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5 Mar 2026 - By Zoho Country Head – Veerakumar Natarajan, (Kenya) Editor’s Note: This article is part of TechArena Executive Insights, a curated series…

5 Mar 2026 - NETSCOUT has released its second half of the year 2025 Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Threat Intelligence Report, revealing sophisticated…

4 Mar 2026 - Kenyan electric mobility manufacturer Roam has launched Roam Explorer, an AI-enabled vehicle intelligence platform designed to help fleet operators…

4 Mar 2026 - As dark clouds gather over the skyline, a familiar question echoes in many homes; will the laundry dry today? The rainy season has a way of…

4 Mar 2026 - Absa Bank recorded a 10% growth in profit after tax for the year ended December 31, 2025 reaching KSh 22.9 billion. Total revenue stood at KSh 61.4…

4 Mar 2026 - When Johnson Gituma talks about financial empowerment, his conviction is grounded not in theory, but in lived experience. As Co-Founder and Chief…

4 Mar 2026 - Vertiv is adding a new compact, high-capacity double-stack design to its PowerBar Track busway portfolio. This is aimed at supporting the growing…

4 Mar 2026 - By Dion Harvey, Regional General Manager at Red Hat Sub-Saharan Africa Editor’s Note: This article is part of TechArena Executive Insights, a…

3 Mar 2026 - Cassava Technologies has announced the launch of Cassava Autonomous Network, an AI-powered solution designed to optimise mobile Radio Access Networks…

3 Mar 2026 - Telenor has picked Red Hat’s cloud-native and AI platforms to power a sovereign AI Factory in Norway. This is aimed at delivering secure, in-region…

3 Mar 2026 - Guaranty Trust Bank has announced the scrapping of Pesalink transaction fees for transfers below KES 1,000. This appears to be a calculated bet on…

3 Mar 2026 - The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a €6.5 million investment in the Saviu II fund. This investment will support technology…

3 Mar 2026 - The Central African Republic (CAR) has officially launched Dûnîa, a fully digital platform that modernizes the Ministry of Economy, Planning and…

2 Mar 2026 - Airtel Kenya has expanded its retail footprint with the opening of new customer care shops at Spur Mall and Nord Mall in Ruiru and at Galana Energies…

2 Mar 2026 - Ericsson has extended its long-standing partnership with Safaricom through a new multi-year microwave agreement that aims to strengthen 5G capacity…

2 Mar 2026 - Open Access Data Centres (OADC), a subsidiary of WIOCC Group, has acquired a portfolio of seven data centre facilities in South Africa from NTT DATA…

2 Mar 2026 - Truecaller and AnyMind Group have partnered in a move that makes the latter its direct sales reseller partner. This partnership aims to accelerate…

2 Mar 2026 - Global technology companies have often spoken about Africa in future tense, describing it as the “next billion users” or the “next growth frontier.…

2 Mar 2026 - Safaricom has secured regulatory approval from the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) to roll out a long-awaited data minimisation feature on M-Pesa that…

28 Feb 2026 - By Judy Waruiru, Regional Managing Director, Acquiring at Network International Editor’s Note: This article is part of TechArena Executive…

28 Feb 2026 - The 2026 AI & Cyber Frontier Report by digital trust and cybersecurity firm Smartcomply warns of a widening “execution gap” across the region.…

28 Feb 2026 - AUI Global, a pan-African executive education provider specialising in artificial intelligence programs, has signed a Memorandum of…

27 Feb 2026 - iHUB, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, has opened applications for Cohort 4 of the Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship in Kenya.…

27 Feb 2026 - M-PESA Ethiopia and Gebeya have launched the Dala AI Bundle. This makes it easier for Ethiopians to access advanced AI creation tools and pay for the…

27 Feb 2026 - Liquid Intelligent Technologies has today confirmed the full repayment of its ZAR term loan and USD revolving credit facility. In tandem with this…

27 Feb 2026 - Pesalink has partnered with the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) to enable real-time cross-border payments. The partnership will…

27 Feb 2026 - Red Hat has announced Red Hat AI Enterprise, a new integrated AI platform designed to help organisations deploy and manage AI models, agents and…

27 Feb 2026 - Sophos has released the 2026 Sophos Active Adversary Report. It reveals that 67% of all incidents investigated by Sophos Incident Response (IR)…

27 Feb 2026 - Vertiv announced a major evolution in high-density data centre deployment, shifting from traditional static modelling to a higher fidelity Digital…

26 Feb 2026 - Samsung has officially launched the Galaxy S26 series in Kenya, introducing the Galaxy S26, S26+, and S26 Ultra. Pre-orders are now open across the…

26 Feb 2026 - For much of the past decade, AI in consumer technology has been designed to demonstrate capability. New devices have been responding to voice…

26 Feb 2026 - Samsung Electronics has officially launched the Galaxy S26 series. The new series, Galaxy S26, Galaxy S26+ and Galaxy S26 Ultra, uses on-device…

25 Feb 2026 - Emirates has introduced a split-payment solution for customers booking flights in Kenya. This allows travellers to combine multiple payment methods…

25 Feb 2026 - Retirement planning in Kenya has largely centred on accumulation for decaded, encouraging workers to save consistently during their earning years. As…

25 Feb 2026 - Samsung’s first Galaxy Unpacked event of 2026 is almost here and this one is all about the Galaxy S26 series. Samsung has announced a tiered giveaway…

25 Feb 2026 - Bolt has unveiled a new in-app safety enhancement in Kenya that allows drivers to flag locations they perceive as high-risk. The feature enables…

25 Feb 2026 - By James Labocki, Senior Director of Product Management at Red Hat The “works on my machine” problem has been a thorn in the side of IT since the…

25 Feb 2026 - Kenya’s payments ecosystem is entering a new phase and industry leaders calling for faster settlement, deeper interoperability and infrastructure…

25 Feb 2026 - Technology exhibitions often strive to position innovation as a spectacle defined by bigger screens, faster processors, smarter devices and so on.…

24 Feb 2026 - SanlamAllianz Life Insurance Kenya has unveiled an Income Drawdown (IDD) Fund. The insurer says the new fund is designed to provide retirees with…

24 Feb 2026 - Just four months after securing a landmark $100 million investment, the largest ever in Africa’s two-wheel electric mobility sector, Spiro has raised…

24 Feb 2026 - Grey, a provider of cross-border payments solutions, has announced the addition of  USD business accounts, bulk payments and USDC stablecoin…

24 Feb 2026 - Asset financier Mogo Kenya has secured Sh800 million in local debt financing from I&M Bank and Ecobank, alongside the launch of a Sh1.5 billion…

24 Feb 2026 - After establishing strong leadership in the global electronics market over the past several decades, LG Electronics is now repositioning itself as a…

23 Feb 2026 - In many African retail shops and distributor networks, growth can look deceptively simple. Customers line up at the till. Delivery bikes idle outside…

23 Feb 2026 - Absa Bank Kenya has unveiled a new Visa Infinite Metal Debit and Credit card. The Visa Infinite card introduces a metal card design (debit and credit…

23 Feb 2026 - Zoho recently marked its 30th anniversary and announced it has surpassed one million paying customers globally. The company also reported that in…

23 Feb 2026 - Airtel Africa plans to partner with SpaceX to bring Starlink’s low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites to Kenya. Through this partnership, Airtel will be…

20 Feb 2026 - Kenya, India and Italy have announced a strategic trilateral partnership aimed at co-designing and deploying scalable, sovereign AI systems across…

20 Feb 2026 - The Connected Africa Summit (CAS) 2026 will be held in Nairobi from April 27 to 30 at the Edge Convention Centre. Under the theme “Uniting Africa’s…