CIO Africa

6 Dec 2023 - Kenya is set to start taxing cryptocurrency trading after the National Assembly’s Finance and National Planning Committee has approved the... Source

6 Dec 2023 - YouTube today announced that YouTube Music and YouTube Premium are now available in Kenya. This expansion marks a significant milestone... Source

6 Dec 2023 - Airtel Africa has ventured into the data centre business with the launch of Nxtra, founded on a commitment to meet... Source

6 Dec 2023 - Electric vehicle startup BasiGo has secured $5 million in debt funding British International Investment’s Climate Innovation Facility to scale up... Source

6 Dec 2023 - YouTube has announced that YouTube Music and YouTube Premium are now available in Kenya. This is a significant milestone in... Source

6 Dec 2023 - This year will be remembered as the moment that we, as individuals, began to harness the power of AI in... Source

5 Dec 2023 - SeamlessHR, Africa’s payroll and HR technology firm, has appointed Bryan Kariuki as Regional Vice President for Eastern Africa. An accomplished... Source

5 Dec 2023 - Liquid Intelligent Technologies, a pan-African technology group has appointed Lerato Dipuo Phueginia Pule as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for its... Source

4 Dec 2023 - The use of AI in cybercrime has evolved with the growth of AI, according to the two latest reports by... Source

4 Dec 2023 - The Mastercard Foundation Africa Growth Fund (the Fund)  is pleased to announce that three Investment Vehicles (IVs) received investment approvals:... Source

4 Dec 2023 - Former Family Bank, Executive and Chief Digital Banking Officer, Kevin Ayugi, has been appointed as the new Chief Operating Officer... Source

4 Dec 2023 - IBM have announced new efforts that apply its geospatial AI technologies, including IBM’s geospatial foundation model developed in collaboration with... Source

4 Dec 2023 - Kenyan online retailer Sky.Garden has relaunched following a $1.63 million buyout by the Lipa Later Group. The Lipa Later Group-backed... Source

1 Dec 2023 - A recent report published by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) states that the Kenyan economy is facing multiple near-term financial... Source

1 Dec 2023 - The Nigerian telecommunications industry is set to receive a major boost as social media company Meta plans to launch two... Source

30 Nov 2023 - Kenyan organizations have the potential to improve employee productivity, streamline processes, and mitigate escalating cyber threats by integrating emerging technologies... Source

30 Nov 2023 - Recently, Kenya hosted the Africa Climate Summit which concluded with African leaders agreeing on the ‘Nairobi Declaration’, which serves as... Source

30 Nov 2023 - MPost, a tech startup that transforms mobile numbers into virtual addresses currently with operations in Kenya, Rwanda, and Burundi has... Source

30 Nov 2023 - Ahead of the festive period which sees many Africans visit their hometowns away from the cities in which they are... Source

29 Nov 2023 - Black Friday and Cyber Monday are extremely popular global sales events. They usually involve millions of people around the world.... Source

29 Nov 2023 - John Musunga has been appointed to head Diageo Africa’s newly formed South, West and Central Africa (SWC) market. As part... Source

24 Nov 2023 - Charles Khacheso Washika, Director ICT and Innovation at the Cooperative Bank of Kenya, has emerged as the CIO of The... Source

24 Nov 2023 - Charles Khacheso Washika, Director ICT and Innovation at the Cooperative Bank of Kenya, has emerged as the winner of the... Source

24 Nov 2023 - Charles Khacheso Washika, Director ICT and Innovation at Cooperative Bank of Kenya, has emerged as the winner of the CIO100... Source

24 Nov 2023 - 5,300 small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have graduated from Google’s Hustle Academy. This milestone underscores their dedication to improving business... Source

23 Nov 2023 - Three words; Environmental, Social, and Governance; mostly referred to as simply as ESG. There have been major talks about ESG... Source

23 Nov 2023 - Handling the modern customer comes with its own set of challenges, given the dynamic nature of today’s consumer expectations, technology... Source

23 Nov 2023 - Managing and maintaining cloud infrastructure comes with its own set of challenges, such as misconfigurations, security vulnerabilities, or difficulties in... Source

23 Nov 2023 - Managing and maintaining cloud infrastructure comes with its own set of challenges, such as misconfigurations, security vulnerabilities, or difficulties in... Source

23 Nov 2023 - Mastercard and Hatua.net have joined hands to empower young people with the essential skills needed to thrive in today’s competitive... Source

22 Nov 2023 - In a significant move towards advancing digital transformation in Kenya, the government has announced the adoption of Microsoft’s cloud-first strategy.... Source

22 Nov 2023 - As organizations embark on digital transformation journeys, they inevitably encounter the concept of building a resilient IT infrastructure. In simple... Source

22 Nov 2023 - H.E Chirema Kombo, the Deputy Governor, Kwale County, called for technology leaders in Kenya to bring these services close to... Source

21 Nov 2023 - Microsoft, a global technology giant, has rolled out an impressive array of approximately 100 new services and updates aimed at... Source

21 Nov 2023 - Technology leaders from across Africa will convene at the 15th annual CIO100 Symposium & Awards, taking place in Diani, Kwale,... Source

17 Nov 2023 - Digital payments service provider, SasaPay, has been honored as Africa’s Best Emerging Digital Payment Provider of the Year at the... Source

17 Nov 2023 - Davis & Shirtliff and Huawei Technologies have entered into a partnership to increase the availability of affordable high-end solar and... Source

17 Nov 2023 - The term “AI” has been used in computer science since the 1950s, but most people outside the industry didn’t start... Source

16 Nov 2023 - Global Technology Company Epson, today unveiled a study that indicates technology is a key component in the fight against climate... Source

16 Nov 2023 - The upcoming Kenya Innovation Week 2023: Commonwealth Edition, slated for 27 November to 1 December 2023 in Nairobi, is poised... Source

14 Nov 2023 - Sophos has released its Active Adversary Report for Security Practitioners, which found that telemetry logs were missing in nearly 42... Source

14 Nov 2023 - The London Internet Exchange (LINX) have announced that their interconnection hub in Nairobi, Kenya is now live and ready for... Source

10 Nov 2023 - The Asset Recovery Agency (ARA) has closed the High Court case against Flutterwave, the company has confirmed. The ARA has... Source

10 Nov 2023 - Jane Omondi sells freshly cooked fish from a stand on a bustling roadside in Utawala, a low- to medium-income neighborhood... Source

10 Nov 2023 - There is a need for players in Africa’s private and public sectors to start working together to centre the continent... Source

8 Nov 2023 - An anticipated rise in security threats including supply chain attacks, malicious damage to company property and violence against employees could... Source

8 Nov 2023 - Safaricom has entered a partnership with M-PESA Africa and Sumitomo Corporation, a leading Fortune 500 global trading and business investment company,... Source

8 Nov 2023 - In an unexpected move, Kenya’s largest telecommunications provider, Safaricom, has announced the suspension of its roaming services in the US.... Source

7 Nov 2023 - The healthcare sector is embracing a new era where data sharing is the linchpin in reshaping the very essence of... Source

7 Nov 2023 - Sophos has recently shared the findings from its sector survey report, ‘The State of Ransomware in Retail 2023’. The report... Source