Tech

9 Feb 2026 - Eveready’s place in Kenyan life was uncomplicated for decades. The brand lived in drawers and kiosks, tied to torches, radios, and the familiar red-and-black packaging that…

9 Feb 2026 - Music streaming sold a simple idea for most of the past decade. Everything in one place, available instantly, no effort required beyond pressing play. That promise worked…

9 Feb 2026 - YouTube Music now restricts full lyrics to paying subscribers. Free users can see five songs’ lyrics before the rest blurs and becomes inaccessible. The rollout is global…

9 Feb 2026 - Impact-focused investor Katapult Africa has opened applications for its 2026 accelerator programme, offering $150,000 to $500,000 in direct investment to African startups…

7 Feb 2026 - Kenya’s and the rest of Africa’s agricultural value chains are being rewired through digital platforms, strategic trade hubs, and new forms of structured commerce. One of the…

7 Feb 2026 - Staying close to communities in what Hautefeuille labels as being ‘on the ground’ has helped her realise that places that are very misunderstood from the outside. 

7 Feb 2026 - The report shows that more than half of institutions now consider themselves digitally mature, with 54% reporting advanced digital capabilities, up from 48% in 2024.

7 Feb 2026 - Introduction: Change Begins with One Honest Realization Many people want a healthier, more stable life, but they feel stuck because they don’t know where to begin. Real…

6 Feb 2026 - The #Keep4o movement is real, with protests planned. But GPT-4o is still disappearing, and most alternatives miss what made it special. 

6 Feb 2026 - In boardrooms from Nairobi to New York, business leaders face an uncomfortable truth: the AI systems they’re deploying to drive critical decisions are making errors at…

6 Feb 2026 - Brastorne Enterprises is bringing its lightweight web platform for farmers using entry-level smartphones to Côte d’Ivoire in 2026.

6 Feb 2026 - CEO David Baszucki called 2025 a “banner year” as bookings, users, and free cash flow beat expectations.

6 Feb 2026 - Lula, a South African fintech company founded in 2014 by Trevor Gosling and Michael Foley, has secured ZAR 340 million (~USD 21 million) in funding from the Dutch development…

6 Feb 2026 - New documents have sparked claims that Jeffrey Epstein funded Bitcoin. The records show real links to academic research, but no proof that Epstein funded or controlled…

6 Feb 2026 - Adedeji Olowe is the founder of Lendsqr, a fintech infrastructure company that provides tools for financial institutions to build and scale digital credit products.

6 Feb 2026 - Applications are now open for the 2026 Google for Startups Accelerator Africa Program. This three-month hybrid accelerator program is designed for growth-stage technology…

6 Feb 2026 - Honkai: Star Rail Version 4.0 provides new gameplay updates for gamers.

6 Feb 2026 - Table of contents How to remove private number on your Android How to remove private number on your iPhone (iOS) What to do if your number still shows as Private The first…

6 Feb 2026 - Plus: Hacker houses (but actually useful), EV power struggle, AI vs cybercrime, model wars begin, Super Bowl tech steals and more.

6 Feb 2026 - Meta CEO said Apple and other rivals appear to face less scrutiny by doing less public research on platform harms.

6 Feb 2026 - The new spin-off introduces squad-based machine hunts, rogue-lite progression, and a canon story set in the Horizon universe.

6 Feb 2026 -   Short guide explaining how M-Shwari tracks loans using your National ID, how recovery happens, and what borrowers in Kenya need to know. M-Shwari is one of Kenya’s…

6 Feb 2026 - The race to dominate enterprise AI automation just hit a new gear.

6 Feb 2026 - Startups On Our Radar spotlights African startups solving African challenges with innovation. This week, we explore five African startups in the artificial intelligence,…

6 Feb 2026 - On Safer Internet Day (February 10), a day dedicated to raising awareness about digital usage, Sophos, a global leader of innovative security solutions for defeating…

6 Feb 2026 - Anthropic argues Opus 4.6 goes beyond speed, reasoning about code like a human instead of indiscriminately fuzzing it.

6 Feb 2026 - Kenya’s Global Business Services (GBS) sector has marked a significant milestone with the official launch of the Outsourcing Alliance of Kenya (OAK)  on February 3…

6 Feb 2026 - Upgrade for Super Bowl LX with 13 massive deals on 4K TVs, audio, and wearables from Amazon and Best Buy

6 Feb 2026 - Ephraim Modise is a journalist and writer whose work focuses on technology, business, and finance in Southern Africa.

6 Feb 2026 - Olivia Gao is a principal at Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures (VKAV), a pan-African venture capital firm backing growth-stage companies across the continent.

6 Feb 2026 - In December 2025, a new generation of Kenyan business owners began preparing to scale their operations following the graduation of the latest cohort from a high-level…

6 Feb 2026 - Lola Masha is a partner at Antler Africa, a global early-stage venture capital firm that backs founders from day zero.

6 Feb 2026 - Seun Lanlege is the founder of Polytope Labs, the developer of Hyperbridge, an interoperability protocol that enables blockchain networks to share data.

6 Feb 2026 - Kenya is rapidly evolving from a primarily agrarian and services economy into one of Africa’s most dynamic digital and financial hubs. Over the last couple of years, and…

6 Feb 2026 - As Chief Marketing Officer at MTN Nigeria, Adia Sowho led the consumer business serving more than 80 million customers and over $4 billion in annual revenue.

6 Feb 2026 - Emmanuel Ojo is the chief executive officer and managing director of Redtech Limited, where he leads the company’s strategy.

6 Feb 2026 - Yewande Odumosu is a co-founder of HoaQ Ventures Fund, an early-stage investment fund backing founders serving Africa and its diaspora.

6 Feb 2026 - Uwem Uwemakpan is Head of Investment at Launch Africa Ventures, where he leads early-stage investing across the continent.

6 Feb 2026 - "In 2026, I expect AI tutors to evolve into fully capable multimodal learning companions" - Boye Oshinaga

6 Feb 2026 - "In 2026, I expect public health and development systems to accelerate the shift away from labour-intensive, level-of-effort-driven models" - Scott Dubin

6 Feb 2026 - The National Institute of Information and Communication Technologies (INTIC)  has launched a digital platform dedicated to receiving reports of personal data breaches in…

6 Feb 2026 - "In 2026, African regulators will stop tolerating scale without operational control across critical digital infrastructure sectors..." - Nikolai Barnwell

6 Feb 2026 - "In 2026, I expect the venture studio model to gain stronger recognition as a legitimate asset class" - Leslie Ossete

6 Feb 2026 - The Reality: Most bettors lose money because they misunderstand odds—not because they pick wrong teams. Whether you’re backing Gor Mahia in the KPL or Arsenal in the Premier…

6 Feb 2026 - Google has officially opened applications for the 10th edition of its Google for Startups Accelerator Africa, marking a significant milestone for a programme that has become…

6 Feb 2026 - When Canal+ Africa completed its acquisition of MultiChoice Group in September 2025, many pay-TV subscribers across Africa waited for one thing: the next price notice. For…

6 Feb 2026 - On Thursday, February 5, 2026, the Agency for Information and Communication Technologies Development (ADETIC),  the National Agency for Information Security and…

6 Feb 2026 - The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC),  Dr. Aminu Maida, has reaffirmed the Commission’s dedication to fostering a more integrated…

6 Feb 2026 - In late 2025 and early 2026, comments from Ralph Mupita, the chief executive of MTN Group, set a subtle but important narrative shift across African technology and finance…

6 Feb 2026 - An extraordinary meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Federal Government of Somalia, chaired by H.E. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, and attended by H.E. Hamza ......