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“When we enter a bank’s boardroom, they know our name. Not our partner’s. Ours”: Day 1-1000 of Union Systems
In 2024, some of Nigeria’s biggest banks decided unanimously to change core software that powered their banking activities. In the TechCabal newsroom, we embarked on a project in response, to demystify these core banking software to our audience and to explain the implications of the change. It was after the project I encountered Albert Iloh, […]
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“When we enter a bank’s boardroom, they know our name. Not our partner’s. Ours”: Day 1-1000 of Union Systems
In 2024, some of Nigeria’s biggest banks decided unanimously to change core software that powered their banking activities. In the TechCabal newsroom, we embarked on a project in response, to demystify these core banking software to our audience and to explain the implications of the change. It was after the project I encountered Albert Iloh, […]
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Digital Nomads: The founder tackling the impossible intra-African payments problem
Freelancers need to get paid from global employers. Digital nomads need their money to cross borders with them. Businesses of all sizes make payments to bring shipments into their home countries. Students studying abroad want to withdraw the money sent to them from home, and diasporan Africans want to send the same back home.
This demand is driving fintechs to build rails that allow money flow smoothly across borders. There is a joke that if you shake a tree, any tree, a remittance fintech will fall. But these startups are overlooking one critical aspect of cross-border payments: intra-African payments.
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Digital Nomads: The founder tackling the impossible intra-African payments problem
Freelancers need to get paid from global employers. Digital nomads need their money to cross borders with them. Businesses of all sizes make payments to bring shipments into their home countries. Students studying abroad want to withdraw the money sent to them from home, and diasporan Africans want to send the same back home. This demand is driving fintechs to build rails that allow money flow smoothly across borders. There is a joke that if you shake a tree, any tree, a remittance fintech will fall. But these startups are overlooking one critical aspect of cross-border payments: intra-African payments.
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CBN’s open banking is the biggest shift since instant transfers — If we do it right
With open banking, you set up a reusable direct debit mandate tied to your identity. One dashboard shows every recurring instruction from Netflix to PHCN bills. You can cap, pause, or revoke them anytime.
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CBN’s open banking is the biggest shift since instant transfers — If we do it right
With open banking, you set up a reusable direct debit mandate tied to your identity. One dashboard shows every recurring instruction from Netflix to PHCN bills. You can cap, pause, or revoke them anytime.
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Complete Farmer’s €2.2M raise signals Africa’s shift toward full-stack agtech
Complete Farmer secures €2.2M EU funding to scale full-stack agtech in Ghana, combining digital tools with rural infrastructure for farmers.
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Complete Farmer’s €2.2M raise signals Africa’s shift toward full-stack agtech
Complete Farmer secures €2.2M EU funding to scale full-stack agtech in Ghana, combining digital tools with rural infrastructure for farmers.
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IHS, ATC, get two-month deadline to improve internet quality
NCC has given IHS, ATC, and other tower firms a 2-month deadline to improve Nigeria’s internet quality or face regulatory penalties.
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IHS, ATC, get two-month deadline to improve internet quality
NCC has given IHS, ATC, and other tower firms a 2-month deadline to improve Nigeria’s internet quality or face regulatory penalties.
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