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TechCabal Rank launches community-powered finance products to expand access to capital

Rank is betting that digitising community-based finance can offer an alternative route to accessing capital for young entrepreneur...

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TechCabal SASSA August 2026 payment dates: Full schedule, grant amounts and SRD

The payment dates are based on the official 2026/27 grant payment calendar published by the Department of Social Development and a...

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TechCabal 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.

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TechCrunch UK government scraps plans for digital ID cards after millions of Brits opposed

The new U.K. government scrapped a digital ID program that millions of British people opposed, in place of a tax cut to tackle the...

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TechCrunch Gritt exits stealth with $32 million for robots to build solar plants — then, everything else

Gritt is coming out of stealth with $34 million and plans to automate the hardest tasks on construction sites.

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TechCabal 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 pro...

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TechCabal 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 d...

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TechCabal Francophone Africa’s smallest shops could become its biggest business opportunity

How Francophone West Africa's corner shops became the continent's most overlooked commerce opportunity and the startups racing to...

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TechCabal 👨🏿‍🚀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...

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TechCrunch Anthropic’s landmark $1.5B copyright settlement is approved

The final approval settles one case, but it doesn't resolve the broader issue of using copyrighted works to train AI models.

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TechCrunch AI’s most important protocol is getting a little bit easier to use

Under the new system, the protocol will take a looser, "stateless" approach to session IDs on the server side, similar to how most...

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TechCrunch Google is working on a new AI chip designed to make Gemini more efficient

Alphabet, Google's parent company, is reportedly working on a new chip designed to make its Gemini models run much more efficientl...

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TechCrunch Trump’s latest AI czar has already resigned

The director role for the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) has become a revolving door since David Sacks left his po...

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TechCrunch Colossal Biosciences reportedly in talks to raise new capital at $20B–$30B valuation

The de-extinction startup is looking to double or triple its previous valuation, according to the report.

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TechCrunch Judge pauses $110B Paramount-Warner Bros. merger

The lawsuit from the states alleges that the deal would harm movie theaters, basic cable distributors, and audiences.

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TechCrunch Natural raises $30M to reinvent payments for AI agents — and take on Stripe

The one-year-old startup aims to reinvent financial architecture for autonomous AI transactions.

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TechCrunch OpenAI is scared of open-weight models. Should the US be?

Talk of banning Chinese-made open-weight LLMs reveals the challenge of turning AI into a business.

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TechCrunch X relaunches a rebuilt Android app after year-long effort

X says the rebuilt version of its Android app is now available globally.

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TechCabal Safaricom’s financial services chief joins wave of senior executive exits

Waititu's last day will be July 31, according to the email. Safaricom has appointed Boniface Mungania, its Director of Public Sect...

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TechCrunch Hackers stole ‘significant’ amount of data from tech firm relied on by thousands of US hospitals and pharmacies

Edinburgh-based tech firm Craneware said customer data was stolen during a cyberattack. The company makes software that thousands...

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TechCrunch YouTube clarifies policies around AI slop and upsetting videos

YouTube has updated its monetization policies to more clearly define the kinds of AI-generated and low-quality videos that can’t e...

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TechCrunch Inference startup Infinity raises $15M from Touring Capital, OpenAI and Anthropic researchers

AI infrastructure company Infinity announced Monday a $15 million raise at a $100 million valuation from investors including Touri...

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TechCrunch Adobe camera app’s new feature will critique your photos using AI

Adobe's Project Indigo can now remove all kinds of backgrounds from photos you snap using the app.

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TechCabal 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 fu...

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