Deep Dives
Creators Insight: original analysis on the platforms, players, and economics shaping content work from Nigeria and around the world.
Telkom’s voice era is over. Data now pays the bills
Telkom Group, South Africa's legacy telecom operator, has data now accounting for nearly two-thirds of its operating revenue.
4 Aug 2026
👨🏿🚀TechCabal Daily – Death, taxes, and crypto
In today's edition: Nigeria issues crypto tax rules || South Africa’s new rules for spam callers || South Africa’s capital-control rules for crypto || DR Congo walks back on digital tax proposal
4 Aug 2026
Nigeria's Crypto Tax Plan
The Nigerian government is set to impose a 1.5% crypto stamp duty on Bitcoin and USDT transactions, with the tax to be remitted in the same digital asset being traded. The proposed tax is expected to generate significant revenue for the government, but it also raises concerns about the potential impact on the country's cryptocurrency market.
3 Aug 2026
Africa's Digital Revolution
The intersection of fintech and digital forensics in Africa is revealing new patterns and opportunities for growth and investigation. As Nigerian fintech Duplo partners with banks and South African law enforcement leverages smartphone data, the continent is poised for significant advancements in finance and justice.
24 Jul 2026
Why Nigerian fintech Duplo is turning to banks to distribute its software
Wema Bank is the first commercial bank to distribute Duplo's software. The move reflects an emerging pattern across Africa's financial services industry in the past three years: banks and payment networks partnering with fintech startups to offer their business customers software
24 Jul 2026
South Africa’s most important crime witness isn’t human. It’s a smartphone.
Every WhatsApp conversation, location ping, cloud backup and piece of metadata can help investigators reconstruct relationships that might once have remained hidden.
24 Jul 2026
WayaWaya appoints ex-Chase Bank Kenya executive Raj Singh as board adviser
WayaWaya joins a growing list of African fintechs recruiting experienced banking executives as they scale into regulated financial services.
23 Jul 2026
The capital that was already here
Nigeria does not need to discover a new source of external capital. One of its largest and most resilient sources already exists.
23 Jul 2026
Alliance-backed Daya expands beyond stablecoins with tokenised US stock trading
Tokenised stocks are becoming a dime a dozen in Nigeria's crypto sector as startups race to broaden the use of blockchain beyond digital currencies and into traditional finance.
23 Jul 2026
Fusepay expands beyond payments with AI operating system for trade businesses
The launch comes eight months after Fusepay launched its digital payments platform in Seychelles, and raised $350,000 in pre-seed funding in August 2025.
22 Jul 2026
South Africa wants more African trade. Stablecoins could help make it happen.
Only about 15% to 18% of South Africa's trade is with African countries, highlighting how much work remains before AfCFTA can achieve its ambitions.
21 Jul 2026
How teaching AI your career could become the smartest job search strategy
Every new technology promises to save people time. Artificial intelligence is beginning to promise something more ambitious: memory.
16 Jul 2026
Africa's Digital Dilemma
The rise of digital lenders in Kenya has led to a surge in consumer complaints, while tech giants like Amazon are expanding their presence in Africa, highlighting the complex landscape of the continent's digital economy. As the sector continues to evolve, it is crucial to examine the connections between these developments and their implications for the future of African tech.
16 Jul 2026
Digital lenders top Kenya’s consumer complaint list despite reforms
The increase made digital lenders the largest source of consumer complaints in financial services, accounting for nearly two-thirds of the sector's grievances.
16 Jul 2026
👨🏿🚀TechCabal Daily – Amazon finds space in SA
In today's edition: Amazon Leo partners SA’s Herotel, to launch in 2027 || Standard Bank backs Helios Towers with $29 million || Absa wants more of its Kenyan bank || Uganda is stepping up its anti-piracy fight
16 Jul 2026
Can the AT50 Index convince Africa’s biggest startups to list at home?
The rules-based benchmark, launched at the London Stock Exchange in January, is a market intelligence platform that measures the continent's leading scaled private technology companies.
15 Jul 2026
How Google’s Daily Brief works and how to set it up
Google wants your morning to start with an AI assistant that has already read your inbox, scanned your calendar, and figured out what needs your attention each day.
15 Jul 2026
SeamlessHR rebrands as Seamless Technologies to expand into AI, finance
SeamlessHR has rebranded as Seamless Technologies, bringing Breeze, SeamlessProcure, and BWOP under the new corporate brand.
15 Jul 2026
👨🏿🚀TechCabal Daily – Moniepoint branches out to Kenya
In today's edition: Moniepoint taps former Branch Kenya CEO || Kenya approves 25 more digital lenders || Rwanda rolls out eKash || Malawi proposes data protection rules
15 Jul 2026
Former Branch Kenya CEO Rose Muturi joins Moniepoint to lead Kenya operations
The appointment suggests that the unicorn is moving from securing a regulatory foothold in East Africa’s biggest economy to building a banking business.
14 Jul 2026