Tech

11 May 2026 - BENEFIT,  the Kingdom’s leading innovator in fintech and electronic financial transaction services, has announced the launch of its new “Scheduled Transfers” feature…

11 May 2026 - Telr,  a licensed Payments Acquirer operating under the Central Bank of the UAE ‘s regulations, is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with Geidea , a…

11 May 2026 - The UAE Cyber Security Council (CSC)  yesterday signed an agreement with the Advanced Technology Research Council’s (ATRC)  and its entities at Make it in the…

11 May 2026 - Ethio Telecom,  Ethiopia’s state-owned telecommunications operator and one of Africa’s largest telecom providers by subscriber base, has launched a nationwide Mother’s…

11 May 2026 - Space42,  the UAE-based AI-powered SpaceTech company with global reach, announced a strategic partnership with Skylo Technologies,  a leading global non-…

11 May 2026 - Vodacom Group  has reported a strong set of financial results for FY2026, highlighting accelerated growth across its African markets, major strategic acquisitions, and…

11 May 2026 - In today's edition: Glovo opens head office in Nairobi || Egyptian fintech Valu becomes an SME lender || South Africa’s IT agency gets new board || Airtel revenue per user…

11 May 2026 - Ugandan fintech infrastructure startup MAM Telecom Ltd is advancing a payment and settlement stack aimed at structural inefficiencies in Uganda’s mobile money ecosystem. In…

10 May 2026 - The Kenya Revenue Authority says ordinary M-Pesa transfers between individuals are not part of its tax compliance monitoring systems, as the government expands scrutiny of…

10 May 2026 - Kenya’s capital markets regulator has warned the public against placing money in unlicensed online investment schemes as authorities respond to a growing wave of digital…

10 May 2026 - Kenya will begin replacing paper motor vehicle logbooks with digitally generated ownership records from June 10 as the National Transport and Safety Authority expands its…

9 May 2026 - South Africa’s cryptocurrency market continued to expand in early 2025, with 7.8 million people using digital asset platforms during the first half of the year, according to…

9 May 2026 - A regulatory dispute in South Africa is emerging as one of the first major liabilities linked to Canal+’s takeover of MultiChoice, placing potential financial exposure on the…

9 May 2026 - MTN Uganda has announced its first quarterly dividend, setting a payout of 8.5 Ugandan shillings per share, equivalent to about 6.5 billion shillings in total distributions.…

9 May 2026 - Safaricom has introduced FTTR (fibre-to-the-room) home broadband in Kenya, expanding fibre connectivity beyond a single router setup to deliver wired-grade internet access…

9 May 2026 - Airtel Africa ended its latest financial year with revenue rising 29.5% to $6.42 billion, as higher data consumption, expanding mobile money activity, and continued network…

9 May 2026 - Helios Towers recorded a 12% rise in first-quarter revenue to $229.2 million, supported by continued tenant additions from mobile operators expanding network coverage across…

9 May 2026 - A High Court decision has exposed Safaricom to a multibillion-shilling payout after the company lost a copyright case tied to an M-Pesa product built for children and…

9 May 2026 - Since SASSA only processes payments on business days, most beneficiaries will see their money between Monday, May 25 and Friday, May 29.

9 May 2026 - She earns in naira, saves in dollars, and refuses to stay in one country long enough to get bored. This is how Olayinka Oke built a life across three countries a year.

8 May 2026 - Mastercard has partnered with Yellow Card to accelerate the adoption of stablecoin-enabled payments across Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The collaboration will…

8 May 2026 - HR and business management software firm Factorial has partnered with the Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) to drive technology adoption across Kenyan businesses,…

8 May 2026 - There is a particular kind of clarity that comes from having thought about a problem for four decades. Simon Bransfield-Garth is not a convert to artificial intelligence. He…

8 May 2026 - For years, crypto platforms competed on a familiar set of criteria: liquidity, market depth, product range, execution speed. Working to optimise for those strengths helped…

8 May 2026 - Airtel Africa’s group revenue rose by 29.5% in reported currency to $6.4 billion for the year ended March 31, 2026. On a constant currency basis, revenue grew by 24.0%. The…

8 May 2026 - The Milken Institute  and the Motsepe Foundation  are honored to announce BleagLee , a Cameroon-based AI-powered waste recycling company, as the $1 million…

8 May 2026 - Safaricom’s FY26 results reveal a 62% surge in active cardholders, signalling a quiet but significant shift in how Kenyans transact globally If you have been putting off…

8 May 2026 - By Wojtek Piorko, managing director for Africa at Vertiv As analysts expect Kenya’s economy to continue growing at a moderate pace in 2026, it remains critical to…

8 May 2026 - Africa’s fintech sector may be one of the most dynamic globally, but according to M-PESA’s Head of Product – Digital, Jason Masai, much of that innovation is missing the mark…

8 May 2026 - MTN Uganda ’s mobile money arm, MoMo , has officially opened its new office premises, marking what the company described as a milestone that goes beyond…

8 May 2026 - ARPU measures how much telecom operators earn per subscriber and is a key indicator of whether revenue is sufficient to cover operating costs and fund network investments.…

8 May 2026 - Safaricom  has reported a strong set of results for the year ended 31 March 2026, alongside a major expansion of its investment commitment in Ethiopia ......

8 May 2026 - It underscores how Africa has become one of the world's most active testing grounds for crypto payments and dollar savings products.

8 May 2026 - Visa has announced a new agreement with Ethiopian Airlines to expand the rollout and adoption of co-branded payment products, in... Source

8 May 2026 - The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) will phase out physical motor vehicle logbooks and roll out digital e-Logbooks beginning... Source

8 May 2026 - Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia closed the financial year ended 31 March 2026 with total funding of $2.65 billion, a 17% increase from $2.27 billion a year earlier and…

8 May 2026 - Guinea has taken a major step toward strengthening its digital infrastructure following the signing of a contract for the construction and maintenance of a second ......

8 May 2026 - Airtel Africa plc  delivered a strong performance for the year ended 31 March 2026, supported by broad-based growth across its telecom and mobile money businesses, ......

8 May 2026 - Plans for a major data center development in Kenya backed by Microsoft and Abu Dhabi-based G42 have effectively fallen away after comments from President William Ruto…

8 May 2026 - Visa, a global digital payments leader, has officially opened a new office in Addis Ababa. While the company has maintained a presence in Ethiopia for years, the new location…

8 May 2026 - Paga  has announced a strategic partnership with Sui  aimed at building next-generation financial infrastructure to improve access to digital financial services…

8 May 2026 - Sumsub, a leading full-cycle verification platform focused on scalable compliance, has unveiled its Adaptive Deepfake Detector,  a next-generation solution designed to…

8 May 2026 - The number of Kenyans actively using the M-PESA GlobalPay Virtual Visa Card jumped 62.1% in the year ended 31 March 2026, according to Safaricom’s FY26 results released on…

8 May 2026 - More Kenyans are using delivery apps for routine purchases, giving Glovo one of its strongest growth rates globally as merchants increase their reliance on digital sales…

8 May 2026 - Our conversation moves between those personal aspirations and what it takes to build something that lasts. For Ogallo, the two are not separate. They rarely are.

8 May 2026 - Quantum computing has long been viewed as a futuristic technology still years away from practical enterprise deployment. While experts expect... Source

8 May 2026 - OPay,  a leading fintech company in Nigeria, partnered with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)  at the Global Money Week 2026 Financial Literacy Fair and ......

8 May 2026 - Small financial gaps increasingly get resolved through a mobile overdraft sitting inside a payments platform already woven into daily life. That reality has turned Fuliza…

8 May 2026 - It marks Paga's first formal move into crypto since Tayo Oviosu transitioned to Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in April.

8 May 2026 - Vodacom Tanzania Plc  has reported robust preliminary financial results for the year ended March 31, 2026, recording strong double-digit growth across revenue, customer…