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Thread recap of sessions that happened on #moonshot2025 Day 1 🧵 @moonshotbytc

African startups are ‘over-mentored, over-trained.’ Rwanda wants to fix that. techcabal.com/2026/03/20/inn…

👨🏿‍🚀 TC Daily — A Wise move to Nigeria Wise, the UK remittance fintech, has secured regulatory approval to launch its services in Nigeria, giving it front-door access to the country’s growing remittance market. Read more on today's newsletter 👇🏽techcabal.com/2026/03/20/tec…

Luno, the UK-born digital asset firm that allows users to trade tokenised US stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and buy, sell, and earn yield for holding cryptocurrencies, has launched prediction markets for users in South Africa and Nigeria, two of its four operational markets in Africa. techcabal.com/2026/03/19/lun…

Current AI models are already capable of perceiving and segmenting, so why did Meta send users’ personal data to Kenyan contract workers for review instead of having its AI do the job? Short answer: AI isn’t conscious yet. Headlines by TechCabal with @Monicanigeria is our weekly breakdown of the stories shaping the African tech and business ecosystem. Watch the latest episode on YouTube: youtu.be/2GbHwDm-gv8 Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5yw8H7… #techcabal #headlinesbytechcabal

What riding Bolt’s electric tricycle in Lagos actually feels like techcabal.com/2026/03/19/a-r…

Rather than waiting for comprehensive AI frameworks, which are often complex and slow to develop, governments across the continent are embedding AI-related rules within existing or revised data protection laws. techcabal.com/2026/03/19/why…

As African countries grapple with the rapid rise of artificial intelligence, many are not turning first to standalone AI laws. Instead, they are using a more familiar and already established tool: data protection legislation. techcabal.com/2026/03/19/why…

In 2020, Rwanda set up the Kigali International Finance Centre (KIFC) to make Kigali the preferred base for investors who want to set up holding companies, funds, trusts, and foundations to deploy capital across Africa. techcabal.com/2026/03/19/kif…

👨🏿‍🚀 TC Daily — A sterling move for Zenith Zenith Bank, a tier-1 Nigerian lender, has set its sights on listing on the London Stock Exchange (LSE), becoming only the second commercial bank, after GTCO which listed last year, to do so. Its timeline: 2027. Read more on today's newsletter 👉 techcabal.com/2026/03/19/tec…

MultiChoice, a subsidiary of French Media giant Canal+, has announced that subscriptions on Showmax will end from April 1, 2026, as it moves content to its sister platform, DStv Stream. techcabal.com/2026/03/18/mlt…

The World Bank has debarred three African subsidiaries of global advisory firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) for 21 months after being found guilty of manipulating procurement processes for a major cross-border electricity project. techcabal.com/2026/03/18/wor…

Every few weeks, James Mugambi meets another freelancer who has done the work but can’t touch their money. Payments from Upwork or PayPal arrive late, sit in limbo for weeks, or vanish into a maze of bank partners and compliance checks, while rent and school fees don’t wait. techcabal.com/2026/03/18/hur…

Invest in NFTs or not? Here's what Ojayy told us on Appstack by TechCabal.

Makarem joins Cellulant from Agoda, the online travel giant, where, as Global CFO, he oversaw a payments network managing over $12 billion in annual transaction volumes. His experience in such a multi-currency settlement and high-uptime payment infrastructure gives him what the company described as a rare “customer-side” understanding of the payments business. techcabal.com/2026/03/18/cel…

One month after promoting a long-serving engineer to lead its technology team, Cellulant has appointed former Agoda CFO Darren Makarem as its new finance chief, completing a leadership overhaul as the Kenyan payments processor renews its pan-African growth plans. techcabal.com/2026/03/18/cel…

“I knew I wasn’t going to do anything with Botany, so I had been preparing myself since 300 level for a finance career after school was done,” Ajao says. “I had secured an internship in the corporate finance division of Sterling Bank before leaving school. But the pandemic happened, lockdown started, and I couldn’t resume the role.” techcabal.com/2026/03/18/eli…

Elizabeth Ajao didn’t plan to work in tech. Now she’s building for it. techcabal.com/2026/03/18/eli… After graduating in March 2020 from Obafemi Awolowo University in Osun State, southwestern Nigeria, with a Botany degree, Elizabeth Ajao appeared set for a career in finance. She had spent years planning to pivot from discipline, only for the global COVID-19 pandemic to rewrite her plans.

PARTNER: What makes a deeptech startup investable in Africa? techcabal.com/2026/03/17/bra…

👨🏿‍🚀 TC Daily — Canal Minus Canal+ plans voluntary severance package for employees at MultiChoice and IRDETO as it prepares new investment for local content. Read more on today's newsletter 👉 techcabal.com/2026/03/18/tec…

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What is MTN doing about it?: In early 2026, they acquired IHS Towers to control more infrastructure directly—aiming to cut costs and reduce reliance on third parties. Bottom line: Nigeria is MTN's golden goose, but the company is now more vulnerable than ever to what happens in its biggest market. High reward, high risk.

MTN Nigeria doubled its profitability in 2025, making it MTN Group's largest profit contributor, surpassing its South African counterpart. What are the numbers saying? ➡️MTN Nigeria: $1.93 billion in profit (up 103% from 2024) ➡️MTN South Africa: $1.05 billion ➡️MTN Ghana: $1.28 billion (up 50%) Nigeria now generates nearly 84% more profit than South Africa—a historic shift for the telecom giant.