CIO Africa

6 Dec 2022 - According to a McKinsey report, African financial services are now undergoing a structural shift. About 10 per cent of all... Source

6 Dec 2022 - According to a McKinsey report, African financial services are now undergoing a structural shift. About 10 per cent of all... Source

6 Dec 2022 - Sophos has announced the general availability of Sophos Managed Detection and Response (MDR) with new threat detection and response capabilities.... Source

5 Dec 2022 - Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) company Lipa Later is the company that acquired Sky Garden. The e-commerce startup recently announced... Source

5 Dec 2022 - Former Jumia executives have come together to launch a competitor e-commerce platform, Kapu,  that mainly focuses on delivery of groceries.... Source

5 Dec 2022 - Fortinet has been named a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for SD-WAN for the third year in a... Source

5 Dec 2022 - Fortinet has been named a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for SD-WAN for the third year in a... Source

2 Dec 2022 - Africa Data Centres has announced that it has secured a piece of land adjacent to its existing data centre in... Source

2 Dec 2022 - BigFix is a comprehensive solution for discovering, managing, and securing connected and roaming endpoints running on virtually all OS’. It... Source

2 Dec 2022 - Next Media, the proprietors of Uganda’s Next Broadcasting Services (NBS) Television, Nile Post Online Portal, Salaam Television, and Next Radio,... Source

2 Dec 2022 - Badili, a second-hand phone commerce platform, has raised $2.1 million in preseed funding in a bid to increase its operations... Source

1 Dec 2022 - Kenyan startup, Twiga Foods, recently secured a $2.5 million (KES 300 million) loan from the Kenyan Government for onward lending... Source

30 Nov 2022 - We are living in an age of digital transformation, and there’s no doubt that it has touched different sectors. Across... Source

30 Nov 2022 - Swift today reported significant progress in 2022 toward the G20’s goals for enhancing the cross-border experience. In the processthey have... Source

30 Nov 2022 - Liquid Intelligent Technologies has announced the launch of its operations in Nigeria. As a one-stop shop technology company offering high-speed... Source

30 Nov 2022 - Kaspersky has contributed to INTERPOL’s Africa Cyber Surge Operation (ACSO) by sharing data, comprising of indicators of compromise (IoCs) on... Source

30 Nov 2022 - Kenya’s Asha Mweru Mbowa has been appointed as Managing Director of African Management Institute (AMI) having been promoted from her... Source

29 Nov 2022 - For the last ten or so years, African countries, the majority of which fall under developing states, have made tremendous... Source

29 Nov 2022 - Epson’s smart printers and multi-function peripherals (MFPs) are revolutionizing the print environment by strengthening the Internet of Things (IoT) device... Source

29 Nov 2022 - The National Communications Authority (NCA) has issued Somalia’s first spectrum licence to the country’s largest telecommunications provider, Hormuud Telecom. As... Source

29 Nov 2022 - Pesapal, a digital payments company has announced the launch of Supertap, a platform that enables Pesapal Mobile users to simplify Mpesa payments... Source

29 Nov 2022 - The Metaverse has made waves throughout the year so it is no surprise that it found its way to Nigeria.... Source

29 Nov 2022 - Africa Data Centres is building its first data center in Kigali, Rwanda. Announced this week, the Cassava Technologies unit said... Source

29 Nov 2022 - Electric Mobility and Taxi Hailing service company, NopeaRide, is closing its offices after its parent company filed for insolvency. EkoRent... Source

29 Nov 2022 - Innovation has, for a long time, been associated with new products and or processes. In the last decade, this view... Source

28 Nov 2022 - If you Google Phyllis Migwi, the Country Manager, Microsoft Kenya, you will find article after article about her appointment. They... Source

28 Nov 2022 - Africa’s technology leaders have called on the continent to accelerate digital transformation to serve its people better and boost its... Source

28 Nov 2022 - The 2022 World Cup is happening in Qatar and has attracted the interest of many people from across the globe.... Source

28 Nov 2022 - Liquid Intelligent Technologies has officially announced the launch of its operations in Nigeria. “We were the first African company to... Source

26 Nov 2022 - Moses Okundi is the CIO of the Year 2022. Crowning the top tech guru from a selection of over 400... Source

25 Nov 2022 - Security in digital transformation is a very crucial topic that is also becoming too wide to unpack in a short... Source

25 Nov 2022 - Communication challenges, lack of clearly defined roles and lack of organisational support are some of the challenges that affect the... Source

25 Nov 2022 - Influencer Panel 5: When Innovating, Think People, Processes, Then Technology  Innovation is a process, not an event. Innovation is about... Source

25 Nov 2022 - Organisations should place more value on their employees if they want to be more successful in their digital transformation journeys... Source

25 Nov 2022 - Financial inclusion: you may not know how to describe it, but where it exists, you can feel its impact. It... Source

24 Nov 2022 - Businesses in Africa should adopt a digital-first approach in their models to meet the demands of its young population who... Source

24 Nov 2022 - Smart Infrastructure is defined as a smart system that uses a data feedback loop to improve decision-making regarding a matter.... Source

24 Nov 2022 - The dx100 Symposium and Awards (formerly CIO 100 Awards), organized by dx5, a digital transformation company, started off successfully on... Source

24 Nov 2022 - dx100 Symposium and Awards started out successfully with an array of discussions around digital transformation topics. Tech leaders from all... Source

23 Nov 2022 - Zoho Corporation has announced that its Finance arm, the Zoho Finance Platform, has achieved 70 per cent year on year(YOY)... Source

23 Nov 2022 - The dx100 Symposium and Awards teed off on a beautiful sunny day in Diani, Kwale County. The event that has... Source

23 Nov 2022 - Satellite communication technology is an important asset in Africa, especially the rural areas as it boosts the penetration of technology... Source

21 Nov 2022 - The cyber threat landscape has reached a new level of commercialization with more convenience for the would-be attackers. This is... Source

21 Nov 2022 - Uganda Telecommunications Corporation Limited (UTCL), a Government owned new company, was incorporated on 8th April 2021 and on 23rd February... Source

18 Nov 2022 - The idea that African countries can leapfrog technologies is not new – experts have pointed to Africa’s potential for years.... Source

18 Nov 2022 - Microsoft, through its Africa Transformation Office (ATO) has announced a partnership with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to support digital... Source

17 Nov 2022 - Sophos’ endpoint security products ranked as industry best in all three of SE Labs’ protection tests in the third quarter... Source

17 Nov 2022 - Global technology company Epson has announced the end of the sale of laser printers worldwide, citing the technology’s limited ability... Source

17 Nov 2022 - Centenary Bank in partnership with the Ministry of ICT and National Guidance, together with the United Nations Development Fund (UNDP),... Source

17 Nov 2022 - Members from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) are in Uganda to deliberate on the use of machine-readable travel documents,... Source