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In Lagos' cutthroat food delivery wars, speed is everything. We pitted Chowdeck, Glovo and FoodCourt in a real-time showdown—with surprising results. One underdog kept leaving riders in the dust (even on bicycles), while fan favourites fumbled with order batching and unmotivated drivers. The winner might just save your next hangry meltdown. Check out this fun story on TechCabal 👉https://techcabal.com/2025/06/02/the-fastest-food-delivery-app-in-lagos/?utm_source=Whatsapp&utm_medium=Organic+&utm_id=TechCabal+whatsapp
When Washington pulled the plug on health funding, Kenya found itself locked out of its own medical records. Now, as critical HIV and vaccination data sits stranded on US servers, Nairobi is scrambling to bring its health systems home—before the next crisis hits. Read more 👉 https://techcabal.com/2025/06/02/kenya-health-data-usaid-trump-funding/?utm_source=Whatsapp&utm_medium=Organic+&utm_id=TechCabal+whatsapp
As African tax authorities tighten digital surveillance, DigiTax is building the pipes that connect businesses to revenue agencies across the continent. The Kenyan startup, already plugged into tax systems in two countries, is betting that more governments will demand real-time access to company invoices—and that businesses will pay to make compliance painless. Find out how it is doing this in The BackEnd 👉 https://techcabal.com/2025/06/03/digitax-chases-africas-rising-demand-for-tax-tech/?utm_source=Whatsapp&utm_medium=Organic+&utm_id=TechCabal+whatsapp
Moniepoint's second swing at Kenya just connected. After its KopoKopo deal crumbled, the Nigerian fintech heavyweight has cleared a key hurdle to grab 78% of Sumac Microfinance Bank—its golden ticket into East Africa's mobile money mecca. This time, a key regulator didn't blink—but Moniepoint will still anxiously wait for Kenya's Central Bank (CBK) to give its approval. Read more 👉 https://techcabal.com/2025/06/02/moniepoint-kenya-sumac-78-kopokopo/?utm_source=Whatsapp&utm_medium=Organic+&utm_id=TechCabal+whatsapp
Anthony Otaigbe's Izesan! began as a passion project—a free app teaching African languages to the diaspora. After three revenue-less years and a collapsed partnership, he pivoted from nostalgic learners to Nigerian schools and governments. Now profitable, the bootstrapped edtech proves preserving cultural heritage can be sustainable—but only by shifting from identity-driven demand to institutional necessity. Read more 👉 https://techcabal.com/2025/05/31/day-1-1000-izesan/?utm_source=Whatsapp&utm_medium=Organic+&utm_id=TechCabal+whatsapp
Kenya's taxman is back with a familiar demand—unfiltered access to your mobile money and bank records. After last year's protests blocked similar moves, the government is quietly trying to delete privacy protections from tax laws. This time, they're betting on stealth over confrontation. Read the full story 👉 https://techcabal.com/2025/06/03/kenya-revives-push-to-give-kra-access-to-private-financial-data/?utm_source=Whatsapp&utm_medium=Organic+&utm_id=TechCabal+whatsapp
👨🏿🚀TC Daily — Moniepoint’s second time lucky in Kenya? Moniepoint took it seriously when Winston Churchill said, “Never, never, never give up.” After its first dabble with KopoKopo didn’t quite go as planned, Nigerian fintech Moniepoint is trying Kenya again with Sumac Microfinance Bank. The Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) has approved Moniepoint’s bid to acquire a 78% stake in Sumac. This nod of approval can potentially give Moniepoint a shortcut into one of Kenya’s most competitive mobile payments markets valued at $67.3 billion (KES 8.7 trillion). Sign up and read TC Daily 👉 https://techcabal.com/2025/06/04/techcabal-daily-dLocal-to-acquire-aza-finance/?utm_source=Whatsapp&utm_medium=Organic+&utm_id=TechCabal+whatsapp
👨🏿🚀TC Daily — AXIAN takes a bite of Jumia It has been a week since Baillie Gifford, Jumia’s largest investor, dumped the rest of its shares. In a new development, the e-commerce giant just got a fresh shot of confidence. AXIAN Telecom, a pan-African telco with operations in nine countries, has acquired an 8% minority stake in Jumia. AXIAN claims to see value in JumiaPay (Jumia’s fintech subsidiary), its logistics network, and growing influence in Africa’s digital retail space. That’s not nothing, especially when most headlines around Jumia lately have been about cost-cutting, decline in revenues, and questions about whether it can survive the arrival of deep-pocketed global players like Temu and Shein. Sign up and read TC Daily 👉 https://techcabal.com/2025/06/03/techcabal-daily-axian-takes-a-bite-of-jumia/?utm_source=Whatsapp&utm_medium=Organic+&utm_id=TechCabal+whatsapp
In 2019, Nigeria’s banking sector experienced a major event: Access Bank, now the country’s largest bank by assets, acquired Diamond Bank, which used to be at the top of the food chain as the largest tier-2 lender in the country. For Chiderah Azodoh who worked on the intricate corporate finance details of the merger, it was painstaking but exciting work; one she says she was privileged to be staffed on. In this edition of Digital Nomads, she talks about her experience working on major corporate finance deals in Nigeria, advising fintech upstarts in Silicon Valley, and why Dubai catches her eye as a promising hotbed for tech. Read the full story 👉 https://techcabal.com/2025/05/31/chiderah-azodoh-digital-nomads/?utm_source=Whatsapp&utm_medium=Organic+&utm_id=TechCabal+whatsapp
Nigerian weddings are getting a tech makeover—from drone cinematography and AI-powered photo editing to digital gift registries and hybrid livestreamed ceremonies. As couples spend upwards of ₦20 million on their big day, vendors leverage social media for bookings, fintech for payments, and cloud tools to deliver cinematic experiences. The traditional "I Do" now comes with a digital toolkit, transforming weddings into real-life celebrations and viral online moments. Read more 👉 https://techcabal.com/2025/05/31/the-tech-shaping-nigerian-weddings/?utm_source=Whatsapp&utm_medium=Organic+&utm_id=TechCabal+whatsapp
