👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Cat and dog fight

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If you’re reading this from Cape Verde, there’s a Nigerian edtech in your neighbourhood. AltSchool has partnered with Ola.cv to provide in-demand tech skills training to Cape Verdeans. Applications are open here

In other news, Google has denied South Africa’s claim that its news platforms harm local media, saying it drives more traffic to publishers than it earns. Typical Big Tech playbook?

In Nigeria, a court has frozen the bank accounts of customers following a technical glitch at Keystone Bank, a mid-sized commercial lender. The glitch artificially inflated account balances, leading customers to overdraw their accounts. The disputed amount in question is ₦5.7 billion ($3.8 million).