South Africa

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  Cryptocurrency

  Licensed, banned, undecided? Here’s the state of crypto licensing in Africa

  Emmanuel Nwosu

  6th August 2025

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  Digital Nomads

  Digital Nomads: How 5 African countries tapped into the digital nomads boom of 2020

  Emmanuel Nwosu

  2nd August 2025

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  News

  South Africa’s tech startups don’t export much to U.S., but 30% tariff still stings

  Sakhile Dube

  1st August 2025

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  Newsletters, TC Daily

  👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Chipper Cash sets up shop in Zambia

  Emmanuel Nwosu

  31st July 2025

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  Cryptocurrency

  South Africans can now buy Apple, Alphabet shares as digital tokens on Luno

  Sakhile Dube

  24th July 2025

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  Digital Economy

  “Motivation is my biggest tool for work”: 10 African freelancers on their tools of productivity

  Emmanuel Nwosu

  24th July 2025

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  Ecommerce

  Temu’s local warehousing in South Africa cuts costs on select items

  Sakhile Dube

  21st July 2025

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  Ecosystem

  The most celebrated Nollywood film in the past year is about ‘tech bros’

  Fancy Goodman

  19th July 2025

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  Consumer Tech

  SASSA releases August 2025 grant payment dates

  Sakhile Dube

  18th July 2025

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  News

  “I’ll be lucky to get back what I put in”: MTN’s Zakhele Futhi leaves investors disappointed with low returns

  Sakhile Dube

  17th July 2025

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  Funding

  Luno co-founder’s MoneyBadger raises $400,000 pre-seed

  Emmanuel Nwosu

  15th July 2025

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  Telecoms

  South Africa’s Blue Label Telecoms to change name in major rebrand

  Sakhile Dube

  11th July 2025

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  FinTech

  Stitch acquires Efficacy Payments to become a direct card processor in South Africa

  Sakhile Dube

  9th July 2025

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  Consumer Tech

  SASSA recipients with undisclosed sources of income: What you need to know

  Sakhile Dube

  7th July 2025

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  Banking, Follow the Money

  South Africans don’t expect free banking; just honest banking fees

  Sakhile Dube

  7th July 2025

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  News

  South Africans ditch cash and cards for digital payments, new report shows

  Sakhile Dube

  4th July 2025

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  Exclusive

  Flutterwave cuts 50% of staff in Kenya and South Africa in major cost-cutting move

  Kenn Abuya

  2nd July 2025

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  Newsletters, TC Daily

  👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – One card to rule them all

  Emmanuel Nwosu

  2nd July 2025

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  Logistics & Transport

  Why Johannesburg’ Metrobus is switching to contactless card payments

  Sakhile Dube

  1st July 2025

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  Banking

  South Africa’s Bank Zero shareholders to pocket $5m and 12% stake in Lesaka acquisition

  Sakhile Dube

  27th June 2025

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  Digital Economy

  11 remote workers in Malawi, Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa share how they work and earn

  John Adoyi

  25th June 2025

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  Artificial Intelligence

  Are AI assistants active on your smartphone without real consent?

  Sakhile Dube

  25th June 2025

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  Startups

  “I don’t think I’ll ever sell to anyone”: Day 1-1000 of Auto24

  Faith Omoniyi

  21st June 2025

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  FinTech, News

  Mukuru customers face balance errors after technical glitch

  Sakhile Dube

  19th June 2025

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  Ecommerce, Food Delivery

  Uber Eats’ South African users can now order meals right from their seats at live events

  Sakhile Dube

  18th June 2025

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  Telecoms

  South Africa’s Telkom mobile service revenue grew by 10% driven by strong subscriber base  

  Sakhile Dube

  10th June 2025

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  Digital Nomads

  Digital Nomads: Roddiyyat Taiwo’s AI doctor wants to be a pan African triage tool

  Emmanuel Nwosu

  7th June 2025

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  EdTech, Education, Features

  In a Gauteng township school, learning tablets raise hopes and questions

  Editor

  6th June 2025

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  Startups

  Botlhale AI bets big on South Africa’s multilingual call centres

  Sakhile Dube

  4th June 2025

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  Policy

  South Africans weigh in on whether elections should go digital or not

  Sakhile Dube

  3rd June 2025

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  FinTech

  Fincra gets South African payments licence to deepen African reach

  Faith Omoniyi

  30th May 2025

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  Cryptocurrency

  Blockchain.com to open Nigeria office, expand across Africa as crypto regulations take shape

  Emmanuel Nwosu

  27th May 2025

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  Consumer Tech

  8 out of 10 South Africans buy their prepaid cellphones from Pepkor stores

  Sakhile Dube

  27th May 2025

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  Policy

  South Africa introduces new ICT policy to push for Starlink’s entry

  Sakhile Dube

  23rd May 2025

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  News

  Starlink’s South Africa future still uncertain after Ramaphosa–Trump–Musk talks

  Sakhile Dube

  23rd May 2025

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  FinTech, Telecoms

  MTN enters payments market with MoMo Pay targeting cash-heavy informal sector

  Sakhile Dube

  21st May 2025

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  News, Startups

  Onafriq appoints former PPRO chief Simon Black as board chair

  Adonijah Ndege

  21st May 2025

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  Funding

  South Africa’s AURA raises $14.6 million to drive U.S. expansion and global ambitions

  Sakhile Dube

  16th May 2025

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  Startups

  South African fintechs Paymenow, TymeBank, Omnisient make FT’s Africa fastest-growing companies list

  Sakhile Dube

  14th May 2025

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  News, Telecoms

  Spar enters South Africa’s mobile market with MTN-backed MVNO

  Sakhile Dube

  13th May 2025