CIO Africa

9 Mar 2026 - Technology leaders, policymakers, and business executives are set to gather in Johannesburg for the 45th Edition of the Digital Transformation...…

9 Mar 2026 - Kenya has introduced a new digital traffic enforcement platform that automatically detects road offences and issues fines to motorists via... Source

9 Mar 2026 - Safaricom’s Ziidi Money Market Fund has won the Best Fintech and Digital Commerce Innovation Award at the 2026 Global Mobile... Source

9 Mar 2026 - Africa’s healthcare sector is facing a silent emergency. Many healthcare operators, facilities and doctors across Africa already grapple with the...…

9 Mar 2026 - In the push toward Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2030, Kenya has achieved remarkable milestones, surpassing UNAIDS 95-95-95 targets and... Source

6 Mar 2026 - Women in Tech Kenya will convene Beyond Boundaries: Women in Tech Global Exchange in Nairobi on 6 March 2026 at... Source

6 Mar 2026 - Ethio Telecom and Ericsson signed a landmark network expansion and modernisation agreement at MWC Barcelona today. It marks yet another... Source

6 Mar 2026 - TeKnowledge a global expert technology services company specializing in helping organizations become AI First, has announced an expanded role as...…

6 Mar 2026 - Across Africa, biometric identity systems are increasingly becoming central to how citizens access financial services, government programs, and…

6 Mar 2026 - Accelera Digital Group (ADG) is set to give a keynote at the Africa CISO Summit (2026). Featuring their CEO, Niral... Source

5 Mar 2026 - The confrontation between the United States, Israel and Iran is unfolding at a moment when artificial intelligence is beginning to... Source

5 Mar 2026 - Customers of MultiChoice Group have received communication informing them that the company intends to discontinue its streaming platform, Showmax,…

5 Mar 2026 - South Africa’s rapid digital expansion is reshaping how organisations operate, connect, and scale, bringing cybersecurity to the forefront of…

4 Mar 2026 - 2021 CIO of the Year, Tom Mboya Opiyo, has joined Sanku Kenya as the Director of Information Systems, effective March... Source

2 Mar 2026 - Anthropic’s Claude Code Security sent cybersecurity stocks sliding — roughly $20 billion in market cap, gone in one session. Right... Source

2 Mar 2026 - Amazon’s cloud arm, Amazon Web Services (AWS), has confirmed that one of its data centres in the United Arab Emirates... Source

2 Mar 2026 - Pesalink, Kenya’s de facto instant payment network, has partnered with the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) to ease cross-border...…

27 Feb 2026 - Africa has already proved the world wrong. We did not just join the digital payment race; we set the pace... Source

26 Feb 2026 - More than 30 per cent of Gen Alpha children say they aspire to become social media creators, with studies showing... Source

26 Feb 2026 - Liquid Intelligent Technologies has announced the full repayment of its ZAR-denominated term loan and its USD revolving credit facility as... Source

25 Feb 2026 - KPMG has announced the appointment of Tola Adeyemi as Chief Executive Officer for KPMG One Africa, alongside the addition of …

24 Feb 2026 - What is more dangerous to an organisation: overspending on a threat that may not materialise, or underinvesting in a risk... Source

24 Feb 2026 - MTN Ghana plans to invest approximately $1.1 billion in the country over the next three years as part of efforts... Source

23 Feb 2026 - The GSMA has announced the global launch of a new Innovation Fund aimed at supporting small and growing enterprises using... Source

23 Feb 2026 - As we begin 2026, one thing is clear: criminal networks are evolving faster than ever, and the global payments ecosystem... Source

23 Feb 2026 - Tala, a global financial technology company, has been named one of the hottest fintech companies of 2026 in the 11th... Source

23 Feb 2026 - NETSCOUT Systems has announced the expansion of its Omnis AI Insights solution for communications service providers (CSPs), aimed at helping... Source

23 Feb 2026 - Ethio telecom has launched a new internet-based content streaming platform, teleStream, alongside a fully digital “Zero-Touch” fixed broadband…

20 Feb 2026 - The African Union Commission (AUC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Google aimed at advancing artificial intelligence (AI)...…

20 Feb 2026 - DDoS attacks across the Middle East and Africa surged 138 percent in 2025, with nearly 2.8 million incidents mitigated during... Source

20 Feb 2026 - The ICT Authority (ICTA) has confirmed that the 2026 Connected Africa Summit will be held from April 27 to 30,... Source

19 Feb 2026 - Can the CIO make a formidable CEO? This question can now be put to rest because the answer is yes.... Source

19 Feb 2026 - Kenyan lawmakers have rejected calls to ban TikTok, instead directing the government to introduce stricter regulation, data localisation measures and…

18 Feb 2026 - Imagine a tiny delivery robot navigating a hotel in Tokyo, riding elevators and negotiating its way alone through corridors to... Source

18 Feb 2026 - Pesapal has partnered with Drift Consult to launch Rack Hospitality, a commerce platform aimed at integrating payments and operations for... Source

18 Feb 2026 - Unilever and Google Cloud have entered into a five-year strategic partnership aimed at accelerating Unilever’s business transformation through…

17 Feb 2026 - How many flights did your drip catch to get to you? My outfits are generally parsed through convoluted supply chains,... Source

17 Feb 2026 - Visa has announced the creation of a new sub-regional structure bringing together Egypt, Libya and Sudan, in a move aimed... Source

17 Feb 2026 - Provision of banking services in Africa continues to undergo profound digital transformation where most transactions are conducted virtually via…

17 Feb 2026 - As AI adoption accelerates across organisations, new data from workforce intelligence company Epitome Global signals that skills gaps may constrain…

17 Feb 2026 - South African CISOs are operating in a perfect storm. The rising volume and sophistication of attacks, constrained budgets, and a... Source

17 Feb 2026 - Auni, an artificial intelligence-powered mini app developed by Nairobi-based startup Fastagger and integrated into Safaricom’s M-Pesa Business Super…

17 Feb 2026 - As companies increasingly integrate artificial intelligence into their operations, a critical question emerges: are we, as a society that includes…

15 Feb 2026 - The modern Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) no longer operates at the periphery of banking leadership. Once confined to technical... Source

14 Feb 2026 - The Information and Communications Technology Authority (ICTA) Board has announced the appointment of Jessy Kiveu Maruti as its new Chief... Source

13 Feb 2026 - EthSwitch, Ethiopia’s national switch owned by all public and private banks together with the National Bank of Ethiopia has launched... Source

13 Feb 2026 - Skoot Technology (Skoot) has announced the launch of the Skoot e3W, a smart electric three-wheeler powered by SUN Mobility’s battery... Source

13 Feb 2026 - South African telecommunications operator Cell C Holdings Limited has reported revenue of approximately USD 352 million (R5.680 billion) for the...…

12 Feb 2026 - Open Access Data Centres (OADC) has officially announced the strategic acquisition of seven NTT data centres across South Africa. The... Source

12 Feb 2026 - Microsoft Research has launched Paza, a new initiative aimed at advancing automatic speech recognition (ASR) for low-resource languages, starting…