Contra Payments, OpenAI Ad GPT: Tech Cabal's Tech Digest

Contra, the global freelancing platform, launched Contra Payments, allowing humans to sell to agents as AI agents scale. This enables people to create AI assistants in their likeness for tasks like evaluating options and making purchases. OpenAI is advancing Advertising GPT, hinting at brands generating, testing, and optimizing ad campaigns directly inside ChatGPT. Kenya's NSE established a dedicated tech board to attract high-growth startups like M-KOPA and BasiGo, addressing the gap between Kenya's tech reputation and startup representation on public markets. MTN Group guaranteed IHS staff 12 months of pay and benefits during its $2.2 billion acquisition, reducing operational disruption risks. TechCabal's funding tracker shows $50M for Breadfast, $11.25M for Zambian fintech Lupiya, and other deals. The digest covers these tech developments and their implications for African startups and jobs.

SOURCE: https://techcabal.com/2026/02/20/techcabal-daily-for-better-or-for-bourse/