The Cabal, Author at TechCabal

Guest PostMay 10, 2018

Women in STEM: Time to recalculate our approach?

By The Cabal

It remains vital to encourage people to take up maths and science based subjects at a young age, particularly young women, who have traditionally found themselves less likely to take up the offer of a STEM education than their male counterparts.

BlogMay 7, 2018

MTN Ghana’s Self Service Kiosk: What does this mean for Mobile Money Agents?

By The Cabal

As at December 2017, MTN had an agent base of 85, 000. I do not think MTN will want to replace their agents with these machines.

BlogApril 25, 2018

The Death of Mobile Money and Financial Inclusion in Uganda

By The Cabal

The death of Mobile Money in Uganda is imminent if the government’s proposal to tax transactions is approved in the 2018/19 budget.

FeaturesSeptember 13, 2017

Bunmi Otegbade: Build the Future.

By The Cabal

A year ago today, I handed a microphone over to Mark Zuckerberg for the first time in my life. I joined little known Facebook in 2004…

ecosystemApril 12, 2017

Op-Ed: SWOT analysis of the Nigerian e-commerce sector

By The Cabal

Analysis of the strength, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats prevalent in the Nigerian e-commerce sector

ecosystemApril 10, 2017

Op-Ed: Regulating Net Neutrality: Policy Recommendations for Promoting and Safeguarding an Open Internet in Nigeria

By The Cabal

The Nigerian Communications Commission must strive to balance competing interests in its efforts to establish an Internet Industry Code of Practice

ecosystemMarch 20, 2017

Why I launched the West Africa Mobile Awards (WAMAS), and why you should enter them

By The Cabal

WAMAS are a true reflection of hard work, efforts and innovation.

ecosystemFebruary 23, 2017

African Tech Roundup: Business angels, Blackberry and tech bubbles

By The Cabal

Technology, digital and innovation highlights from across Africa and beyond

ecosystemFebruary 21, 2017

ProTeach: Our 95% Customer Retention Rate Story

By The Cabal

Customers are your biggest investors and opening a constant line of communication with them is what will make your business scale to higher proportions

ecosystemFebruary 14, 2017

African Tech Roundup: The South African Reserve Bank is warming up to blockchain technology

By The Cabal

Technology, digital and innovation highlights from across Africa and beyond

ecosystemFebruary 10, 2017

Op-Ed: The African business angel – An early stage investment opportunity

By The Cabal

Angel investors in Africa need relatively little capital to become notable players in the early stage investment market.

ecosystemFebruary 9, 2017

Op-Ed: Why Nigeria’s e-commerce industry continues to attract investment

By The Cabal

With 38% of Nigerians now connected to the internet, the e-commerce industry clearly has potential.

ecosystemFebruary 2, 2017

African Tech Round-up: Kwesé TV poised to give DStv a haircut

By The Cabal

Technology, digital and innovation highlights from across Africa and beyond

ecosystemJanuary 18, 2017

African tech roundup: Fintech News Dominates Holiday Headlines + Insights From CES 2017

By The Cabal

Technology, digital and innovation highlights from across Africa and beyond

ecosystemJanuary 11, 2017

ABAN 2016 review: A continent of Angel investors

By The Cabal

Lay of the land from the African Business Angel Network (ABAN) team as 2017 kicks off

ecosystemDecember 12, 2016

3 things we heard at the 2016 African Technology Summit

By The Cabal

“The best kind of money you can raise is from your customers.”

ecosystemNovember 28, 2016

Nigeria’s startup ecosystem: Too many wise men, not enough fools

By The Cabal

We can all be that evangelist who’s foolish enough to advertise great products without asking for something in return.

ecosystemNovember 21, 2016

9 quick tips to boost your email marketing results

By The Cabal

How to improve your email marketing strategy without spending anything

ecosystemOctober 27, 2016

Big Data is Big Money: Welcome to the Era of the African Digital Native

By The Cabal

Harnessing and analysing data to discern patterns and make better decisions remain unexplored angles

ecosystemOctober 27, 2016

Co-working spaces are the keystone of the entrepreneurship ecosystem

By The Cabal

They have the power to connect the dots to unlock maximum value for all

ecosystemSeptember 26, 2016

Three takeaways from the Africa Business Angel Forum

By The Cabal

On 9 and 14 September, the GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator team took part in two events hosted by NewGenAngels, a UK-based members-only investment club for…

FinTechSeptember 22, 2016

Financial Technologies in Africa: Driving Much More Than Financial Inclusion

By The Cabal

An infographic about Fintech in Africa.

Features, Guest PostSeptember 16, 2016

Aso Villa Demo Day: The untold story

By The Cabal

As told by Ifedayo Oladapo, founder of GRIT Systems

Guest PostAugust 30, 2016

Fintech Is The New E-commerce

By The Cabal

What is the addressable market for a technology startup operating in Nigeria?

ecosystem, Guest PostAugust 25, 2016

Is the South African Business Angel Network going to fill a key gap?

By The Cabal

We’ll just have to wait and see

FinTechAugust 15, 2016

Three steps to reduce the cost of remittances to Africa

By The Cabal

IMTOs need to work together to make the industry better for the African diaspora and their loved ones.

Internet, PolicyAugust 15, 2016

The Digital Rights and Freedom Bill: Laying the Foundation for Nigeria’s Digital Future

By The Cabal

By Honorable Chukwuemeka Ujam, Titi Akinsanmi, and ‘Gbenga Sesan.

startupsAugust 10, 2016

An unconventional guide to building your Nigerian startup

By The Cabal

Hint: we need time for our startups to thrive

Guest PostAugust 5, 2016

Why I won’t be leaving Snapchat for Instagram Stories. Or will I?

By The Cabal

“Snapchat will have to reinvent itself or die a fast, painful death.”

FeaturesAugust 2, 2016

On creative destruction and building tech products for Nigeria: the Vconnect evolution story

By The Cabal

Hint – continuous testing is very important

FinTechJuly 4, 2016

This is how we will bring “Esusu” informal loan groups to the 21st century

By The Cabal

Esusu deserves better: time for a radical change

FinTechJune 16, 2016

How Fintech can power small business in Nigeria

By The Cabal

I’ll be the first to admit that there’s been lots of good vibes in Nigeria’s Fintech space lately. Take payments for example – it’s…

ecosystem, Entrepreneurship, Guest PostMay 13, 2016

Dear Nigerian founder, crushing marketing is way more important than product development

By The Cabal

That is, as long as you find the right marketing channels for your business.

FeaturesApril 25, 2016

Nigeria and Digital Rights: Important Decisions Ahead

By The Cabal

Learning from good examples and past mistakes

Features, startupsApril 20, 2016

PrepClass: The journey so far

By The Cabal

From Battlefield until now

Guest PostApril 8, 2016

Proudly Nigerian

By The Cabal

Yesterday, Supermart.ng officially launched their “Proudly Nigerian” drive, with the goal of encouraging the purchase of local products by enabling customers to more easily identify local versus imported products.

Business, Entrepreneurship, InternetMarch 11, 2016

Why Nigerian entrepreneurs should solve problems beyond eCommerce

By The Cabal

Nigeria is almost a victim of it’s size. It’s almost too easy to have big ambition. The population size makes the country one of…

InternetMarch 9, 2016

Africa, Where Digital Rights Go To Die

By The Cabal

If internet access can be shut down on a whim, is it really neutral?

FinTech, InternetMarch 8, 2016

Interested in Fintech in Nigeria? Then you should read this

By The Cabal

To all FinTech startups there, here are my suggestions as a potential user of your service.

Government, Internet, Policy, Social MediaMarch 7, 2016

Nigeria’s Social Media Bill is back, and it’s time to drop this dangerous legislation once and for all

By The Cabal

This is a call to the global community that cares about free expression, to unite behind common principles, and spread the word: when users’ rights are under attack, we have your back.