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ecosystem, long readsDecember 11, 2017

10 stories that defined the Nigerian tech scene in 2017

By Papa Olabode

Yes, it’s that time again! Welcome to the 2nd edition of top ten stories of the year. If you’ve read last year’s top 10,…

Features, long readsNovember 29, 2016

Interested in building Nigeria’s agric sector? Farmcrowdy’s got you

By Mobisola Atolagbe

Ending food scarcity, one sponsor at a time

Features, long readsSeptember 2, 2016

Meet JR Kanu; builder of African businesses, and founder of Reach, a social financial management app

By Osarumen Osamuyi

From Engineering, to Journalism, to E-Commerce. Now, JR wants to make finance social

Features, long readsJune 23, 2016

Protecting your startup from intellectual property theft: An interview with Angela Adebayo, Managing Attorney of Silvax Legal

By Tola Agunbiade

What you need to know about IP and how you can keep your ideas secure

Events, Internet, long readsMay 11, 2016

Building the cloud environment in Nigeria: An interview with Intel Regional Business Director, Frederico Carvalho

By Tola Agunbiade

An introduction to Cloud for All

Features, long reads, peopleMay 9, 2016

The makings of a media business; an interview with Olawale Adetula, founder of TheNakedConvos

By Tola Agunbiade

An interview with The Naked Convos founder

Features, long readsJanuary 20, 2016

Africa’s boom is not over

By The Cabal

We’re just getting’ started.

Features, long reads, people, startupsJanuary 14, 2016

Inside Printivo: The Scrappy Beginnings Of A Next Generation Printing Company

By Gbenga Onalaja

Printivo is reminiscent of a rising trend the African technology ecosystem. Of technology complementing and enabling existing offline business models. But the story wasn’t always six-figure funding, and exponential growth.

long reads, ResearchNovember 18, 2015

Ever Heard Of 4DSOUND?

By Osarumen Osamuyi

Is 4DSOUND the closest we’ve come to hyper-realistic sound reproduction?

Gadgets, long reads, peopleOctober 29, 2015

Is The ATM Cash Counting Sound Fake?

By Osarumen Osamuyi

Insert card. Type Pin. Select amount.

After what seems like an eternity, you hear the all-too-familiar whirr.

Money’s Coming!

long reads, people, ResearchOctober 28, 2015

What Makes A Person Smart?

By Osarumen Osamuyi

“What does it feel like to be the smartest person in whatever room you walk into?” One of the most difficult metrics to accurately…

long reads, Research, SeriesOctober 22, 2015

A Brief History Of Digital Audio…And Other Stuff

By Osarumen Osamuyi

Apparently, the streaming business model isn’t as recent an invention as we’ve been led to believe. It was in existence in a certain form, a while before the Internet – as we know it today, was invented. In 1982…

ecosystem, Features, long reads, people, startupsSeptember 30, 2015

Head first into the deep end and still swimming: an interview with the A.C.E. founders

By Bankole Oluwafemi

In 2013, Tunde and Ercin left Jumia to start up a logistics and order fulfilment company. Yes, that’s the deep end of ecommerce. And apparently, they are pwning at it.

Developers, Features, long readsSeptember 8, 2015

The struggle of the Nigerian developer

By The Cabal

Something I joke about all the time with friends and family is that as a developer all you need to change the world is a brain and a laptop.

Features, long reads, peopleSeptember 7, 2015

Sopuru: Enugu’s Diamond In The Rough

By Ibukun Taiwo

A chance meeting leads to the discovery of a young inventor, deep down in the south eastern part of Nigeria.

Developers, ecosystem, Features, Internet, long readsJune 25, 2015

Not Enough Ado About APIs In Africa

By Gbenga Onalaja

I am tempted to say APIs have gotten as big they can, but no, not in Africa they haven’t.

Developers, ecosystem, Features, long reads, peopleMay 28, 2015

Inspired By Selfies: Kandid.ly Founder, Sam Ulu On Where Ideas Come From

By Gbenga Onalaja

Sam Ulu is the Nigerian founder of Kandid.ly, a photography startup that connects people to photographers. Sam sits in with TechCabal to share the Kandid.ly idea and what Aerospace engineering doesn’t have to do with Photography. (Sam has a master’s degree in Aerospace engineering).

Features, Gadgets, long reads, MobileMay 25, 2015

The Mystery of the Power Bank Phone Taking Over Accra

By The Cabal

Have you noticed an odd bulge in people’s shorts around Accra?

long readsMarch 26, 2015

8 Ways Technology is Influencing Nigeria’s 2015 Elections

By Lulu Fadoju

2011 and 2012 was when citizens found a voice via social media in Nigeria. The OccupyNigeria movement is the biggest case in point. 2015 is when they will roar once more, because the general elections.

ecosystem, long reads, peopleMarch 13, 2015

Kola Tubosun, the Man Behind Yorubaname.com, Shows Us the Future

By Gbenga Onalaja

We recently reported that the linguist and Fullbright scholar, Kola Tubosun and the team at yorubaname.com have hit their funding target on Indiegogo. Next, we sit in with Kola as he talks about what the Indiegogo yorubaname.com team is up to, and the new and exciting faces of the project.

ecosystem, Internet, long reads, News, people, PolicyMarch 6, 2015

Nigeria Ranks Second on the Internet Affordability Index Among Developing Economies

By Olumuyiwa Coker

The human race has undoubtedly enjoyed the benefits of using the internet. From health, education, sports, business, defense, etc, it has solved one human problem or the other. Nigeria, especially, has witnessed an increasing number of people making use of the internet in recent years -especially in the social media space

Features, long readsFebruary 19, 2015

How to Compete With Konga and Jumia – in 6 Easy Steps

By The Cabal

Think you can’t compete with Konga and Jumia? Think again.

Features, long readsFebruary 19, 2015

Positioning – The Little Big Thing Your Startup Should Care About

By The Cabal

When a marketplace gets crowded, the heat goes up. At this stage, winning depends less on the features of your product and more on your strategy.

Developers, long reads, people, ProductsFebruary 17, 2015

Rupt: A Payment Network and Currency

By Ken Idialu

Rupt is a centralised digital currency and a payment network backed but not powered by mobile airtime. To store and transfer value between people or applications, the network has it’s own native currency named Rupt or XR.

ecosystem, long reads, Mobile, NewsFebruary 17, 2015

Ugandan Mobile Money Subscribers Have Risen Exponentially, Users Are Currently 53% of the Population

By Olumuyiwa Coker

If reports from the media are anything to go by, the mobile money utilization in the East-Central African country of Uganda has accelerated unprecedentedly –and may surpass expectation.

Cabal, Features, long readsOctober 13, 2014

Domain Squatting: Everything You Need To Know

By The Cabal

Editor’s note: This article was contributed by Finbarrs Oketunji and was first published on his Medium. You might also want to catch up on…

Cabal, Developers, long readsDecember 2, 2013

Ninety Days In Kenya – A Nigerian Developer’s Journal

By Truston Ailende

On the 26th of August I landed in Kenya. It was a wonderful time. I have never been so stressed like I was in…