CIO Africa

16 Apr 2023 - Kenya’s first earth observation Taifa-1 satellite was successfully launched on Saturday aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space... Source

14 Apr 2023 - Nigerian web3 and crypto payment company, Lazerpay, is shutting down. This comes months after the startup’s founder, Njoku Emmanuel, shared... Source

14 Apr 2023 - Sophos has had a couple of changes in its executive division as Joe Levy has been promoted to president of... Source

14 Apr 2023 - Entrepreneurs and manufacturers have called on to the Kenyan Government to make the ecosystem in the country. This was during... Source

14 Apr 2023 - For a long time, Africa’s healthcare systems have faced significant challenges. According to a 2019 study published in the International... Source

14 Apr 2023 - Mobile money services have transformed the lives of many people across the African continent, but taxation policies pose a significant... Source

13 Apr 2023 - AstraZeneca, a global pharmaceutical company has launched the Africa Health Innovation Hub that will employ use the latest science and... Source

13 Apr 2023 - Electronic payments firm Pesapal has announced the commercial rollout of Openfloat, a software solution to manage expense payments across multiple... Source

13 Apr 2023 - Amazon Web Services has released a new economic impact study (EIS) announcing its plan to invest $1.6 billion in its... Source

12 Apr 2023 - e-Commerce company, Jumia, has appointed Charles Ballard as the new CEO of Jumia Kenya. Charles takes over the mantle from... Source

12 Apr 2023 - Global provider of critical digital infrastructure and continuity solutions, Vertiv, has appointed a new managing director for Africa. Vertiv has... Source

12 Apr 2023 - One of the most successful cyber-attacks of 2022 is CEO fraud, also known as Business Email Compromise (BEC). According to... Source

12 Apr 2023 - The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) has slapped Whitepath Limited and Regus Kenya each with a fine of... Source

12 Apr 2023 - Rwanda’s Ministry of ICT and Innovation and the Rwanda Convention Bureau (RCB) have confirmed their partnership with the Africa Women... Source

12 Apr 2023 - Energy woes are synonymous with South Africa right now. Having a conversation with Gugulethu Mfuphi on her show, KayaBizz on... Source

12 Apr 2023 - The Artificial Intelligence Center of Excellence Africa (AICE) is hosting its 2nd AI For Leaders’ Summit in Kenya on the... Source

12 Apr 2023 - Parliament has adopted new regulations proposed by the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) aimed at promoting efficient, economical, and optimal spectrum... Source

12 Apr 2023 - Palo Alto-based venture firm, Eclipse Ventures, has raised $1.2 billion across two funds. One fund, with $720 million in capitals... Source

11 Apr 2023 - Diamond Trust Bank (DTB) has announced the appointment of Dennis Volemi as its Chief Information & Digital Officer (CIDO). Volemi... Source

11 Apr 2023 - A delegation of investors from Estonia, drawn from the technology sector, On Tuesday, met with their Kenyan counterparts in Nairobi... Source

11 Apr 2023 - Join us as we explore how Infosphere helps businesses ensure that Information Technology is a business enabler with minimal exposure... Source

11 Apr 2023 - Kaspersky’s anti-phishing systems have prevented 5 million cryptocurrency-related phishing attacks in 2022, increasing by 40% compared to the previous year.... Source

11 Apr 2023 - Hyperscalers can be said to be victims of their own reputations. While they offer hundreds of services; and products, these... Source

11 Apr 2023 - The U.S International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has invested $25 million in a new fund by Pan-African venture capital firm... Source

11 Apr 2023 - Join us as we delve into the fascinating world of Internet infrastructure and explore how ICANN ensures the universal resolvability... Source

10 Apr 2023 - In this episode, we have the privilege of hosting Dan Kwach, the Managing Director for the East Africa Region at... Source

6 Apr 2023 - Globally, there is a broad consensus that electrification is the most viable way to decarbonize systems and processes powered by... Source

6 Apr 2023 - East Africa’s premier technology, telecommunication, media, and broadcasting event will return to Nairobi on 25-26 April after a three-year digital... Source

5 Apr 2023 - Sophos has published a new survey report, ‘The State of Cybersecurity 2023: The Business Impact of Adversaries on Defenders’, which... Source

5 Apr 2023 - Dimension Data and its parent company NTT Ltd have launched a Managed Detection and Response (MDR) security service to help... Source

5 Apr 2023 - The Connected Summit 2023 on Tuesday held a plenary discussion on opportunities and challenges in e-commerce in Kenya, which highlighted... Source

4 Apr 2023 - Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) and the Information Communication Technology (ICT) Authority, a state corporation under the Ministry of Information... Source

4 Apr 2023 - Mastercard recently hosted its second Girls4Tech marathon in South Africa and Kenya, which is aimed to inspire and prepare girls... Source

4 Apr 2023 - Moni has launched a new range of business loans that enables market traders, spare part dealers, textile traders and other... Source

3 Apr 2023 - The Connected Summit 2023 kicked off on Monday with ICT stakeholders from Kenya and worldwide converging in Kwale to discuss... Source

3 Apr 2023 - Payment technology company, Cellulant, aims to change how businesses in Africa make and receive payments by introducing online and offline... Source

3 Apr 2023 - Kaspersky experts have discovered how cybercriminals are using the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) in email phishing attacks. Since late 2022,... Source

3 Apr 2023 - Are you passionate about transforming the future of healthcare? Do you have a groundbreaking technology that could revolutionise the industry?... Source

2 Apr 2023 - The recently concluded Amcham summit in Nairobi brought together prominent business leaders, entrepreneurs, and policymakers from both Kenya and the... Source

2 Apr 2023 - The recently concluded Amcham summit in Nairobi brought together prominent business leaders, entrepreneurs, and policymakers from both Kenya and the... Source

1 Apr 2023 - Elon Musk, the billionaire entrepreneur, and CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has announced his first-ever investment in Kenyan startups. Musk... Source

31 Mar 2023 - Africa’s leading entertainment company, Multichoice Group, has created a new technology division set to be led by Nyiko Shiburi. Nyiko... Source

31 Mar 2023 - Kenya is seeking to partner with Univercells to develop a Nairobi biotechnology centre to manufacture vaccines and drugs. President William... Source

31 Mar 2023 - Telecommunications and managed services provider, SEACOM, has announced that Alpheus Mangale will be joining the team as the new Group... Source

31 Mar 2023 - Global tech giant, Microsoft, had earlier said that it would lay off 10,000 employees in a move to align its... Source

30 Mar 2023 - Liquid C2 has today opened the doors of its Zambian Cyber Security Fusion Centre (CSFC) in Lusaka, making this the... Source

29 Mar 2023 - Worrying about losing data isn’t something you have to lose sleep over if you have an active data backup strategy.... Source

29 Mar 2023 - Standard Chartered Kenya in partnership with @iBizAfrica- Strathmore University has launched their 6th Cohort of the Women in Tech (WIT)... Source

29 Mar 2023 - There’s a lot to marvel at the future of tech, and 2023 has already given us enough to know that... Source

29 Mar 2023 - The buzzword these days is artificial intelligence (AI). From Silicon Valley to Silicon Savannah and beyond, generative AI appears to... Source