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TechCabal Tech won’t fix Africa’s informal economy without power and rails, says AFC CEO

At AFIS in Luanda, Africa Finance Corporation CEO Samaila Zubairu argued that getting informal businesses online can only go so fa...

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TechCabal How IFC plans to use fintech and cash flow to finance African MSMEs

The IFC wants small businesses in Africa to qualify for loans based on the money they bring in. At AFIS in Luanda, Angola, Makhtar...

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TechCabal Digital fraud surges to 88%: The hidden security crisis chilling cross-border finance

Nearly half of the financial institutions surveyed across 20 African countries are prioritising growth at home. As banks and finte...

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TechCrunch Tomorrow: TechCrunch Founder Summit takes over Boston and when pass rates increase

Secure your TechCrunch Founder Summit pass savings before prices increase tomorrow at 9 a.m. ET. Save up to $100 on your pass, and...

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TechCabal Africa’s crypto market has proved there is demand. Now it needs infrastructure

Africa’s crypto adoption has surged, moving rapidly from speculation to real-world utility like cross-border payments. As demand g...

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TechCabal How Jumia is courting Côte d’Ivoire’s informal retail market

3 novembre 2026 Hello 👋, Sorry about the break in transmission last week. Moonshot by TechCabal happened. Welcome back to Francoph...

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TechCabal Airtel Nigeria’s $1 billion comeback comes with a growing mobile money business

Airtel Nigeria generated $1.01 billion in revenue between April and September 2026, crossing the $1 billion mark for the first tim...

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TechCabal Inside Luanda’s high-stakes summit to direct Africa’s $100bn banking machine into the real economy

At AFIS 2026 in Luanda, Africa’s financial institutions are booking record profits, but until capital flows away from dollar-denom...

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TechCabal African-owned game Rise of Fearless raises $1 million for expansion

Rise of Fearless has secured $1 million in SAFE financing from Epic Edges Capital as it targets 100,000 active players and brings...

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TechCrunch Apple Watch’s AI features for rewinding and recapping conversations begin beta testing

Now in beta: Apple's new Audio Intelligence features can help you remember what someone said or take notes on conversations.

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TechCabal Circle taps ex-Yellow Card executive Gillian Darko to lead Africa expansion

The move comes as Circle seeks to expand stablecoins’ use in cross-border payments, remittances, and business transactions across...

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TechCrunch Yvonne Bajela is bringing $17M in fresh capital to Europe’s startup scene

Evertrue Capital announces $17M debut fund to back early-stage AI and fintech.

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TechCabal 👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – AGOA, going, gone

In today's edition: SA, Rwanda lose AGOA privileges || BII bullish on Africa's frontier markets || Netflix: South African titles r...

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TechCrunch Y Combinator’s Garry Tan uses AI agents so much, he spends up to $200K a year on tokens

Y Combinator Garry Tan has jokingly admitted that he's suffered from "cyber psychosis” and barely sleeps sometimes because he’s so...

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TechCrunch Ukraine’s new pocket-sized gadget turns Russian drones’ cameras against them

A Kyiv startup’s pocket-sized, 10-ounce receiver lets Ukrainian troops watch the video feeds of Russian drones, though Russian mov...

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TechCrunch Apple may try to increase revenue by doing…something with third-party AI apps

Apple hinted at ways that it could spur revenue through third-party "opportunities" during its Monday night earnings call.

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TechCrunch Google takes Dreambeans to India in bid to bring AI-generated personal stories to the masses

Google's Dreambeans, its latest AI experiment, now supports 13 Indian languages.

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TechCrunch Trajectory raises $45M to make AI model training accessible to nontechnical experts

The one-year-old startup is now valued at $300 million.

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TechCrunch Apple’s inventory surges 154% as memory chip costs climb

Apple says unprecedented memory chip costs will continue to rise, raising questions about future device prices as its inventory cl...

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TechCrunch Hinge tests a cheaper plan as users become more fed up paying for dating apps

At a time when people are increasingly tired of dating apps, Hinge is testing a cheaper subscription plan.

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TechCrunch Apple says it’s ‘hard to predict’ when iPhone Duo constraints will improve

Apple says iPhone Duo production is ramping up, but it still can't say when supply will catch up with demand as shipping delays st...

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TechCrunch Anthropic warns that it’s very close to RSI capability, aka self-building AI

RSI is the point at which AI grows so good at training itself that it spawns a dramatic acceleration of AI capabilities. To the AI...

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TechCrunch Snap settles lawsuit accusing platform of fueling teen depression and eating disorders

The plaintiffs said they started using YouTube as young as age 3 and other social media platforms at around age 9 and developed co...

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TechCrunch New York Times and other outlets sue web browser Brave over alleged content scraping

The New York Times is suing privacy-focused web browser company Brave for allegedly scraping the outlet’s copyrighted content and...

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