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TechCabal Uber restores Visa payments in Kenya after eight-month pause

The move reverses a decision that had pushed Visa users to rely on M-PESA, cash and other payment methods. It comes as Uber review...

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TechCabal Sun King joins Kenya’s growing smartphone financing race

The move puts the company in direct competition with M-KOPA and Watu, which have built businesses around financing smartphones for...

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TechCabal Beyond chatbots, South Africa’s 4Sight sees AI running business processes

The company says its AI transformation is built around four pillars: data, process, training and change.

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TechCabal Should you buy the Redmi 17 5G? What to consider first

This phone replaces the Redmi 15 5G, but it’s easy to confuse it with three similarly named models: the 4G Redmi 17, the Redmi 17C...

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TechCabal From 70 million to 317 million: How Serigne Dioum plans to turn every MTN subscriber into a MoMo user

MTN Group Fintech CEO Serigne Dioum, in this edition of Coffee With…, tells PHATHISANI MOYO how he plans to convert MTN’s 317 mill...

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TechCabal Glo’s decline, T2’s missing data widen MTN, Airtel’s Internet lead

If smaller players lose ground or their performance becomes difficult to assess, consumers could have fewer credible alternatives.

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TechCabal 👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Tolaram secures $51m debt

In today's edition: Quizzes || Tolaram secures $51 million funding || Nomba raises $3 million || Who secured the bag? 💰

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TechCrunch The sameness problem behind those unappetizing AI-generated menus

While restaurant owners might look to generative AI as a shortcut to sprucing up their menu, customers can viscerally sense that s...

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TechCrunch Crusoe reportedly raises $3B at a $30B valuation

The round came together after the data center developer reportedly secured a $13 billion contract with Jane Street.

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TechCrunch Oura files to go public

The ring maker says that its business has shown significant revenue growth over the past year.

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TechCrunch Tesla is asking people if they want to buy and run Cybercab fleets

The company published a form on its website Thursday soliciting info from people who are interested in "Cybercab fleet vehicle pur...

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TechCrunch The Cybercab is Tesla’s ‘fork in the road’ moment

The company is about to formally launch the gold two-seater, with no steering wheel or pedals -- a move that could change Tesla fo...

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TechCrunch Utilities are racing to link up with fusion startups, with Realta Fusion the latest to benefit

The grid has been straining under the weight of new AI data centers, and that has utilities courting fusion startups.

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TechCrunch Accel reportedly in talks to lead $1B round for Thinking Machines at $40B valuation

The high-profile startup's annual revenue run rate stands at over $100 million.

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TechCrunch Abliteration.ai is making a business out of removing AI guardrails

Abliteration.AI is making powerful AI models without guardrails easier to access, arguing that giving defenders the same tools as...

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TechCrunch Startup ARR is less secure than ever, new research shows

The AI era has completely broken enterprise buying patterns, and startups haven't yet figured out how to navigate.

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TechCrunch Google launches AI voice features in Gmail, Docs, and Keep

Users can search for emails or draft documents using the new conversational feature.

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TechCabal Uber is gone. Its users must find another way around Nigeria.

For thousands of Nigerians who frequently use ride-hailing platforms, Uber's exit after 12 years came as a surprise, raising quest...

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TechCrunch Meta is paying to peek at how you use their latest AI model

For its new Muse Spark model, intended for operating coding and other agents, Meta is offering an explicit discount averaging out...

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TechCrunch OpenAI launches Astra, its powerful (and controversial) new model

OpenAI claims that Astra represents "a new frontier on computer and browser use," and that it handles tasks with unmatched "speed,...

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TechCrunch Qualcomm backs Ultrahuman in $70M round on bet to turn smart rings into computers

Ultrahuman is targeting a $200 million annual revenue run rate by January 2027 as it builds a new Qualcomm-powered smart ring.

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TechCrunch Circular unveils Ring 3 series with contactless payments and on-finger vibration alerts

The Circular Ring 3 series announcement comes amid a year of heightened competition in the smart ring market, following the launch...

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TechCrunch Ollie is betting its focus on privacy can help it win the AI assistant race

The family-focused AI assistant wants access to the details of your everyday life, but says it won’t use that data to train AI mod...

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TechCrunch Google’s latest AI weather model gives you no excuse to forget your umbrella

WeatherNext 3 is the latest wave of a sea change in meteorology brought out by deep learning techniques. Google says it will start...

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