CIO Africa

17 Mar 2026 - Smart Africa and the Certa Foundation have united under a Memorandum of Understand (MoU). Designed to help African countries build... Source

17 Mar 2026 - Kenya has moved to formally regulate artificial intelligence with the introduction of the Artificial Intelligence Bill, 2026, sponsored by nominated…

17 Mar 2026 - Binance, global cryptocurrency exchange platform, announced today that a US federal court in Alabama has dismissed all claims against the... Source

16 Mar 2026 - According to Kaspersky telemetry, in 2025, password stealers and spyware attacks showed the biggest year-over-year growth in Kenya among different…

16 Mar 2026 - For decades, one factor has separated institutional investors from everyone else in global financial markets. Technology. Behind the trading desks…

16 Mar 2026 - MTN Group has appointed Shoyinka Shodunke as Executive: IT Core Design and Delivery, effective 1 March 2026. The move is... Source

14 Mar 2026 - Across industries, leadership is being reshaped by an era defined by rapid technological advancement and constant disruption. Artificial intelligence…

13 Mar 2026 - Nigeria’s technology and business leaders gathered last week for a series of high-level engagements hosted by Teknowledge President/CEO, Aileen…

13 Mar 2026 - Copy Cat Group, East Africa’s largest systems integrator with over four decades of regional technology experience, today announced a strategic...…

13 Mar 2026 - A few months ago, I listened to a call that sounded like a win for automation. A customer rang a... Source

13 Mar 2026 - CarePay Group has appointed Moses G. Kuria as Acting Chief Executive Officer of CarePay International and M-TIBA, marking a leadership... Source

12 Mar 2026 - The second day of the Africa CISO Summit 2026 continued in Nairobi with a deeper focus on operational cybersecurity challenges,... Source

12 Mar 2026 - Strengthening secure digital identity systems emerged as a key theme at the Africa CISO Summit 2026 in Nairobi, where Francis... Source

12 Mar 2026 - KCB Group is strengthening its push into digital banking and fintech partnerships after reporting $526.7 million (KES68.4 billion) in profit... Source

12 Mar 2026 - ASSNTURE Holdings Limited, a digital securities and real-world asset (RWA) tokenisation company incorporated in the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM…

11 Mar 2026 - Synkron Africa has launched an industrial automation training center in Nairobi, a facility that will provide engineers in East Africa... Source

11 Mar 2026 - The Africa CISO Summit 2026 opened in Nairobi with a clear message: cybersecurity is no longer just a technical issue.... Source

11 Mar 2026 - A lively debate between Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) and Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) set the tone on the opening... Source

11 Mar 2026 - TikTok has announced an additional $200,000 investment in AI media literacy initiatives across Sub-Saharan Africa, reinforcing its efforts to promote…

10 Mar 2026 - This year will be a decisive turning point in how organisations deploy and derive value from artificial intelligence (AI). This... Source

10 Mar 2026 - From Silicon Valley to Europe’s boardrooms, tech executives are trimming headcount again. In contrast, across Africa, employers and governments face…

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)...…