Tech Trends

2 Feb 2026 - The third edition of the AI Kenya Industry Breakfast has concluded in Nairobi, signaling a growing shift among Kenyan enterprises from experimental…

31 Jan 2026 - KOKO Networks, the Kenyan bioethanol cooking fuel provider, has ceased all operations effective immediately. The shutdown follows a protracted…

31 Jan 2026 - Airtel Africa has confirmed that the planned public listing of its mobile money unit is on schedule for the first half of 2026, as the division…

31 Jan 2026 - NCBA Bank has set a new benchmark for data security in East and Central Africa, becoming the first lender in the region to attain the ISO/IEC 27701…

31 Jan 2026 - Kenya’s financial inclusion story has been told so often it now risks becoming background noise. Accounts are easier to open. Mobile credit sits a…

31 Jan 2026 - A few years ago, African tech founders learned to talk in valuation multiples and future exits. Lately, the language has changed. Repayment schedules…

30 Jan 2026 - When a launch date surfaces before a company wants it public, the date does some of the talking on its own. February 25 now sits on that calendar,…

30 Jan 2026 - The push to merge SpaceX with xAI reads differently once the calendar is taken seriously. Elon Musk is reportedly targeting June 2026 for SpaceX’s…

30 Jan 2026 - Abci-Nexus, a technology-enabled holding company, has announced the launch of Asopo Technologies, a new standalone software company designed to…

30 Jan 2026 - Canal Plus did not hedge its language. Maxime Saada told analysts that Showmax was not a commercial success and confirmed that investment would be…

30 Jan 2026 - Airtel Africa has reported a significant surge in profitability for the period ended December 31, 2025, with profit after tax more than doubling to $…

30 Jan 2026 - Over the 9 months ending December 2025, Airtel Africa reported revenue growth of 24.6 percent year on year in constant currency, reaching USD 4.67…

30 Jan 2026 - Xiaomi has officially unveiled the REDMI Note 15 Series, marking a significant leap in mid-range smartphone engineering with the introduction of “…

30 Jan 2026 - The modern Kenyan consumes content in a variety of ways, and it reflects the modern, fast-paced lifestyle and a need for high quality experiences…

30 Jan 2026 - Education in Kenya is undergoing a historic shift. As the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) moves into its next phase, the demand for digital tools…

30 Jan 2026 - In the rapidly evolving landscape of African telecommunications, the phrase “Transforming Lives” is often seen on billboards and marketing collateral…

29 Jan 2026 - The iPhone 16 ended 2025 as the world’s top-selling smartphone, not as a surprise but as evidence of a market that has grown narrower and more…

29 Jan 2026 - The plan to expand the Konza Data Centre has moved forward through Treasury’s PPP process with little public attention, shaped less by vision than by…

29 Jan 2026 - Spacecoin, the world’s first decentralized satellite internet network, has announced a partnership with the Midnight Foundation to explore the…

29 Jan 2026 - A new report backed by digital lender Tala has highlighted both a massive opportunity and a significant challenge in global financial inclusion. The…

29 Jan 2026 - Talk to enough executives in Nairobi boardrooms and a pattern emerges. Almost everyone wants to be counted among the companies using artificial…

29 Jan 2026 - Smartphone theft has never been about novelty. It follows money, resale value, and ease. For years, Android sat in an awkward middle ground. Less…

29 Jan 2026 - Online safety in Kenya has stopped feeling like a specialist concern. It has crept into everyday conversation, the sort that happens in matatus,…

28 Jan 2026 - Backbase, a leader in AI-powered banking, in partnership with African Banker Magazine, has published the fourth edition of the Africa Digital Banking…

28 Jan 2026 - The European Union has committed Ksh 454 million(€3 million) to Kenya’s national cybersecurity ecosystem, and it comes at a very interesting point.…

28 Jan 2026 - Governments and the private sector in East Africa alike are investing heavily in connectivity, cloud services, e-commerce, fintech and digital public…

28 Jan 2026 - Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has launched a new safety awareness campaign in Kenya, using the daily realities of boda-boda riders to promote…

28 Jan 2026 - Huawei has officially kicked off the Huawei ICT Competition 2025/2026 Regional Final Bootcamp Training, bringing together 21 exceptional students…

28 Jan 2026 - Our phones are our most personal space, but we use them in the least private places. On the bus, in the elevator, and wherever we’re waiting in line…

28 Jan 2026 - iXAfrica Data Centre Limited has partnered with Oracle to host the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) region in Nairobi, Kenya iXAfrica Data Centre is…

28 Jan 2026 - When WhatsApp began rolling out Strict Account Settings, the timing looked accidental only at first glance. The feature arrived during a week when…

27 Jan 2026 - For years, corporate treasury in Kenya operated on a dependency model. If a Finance Manager wanted to convert currencies, they were tethered to the…

27 Jan 2026 - In its Economic Outlook 2026 Report, the Mastercard Economics Institute (MEI) has revealed how global policy changes that occurred in 2025 will…

26 Jan 2026 - The Nairobi Securities Exchange wants more people to buy shares. Not companies or banks. Regular people. The kind who use their phones to pay for…

26 Jan 2026 - The Nairobi Securities Exchange wants more people to buy shares. Not companies or banks. Regular people. The kind who use their phones to pay for…

26 Jan 2026 - The Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) has formally approved KCB Group PLC’s acquisition of a 75% stake in the fintech firm Riverbank Solutions…

26 Jan 2026 - Visa and Oromia Bank have announced a strategic partnership aimed at expanding access to Visa- branded prepaid solutions for the bank’s customers…

26 Jan 2026 - East Africa’s digital economy is expanding at a rapid pace, driven by rising internet penetration, widespread mobile connectivity, and growing…

26 Jan 2026 - South Africa has been selected to host the World Economic Forum (WEF) in April 2027, a move poised to catalyze continental economic transformation…

26 Jan 2026 - Africa’s fintech story is often told through flashy consumer apps, billion-dollar valuations, and rapid user growth. But beneath all of that lies a…

26 Jan 2026 - Following its high-profile debut at Investopia 2023, the MENA FinTech Association (MFTA) has officially announced the formal constitution of its…

25 Jan 2026 - The Vodafone Safaricom merger is now formally under review by the East African Community Competition Authority, and the scrutiny reflects more than…

23 Jan 2026 - African fintech no longer moves on promise alone. It moves on permission, arithmetic, and tolerance for risk. The shift is visible in paperwork, in…

23 Jan 2026 - Andela has announced its acquisition of Woven, a leading technical assessment company dedicated to delivering AI-native talent and forward-deployed…

22 Jan 2026 - The TikTok US business sale formalises a compromise that neither Washington nor Beijing ever described publicly but both have been working toward for…

22 Jan 2026 - When NCBA’s board finally settled on Nedbank, it was not ending a bidding war so much as closing off a line of risk. The bank had drawn interest from…

22 Jan 2026 - Flutterwave has announced the launch of stablecoin balances for its merchants and users. This strategic move, achieved through a collaboration with…

22 Jan 2026 - Paymentology, the world’s leading global issuer-processor, has announced the appointment of Kesheni Moodley as its new Regional Director for Africa.…

22 Jan 2026 - For more than a decade, East Africa has been viewed as a region of unrealised potential, a future hub for digital trade, innovation and intra-…

22 Jan 2026 - Cybersecurity firm Sophos has announced the launch of Sophos Workspace Protection. This new solution is designed to provide organizations with an…