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South Africa wants TikTok’s creator economy to include local talent - Techpoint Africa

FILED: Sep 29, 2026 • 8:00 AM wire dispatch

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Africa’s AI problem isn’t talent

FILED: Sep 29, 2026 • 12:00 PM wire dispatch

Africa has no shortage of AI talent—so why are developers struggling to build” There's a missing layer between Africa's tech ecosystem and what it takes to unlock local AI innovation. The development highlights ongoing operational shifts across the sector as key stakeholders assess future outcomes.

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Federal Government Rolls Out the largest Skills-to-Jobs Initiative in Nigeria's History, Targeting 300,000 Young Nigerians through the iDICE programme - Techpoint Africa

FILED: Sep 28, 2026 • 7:13 PM wire dispatch

Official updates highlight key developments regarding federal Government Rolls Out the largest Skills-to-Jobs Initiative in Nigeria's History, Targeting 300,000 Young Nigerians through the iDICE programme - Techpoint Africa. Industry analysts and regulatory authorities are actively monitoring the situation to determine long-term socio-economic implications.

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Nigeria’s central bank data localisation push is about more than local servers 

FILED: Sep 29, 2026 • 10:31 AM wire dispatch

Data localisation is often framed as keeping data in-country and protecting it, but the Central Bank of Nigeria’s new rules are about whether banks and fintechs can access critical data, recover services, and keep processing payments when their infrastructure fails. The development highlights ongoing operational shifts across the sector as key stakeholders assess future outcomes.

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Cudium Deepens Corporate Payments Push With $10 Million Daily In-App Transfers and OTC Services - Techpoint Africa

FILED: Sep 28, 2026 • 2:00 PM wire dispatch

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The competency illusion: Why Africa’s tech ecosystem is firing top engineers

FILED: Sep 29, 2026 • 8:15 AM wire dispatch

Technical skills alone no longer guarantee success in tech careers in Africa. Now, companies are prioritising business literacy, leadership, and AI-driven strategic thinking over pure coding ability.

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The Nigerian couple behind SmallChopsng and AutoGirl are building their first company together: an EV charging network - Techpoint Africa

FILED: Sep 28, 2026 • 10:00 AM wire dispatch

Official updates highlight key developments regarding the Nigerian couple behind SmallChopsng and AutoGirl are building their first company together: an EV charging network - Techpoint Africa. Industry analysts and regulatory authorities are actively monitoring the situation to determine long-term socio-economic implications.

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👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Ghana courts a Leo

FILED: Sep 29, 2026 • 7:00 AM wire dispatch

In today's edition: Ghana in early talks with Amazon Leo || Sidama Bank goes public in Ethiopia || Spar's refreshed Spar2U goes live in December || Kenya wants more exports to Germany. The development highlights ongoing operational shifts across the sector as key stakeholders assess future outcomes.

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Internet blackout hits Ethiopia’s Tigray as fighting escalates - Techpoint Africa

FILED: Sep 28, 2026 • 8:00 AM wire dispatch

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Truecaller says Nigerians can remove their numbers after privacy ruling

FILED: Sep 28, 2026 • 7:06 PM wire dispatch

The response follows TechCabal’s earlier report, which examined the legal dispute over how Truecaller processes the phone numbers and names of people who have not signed up for its service. The development highlights ongoing operational shifts across the sector as key stakeholders assess future outcomes.

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After 100,000 Users, Gramvoice Bets on Voice With New Bulk-Calling Tool - Techpoint Africa

FILED: Sep 27, 2026 • 1:00 PM wire dispatch

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How Nigeria’s overlapping data rules affect fintechs and banks

FILED: Sep 28, 2026 • 4:45 PM wire dispatch

Nigeria’s push to localise financial data could boost local cloud infrastructure, but overlapping CBN and NITDA rules risk creating a complex compliance challenge for banks, fintechs and cloud providers. The development highlights ongoing operational shifts across the sector as key stakeholders assess future outcomes.

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Sterling Financial Commences Share Capital Reconstruction....total Shareholders’ funds to remain unchanged - Techpoint Africa

FILED: Sep 25, 2026 • 3:16 PM wire dispatch

Official updates highlight key developments regarding sterling Financial Commences Share Capital Reconstruction.total Shareholders’ funds to remain unchanged - Techpoint Africa. Industry analysts and regulatory authorities are actively monitoring the situation to determine long-term socio-economic implications.

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Building African-language AI is easier than finding the data

FILED: Sep 28, 2026 • 4:03 PM wire dispatch

The shortage of African-language text data threatens to limit the development of AI tools that reflect the continent’s linguistic diversity. The development highlights ongoing operational shifts across the sector as key stakeholders assess future outcomes.

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Eight Years On, OPay Keeps Nigerian Businesses Moving - Techpoint Africa

FILED: Sep 25, 2026 • 2:15 PM wire dispatch

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Class of 2016: What surviving a decade actually requires

FILED: Sep 28, 2026 • 3:54 PM wire dispatch

If the past decade has taught us anything, it is that Africa's tech ecosystem's most important asset is accumulated experience. The development highlights ongoing operational shifts across the sector as key stakeholders assess future outcomes.

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Squegy launches digital marketplace to help Nigerians find and hire trusted artisans - Techpoint Africa

FILED: Sep 25, 2026 • 2:13 PM wire dispatch

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Nigeria can build solar power plants, but funding remains elusive 

FILED: Sep 28, 2026 • 11:09 AM wire dispatch

Nigeria has built hundreds of solar mini-grids and connected more than 146,000 households, but expanding distributed power to millions more people will require a financing model that goes beyond grants and absorbs currency and credit risks. The development highlights ongoing operational shifts across the sector as key stakeholders assess future outcomes.

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Why CBN rate cuts don’t mean more SME lending

FILED: Sep 28, 2026 • 9:57 AM wire dispatch

For a small business in Nigeria, securing a bank loan has long felt like trying to step through a moving doorway.  Commercial banks mobilise deposits, and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) urges them to extend credit, yet formal lending to small businesses remains low. The development highlights ongoing operational shifts across the sector as key stakeholders assess future outcomes.

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👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – ARC-ing for an EV market

FILED: Sep 28, 2026 • 7:17 AM wire dispatch

In today's edition: ARC Ride expands to South Africa || Egypt’s biggest banks are taking more profits || South Africa frees unused mobile spectrum || Kenya recorded 11.12 billion cyber threats. The development highlights ongoing operational shifts across the sector as key stakeholders assess future outcomes.

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The Next Wave: Kenya’s payments revolution cannot end with mobile money

FILED: Sep 27, 2026 • 3:09 PM wire dispatch

Kenya’s mobile-money revolution transformed how millions of people pay, save, borrow, and do business. But with a domestic card scheme, the country is confronting a bigger question: what should its payments system look like after M-Pesa”.

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Trump’s H-1B crackdown: For African tech talent, the road to America is getting narrower

FILED: Sep 26, 2026 • 2:46 PM wire dispatch

The H-1B crackdown was expected to redirect foreign workers to other US visa routes. Instead, visa issuances have fallen across major categories, with Africa and Nigeria among the hardest hit.

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The vacuum Lisk’s exit leaves in Africa’s Web3 funding

FILED: Sep 25, 2026 • 1:09 PM wire dispatch

By May, the restructuring had also made several roles redundant; it affected Lisk blockchain’s regional leads and business development teams as the company pulled back from blockchain expansion. The development highlights ongoing operational shifts across the sector as key stakeholders assess future outcomes.

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