Tech

16 Aug 2026 - The cybersecurity skills shortage has become more than a hiring challenge. For many enterprise security teams, it now shapes how quickly incidents are investigated, how much…

16 Aug 2026 - When the iPhone 18 series arrives, Apple will once again dominate the smartphone conversation. The September launch is expected to focus on the iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro…

16 Aug 2026 - Transsion’s move toward a Hong Kong IPO is shaping up as more than another listing. It raises a bigger question about whether global investors are ready to value a consumer…

15 Aug 2026 - The itel Power 80 has launched in Kenya with a durability-first pitch that stands apart from the usual camera and specs conversation. Priced at KSh 19,499, the new 4G…

15 Aug 2026 - PayPal is back at the negotiating table after rejecting a $53 billion takeover offer from Stripe and private equity firm Advent International, with both sides now discussing…

15 Aug 2026 - Airtel Africa’s plan to take Airtel Money public in London has entered a new phase, with the company now considering whether the shares should trade in US dollars instead of…

14 Aug 2026 - Airtel Africa and Starlink have launched a satellite-to-mobile service in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), marking the first commercial deployment of the…

14 Aug 2026 - Kenyan banks are ramping up investment in instant payment systems as customers increasingly expect money transfers to happen as fast as sending a text message. Transfers…

14 Aug 2026 - Kenyan cryptocurrency startups are considering moving some operations to Mauritius and South Africa as new licensing requirements impose capital thresholds that early-stage…

14 Aug 2026 - The United Nations Development Programme has opened applications for upcoming cohorts of its pan-African timbuktoo HealthTech LaunchPad, targeting technology startups…

14 Aug 2026 - Apple’s iPhone 18 series is shaping up to be one of the company’s most unusual iPhone generations, not because every model is getting a radical redesign, but because Apple…

14 Aug 2026 - The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has clarified that cyber cafés will not have to keep customers’ browsing history under its new licensing rules, narrowing the…

14 Aug 2026 - East Africa investment banking trends are no longer being defined by larger loans alone. According to Absa’s East Africa Director of Investment Banking Daniel Odongo, the…

14 Aug 2026 - A proposal that could change how Kenyans pay for home internet has entered a new stage in Parliament, and telecom operators are asking MPs to rewrite one of its most…

14 Aug 2026 - The Principal Secretary for the State Department for ICT and the Digital Economy, Eng. John Tanui, has received a delegation from Guodong Network Communication Group to…

14 Aug 2026 - Safaricom’s board changes answer a question that has lingered since Vodacom became the telecom giant’s majority shareholder in June: when would the new ownership structure…

14 Aug 2026 - Safaricom Plc has appointed two senior Vodacom Group executives, Mariam Cassim and Matimba Mbungela, as Non-Executive Directors effective August 13, 2026. The telco also…

14 Aug 2026 - Kenya is proposing a Tertiary Education Funding Authority that would bring major student financing functions under one institution and replace the Higher Education Loans…

14 Aug 2026 - Absa Group has agreed to sell its entire 63.32 percent stake in First Assurance Kenya and Absa Life Assurance Kenya to First Assurance Investments, returning control of the…

14 Aug 2026 - The World Bank Group is backing the expansion of digital commerce across Africa through a $25 million equity investment in Jumia Technologies AG, with the funding expected…

14 Aug 2026 - Kenya has emerged as the world’s most AI-engaged nation, with nearly all of its online adults now using artificial intelligence tools every month, a new global report shows…

14 Aug 2026 - MTN has announced the launch of an AI-powered Job Board as part of its MTN Skills Academy, which provides young people in 11 African markets with access to job opportunities…

13 Aug 2026 - Britam Asset Managers has launched KidNest, a children’s investment account that allows parents and guardians to begin building long-term wealth for their children with…

13 Aug 2026 - Uganda is strengthening safeguards around mobile money and digital banking as telecom operators, financial institutions and regulators step up efforts to counter a growing…

13 Aug 2026 - Sanlam Allianz Holdings (Kenya) Plc has posted a net profit of Sh124.6 million for the half-year ended June, up from Sh30.9 million in a similar period last year, helped by…

13 Aug 2026 - Kenya’s new crypto rules are creating a difficult calculation for local startups: raise substantial capital before the November 4 compliance deadline or consider…

13 Aug 2026 - Fawzia Ali, Chief Consumer Business Officer at Safaricom, addresses customers during the PATA MORE campaign launch in Siaya County.Safaricom has unveiled its PATA MORE…

13 Aug 2026 - Jumia’s $50 million funding from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), Axian Telecom and other investors arrives at a moment that could define the company’s next…

13 Aug 2026 - KCB’s latest half-year results put the bank ahead of Equity on the asset figures currently available, with total assets rising 16.8% to KSh2.299 trillion by June. Equity had…

12 Aug 2026 - South African startup Tennsa has closed a raise of just over ZAR1 million (roughly $61,000) from Oakvale Invest, making it the first company to receive backing from the…

12 Aug 2026 - Africa50 has landed fresh commitments from two European development finance institutions for a fund built to get climate infrastructure projects investment-ready before they…

12 Aug 2026 - Vodacom Group has appointed former Airtel Africa Group CEO Segun Ogunsanya as an independent non-executive director, strengthening its board with an executive who has more…

12 Aug 2026 - Africa’s tech ecosystem is having a quiet but consequential rethink about what actually counts as progress. Rather than chasing another record-breaking funding round,…

12 Aug 2026 - NCBA Insurance is expanding its business insurance offering in Kenya as small and medium-sized enterprises face increasing exposure to risks such as fire, theft, accidental…

12 Aug 2026 - Online casino gaming in Kenya now covers much more than conventional slot machines. Players can find digital slots, live dealer tables, roulette, blackjack, crash games and…

12 Aug 2026 - Kenya’s Trust Administration Bill 2026 is taking aim at one of the harder questions in financial crime investigations: who ultimately owns, controls or benefits from assets…

12 Aug 2026 - Bolt has added tuk-tuks to its ride-hailing offering in Mombasa, giving passengers another way to move around the coastal city alongside motorcycles and cars. The addition…

12 Aug 2026 - Spotify is introducing an AI Persona label for artist profiles that do not represent a real person, putting a new boundary around how synthetic artists appear on the…

12 Aug 2026 - A deal worth KSh204 billion can disappear into a single headline, but the months of work behind it rarely make the front page. KCB Investment Bank has built its reputation…

12 Aug 2026 - Kenya’s 2027/28 budget process has started months earlier than the public would normally begin paying attention to the next Finance Bill, with the National Treasury bringing…

12 Aug 2026 - Mastercard has appointed Yasemin Bedir as President of its Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (EEMEA) region, putting the nearly 20-year company veteran in charge of an…

11 Aug 2026 - People searching for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey should be careful about where they enter their personal or payment information. Cybercriminals have created fake…

11 Aug 2026 - Ethio Telecom has expanded its 4G mobile population coverage to 92% across its ZTE network footprints as the operator accelerates a multi-phase programme to modernize…

11 Aug 2026 - Security teams can accumulate a surprising number of tools in the effort to protect an enterprise. One platform may monitor endpoints, another network activity, another…

11 Aug 2026 - The WSA Banking Index ETF has won approval from Kenya’s Capital Markets Authority (CMA), giving investors a new way to take exposure to the country’s listed banking sector…

11 Aug 2026 - Electric tuk-tuks in Kenya are moving beyond the Coast as RhingGo Emobility expands its commercial mobility business into Kisumu. The company’s RM-T300, which is already…

11 Aug 2026 - YouTube is making its monetization requirements substantially harder for new creators, doubling the watch-time threshold for long-form content and raising the Shorts…

11 Aug 2026 - Spotify is testing a new podcast ad skip button that allows some Premium subscribers to move past advertisements, sponsorship messages and other parts of an episode with a…

11 Aug 2026 - Cyber cafés in Kenya will face new customer identification and record-keeping requirements from Friday, August 14, as the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) tightens…

11 Aug 2026 - Safaricom has introduced nine new number prefixes in Kenya, giving customers access to additional mobile number ranges as the telecommunications company expands the pool of…