13 September 2026
African dev and tech trends: 12 updates this week
A roundup of recent African developer, fintech and startup-infrastructure headlines, with sources and dates. Auto-fetched from public tech press.
Recent headlines from across African developer and startup infrastructure. Each item links its original source.
- 12 Sep 2026 (TechCabal): Why a $103,000 US visa tax might be the best thing to happen to Africa’s tech ecosystem
- 11 Sep 2026 (TechCabal): “Take the worker out of the pit”: How ABB’s Charl Marais sees the future of African mining
- 11 Sep 2026 (Techpoint Africa): Zambian fintech Zoyk gets BCC approval to take Zoykpay into DRC
- 11 Sep 2026 (TechCabal): Kenyan political operator used Claude to mass-produce election propaganda, Anthropic says
- 11 Sep 2026 (TechCabal): 👨🏿🚀TechCabal Daily – New CEO at Absa Kenya
- 11 Sep 2026 (TechCabal): Nigeria’s UduTech taps South Korean GPU supplier to expand Africa’s AI compute
- 10 Sep 2026 (Techpoint Africa): The Dangote Refinery IPO opens on 14 September. Here is where to place your subscription
- 10 Sep 2026 (TechCabal): After 3,000 catfish died overnight, she turned to AI to protect her mother’s farm
- 10 Sep 2026 (Techpoint Africa): BluDive Calls for Greater Technology Ownership as GITEX Nigeria 2026 Spotlights Sovereign Innovation
- 10 Sep 2026 (TechCabal): How PressOne turned fast customer growth into a profitable cloud-telephony business
- 10 Sep 2026 (Techpoint Africa): inDrive Records 96% Surge in App Installs as Passengers Embrace Fair Choice
- 10 Sep 2026 (Techpoint Africa): Infinix GT 50 Pro to Launch in Nigeria with Gaming-Focused Cooling Technology
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