CIO Africa

11 Nov 2025 - Africa is taking decisive steps to assert its digital sovereignty. Across the continent, governments, technology hubs, and innovators are building…

11 Nov 2025 - Equinix, a global digital infrastructure company has announced its intention to open its latest high performance data centre in Lagos,... Source

10 Nov 2025 - When you meet most people in IT leadership, you expect to hear about their years in coding, their engineering degrees,... Source

10 Nov 2025 - Teraco, a Digital Realty company and leading provider of interconnection platforms and vendor-neutral colocation data centres, has completed the…

10 Nov 2025 - The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has announced plans to introduce a new automated digital system to validate income and expenses declared...…

10 Nov 2025 - Electric vehicle manufacturer Roam has opened its doors to private investors for the first time through a new crowdfunding campaign... Source

8 Nov 2025 - When fiber optic cables first reached Africa’s shores, their promise was largely confined to coastal cities. High-speed internet landed at... Source

7 Nov 2025 - The role of the CEO has been mutating for decades. Now, in an AI-charged world, it is, once again, falling... Source

7 Nov 2025 - I have observed how my daughter makes payments, and it reflects a shift that is transforming the global economy. Millennials... Source

7 Nov 2025 - This November, Naivasha will be the place where CIOs, CTOs and digital leaders will meet to exchange ideas, challenge norms,... Source

7 Nov 2025 - Fortinet is set to host the highly anticipated Security Day Kenya 2025 on 12 November at the Emara Ole-Sereni Hotel.... Source

7 Nov 2025 - Paymentwall will showcase Banana Platform, a white-label banking solution that lets banks, fintechs, telcos and platforms offer multi-currency…

7 Nov 2025 - Safaricom Plc has posted a 52.1 percent rise in post-tax profit to $329 million (Sh42.8 billion) for the first half... Source

6 Nov 2025 - In East Africa, we’re experiencing an exciting period of business growth driven, in part, by digital transformation and its myriad... Source

6 Nov 2025 - AXIAN Telecom Fibre Ltd (Yas), a subsidiary of AXIAN Telecom Holding and Management PLC, has completed the acquisition of a... Source

5 Nov 2025 - Pan-African telecommunications provider Paratus Group has announced its entry into Uganda through a joint venture with Roke Telkom Ltd, one... Source

5 Nov 2025 - In Kenya, special occasions such as birthdays and holidays often come with financial stress, especially in recent years as the... Source

4 Nov 2025 - Amazon Web Services (AWS) and OpenAI have announced a multi-year strategic partnership that will see AWS provide its world-class infrastructure...…

4 Nov 2025 - Mastercard hosted its first-ever Africa Edge Summit, bringing together leaders from across Africa’s payments ecosystem to discuss how collaboration…

4 Nov 2025 - Africa stands at a decisive inflection point in the global digital economy. Despite representing more than 17 per cent of... Source

3 Nov 2025 - Messaging app Telegram has been restricted across Kenya, with many users reporting that they can only access the platform using... Source

3 Nov 2025 - Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky has uncovered a phishing scheme aimed at users of Coinbase, the popular cryptocurrency exchange platform. The attackers…

3 Nov 2025 - KCB Group, Kenya’s largest lender by assets, has announced plans to acquire a minority stake in digital payments firm Pesapal... Source

3 Nov 2025 - The Africa Venture Philanthropy Alliance (AVPA) has officially opened its 2025 Annual Conference today at the Trademark Hotel in Nairobi,... Source

31 Oct 2025 - Absa has entered into a strategic partnership with Huawei to deploy an innovative Private Cloud Solution. This accelerates its transformation...…

31 Oct 2025 - MTN has completed a major modernisation of its Enterprise Value Analytics (EVA) platform in South Africa, migrating it to Microsoft... Source

30 Oct 2025 - The security challenge of trust and boundaries breaking down means the erosion of clear digital perimeters and reliable relationships between...…

30 Oct 2025 - For more than two decades, CIOs and IT leaders have battled the same stubborn reality: despite massive advances in technology,... Source

29 Oct 2025 - Last month, we delivered a comprehensive email platform for a Nigerian state government in 28 days. The same project would... Source

29 Oct 2025 - The stage is set for the 17th edition of CIO100 Awards and Symposium, famously dubbed the greatest tech leadership gathering... Source

29 Oct 2025 - Pesapal has introduced Drive, a digital fleet fuel management platform aimed at helping businesses in East Africa reduce losses linked... Source

29 Oct 2025 - Imagine you’re driving down the expressway over a random weekend. Your windows are open, letting in a cool mid-morning breeze.... Source

29 Oct 2025 - American multinational technology company, Meta has entered a deal with Safaricom to bring its second submarine cable to Kenya. Through... Source

28 Oct 2025 - The most forward-thinking ICT leaders are discovering that true innovation begins with inclusion. As artificial intelligence (AI), automation, and…

28 Oct 2025 - Kenya has once again emerged as the East African nation most targeted by Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks in... Source

28 Oct 2025 - Tatu City has launched its After-School Artificial Intelligence (AI) Program under Tatu Reach, the city’s Environmental, Social and Governance…

28 Oct 2025 - Cloud services provider, Unicloud Africa Limited, has launched its operations at the Civic Centre in Victoria Island, Lagos. The launch... Source

27 Oct 2025 - Mauritius’ Ministry of Education, in collaboration with Mauritius Telecom, has launched an artificial intelligence platform dubbed mytGPT for…

27 Oct 2025 - Velents.ai, a rising startup specializing in enterprise AI solutions, has closed a $1.5 million funding round as it unveils Agent.sa,... Source

24 Oct 2025 - Following the rollout of its regulatory framework for crypto assets, the Nigerian government is turning its attention to stablecoins, digital...…

23 Oct 2025 - Microsoft has released its 2025 Digital Defense Report, painting a sobering picture of the evolving global cyberthreat landscape and warning... Source

23 Oct 2025 - The Kenyan subsidiary of the global payments firm PayU Kenya Limited has officially ceased operations following the revocation of its... Source

23 Oct 2025 - African businesses are moving beyond digital experimentation and into a new era of strategic execution, according to the CIO100 Megatrends... Source

22 Oct 2025 - South Africa’s schools and universities have quietly become critical pieces of national digital infrastructure, yet they remain among the easiest...…

22 Oct 2025 - As South Africa’s digital economy matures, so too does its exposure to cyber threats, and the country is now among... Source

21 Oct 2025 - Attack surface management (ASM) has grown exponentially in recent years, evolving into a recognised market category that equips businesses with...…

21 Oct 2025 - Amazon Web Services (AWS) suffered a major outage on Monday, disrupting vast portions of the internet and exposing the world’s... Source

21 Oct 2025 - Egyptian fintech company Money Fellows has exceeded 8 million users, with over 2 million rotating savings groups completed through its... Source

21 Oct 2025 - South African technology giant Altron has launched the country’s first fully operational AI Factory, marking a major milestone in local... Source

16 Oct 2025 - NCBA Bank has unveiled ConnectPlus, a next-generation corporate banking platform powered by Intellect’s eMACH.ai Wholesale Banking Cloud. Valued at $…