Golden Gate Casino launches futuristic gaming floor powered by Interblock Summary The Golden Gate Hotel & Casino in downtown Las Vegas has partnered exclusively with Interblock to introduce the city’s first downtown table games pit powered entirely by electronic table games (ETGs). The new ETG zone features Interblock’s latest Craps, Roulette and Blackjack titles, enhanced […]
iOS 26 release date, features, and how to update Summary Apple launched iOS 26 on 15 September 2025, rolling out globally at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time (PDT). The update brings a refreshed visual style Apple calls “Liquid Glass” — smoother, more translucent UI elements — alongside new on-device AI under the Apple Intelligence banner. Core […]
Can a Lagos tech idea work in Abidjan? Mstudio is betting on this Summary Mstudio is a venture studio in Abidjan that adapts proven business models from Anglophone Africa—especially Nigeria—into Francophone West Africa. Led by CEO Cédric Mangaud and COO Leslie Ossete, the studio recruits founders from existing startups, diaspora professionals and high-potential students, then […]
Nigeria ordered the sale of NITEL’s successor. Here’s why it still hasn’t happened Summary AMCON, Nigeria’s asset management agency, has tempered expectations for a quick sale of NatCom Development and Investment Limited (NATCOM) — the company that succeeded NITEL and now trades as ntel — despite a presidential directive earlier in 2025 to divest the […]
Kredete raises $22M to launch Africa’s first stablecoin-backed credit card Summary Kredete, a Nigerian fintech founded in 2023 by Adeola Adedewe, has raised $22m in a Series A round led by AfricInvest (through its CAIF and FIVE vehicles) with participation from Partech and Polymorphic Capital. The new capital brings total funding to $24.75m and will […]
👨🏿🚀TechCabal Daily – ‘We Moove nowhere’ Summary Today’s TechCabal Daily rounds up transport, connectivity and energy stories across Africa: Starlink has once again paused new orders in parts of Lagos and Abuja after hitting capacity limits; drivers under Moove’s hire-purchase scheme in Lagos parked their cars to protest a 100% jump in weekly remittances; South […]
Nigeria’s Caring Africa joins Morgan Inclusive & Sustainable Ventures as sole African pick Summary Caring Africa, a Nigerian tech and policy organisation building digital infrastructure for the care economy, has been selected as the only Africa-based participant in Morgan Stanley’s 2025 Inclusive & Sustainable Ventures innovation lab. The organisation’s flagship product, Caring Blocks, is described […]
Only 1 in 100 Africans use 5G despite $28 billion investment Summary New data from the ITU and UNESCO shows that only around 1% of Africans were connected to 5G in 2024 despite roughly $28 billion poured into next-generation mobile networks over the past five years. By end-2024, just over half of mobile connections on […]
Next Wave: How to plan for Africa’s next technology decade Summary This piece argues that Africa’s technology story so far has been driven largely by entrepreneurial opportunism and global hype cycles. The author calls for a shift towards Strategic Direction — coherent, multi-layered planning across local, regional and continental levels — to make the next […]
Africa’s gender funding gap persists; women founders still get just 1 in 10 dollars Summary Africa’s tech funding rebounded strongly in 2025, with more than $2bn raised across 500+ deals by August. Yet the recovery has not been evenly shared: male-led startups captured roughly 75% of funding, while companies with at least one female founder […]
