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  Acquisitions

  How Canal+ quietly won Africa’s TV crown  and what it means for DStv, GOtv, and Showmax

  Abdulrasheed Abubakar

  21st October 2025

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  Acquisitions, Analysis, Ecommerce, Food Delivery, Food Delivery, News

  Analysis: Chowdeck is digging deeper into restaurants; and it just acquired Mira to do it

  Ngozi Chukwu

  23rd June 2025

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  Acquisitions, Venture Capital

  Exclusive: Baobab Nigeria acquisition delivers 3x return for Alitheia and Goodwell

  Muktar Oladunmade

  21st March 2025

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  News

  Access Bank UK to acquire Mauritius-based Afrasia Bank

  Ganiu Oloruntade

  14th November 2024

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  Acquisitions, Ecommerce, Venture Capital

  Traction Apps all-stock acquisition adds to string of investor-led deals creating quick wins

  Ngozi Chukwu

  28th October 2024

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  Telecoms

  Equinix finalizes MainOne integration, employees get new contracts and pay bump

  Frank Eleanya

  22nd October 2024

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  News

  OmniRetail acquires payment provider Traction to enhance financial solutions

  Towobola Bambgose

  21st October 2024

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  Acquisitions

  Breaking: Lesaka completes acquisition of Adumo for $96 million

  Ephraim Modise

  2nd October 2024

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  Exclusive, Exclusive, News

  Exclusive: Risevest in talks to acquire Kenya’s Hisa

  Kenn Abuya

  24th July 2024

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  Acquisitions, Banking, FinTech, News

  Exclusive: Brass opts for a smaller team under new management

  Ngozi Chukwu

  14th June 2024

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  Acquisitions, News

  US HR firm Deel acquires PaySpace, a 20-year-old SA payroll provider

  Ngozi Chukwu

  5th March 2024

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  News

  MultiChoice expectedly turns down $2.5 billion offer from Canal+

  Ephraim Modise

  5th February 2024

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  FinTech, News

  Exclusive: Kippa transfers agency banking product KippaPay to Bloc 

  Ngozi Chukwu

  7th December 2023

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  News

  New York-based firm buys Nigerian AI startup CoverAI in five-figure deal 

  Ngozi Chukwu

  10th October 2023

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  News, Press Release

  Exclusive: Nigerian web hosting company, WhoGoHost acquires SendChamp

  Mariam Muhammad

  14th September 2023

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  News, Startups

  Exclusive: How $1 million monthly burn rate forced Sendy to consider a firesale

  Kenn Abuya

  12th September 2023

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  News

  Exclusive: Sendy, the Kenyan logistics startup in acquisition talks

  Kenn Abuya

  8th August 2023

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  Banking, News

  Access Bank to acquire Standard Chartered’s subsidiaries in sub-Saharan Africa

  Caleb Nnamani

  14th July 2023

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  Acquisitions, News

  Sweden’s Medius to acquire Tunisian-born Expensya for 9-figures

  Abraham Augustine

  8th June 2023

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  News, Startups

  Autochek acquires majority stake in Egypt’s AutoTager

  Muktar Oladunmade

  18th April 2023

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  News

  Moniepoint and PayDay deny acquisition but sources say a deal may still happen

  Muktar Oladunmade

  31st March 2023

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  News, Startups

  Andela acquires Qualified, a global platform for assessing technical talents

  Caleb Nnamani

  9th March 2023

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  Cryptocurrency

  Nigerian Fluidcoins sold to UAE-based Blockfinex after failing to raise cash

  Damilare Dosunmu

  16th February 2023

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  News, Startups

  Exclusive: Kwik Delivery held talks in 2022 to acquire Gokada

  Olumuyiwa Olowogboyega

  3rd February 2023

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  News

  German BioNTech acquires Tunisia’s InstaDeep for £582 million

  Damilare Dosunmu

  11th January 2023

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  10 years of TechCabal, African Tech Roundup

  22 things that happened for the first time in 2022 in the African tech scene

  Daniel Adeyemi

  30th December 2022

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  Newsletters, TC Daily

  👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – NASIF defrauds Nigerians

  Ngozi Chukwu

  5th December 2022

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  Ecosystem, Games

  TC puzzle: mergers & acquisitions

  Ngozi Chukwu

  22nd October 2022

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  Startups

  Nigerian mobility startup Plentywaka closes $1.2m seed round, acqui-hires Ghana’s Stabus

  Damilare Dosunmu

  23rd August 2021

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  News, Startups

  Here’s why PiggyVest acquired VFD-owned Savi

  Adegoke Oyeniyi

  27th July 2021

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  AfCFTA, Ecosystem, Entrepreneurship

  Nigeria’s Co-Creation Hub buys Kenya’s iHub in landmark acquisition

  Kosisochukwu Ugwuede

  26th September 2019

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  News

  Telecoms tower firm, IHS Holding Limited, has completed the acquisition of Helios Towers Nigeria

  Tola Agunbiade

  13th June 2016

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  Features, FinTech, News

  Interswitch has acquired Vanso in a N15 billion buyout

  Bankole Oluwafemi

  9th February 2016

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  Features, Startups, Venture Capital

  These investors will win big if Interswitch is sold at a billion dollar valuation

  Bankole Oluwafemi

  3rd February 2016

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  News

  The biggest tech deal in history: Dell acquires EMC for $67 billion

  Gbenga Onalaja

  12th October 2015

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  Apps, News

  Chinedu Echeruo’s HopStop will shut down next month

  Ibukun Taiwo

  15th September 2015

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  Ecosystem, News

  South Africa’s M4JAM acquires Pondering Panda, and is set to go Pan-African

  Gbenga Onalaja

  11th August 2015

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  News

  Orange might acquire Airtel subsidiaries in four African countries

  Lulu Fadoju

  20th July 2015

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  Developers, Ecosystem, Internet, News, People, Products, Startups

  WordPress.com Owner, Automattic Acquires WooCommerce

  Olumuyiwa Coker

  20th May 2015

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  Ecosystem, Events, Jobs, News, People

  The Co-Founders of Jobberman are now Directors and Shareholders in One Africa Media

  Olumuyiwa Coker

  30th April 2015