{ "count": 50, "items": [ { "id": 19666, "url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/08/14/antigravity-explained", "title": "What is Antigravity and why does it matter?", "summary": "Google Antigravity explained: what the agentic development platform is, how AI agents work, and why it matters for the future of coding.", "authors": "John Adoyi", "category": "news", "topics": "agents-autonomy", "published_at": "2026-08-14T17:13:12.000Z", "source": "TechCabal (Africa)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19666" }, { "id": 19667, "url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/08/14/sec-expands-sandbox-to-yellow-card-blockchain", "title": "Nigeria’s SEC admits Yellow Card, Blockchain Africa into crypto sandbox", "summary": "Nigeria’s SEC has admitted Yellow Card, Blockchain, and Pisi into its regulatory sandbox, expanding the ARIP programme to 12 firms since July.", "authors": "Emmanuel Nwosu", "category": "news", "topics": "regulation", "published_at": "2026-08-14T16:51:32.000Z", "source": "TechCabal (Africa)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19667" }, { "id": 19668, "url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/08/14/germany-offered-adekoyejo-kuye-future-chose-nigeria", "title": "Germany offered Adekoyejo Kuye a future. He chose Nigeria.", "summary": "Kuye is the founder of KAMIM Technologies, a Nigerian climate-tech company that builds solar-powered cold storage infrastructure and connects farmers to markets.", "authors": "Adonijah Ndege", "category": "news", "topics": "environment", "published_at": "2026-08-14T15:48:37.000Z", "source": "TechCabal (Africa)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19668" }, { "id": 19669, "url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/08/14/nigeria-creator-economy-tax", "title": "The Selar row shows how Nigeria plans to tax its creator economy", "summary": "Nigerian creators may lose 5% of their income to tax if the government decides an ebook sale is a royalty. Here's why it matters.", "authors": "Muktar Oladunmade", "category": "news", "topics": "jobs-economy", "published_at": "2026-08-14T12:36:42.000Z", "source": "TechCabal (Africa)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19669" }, { "id": 19670, "url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/08/14/nigeria-tax-rules-crypto-traders", "title": "Nigeria wants to tax crypto. Traders say it could slow business.", "summary": "The compliance burden will weigh heavily on crypto traders who rely on very small price differences to make money.", "authors": "Emmanuel Nwosu", "category": "news", "topics": "regulation", "published_at": "2026-08-14T08:36:49.000Z", "source": "TechCabal (Africa)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19670" }, { "id": 19401, "url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/08/13/mr-eazis-choplife-moves-to-digital-free-zone-itana", "title": "Mr Eazi’s Choplife is the latest startup to move to digital free zone Itana", "summary": "The move primarily changes Choplife’s corporate and regulatory base, with the company citing Itana’s regulatory environment and its promise of simpler cross-border operations as key reasons for the decision.", "authors": "Opeyemi Kareem", "category": "news", "topics": "regulation,environment", "published_at": "2026-08-13T14:40:58.000Z", "source": "TechCabal (Africa)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19401" }, { "id": 19402, "url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/08/13/kenya-says-cyber-cafes-dont-have-to-track-browsing-history", "title": "Kenya says cyber cafés won’t need to monitor users’ browsing history", "summary": "Kenya’s Communications Authority (CA) has clarified new licencing rules for cyber cafés, saying operators will be required to keep basic customer and session records but will not have to track users’ browsing histories.", "authors": "Frank Eleanya", "category": "news", "topics": "military-security", "published_at": "2026-08-13T13:16:54.000Z", "source": "TechCabal (Africa)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19402" }, { "id": 19403, "url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/08/13/standard-bank-wants-to-own-more-of-africas-digital-payment", "title": "Standard Bank wants to own more of Africa’s digital payment flows", "summary": "The growth comes as payments become an integral part of how banks capture value from Africa’s digital economy.", "authors": "Phathisani Moyo", "category": "news", "topics": "jobs-economy", "published_at": "2026-08-13T11:28:48.000Z", "source": "TechCabal (Africa)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19403" }, { "id": 19404, "url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/08/13/africa-cybercriminals-adopting-ai-institutions-them", "title": "Africa’s cybercriminals are adopting AI faster than the institutions chasing them", "summary": "AI was involved in 55% of cybercrime cases observed by African countries surveyed by Interpol in 2025, as criminals used the technology to produce convincing phishing messages, fabricate identities, and impersonate executives and public figures. Deepfake incidents increased sevenfold between the second and fourth quarters of 2024.", "authors": "Adonijah Ndege", "category": "news", "topics": "misinformation", "published_at": "2026-08-13T10:49:27.000Z", "source": "TechCabal (Africa)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19404" }, { "id": 19405, "url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/08/13/nigerias-identity-law-raises-questions-over-digital-signatures", "title": "Nigeria’s identity law raises questions over who regulates digital signatures", "summary": "A digital signature is a mathematical method for verifying that a digital document, email or message is authentic, has not been altered and was signed by the person claiming to have signed it.", "authors": "Frank Eleanya", "category": "news", "topics": "regulation", "published_at": "2026-08-13T08:26:31.000Z", "source": "TechCabal (Africa)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19405" }, { "id": 19406, "url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/08/13/techcabal-daily-jumia-bags-50-million", "title": "👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Jumia bags $50 million", "summary": "In today's edition: Virtual asset firms to join CBN’s sandbox || Jumia secures $50 million equity funding || Shoprite’s Sixty60 is having a moment || Vodacom taps ex-Airtel CEO to join board", "authors": "Emmanuel Nwosu", "category": "news", "topics": "bias-fairness", "published_at": "2026-08-13T05:57:03.000Z", "source": "TechCabal (Africa)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19406" }, { "id": 19007, "url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/08/12/cbn-sandbox-for-vasps-fintechs", "title": "Nigeria’s central bank opens regulatory sandbox to virtual asset firms", "summary": "The sandbox marks Nigeria’s latest move to regulate the virtual asset industry. The CBN will now oversee virtual assets used for payments, including stablecoins, payment, settlement, custody, wallet management, and other transaction-based infrastructure services. The Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will oversee digital assets that behave like securities.", "authors": "Emmanuel Nwosu", "category": "news", "topics": "regulation", "published_at": "2026-08-12T07:09:26.000Z", "source": "TechCabal (Africa)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19007" }, { "id": 19008, "url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/08/12/techcabal-daily-kenyas-new-internet-bouncers", "title": "👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Kenya’s new Internet bouncers", "summary": "In today's edition: Kenya’s cyber cafes are becoming data collectors || Uber discontinues UberX in South Africa || BRICS wants faster cross-border payments || South Africa’s central bank takes over the payment rail", "authors": "Emmanuel Nwosu", "category": "news", "topics": "military-security", "published_at": "2026-08-12T06:26:17.000Z", "source": "TechCabal (Africa)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19008" }, { "id": 18630, "url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/08/11/mtn-profits-iran-investment", "title": "MTN expects profits to fall up to 30% as Iran investment takes a hit", "summary": "MTN’s underlying earnings are expected to rise by up to 23%, but a write-down on its Irancell investment, compounded by hyperinflation and foreign exchange losses, is dragging reported earnings lower.", "authors": "Phathisani Moyo", "category": "news", "topics": "finance-investment", "published_at": "2026-08-11T16:49:16.000Z", "source": "TechCabal (Africa)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18630" }, { "id": 18631, "url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/08/11/how-android-halo-shows-you-what-your-ai-agent-is-doing", "title": "How Android Halo shows you what your AI agent is doing", "summary": "Google previewed Android Halo in May 2026 as part of its push to make Android more useful in an increasingly agentic AI era.", "authors": "John Adoyi", "category": "news", "topics": "agents-autonomy", "published_at": "2026-08-11T14:07:03.000Z", "source": "TechCabal (Africa)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18631" }, { "id": 18632, "url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/08/11/francophone-weekly-by-techcabal-035", "title": "A Francophone investor’s guide to Africa’s next growth markets", "summary": "A data-driven look at Africa's strongest investment returns, regional stock markets, capital exits, and the rise of Francophone Africa.", "authors": "Lina Kacyem", "category": "news", "topics": "finance-investment", "published_at": "2026-08-11T11:16:40.000Z", "source": "TechCabal (Africa)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18632" }, { "id": 18633, "url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/08/11/kenya-approves-first-locally-domiciled-etf-as-bank-stocks-rally", "title": "Kenya approves first locally domiciled ETF as bank stocks rally", "summary": "The launch comes as Kenyan bank stocks lead a strong rally in the country's equities market, with the NSE Banking Index up 30.9% this year through July.", "authors": "Kenn Abuya", "category": "news", "topics": "finance-investment", "published_at": "2026-08-11T08:54:34.000Z", "source": "TechCabal (Africa)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18633" }, { "id": 18634, "url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/08/11/techcabal-daily-age-gating-social-media", "title": "👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Age-gating social media", "summary": "In today's edition: NCBA’s Multiple Hauliers takeover hits a court roadblock || South Africa wants YouTube and TikTok to check your age || Nigeria wants to bring its cloud computing back home || Kenya says receipts alone won’t beat a KRA tax bill", "authors": "Emmanuel Nwosu", "category": "news", "topics": "regulation", "published_at": "2026-08-11T06:18:22.000Z", "source": "TechCabal (Africa)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18634" }, { "id": 18226, "url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/08/10/nigeria-pushes-local-cloud-as-85-of-workloads-use-public-clouds", "title": "85% of Nigerian workloads run on public clouds as government pushes localisation", "summary": "Nigeria is moving to bring more of its cloud infrastructure within the country, seeking to cut reliance on overseas systems and keep more of the digital economy’s value at home.", "authors": "Frank Eleanya", "category": "news", "topics": "jobs-economy", "published_at": "2026-08-10T15:03:14.000Z", "source": "TechCabal (Africa)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18226" }, { "id": 18227, "url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/08/10/african-vc-funding-squeez", "title": "What African investors think about the funding squeeze killing early-stage startups", "summary": "Startups raising between $100,000 and $1 million fell 44% in six months. African VC investors explain what changed.", "authors": "Muktar Oladunmade", "category": "news", "topics": "finance-investment", "published_at": "2026-08-10T13:04:53.000Z", "source": "TechCabal (Africa)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18227" }, { "id": 18228, "url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/08/10/virtual-asset-rules-for-nigerian-vasps", "title": "Nigeria is making crypto companies collect taxes for the government", "summary": "The requirements could increase compliance costs and force companies to expand their finance and compliance teams. They could also require changes to internal systems for onboarding, settlement, custody, and reconciliation.", "authors": "Emmanuel Nwosu", "category": "news", "topics": "regulation", "published_at": "2026-08-10T12:52:55.000Z", "source": "TechCabal (Africa)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18228" }, { "id": 17751, "url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/08/08/how-medwaka-rebuilt-itself-into-an-emergency-response-platform", "title": "How Medwaka rebuilt itself into an emergency response platform", "summary": "Medwaka is an emergency response platform that connects patients experiencing medical emergencies with nearby hospitals, ambulances, and trained first responders through a mobile app.", "authors": "Opeyemi Kareem", "category": "news", "topics": "healthcare", "published_at": "2026-08-08T09:00:00.000Z", "source": "TechCabal (Africa)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17751" }, { "id": 17650, "url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/08/07/google-pixel-watch-5-release-date-price-specs", "title": "What to expect from Google Pixel Watch 5", "summary": "Table of contents Has Google announced the Pixel Watch 5? When will the Pixel Watch 5 release? How much will the Pixel Watch 5 cost? What are the expected specs of the Pixel Watch 5? Pixel Watch 5 vs Pixel Watch 4 What we still don’t know Google’s Pixel Watch 5 is close. Regulatory filings, […]", "authors": "Chukwuebuka Mgbojikwe", "category": "news", "topics": "regulation", "published_at": "2026-08-07T11:21:47.000Z", "source": "TechCabal (Africa)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17650" }, { "id": 17651, "url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/08/07/tanzanian-brothers-aid-africas-water-crisis", "title": "The Tanzanian brothers who turned a childhood water problem into a company", "summary": "There are conversations that stay with you because someone says something painfully obvious. “Africa doesn’t have a water problem,” Constantine Edward tells me. “It has an infrastructure problem.” It’s a simple distinction, but it explains why Constantine and his brother Herman alongside Faith Kuya walked away from aid-funded development, thinking to build SafeSip, a Tanzanian […]", "authors": "Adonijah Ndege", "category": "news", "topics": "children-education,environment", "published_at": "2026-08-07T09:29:05.000Z", "source": "TechCabal (Africa)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17651" }, { "id": 17652, "url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/08/07/quick-fire-%f0%9f%94%a5-with-mohammed-bashir-yunusa", "title": "Quick Fire 🔥 with Mohammed Bashir Yunusa", "summary": "Meet Mohammed Bashir Yunusa, the Divisional Head, Digital Banking & Commerce at The Alternative Bank, with over 15 years of experience creating value across the financial services industry.", "authors": "Opeyemi Kareem", "category": "news", "topics": "finance-investment", "published_at": "2026-08-07T06:01:16.000Z", "source": "TechCabal (Africa)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17652" }, { "id": 17300, "url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/08/06/kenya-crypto-rules-give-vasps-appeals-right", "title": "Kenya’s new crypto rules give exchanges right to appeal regulator decisions", "summary": "The appeals provision is particularly significant because the same regulations substantially expand the government's enforcement powers. Regulators may reject licence applications, suspend or revoke licences, impose administrative sanctions, intervene in the management of a provider and appoint statutory managers to take control of customer assets under specified circumstances.", "authors": "Emmanuel Nwosu", "category": "news", "topics": "regulation", "published_at": "2026-08-06T15:09:17.000Z", "source": "TechCabal (Africa)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17300" }, { "id": 17301, "url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/08/06/biggest-winners-losers-kenya-ai-policy", "title": "Who wins and who loses under Kenya’s AI policy proposal?", "summary": "Far from being a narrow regulatory exercise, the draft policy seeks to reshape the economics of artificial intelligence in Kenya. It encourages investment in local infrastructure, imposes new obligations on companies deploying AI, and gives consumers greater control over how algorithms influence their lives. In doing so, it redraws the balance between those likely to benefit from the AI transition and those who stand to lose.", "authors": "Adonijah Ndege", "category": "news", "topics": "regulation,finance-investment", "published_at": "2026-08-06T08:42:27.000Z", "source": "TechCabal (Africa)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17301" }, { "id": 16882, "url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/08/05/falcon-eye-helped-nigeria-tackle-piracy-its-next-target-is-banditry", "title": "The surveillance system that helped Nigeria curb piracy wants to fight banditry", "summary": "Falcon Eye, developed by Israeli defence company RTCom Defense, helped Nigeria fight piracy. It is now pushing to join the war on banditry", "authors": "Frank Eleanya", "category": "news", "topics": "privacy-surveillance,military-security", "published_at": "2026-08-05T16:20:34.000Z", "source": "TechCabal (Africa)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16882" }, { "id": 16883, "url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/08/05/heres-what-a-%e2%82%a61-million-crypto-trade-could-cost-under-nigerias-new-tax-rules", "title": "Here’s what a ₦1 million crypto trade could cost under Nigeria’s new tax rules", "summary": "A ₦1 million ($733.92) Bitcoin transaction can attract multiple taxes amounting to ₦64,250 ($47.15) before accounting for exchange commission, blockchain network fees or any investment gains or losses, with the government’s take increasing as the asset appreciates before it is sold.", "authors": "Temitayo Jaiyeola", "category": "news", "topics": "finance-investment", "published_at": "2026-08-05T15:33:47.000Z", "source": "TechCabal (Africa)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16883" }, { "id": 16884, "url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/08/05/exclusive-kenyas-cloud9-acquires-chpter-less-than-a-year-after-founders-left", "title": "Exclusive: Kenya’s Cloud9 acquires Chpter less than a year after founders left", "summary": "Cloud9, a Kenyan startup that offers digital banking services for businesses, has acquired social commerce platform Chpter in an all-stock deal.", "authors": "Kenn Abuya", "category": "news", "topics": "finance-investment", "published_at": "2026-08-05T09:03:14.000Z", "source": "TechCabal (Africa)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16884" }, { "id": 16885, "url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/08/05/techcabal-daily-palmpay-eyes-hong-kong", "title": "👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – PalmPay eyes Hong Kong", "summary": "In today's edition: PalmPay eyes Hong Kong listing || Canal+ backs fintech Moment in latest funding round || Nigeria’s Globacom records highest Internet users in May || Kenya caps carbon credit exports", "authors": "Emmanuel Nwosu", "category": "news", "topics": "environment,finance-investment", "published_at": "2026-08-05T06:17:43.000Z", "source": "TechCabal (Africa)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16885" }, { "id": 16504, "url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/08/04/nigerias-project-bridge-targets-90000km-fibre-network-by-2030", "title": "Nigeria’s 90,000km fibre project awaits incorporation of SPV", "summary": "Nigeria’s ambition to become Africa’s digital economy powerhouse now rests on a company that has yet to be legally incorporated. The federal government expects to register the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) that will oversee Project BRIDGE by July 31, laying the legal foundation for one of Nigeria’s largest digital infrastructure projects. The incorporation date will […]", "authors": "Frank Eleanya", "category": "news", "topics": "jobs-economy", "published_at": "2026-08-04T11:44:57.000Z", "source": "TechCabal (Africa)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16504" }, { "id": 16505, "url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/08/04/francophone-weekly-by-techcabal-034", "title": "AI agents and state contracts power Côte d’Ivoire’s startup push", "summary": "Côte d’Ivoire launches AI-backed support programme for 30 startups, offering public contract access, cloud credits, and scale-up assistance.", "authors": "Lina Kacyem", "category": "news", "topics": "agents-autonomy", "published_at": "2026-08-04T11:34:14.000Z", "source": "TechCabal (Africa)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16505" }, { "id": 16066, "url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/08/03/virtual-assets-tax-guidelines-for-nigerian-vasps", "title": "JUST IN: Nigeria issues first tax framework for crypto and virtual assets", "summary": "Nigeria's taxman has issued guidelines for virtual asset service providers (VASPs) as it brings crypto and digital assets into its tax economy.", "authors": "Emmanuel Nwosu", "category": "news", "topics": "jobs-economy", "published_at": "2026-08-03T16:01:16.000Z", "source": "TechCabal (Africa)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16066" }, { "id": 16067, "url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/08/03/rwanda-debt-6-million", "title": "Why Rwanda’s development bank is backing a $6 million venture debt fund", "summary": "The Development Bank of Rwanda is investing $6 million in a venture debt that wants to lend to businesses capable of reaching $20 million valuations.", "authors": "Muktar Oladunmade", "category": "news", "topics": "finance-investment", "published_at": "2026-08-03T12:41:13.000Z", "source": "TechCabal (Africa)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16067" }, { "id": 15537, "url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/07/31/nedbank-hires-mtn-executive-as-cio", "title": "South Africa’s Nedbank taps MTN executive to lead technology transformation", "summary": "Angelopoulos, who joins Nedbank on September 1, spent eight years overseeing technology strategy, cloud investments and digital infrastructure across MTN Group's 16 markets.", "authors": "Phathisani Moyo", "category": "news", "topics": "finance-investment", "published_at": "2026-07-31T14:41:27.000Z", "source": "TechCabal (Africa)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/15537" }, { "id": 15538, "url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/07/31/how-high-school-sweethearts-built-ai-farmers", "title": "How two high school sweethearts built an AI company for farmers", "summary": "In 2022, after careers in banking and agricultural development, they founded Green Giraffe, a Zambian startup using AI and satellite technology to help smallholder farmers access premium markets.", "authors": "Adonijah Ndege", "category": "news", "topics": "children-education,finance-investment", "published_at": "2026-07-31T10:28:01.000Z", "source": "TechCabal (Africa)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/15538" }, { "id": 15539, "url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/07/31/mtns-airtime-lending-pause-drags-fintech-revenue", "title": "MTN Nigeria’s fintech revenue slumps after airtime lending pause", "summary": "While its mobile money business continued to attract new users, the suspension of a single product was enough to push the entire fintech division into decline.", "authors": "Temitayo Jaiyeola", "category": "news", "topics": "finance-investment", "published_at": "2026-07-31T07:07:24.000Z", "source": "TechCabal (Africa)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/15539" }, { "id": 15184, "url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/07/30/preggicare-by-healthvest", "title": "One founder’s plan to make childbirth less financially dangerous", "summary": "PreggiCare, HealthVest's maternal health savings platform, allows women to save gradually for antenatal care, childbirth and emergencies.", "authors": "John Adoyi", "category": "news", "topics": "healthcare,children-education", "published_at": "2026-07-30T13:38:01.000Z", "source": "TechCabal (Africa)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/15184" }, { "id": 15185, "url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/07/30/techcabal-daily-golemon-shuts-down", "title": "👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – GoLemon shuts down", "summary": "In today's edition: Nigerian startup GoLemon shuts down || Kenya's AI draft wants proper usage disclosure || Absa Bank Kenya eyes private sector lending || Rwanda sets date to phase out 2G, 3G", "authors": "Emmanuel Nwosu", "category": "news", "topics": "transparency", "published_at": "2026-07-30T06:17:03.000Z", "source": "TechCabal (Africa)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/15185" }, { "id": 14790, "url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/07/29/crypto-assets-can-now-seized-and-converted-in-kenya", "title": "Kenya empowers investigators to seize crypto wallets tied to financial crime", "summary": "Kenya's new crypto rules now empower authorities to seize and convert crypto assets into fiat asset to preserve value during investigations.", "authors": "Emmanuel Nwosu", "category": "news", "topics": "finance-investment", "published_at": "2026-07-29T18:22:43.000Z", "source": "TechCabal (Africa)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/14790" }, { "id": 14791, "url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/07/29/kenya-crypto-rules-could-force-exchanges-to-delist-foreign-stablecoins", "title": "Kenya’s new crypto rules could force exchanges to delist foreign stablecoins", "summary": "The new rules give the central bank direct oversight to cut off local access to foreign stablecoins without having to regulate the offshore issuers themselves.", "authors": "Emmanuel Nwosu", "category": "news", "topics": "regulation", "published_at": "2026-07-29T17:29:16.000Z", "source": "TechCabal (Africa)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/14791" }, { "id": 14792, "url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/07/29/why-trust-has-become-nigeria-digital-payments-challenge", "title": "Why trust has become Nigeria’s next digital payments challenge", "summary": "Nigeria no longer has a payments problem. It has a trust problem. That is the central argument of a new report by Bridgforte, a policy research institute, published in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Innovation Hub in Lagos, which argues that confidence in Nigeria's financial system is now determined less by how quickly money moves than by how reliably the system responds when something goes wrong. The country processed more than ₦1.2 quad", "authors": "Temitayo Jaiyeola", "category": "news", "topics": "regulation", "published_at": "2026-07-29T16:27:07.000Z", "source": "TechCabal (Africa)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/14792" }, { "id": 14793, "url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/07/29/why-ntels-planned-sale-is-about-more-than-amcons-exit", "title": "Nigeria tests investor appetite with sale of former telecom monopoly ntel", "summary": "The process remains in its early stages. No investors have emerged yet, AMCON spokesperson Jude Nwauzor said.", "authors": "Frank Eleanya", "category": "news", "topics": "finance-investment", "published_at": "2026-07-29T15:38:35.000Z", "source": "TechCabal (Africa)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/14793" }, { "id": 14794, "url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/07/29/my-life-in-tech-toheeb-popoola", "title": "Toheeb Popoola found Photoshop by accident. It changed his life.", "summary": "As his family's financial situation worsened, earning an income became just as important as pursuing a university education.", "authors": "John Adoyi", "category": "news", "topics": "children-education", "published_at": "2026-07-29T15:24:49.000Z", "source": "TechCabal (Africa)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/14794" }, { "id": 14795, "url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/07/29/kenyan-companies-disclose-ai-under-new-policy", "title": "Kenyan companies must disclose when people interact with AI under new policy", "summary": "The proposed Kenya Artificial Intelligence and Other Emerging Technologies Policy says individuals \"are entitled to know when an AI system is acting on them\" and requires organisations to disclose when customers are communicating directly with AI.", "authors": "Adonijah Ndege", "category": "news", "topics": "regulation", "published_at": "2026-07-29T11:28:29.000Z", "source": "TechCabal (Africa)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/14795" }, { "id": 14796, "url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/07/29/techcabal-daily-crypto-winter-at-luno", "title": "👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Crypto winter at Luno", "summary": "In this edition: Layoffs at Luno || Airtel Money Kenya appoints acting MD || Sport powers DStv comeback || Kenya drafts labour policy around AI", "authors": "Emmanuel Nwosu", "category": "news", "topics": "regulation,jobs-economy", "published_at": "2026-07-29T06:07:35.000Z", "source": "TechCabal (Africa)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/14796" }, { "id": 14400, "url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/07/28/francophone-weekly-by-techcabal-033", "title": "Cape Verde got the world’s attention. Francophone African tech still needs it.", "summary": "Cape Verde’s sudden global visibility mirrors a bigger problem: Francophone African startups are still fighting for investor attention.", "authors": "Lina Kacyem", "category": "news", "topics": "finance-investment", "published_at": "2026-07-28T11:50:42.000Z", "source": "TechCabal (Africa)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/14400" }, { "id": 14401, "url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/07/28/airtel-money-wants-a-1-billion-ipo-can-london-deliver", "title": "Airtel Money wants a $1 billion IPO. Can London deliver?", "summary": "Airtel Africa has finally settled on where it wants to take one of Africa’s biggest fintech businesses public. The bigger question is whether that market can still deliver what the company is looking for.", "authors": "Temitayo Jaiyeola", "category": "news", "topics": "finance-investment", "published_at": "2026-07-28T11:49:24.000Z", "source": "TechCabal (Africa)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/14401" }, { "id": 14402, "url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/07/28/absa-kenya-automated-71-of-processes-after-31-million-tech-spend", "title": "Absa Kenya automated 71% of processes after $31 million tech spend", "summary": "Absa Bank Kenya, one of the country’s largest commercial banks, said a KES 4 billion ($31 million) technology investment helped automate 71% of its processes in 2025.", "authors": "Kenn Abuya", "category": "news", "topics": "finance-investment", "published_at": "2026-07-28T11:05:28.000Z", "source": "TechCabal (Africa)", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/14402" } ], "attribution": "via ethics.ai" }