.

TechCabal·Jul 20, 2026#startups#africa

Nigeria’s central bank is rewriting the rules for fintech growth

Over the past decade, the playbook for Nigerian fintechs has been remarkably consistent: build payment products, acquire merchants, scale transaction volumes, obtain microfinance bank licences, expand into lending, and eventually launch savings products.