CIO Africa

12 Feb 2026 - Senior technology leaders convened in Johannesburg this week for a high-impact briefing on the CIO100 Megatrends Report 2025, a landmark... Source

11 Feb 2026 - Absa Group has announced the appointment of Sitoyo Lopokoiyit as Chief Executive for Personal and Private Banking, effective 1 April... Source

11 Feb 2026 - AXIAN Telecom and Huawei have signed a Strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Shanghai, marking a significant step toward advancing... Source

11 Feb 2026 - KCB Bank Kenya, in partnership with Visa, has launched a Business Credit Card solution designed to support small and medium-sized... Source

10 Feb 2026 - Safaricom PLC has unveiled Ziidi Trader, a new feature on its M-PESA platform that allows Kenyans to buy and sell... Source

9 Feb 2026 - FPG Technologies & Solutions Ltd has has appointed Francis Mugera to lead sales across East Africa, working out of the... Source

9 Feb 2026 - By 2027, the European Union alone could face a shortfall of around 4 million technology professionals. This acute shortage is... Source

9 Feb 2026 - Egyptian-born customer experience (CX) platform Tactful AI has raised $1 million in a Pre-Series A funding round to accelerate the... Source

9 Feb 2026 - For decades, confidentiality has been the foundation of trust in Kenya’s financial sector. Banks, SACCOs, insurers, and investment firms have...…

9 Feb 2026 - Old Mutual has entered into a strategic partnership with Agencify to strengthen and expand its digital insurance distribution and accelerate... Source

9 Feb 2026 - On January 20, 2026, the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) confirmed the final deletion of all biometric data... Source

9 Feb 2026 - Pan-African telecommunications and network services provider Paratus Group has switched on a major new fiber route in East Africa, directly... Source

9 Feb 2026 - Across Kenya and the wider East African region, streaming has firmly established itself as a preferred way to access entertainment.... Source

6 Feb 2026 - The United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has opened a public consultation on SpaceX’s proposal to deploy what it describes... Source

5 Feb 2026 - Pan-African payments company Cellulant has appointed Michael Muriuki as its Chief Product and Technology Officer (CPTO), consolidating leadership…

5 Feb 2026 - Kenya continues to face growing exposure to sophisticated cyber threats, with deepfake-enabled investment scams and AI-assisted malware emerging as…

5 Feb 2026 - Ethio telecom, Djibouti Telecom, and Sudatel Group have signed a tripartite agreement to implement the Horizon Fiber initiative, a cross-border...…

4 Feb 2026 - When Chisom Anoke joined Yango Group, he wasn’t just stepping into a leading tech company he was taking on a... Source

4 Feb 2026 - SpaceX has acquired artificial intelligence company xAI, bringing the two Elon Musk–backed firms together in a move aimed at building... Source

4 Feb 2026 - A new policy paper by Ambassador Philip Thigo, Kenya’s Special Envoy on Technology, is urging governments and industry leaders to... Source

4 Feb 2026 - Onafriq Nigeria Payments Ltd, a Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)-licensed payment service provider, has partnered with the Pan-African Payment and...…

3 Feb 2026 - In 2026, Africa’s data centre industry stands at a critical point, driven by regional growth, evolving regulations, and an urgent... Source

3 Feb 2026 - The debate on whether IT is still a cost centre took centre stage at the 17th edition of the CIO100... Source

2 Feb 2026 - Ride-hailing platform Uber has announced its exit from Tanzania, bringing an end to its operations in the country. In a... Source

2 Feb 2026 - Rideence Africa Limited has announced a $2.46 million (KSh 320 million) partnership with Associated Vehicle Assemblers (AVA) to begin the... Source

2 Feb 2026 - KPMG’s Global Tech Report 2026 shows that organisations worldwide are moving beyond experimentation with artificial intelligence and are now focused…

30 Jan 2026 - The Kenyan technology, business, and leadership community is mourning the passing of Mike Eldon, a long-standing corporate executive, mentor, and...…

30 Jan 2026 - As artificial intelligence reshapes workplaces worldwide, business leaders and workforce experts are warning of a growing risk that rapid automation…

30 Jan 2026 - Vertiv today announced the launch of Vertiv™ Next Predict, an AI-powered managed service that fundamentally transforms data centre maintenance.…

30 Jan 2026 - Mastercard has announced the launch of a new set of services aimed at helping businesses integrate agentic artificial intelligence into... Source

29 Jan 2026 - CIO Africa by dx5 has debuted its 2026 events cycle with the annual ‘The Year Ahead’ event that mainly focuses... Source

29 Jan 2026 - Amazon has confirmed that it cut 16,000 corporate job cuts, completing a plan for around 30,000 job cuts since October,... Source

28 Jan 2026 - PayPal has partnered with Nigerian fintech company Paga to enable Nigerians receive international payments directly, settle funds in naira, and...…

27 Jan 2026 - iXAfrica Data Centres has been selected as the host partner for the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) region in Nairobi, a... Source

27 Jan 2026 - The widespread adoption of Artificial Intelligence is driving rapid change in the IT job market and the skills needed within... Source

27 Jan 2026 - The launch of Digital Ethiopia 2030 (DE2030) marks a historic milestone in the nation’s digital journey. Building on the foundations... Source

23 Jan 2026 - With organisations experiencing an average of 2,207 cyberattacks per week according to Check Point’s Threat Intelligence Report, cybersecurity is a…

23 Jan 2026 - On 7th January 2026, OpenAI launched the waitlist for the ChatGPT Health model which is expected to provide a specialized model... Source

23 Jan 2026 - As Kenya sharpens its ambition to transition into a first-world economy, innovation is increasingly taking centre stage as both a... Source

22 Jan 2026 - The Parliament of South Africa has appointed Unathi Thosago as its new Chief Information Officer (CIO), starting January 2026. Thosago... Source

22 Jan 2026 - The Gates Foundation and OpenAI have unveiled a $50 million artificial intelligence programme aimed at boosting primary healthcare delivery across…

22 Jan 2026 - Many South Africans will be switching jobs come January and February after year-end bonuses and some post-holiday reflection. And, while... Source

22 Jan 2026 - You would expect East Africa’s banking sector to be experiencing a technology revolution in the Silicon Valley sense. Instead, it... Source

22 Jan 2026 - Jubilee Holdings has appointed Dennis Kevogo as its new Head of Data, strengthening the group’s push to embed data, analytics,... Source

21 Jan 2026 - The latest Government AI 100 list has been released by global public-policy platform Apolitical, recognising 100 public servants and government...…

21 Jan 2026 - The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has invited bids for a multi-billion-shilling technological upgrade that will see the taxman deploy high-tech...…

20 Jan 2026 - Kenya’s Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) has confirmed that all biometric data previously collected from Kenyan citizens by... Source

20 Jan 2026 - Amazon is preparing to bring satellite internet services to South Africa. The company has confirmed that it is preparing to... Source

19 Jan 2026 - Paymentology, a global issuer-processor, has announced the appointment of Kesheni Moodley as Regional Director for Africa, further strengthening…

19 Jan 2026 - The Kenyan government is proposing to allocate up to $770,000 (KSh100 million) each year to contract social media influencers and... Source