Tech Trends

9 Jun 2026 - Spiro, a leading African electric mobility company, has appointed former Indofast Energy CEO Anant Badjatya as its new Group Chief Executive Officer…

9 Jun 2026 - A new application before Kenya’s communications regulator points to the country’s growing role in the physical infrastructure underpinning Africa’s…

9 Jun 2026 - MTN Group has started introducing a new entertainment platform across its African markets as the telecom operator deepens its push into consumer…

9 Jun 2026 - Apple spent much of WWDC 2026 talking about software, artificial intelligence and the future of Siri. The more revealing story sat in the…

9 Jun 2026 - Apple used WWDC 2026 to position iOS 27 as a broad update to the iPhone experience, combining performance improvements, expanded parental controls,…

9 Jun 2026 - For years, Apple approached artificial intelligence with unusual caution. While rivals raced to release increasingly capable chatbots, Apple focused…

8 Jun 2026 - Stanbic Bank is considering establishing a wholly owned banking operation in Ethiopia, opening a potential route into one of Africa’s largest markets…

8 Jun 2026 - Kenya’s latest agreements with the European Union place digital infrastructure, data governance and services trade at the centre of the country’s…

8 Jun 2026 - The effort to finance Africa’s growth is increasingly becoming a debate about where capital comes from rather than whether capital exists. New…

8 Jun 2026 - Africa’s largest mobile operators are pressing governments to rethink how telecommunications infrastructure is financed and regulated, arguing that…

8 Jun 2026 - Kenya’s tourism planners are increasingly focusing on remote workers and technology professionals as the country looks beyond traditional holiday…

8 Jun 2026 - Kenya Power has unveiled plans to gradually phase out all remaining payment counters in its banking halls by June 2027, citing a significant increase…

8 Jun 2026 - A Small Claims Court in Thika has substantially reduced the amount recoverable by Mogo Auto Limited in a dispute over a vehicle financing loan,…

8 Jun 2026 - The promise of the African Continental Free Trade Area has often been measured through projections: larger markets, stronger manufacturing output,…

8 Jun 2026 - President William Ruto has appointed former Isiolo South Member of Parliament Abdul Bahari Ali as the new Non-Executive Chairperson of the Konza…

8 Jun 2026 - Kenya’s National Treasury has defended the government’s latest budget direction, arguing that stronger domestic revenue collection remains central to…

8 Jun 2026 - Airtel Kenya has expanded its retail and customer service network in Nairobi by launching four new customer service centres in response to growing…

8 Jun 2026 - Egyptian fintech Blnk has closed a combined $37.1 million in funding,  comprising a $12.5 million Series A equity round and $24.6 million…

8 Jun 2026 - With the FIFA World Cup 2026 kicking off on June 11, cybersecurity firm Kaspersky is warning football fans and travellers heading to Mexico that a…

7 Jun 2026 - The Kenyan government is preparing to monetise non-personal data collected through its eCitizen platform and other State systems, with plans to build…

7 Jun 2026 - In the current hectic digital economy, accuracy and speed are important success parameters for a business. Among the most neglected, yet essential…

6 Jun 2026 - China’s Yadea has entered Kenya with a range of electric motorcycles, bringing the world’s largest electric two-wheeler manufacturer into a market…

6 Jun 2026 - The Competition Authority of Kenya is stepping up scrutiny of online markets as policymakers weigh how to protect consumers in an economy…

6 Jun 2026 - A new assessment of messaging app privacy has placed Signal at the top of the market while highlighting sharp differences in how major platforms…

6 Jun 2026 - The High Court in Kerugoya has temporarily suspended the National Transport and Safety Authority’s (NTSA) second-generation smart driving licence and…

6 Jun 2026 - Flutterwave has announced a strategic partnership with Tempo, a blockchain network focused on payments, to advance stablecoin-powered payments and…

6 Jun 2026 - Kenyan university students have delivered the country’s best-ever performance at the Huawei ICT Competition 2025-2026 Global Final, held in Shenzhen…

5 Jun 2026 - Early this year, Google collaborated with African partners to launch WAXAL, a large-scale, openly accessible speech dataset aimed at addressing the…

5 Jun 2026 - Africa Skills Hub (ASH), a Ghana-based organisation supporting youth, women, and small businesses, has rebranded to ASH Africa as it moves to scale…

5 Jun 2026 - Kenya has edged past Nigeria in the Financial Times’ 2026 ranking of Africa’s fastest-growing companies, placing 17 firms on the 130-company list…

5 Jun 2026 - East Africa is on course to be the continent’s fastest-growing sub-region in 2026, with GDP projected to expand by 5.8%, up from 5.4% in 2025,…

5 Jun 2026 - Kibo Africa is preparing a large-scale rollout of electric motorcycles in Kenya, setting a target of 10,000 units on the road over the next 12 months…

5 Jun 2026 - Kenya Power is stepping up efforts to bring electric vehicle owners onto a dedicated electricity pricing programme as the utility prepares for a…

5 Jun 2026 - Kenya’s gambling regulator is preparing to connect betting companies, casinos and lottery operators to a central technology platform that would allow…

5 Jun 2026 - Google has started bringing Gemini to Android Go devices, extending its generative AI platform to a segment of the smartphone market that has largely…

4 Jun 2026 - Kenya’s mobile landscape is unlike most markets. With a population spread across dense urban centers and remote rural areas, reaching customers…

4 Jun 2026 - Ethiopia’s national payment switch, EthSwitch, has recorded a landmark milestone after its EthioPay-IPS platform surpassed one million transactions…

4 Jun 2026 - The GSMA has postponed MWC26 Kigali, its annual African technology and connectivity conference, less than two weeks before the event was due to begin…

4 Jun 2026 - Kenya’s startup ecosystem has matured significantly over the past decade. Founders are building products faster, attracting regional and…

4 Jun 2026 - Bolt Food has moved into on-demand retail in Kenya, announcing a partnership with Quickmart Supermarkets that gives users access to over 12,000…

4 Jun 2026 - Smartphone vendors shipped fewer devices across the Middle East and Africa during the first quarter of 2026, ending a period of expansion that had…

4 Jun 2026 - Africa faces an annual development financing gap exceeding $1.3 trillion needed to meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the African…

4 Jun 2026 - Axian Group co-founder and chief executive Hassanein Hiridjee has been elected to the Supervisory Board of Jumia Technologies, placing one of Africa’…

4 Jun 2026 - Canal+ Group has secured the rights to broadcast the Men’s Rugby World Cup 2027 and Women’s Rugby World Cup 2029 across Sub-Saharan Africa under a…

4 Jun 2026 - Kenyan households and businesses will continue paying current electricity rates after the government withdrew a proposed tariff review that could…

4 Jun 2026 - Bitnob today announced the next evolution of its infrastructure platform with the launch of Bitnob Enterprise, a new non-custodial infrastructure…

3 Jun 2026 - Absa has renewed its partnership with Salesforce through a new three-year agreement aimed at advancing the bank’s adoption of artificial intelligence…

3 Jun 2026 - Samsung’s Galaxy S26 series launched globally in February, going on sale on March 11  and the questions around it have been hard to ignore. Did…

3 Jun 2026 - If you are an Airtel customer, you can quickly recharge your airtime via M-Pesa using the Pesapal Paybill number 220220. This option is useful when…

3 Jun 2026 - Smartcomply is expanding its global footprint in cybersecurity and financial compliance after being admitted as an Associate Participating…