• Inside the failed courtship between Kenya BNLP startup Lipa Later and Nigeria’s Klump


    Most of 2023 was spent on casual calls. A planned Dubai meeting fell through due to visa issues, so in November that year, Klump’s founders travelled to Nairobi. They spent three days working out of Lipa Later’s serviced apartment, combing through documents and growth plans. The notes from one of the meetings, seen by TechCabal, look like the plan was to build a continental BNPL giant, but they also reveal gaps that caused the deal to collapse.


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    Inside the failed courtship between Kenya BNLP startup Lipa Later and Nigeria’s Klump

    Most of 2023 was spent on casual calls. A planned Dubai meeting fell through due to visa issues, so in November that year, Klump’s founders travelled to Nairobi. They spent three days working out of Lipa Later’s serviced apartment, combing through documents and growth plans. The notes from one of the meetings, seen by TechCabal, look like the plan was to build a continental BNPL giant, but they also reveal gaps that caused the deal to collapse.

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  • Yoco’s CEO steps down after 10 years, hands over leadership to co-founders


    Katlego Maphai exits the CEO role after a decade, handing over leadership to co-founders Matshoba and Wattrus as Yoco enters a new stage of growth and operational focus.


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    Yoco’s CEO steps down after 10 years, hands over leadership to co-founders

    Katlego Maphai exits the CEO role after a decade, handing over leadership to co-founders Matshoba and Wattrus as Yoco enters a new stage of growth and operational focus.

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  • Africa’s gender funding gap persists; women founders still get just 1 in 10 dollars


    In 2025 alone, the over $2 billion raised so far has flowed primarily to male-led teams, with about 10% shared by companies that include at least one female founder.


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    Africa’s gender funding gap persists; women founders still get just 1 in 10 dollars

    In 2025 alone, the over $2 billion raised so far has flowed primarily to male-led teams, with about 10% shared by companies that include at least one female founder.

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  • Can a Lagos tech idea work in Abidjan? Mstudio is betting on this


    Mstudio recruits through multiple pipelines: existing startup founders, top talent from high-growth startups, diaspora professionals, and what the team calls “high-potential students or executors.


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    Can a Lagos tech idea work in Abidjan? Mstudio is betting on this

    Mstudio recruits through multiple pipelines: existing startup founders, top talent from high-growth startups, diaspora professionals, and what the team calls “high-potential students or executors.

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  • Digital Nomads: A Delaware incorporation does not make a startup global. So what does?


    Tech products can live on the internet and be accessible anywhere, but founders who call themselves “global” without aligning with local rules risk failure. In May, I spoke with a first-time diasporan founder whose embedded fintech product collapsed because they didn't have the right licences. Regulators’ emails kept piling up until they were forced to shut operations. While global ambition is a well-worn territory in the venture capital space, the poser remains: what does it take to truly build a global business?


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    Digital Nomads: A Delaware incorporation does not make a startup global. So what does?

    Tech products can live on the internet and be accessible anywhere, but founders who call themselves “global” without aligning with local rules risk failure. In May, I spoke with a first-time diasporan founder whose embedded fintech product collapsed because they didn't have the right licences. Regulators’ emails kept piling up until they were forced to shut operations. While global ambition is a well-worn territory in the venture capital space, the poser remains: what does it take to truly build a global business?

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  • Why African blockchain founders should stop leading with Web3 when pitching to local investors


    "There's no such thing as a blockchain business." Web3 investors at the ongoing ETHSafari in Kenya offer African Web3 founders, the best way to label their startup to unlock local liquidity.


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    Why African blockchain founders should stop leading with Web3 when pitching to local investors

    "There's no such thing as a blockchain business." Web3 investors at the ongoing ETHSafari in Kenya offer African Web3 founders, the best way to label their startup to unlock local liquidity.

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  • Africa’s tech talent gap isn’t skills — it’s trust


    While many African founders cite a skills gap, Oluwatoni Campbell of Kinfolk Venture Capital argues the true issue is a trust deficit.


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    Africa’s tech talent gap isn’t skills — it’s trust

    While many African founders cite a skills gap, Oluwatoni Campbell of Kinfolk Venture Capital argues the true issue is a trust deficit.

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  • Why Nairobi’s co-working spaces are losing to restaurants


    A decade ago, Nairobi’s co-working spaces were touted as temples of Kenya’s innovation economy—glass-walled hubs, adorned with local art and furnished with sleek chairs, where young founders could incubate the next groundbreaking ideas.


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    Why Nairobi’s co-working spaces are losing to restaurants

    A decade ago, Nairobi’s co-working spaces were touted as temples of Kenya’s innovation economy—glass-walled hubs, adorned with local art and furnished with sleek chairs, where young founders could incubate the next groundbreaking ideas.

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  • The problem with the African tech ecosystem is its storytelling


    This storytelling deficit became painfully apparent during the post-COVID capital retraction, which nearly crippled the ecosystem—and forced the continent’s founders to either focus on “fundamentals” or die.


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    The problem with the African tech ecosystem is its storytelling

    This storytelling deficit became painfully apparent during the post-COVID capital retraction, which nearly crippled the ecosystem—and forced the continent’s founders to either focus on “fundamentals” or die.

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  • 18 blockchain ecosystems driving Africa’s Web3 growth amid investor pullback


    Funding to Africa’s Web3 and blockchain sector has declined over the past two years. In Nigeria, the continent’s most active market, the pullback stems from a mix of global shocks and local hurdles:  the 2022 collapse of FTX, the Central Bank’s 2021 ban on crypto, and a wave of high-profile struggles, abrupt shutdowns, lack of exits, and troubled pivots at startups like Mara.

    In response, global blockchain networks have stepped in to support early-stage founders through incubators and accelerators, go-to-market experience, and infrastructure access. These ecosystems have backed startups with $1 million in funding in the last two years, according to a Crypto Valley VC report, and are playing the long game to attract Web3 builders, capture users, lock in value, and drive transactions on their blockchain rails. 


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    18 blockchain ecosystems driving Africa’s Web3 growth amid investor pullback

    Funding to Africa’s Web3 and blockchain sector has declined over the past two years. In Nigeria, the continent’s most active market, the pullback stems from a mix of global shocks and local hurdles:  the 2022 collapse of FTX, the Central Bank’s 2021 ban on crypto, and a wave of high-profile struggles, abrupt shutdowns, lack of exits, and troubled pivots at startups like Mara. In response, global blockchain networks have stepped in to support early-stage founders through incubators and accelerators, go-to-market experience, and infrastructure access. These ecosystems have backed startups with $1 million in funding in the last two years, according to a Crypto Valley VC report, and are playing the long game to attract Web3 builders, capture users, lock in value, and drive transactions on their blockchain rails. 

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  • From PoS agents to fintech founders, this startup wants to challenge Moniepoint, OPay, others


    After making ₦50 million from a ₦400k investment as POS agents, Bello Kano and Tayo Akintoye have decided to take on Moniepoint and others with new PoS technology.


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    From PoS agents to fintech founders, this startup wants to challenge Moniepoint, OPay, others

    After making ₦50 million from a ₦400k investment as POS agents, Bello Kano and Tayo Akintoye have decided to take on Moniepoint and others with new PoS technology.

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  • What do investors mean when they say founders should build for Africa?


    African investors now expect startups to prove their ability to scale globally, regardless of where they were founded.


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    What do investors mean when they say founders should build for Africa?

    African investors now expect startups to prove their ability to scale globally, regardless of where they were founded.

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