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Vanguard Army says progress made in rescue of abducted Oyo pupils, teachers

By Adeola Badru The Nigerian Army says it is making significant progress in ongoing efforts to rescue the 46 pupils and teachers a...

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Vanguard Nigeria, Ghana sign Maritime Cooperation MoU

By Godwin Oritse The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and the Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA) have signe...

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TechCabal Digital Nomads: The AI engineer who left Nigeria for Germany and quadrupled his income

AI engineer John Robert left Nigeria for Germany after years of planning and built a global career in artificial intelligence and...

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TechCabal A Zimbabwean developer built a bride price calculator that went global

Nyoni's Lobola Calculator, housed on the Google Play Store, has attracted users across Southern Africa, Europe, and even Japan, wh...

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TechCabal Nigerian startup takes top prize at UNDP’s pan-African edtech accelerator

Twenty startups advanced to the final pitch, where 10 emerged as winners. Data Entry Academy took the top prize, followed by start...

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TechCabal $1.44 billion raised in the first half of 2026

African tech funding H1 2026 reached $1.44B. Discover how record-breaking M&A deals, debt financing, and AI restructuring are shap...

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TechCabal Google Play to back 10 African game studios with $1 million fund

While the African gaming market size is estimated at $2.29 billion, many African studios still struggle to secure the capital need...

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TechCabal Alaa Hamadto on building through uncertainty and believing in Sudan again

She tells me about driving back into Sudan while drones flew overhead. About travelling for 36 hours without food or water because...

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TechCabal How unpaid salaries and vendor debts forced FoodCourt to pause operations

A March kitchen strike over unpaid wages forced FoodCourt to stop orders. By April, its last branch paused as the startup sought f...

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TechCabal 👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – LemFi comes into Wealth

In today's edition: Quick Fire 🔥 with Sheriff Adedokun || LemFi acquires Wealth8 || South Africa proposes crypto tax rules || Who...

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ScienceDaily Health This spray-on powder can stop life-threatening bleeding in 1 second

A new spray-on powder developed by KAIST can stop life-threatening bleeding in about one second by instantly forming a strong gel...

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ScienceDaily Agriculture These tiny soil microbes could rescue crops from salty farmland

Researchers have discovered that beneficial soil bacteria give plants an unexpected survival advantage in salty soils. Instead of...

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TechCabal Quick Fire 🔥 with Sheriff Adedokun

Meet Sheriff Adedokun, an entrepreneur and software builder with over a decade of experience scaling technology businesses across...

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TechCabal Catalyst Fund completes $30 million second close to back Africa’s climate-tech startups

For Catalyst Fund, investing in climate technology has evolved from being impact-focused as the sector proves it can deliver both...

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TechCrunch 5 desk gadgets that can make your workday better

The right desk gadgets can help you reduce clutter, stay focused, and add a little extra convenience to your day.

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TechCrunch What is Bending Spoons? The little-known AOL and Vimeo owner that’s now public

Bending Spoons remains largely unknown, even as its portfolio of products has served more than a billion people.

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TechCrunch Almost 90 new unicorns have been minted so far this year — here they are

With AI igniting an investor frenzy, more startups are achieving unicorn status every month.

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TechCrunch New Google commercial imagines a Declaration of Independence written with help from AI

Two hundred and fifty years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, a new commercial asks: What if the Founding Fath...

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TechCrunch Midjourney wants Hollywood studios to reveal the details of their AI usage

As part of an ongoing legal dispute with three Hollywood studios, Midjourney is seeking to compel those studios to reveal how they...

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TechCrunch Alibaba reportedly bans employees from using Claude Code

Alibaba has reportedly classified Claude Code as high-risk software.

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TechCrunch What is Mistral AI? Everything to know about the OpenAI competitor

Mistral AI, which offers some open source AI models, has raised significant funding since its creation in 2023, with the ambition...

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TechCrunch The only AI glossary you’ll need this year

The rise of AI has brought an avalanche of new terms and slang. Here is a glossary with definitions of some of the most important...

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TechCrunch The browser wars aren’t about search anymore — here are the best alternatives to Chrome and Safari

We’ve compiled an overview of some of the top alternative browsers available today aiming to challenge Chrome and Safari.

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TechCrunch The Dune keypad device can be your meeting controller and more

The gadget has three buttons, and it changes context based on what app you are looking at. For instance, in meeting apps and sites...

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