Tech
- 28 May 2026 - A growing share of Kenya’s lending industry is moving away from unsecured cash loans and into financing tied to physical assets people use to earn a living. The transition…
- 28 May 2026 - Table of contents What to expect under ₦200,000 Under ₦120,000 (Entry level/Second phone) ₦120,000 to ₦150,000 (The sweet spot) ₦145,000 to ₦170,000 (Main recommendations) ₦…
- 28 May 2026 - South African fintech Yoco is banking on artificial intelligence (AI) to be the next major growth lever for small businesses. To advance that vision, the commerce platform…
- 28 May 2026 - A Nairobi office block occupied by outsourcing and technology firms is being turned into a public investment product as Two Rivers International Finance and Innovation…
- 28 May 2026 - Trading has started on I&M Bank’s first listed medium-term note at the Nairobi Securities Exchange, extending a recent pickup in corporate fundraising activity through…
- 28 May 2026 - Westcon-Comstor has today announced the launch of SASEvolution, a new programme designed to simplify and accelerate the adoption of Secure Access Service Edge (SASE)…
- 28 May 2026 - Meta has begun rolling out a wider subscription business across its social platforms, adding paid consumer tiers to Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp while preparing separate…
- 28 May 2026 - Sony Group Corp. has introduced a new round of premium Bravia televisions months before its home entertainment division enters a joint venture with TCL Electronics Holdings…
- 28 May 2026 - Tata Motors has announced the launch of new electric trucks for the Kenyan market. The company unveiled four electric vehicle (EV) models, including tippers,…
- 28 May 2026 - Africa’s startup ecosystem is no longer in recovery mode — it’s in expansion. After a funding slowdown in 2024, the continent’s startups bounced back hard, raising $3.1…
- 28 May 2026 - Applications are now open for the 2026 Africa Health-Tech Accelerator, a pan-African programme targeting early-stage startups building healthcare technology solutions across…
- 28 May 2026 - Spiro has announced the acquisition of Coexlion and has also announced plans to establish its first African research and development (R&D) center in Kenya. The…
- 28 May 2026 - Nala, the Tanzanian-founded fintech building stablecoin-powered cross-border payment rails, has secured up to $50 million in credit financing from private credit firm…
- 28 May 2026 - A new philanthropic investment fund focused on job creation in Sub-Saharan Africa launched on Tuesday, targeting $100 million in capital to back companies in export…
- 28 May 2026 - Vodacom’s M-Pesa Tanzania has partnered with PayPal to allow customers to easily transfer funds between their PayPal accounts and M-Pesa wallets. The service will be…
- 28 May 2026 - When Zipline first entered Nigeria in 2022, the company’s operations looked like another ambitious health-tech pilot: drones delivering vaccines and medical supplies across…
- 28 May 2026 - Kaspersky has launched a report on tech-enabled abuse based on its global study, which reveals that 8.5% of respondents had experienced digital stalking, and 5.4%…
- 28 May 2026 - There is a particular Nairobi ritual that has not changed much in the last two or three decades. You drive past a shiny office tower or a mixed‑use development and someone…
- 28 May 2026 - Spiro has acquired UK-based engineering and design firm Coexlion for an undisclosed sum, with plans to establish its first African research and development centre in Nairobi…
- 28 May 2026 - In today's edition: Spiro acquires Coexlion || Wasoko co-founder launches new fund || Absa taps former Standard Bank exec || CAK proposed fines for Kenyan telcos
- 27 May 2026 - Admaius Capital Partners has launched Virunga Africa Fund II, targeting $500 million in growth equity across five markets: Egypt, Kenya, Morocco, Rwanda and South Africa.…
- 27 May 2026 - AHL Venture Partners has reached a first close of $30.5 million for its AHL Africa Credit Fund I, the firm’s first formal private credit vehicle after nearly two decades…
- 27 May 2026 - France-backed pan-African programme Digital Africa has officially launched the Digital Africa Seed Fund (DASF), a dedicated seed-stage vehicle targeting between €30 million…
- 27 May 2026 - Across Africa’s startup and digital business ecosystem, the content challenge is one that almost every founder and marketer recognizes immediately. Your product is good.…
- 27 May 2026 - The London Internet Exchange (LINX) has recorded a twenty-fold increase in traffic across its Kenyan infrastructure over the past year. According to the company, its two…
- 27 May 2026 - In cities like Lagos, Nigeria, and Nairobi, Kenya, delivery is not just moving food or products from one point to another. It is also navigating traffic snarl-ups that can…
- 27 May 2026 - Through Paga Engine, its payments infrastructure business, the Nigerian fintech is packaging nearly two decades of internal payments technology into services other companies…
- 27 May 2026 - The Africa Jobs Fund (AJF) is a new philanthropic investment fund which aims to raise $100 million to support companies that create jobs across Africa.
- 27 May 2026 - South Africa-headquartered 4Sight Holdings is positioning itself as a key player in Africa’s AI economy, leveraging a “Cape to Cairo” strategy built around cloud, industrial…
- 27 May 2026 - Switching between different Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbots or agents can feel like moving into a new house. Many users are eager to try Anthropic’s AI assistant,…
- 27 May 2026 - As African businesses accelerate their adoption of artificial intelligence and cloud technologies, a new challenge is emerging, protecting the data that powers these systems…
- 27 May 2026 - If you were allowed to change one thing about your life’s journey, you may be tempted to alter its course and pull at a few threads—erase a wrong decision here, or fast-…
- 27 May 2026 - Table of contents Why won’t these phones get Android 17? Flagships and Fan Edition phones Foldables Galaxy A series Galaxy M and F series Tablets What One UI 8.5 means for…
- 27 May 2026 - I&M Group PLC opened 2026 with stronger earnings, but the sharper story inside its first-quarter numbers sits outside conventional lending. The Nairobi-listed financial…
- 27 May 2026 - Safaricom has widened access to My OneApp by allowing customers to use the platform across rival mobile networks, Wi-Fi connections and roaming locations, extending M-PESA…
- 27 May 2026 - In today's edition: SA sets January 2027 for revised AI policy || Namibia Telecom faces regulatory scrutiny || Pepkor’s phone financing business is growing || PayPal,…
- 27 May 2026 - Kasi Cloud Datacenters has commissioned West Africa’s first hyperscale-ready, AI-capable data centre campus in Lekki, Lagos, marking a significant milestone in Nigeria’s…
- 27 May 2026 - Organisations across Africa are accelerating the shift from fragmented surveillance infrastructure to unified security platforms, according to new data from global physical…
- 26 May 2026 - Bank of Ghana suspends MTN Ghana’s planned 0.75% wallet-to-bank transfer fee pending consultations with industry stakeholders.
- 26 May 2026 - Kaspersky has updated its Cloud Workload Security (CWS) platform with new AI-powered capabilities, expanded integrations, and performance enhancements designed to strengthen…
- 26 May 2026 - Family Bank Group has recorded a 52.6% jump in first-quarter Profit After Tax to KES 1.6 billion for the period ended March 31, 2026, from KES 1.0 billion a year earlier.…
- 26 May 2026 - Rach Finance is building crypto payment rails and an OTC desk for stablecoin payments and currency conversion in Africa.
- 26 May 2026 - Canal+ is steadily reshaping the commercial structure of DStv across African markets, with recent package changes pointing to a broader effort to hold onto lower-income…
- 26 May 2026 - Beltone Venture Capital, the corporate venture arm of Egypt’s Beltone Holding, recorded a 271 percent rise in operating revenue in Q1 2026, driven by a partial exit from…
- 26 May 2026 - Nigerian agribusiness Tomato Jos Farming and Processing Limited has obtained a $2 million impact-linked debt facility from Sabou Capital to scale its operations in Kaduna…
- 26 May 2026 - Cape Town-based Mia Healthcare Technologies has raised ZAR 15 million (approximately $920,000) from the Vumela Fund, a venture capital fund managed by Edge Growth and…
- 26 May 2026 - For years, Kenya’s home internet market expanded through geography. Internet providers raced to wire apartment blocks, reach gated estates, and extend fibre into towns…
- 26 May 2026 - Kenya’s capital markets regulator has approved two fintech firms to operate digital investment access platforms, widening the reach of regulated investment products through…
- 26 May 2026 - The findings arrive as Elon Musk-owned Starlink has secured authorisation in at least 25 African countries.
- 26 May 2026 - George Odo, a senior partner at pan-African private equity firm AfricInvest, has spent close to two decades reading markets before they fully reveal themselves.