CIO Africa

9 Sep 2025 - Today, 9 September 2025 is International Day to Protect Education from Attack. While the focus has traditionally been on the... Source

9 Sep 2025 - The last time you bought yourself a smartphone, how much of your income did you have to spend? For some,... Source

9 Sep 2025 - Rwanda has made aviation history by conducting Africa’s first-ever public flight of a self-flying passenger drone, placing the country at... Source

8 Sep 2025 - Huawei Cloud has launched its Big Data technologies and CodeArts DevOps platform in Kenya, aiming to accelerate digital transformation and... Source

8 Sep 2025 - Safaricom has today held its first-ever Gaming Conference at the Michael Joseph Centre, Nairobi. The forum themed ‘Level Up Africa:... Source

5 Sep 2025 - In the fast-changing mineral economy, African Mining Week (AMW) 2025 – taking place 1-3 October in Cape Town – is... Source

5 Sep 2025 - Visa has launched Visa Pay in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), introducing a new digital service that allows... Source

4 Sep 2025 - Orange Money Group announces the appointment of Thierry Millet as CEO, replacing Aminata Kane. With over twenty years’ experience within... Source

4 Sep 2025 - Lagos officially opened its doors yesterday to West Africa’s largest tech, AI, and start-up show, GITEX NIGERIA, preceding the Government... Source

4 Sep 2025 - Cairo is set to welcome global AI leaders, enterprises, and experts at the inaugural Ai Everything Middle East & Africa... Source

3 Sep 2025 - The Most Influential Women In Tech Africa 2025 is back! Featuring women who have made all the right moves in... Source

3 Sep 2025 - Paratus Group has launched Namibia’s first private mobile network, introducing LTE and 5G technologies as part of its 20th anniversary... Source

2 Sep 2025 - Artificial Intelligence (AI) isn’t just driving demand in networking, it is reshaping how connectivity is managed, maintained, operated and optimised…

2 Sep 2025 - Global insurtech company bolttech has entered the Kenyan market through a partnership with LOOP, the digital banking service by NCBA... Source

2 Sep 2025 - MTN South Africa, a telecom operator serving nearly all of the country’s mobile users, has partnered with ZTE Corporation an... Source

1 Sep 2025 - Despite their popularity among employees, informal messaging platforms pose significant risks to organisations’ cybersecurity. The 2025 KnowBe4…

1 Sep 2025 - Djibouti Telecom has announced plans to extend its Djibouti Africa Regional Express 1 (DARE1) subsea cable system further south along... Source

1 Sep 2025 - The African Peering and Interconnection community has honoured Michuki Mwangi, Regional Development Manager – Africa at ISOC, with the African...…

1 Sep 2025 - MTN Nigeria has stepped up its efforts to protect children in the digital environment, announcing new steps to combat online... Source

29 Aug 2025 - South Africa is witnessing an increase in artificial intelligence (AI)-based fraud schemes, and the threat is set to continue. The... Source

28 Aug 2025 - According to data from Kaspersky, a global cybersecurity company, Sub-Saharan Africa saw 42.4 million web attacks and 95.6 million on-…

27 Aug 2025 - Automation has moved far beyond being a buzzword. For manufacturers across East Africa, it has become a business-critical tool for... Source

27 Aug 2025 - TikTok has launched TikTok for Artists in Kenya following its global debut earlier this year. The all-in-one insights platform is... Source

27 Aug 2025 - An employer could be reviewing a proposal for a shiny new automation tool. It promises real-time insights, streamlined distribution, and... Source

26 Aug 2025 - As stablecoins continue to solve real-world challenges and improve efficiencies across a range of use-cases, Mastercard and Circle are deepening...…

26 Aug 2025 - Health insurance technology platform, M-TIBA, has been awarded Blue Company Certification. This sees M-TIBA joining a growing network of…

26 Aug 2025 - Kenya is among 11 countries set to benefit from $16.5 million (€15 million) that the European Union (EU) has committed... Source

26 Aug 2025 - Artificial intelligence is rapidly weaving into the fabric of everyday life, and we have started to see the impact as... Source

26 Aug 2025 - African technology distribution company, TD Africa, has announced a partnership with Nutanix, a global leader in hybrid multicloud computing. This…

26 Aug 2025 - Everything evolves—people, markets, businesses. Comfort is temporary, and real growth demands a measure of change. For some companies, that change…

25 Aug 2025 - HFC Limited, the banking subsidiary of HF Group Plc, has appointed Anita Chege as its new Director of Innovation &... Source

25 Aug 2025 - The recent Survey on Artificial Intelligence in the Banking Sector, by the CBK, provides an honest and sobering account of... Source

22 Aug 2025 - IBM, Meta, and MTN are some of the leading tech brands poised to help drive Nigeria’s $1 trillion 2030 vision... Source

22 Aug 2025 - Google has announced the launch of AI Mode in Search for users in Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa. AI Mode... Source

22 Aug 2025 - Britam General Insurance has launched an Electric Vehicle (EV) insurance cover in Kenya. Tailored for both fully electric and hybrid... Source

21 Aug 2025 - Former Schneider Electric Country Manager for East Africa, Carol Koech, has joined The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet... Source

21 Aug 2025 - CIO Africa by dx5 has officially closed applications for the highly anticipated CIO100 Awards 2025, with a record 1,200 entries... Source

21 Aug 2025 - Stanbic Bank Kenya CEO Joshua Oigara has been promoted to head Standard Bank Group’s East Africa operations, pending regulatory approval.... Source

21 Aug 2025 - Lauritz Knudsen Electrical & Automation, a global leader in the electrical and automation industry, has officially launched its operations in...…

20 Aug 2025 - Stablecoin infrastructure provider, Yellow Card, has released its latest report on digital asset adoption in emerging markets, highlighting the…

19 Aug 2025 - Seyoum Damtew, the Director of Information System Security at the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, has been awarded the ‘CISO of... Source

19 Aug 2025 - Somalian telecoms operator, Hormuud Telecom, has been re-certified by the GSMA Mobile Money Certification programme. This milestone places EVC Plus…

19 Aug 2025 - On 10 July 2025, the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) concluded a public auction process to assign mid-band spectrum in... Source

19 Aug 2025 - Alibaba Cloud has expanded its footprint in South Africa with the launch of its Edge Node Service (ENS), an edge... Source

19 Aug 2025 - While the world is celebrating ChatGPT and all the GenAI breakthroughs, a different kind of revolution is happening in Africa’s... Source

19 Aug 2025 - MTN Group has announced sweeping leadership changes at MTN South Africa (MTN SA), appointing Ferdi Moolman as CEO and Executive... Source

18 Aug 2025 - MTN Business and Cloudflare have strengthened their commercial bond, installing MTN as South Africa’s first local Managed Security Service Provider…

18 Aug 2025 - AI data centres and cloud computing are demanding strong investment from countries all over the world. The word “Sovereign AI”... Source

18 Aug 2025 - After more than 600,000 malaria deaths annually, with over 240 million affected and 25 years without a breakthrough, the World... Source

18 Aug 2025 - On a cold August afternoon in Nairobi, James, a boda boda rider, pulls up to the side of the road... Source