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TechCabal Tim Cook leaves a $4 trillion Apple with unfinished business in Africa

Apple now has more than 2.5 billion active devices and operates more than 500 stores globally. None of those stores are in Africa.

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TechCabal Grey targets Africa-China trade with direct yuan payments

As African businesses adopt cross-border virtual accounts and stablecoins for international transactions, startups are building th...

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TechCrunch This startup is fuel-injecting hydrogen to make cargo ships more efficient

Newlight has raised a $9 million seed round and completed an 8,500-nautical-mile test run from Singapore to Ghana.

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TechCrunch Waymo accelerates robotaxi expansion with launches in Denver, San Diego, and Tampa

Waymo will begin inviting riders on a rolling basis and slowly ramp up access in the three cities, following its usual commercial...

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TechCrunch Help build the future of startups: Volunteer at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

TechCrunch Disrupt is where those moments happen. And we can't pull it off without volunteers like you.

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TechCrunch India’s Unacademy sells to rival upGrad for $206M, about 94% less than its peak valuation

"We raised at a peak, but sold at a fraction of that," Unacademy co-founder and CEO Gaurav Munjal wrote. "I'm not going to dress t...

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TechCabal MTN wants MoMo to crack South Africa’s cash-heavy payments market

South Africa will serve as an important test of whether the mobile-money model that worked in less banked markets can be adapted t...

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TechCabal Nokia turns to AI as Africa’s telecom market enters its next phase

Nokia expects AI-native networks, edge computing, automation and software to become increasingly important

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TechCrunch If space data centers feel far-fetched, why not interstellar travel?

The team behind Starcloud's orbital data centers has a new high-risk space project: Sending a probe to Alpha Centauri.

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TechCabal Tanzanian influencer sues Meta over alleged government-driven account suspensions

Kimambi, who lives in the US, filed the 36-page complaint on August 21 in the Superior Court of California in San Mateo County, wh...

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TechCabal ChipMango raises $1.9 million to build Africa’s chip-design talent

Atlantica Ventures, an Africa-focused impact venture capital fund, led the round, with participation from DFS Labs, Kaleo Ventures...

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TechCabal The regulatory quagmire stifling Francophone Africa’s startups

Francophone Africa has a growing startup ecosystem, but expanding across borders remains difficult. From OHADA regulations to curr...

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TechCabal 👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Paystack cuts the Allawee

In today's edition: CBK approves Nedbank-NCBA deal || Nigerian fintech Allawee folds into Paystack || Yele Bademosi transitions to...

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TechCrunch Magna increases bet on battery swapping in India with $35M for Yuma

Magna's investment in Yuma Energy has reached $87 million as the Canadian auto supplier increases its majority stake in the Indian...

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TechCrunch Lachy Groom backs Indian startup aiming to keep aircraft aloft for a year

Founded by a 20-year-old, Alteon is developing autonomous aircraft that hopes to harvest wind energy to stay aloft for several mon...

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TechCrunch Apple shares ‘shocking evidence’ against former employee accused of stealing company data for OpenAI

Apple says it has evidence that a former employee destroyed evidence of data theft after learning he was under investigation.

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TechCrunch Polymarket reportedly raises $300 million from Donald Trump Jr.’s investment fund

The firm, 1789 Capital, led the funding round that reportedly will total around $1 billion.

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TechCrunch a16z brings growth fund to $8.5B days after launching new $1.1B fund

Andreessen Horowitz held out its hand and returned with billions more in new funds to invest in startups.

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TechCrunch A group funded by Andreessen, Horowitz, and Brockman plans data center ads to sway midterms

Build American AI plans to lobby voters in select states about the virtues of data centers by spending millions of dollars on ads.

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TechCrunch Instagram puts new limits on undisclosed AI profiles

As frustration over AI influencers has been growing, Instagram is limiting the reach of undisclosed AI profiles.

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TechCrunch Apple’s top App Store exec, Phil Schiller, follows wave of exits as CEO Tim Cook steps down

The longtime executive won't be leaving Apple just yet but staff at the company say it's a step closer to Schiller retiring.

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TechCrunch Microsoft tests fix for latest hours-long Outlook outage

Microsoft says it's testing a fix for the widespread Outlook issues that have led to email delays and failures.

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TechCrunch Kalshi bans George Santos for life over State of the Union bets

The disciplinary action comes two months after the Commodity Futures Trading Commission settled charges against Santos.

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TechCrunch Harvard Law dropout raises $6M for Blue Voice to build a ‘Harvey for police officers’

Blue Voice is trained on department-specific laws, local ordinances, protocols, and guidelines that general-purpose AI tools can't...

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