Tech
- 30 Jul 2026 - Anne Kinuthia-Otieno has been appointed Vice President and Head of East Africa at Visa, ending weeks of speculation following her departure as Managing Director of Airtel…
- 30 Jul 2026 - Ride-hailing company Bolt has launched a global integration with ChatGPT, making its service available directly inside the AI chatbot for the first time and extending its…
- 30 Jul 2026 - Every day, people are asked to accept privacy policies before opening an account, installing an app or completing a transaction. Most of those prompts take only a few…
- 30 Jul 2026 - Samsung’s 2027 flagship lineup could be the company’s most ambitious premium smartphone release yet if a new report proves accurate. Samsung is preparing eight flagship…
- 30 Jul 2026 - Safaricom Ethiopia reached 14.7 million active customers in June 2026, strengthening its path toward EBITDA profitability by March 2027 and adding fresh evidence that the…
- 30 Jul 2026 - Kenya Power has attributed the nationwide blackout that disrupted electricity supply across large parts of the country on Wednesday night to a technical disturbance on the…
- 30 Jul 2026 - Bolt has announced that its ride-hailing service is now available through ChatGPT across every market where the company operates, including Africa and Kenya. On the surface…
- 30 Jul 2026 - Kenya’s ride-hailing market has become an attractive destination for electric vehicle makers, particularly those promising lower operating costs. Bingo EV is the latest to…
- 30 Jul 2026 - Kenya’s decision to ban interest payments on stablecoins is one of the most consequential parts of its new virtual asset regulations, although it has attracted far less…
- 30 Jul 2026 - Nigeria’s food-tech sector has taken its second major hit in four months. GoLemon, the Lagos grocery delivery startup founded by former Paystack staff, has stopped taking…
- 30 Jul 2026 - South African subscription retailer Rentoza has filed for voluntary business rescue, unable to raise fresh capital, settle its debts, or complete two years of overdue…
- 30 Jul 2026 - An email from Google landed in my inbox just over a week ago with a headline that immediately got my attention: “A complete view of your marketing performance.” The message…
- 29 Jul 2026 - KCB Foundation has launched the Farmer Visibility (FaVi) initiative, a digital empowerment programme targeting 30,000 smallholder farmers across Kenya. The nine-month…
- 29 Jul 2026 - Onafriq has announced a strategic partnership with digital asset infrastructure provider Privy to advance the adoption of stablecoin-powered payment services across Africa,…
- 29 Jul 2026 - The Africa Deep Tech Foundation (ADTF) has launched the Africa Deep Tech Challenge (ADTC) 2026, focusing this year on a single, practical goal: getting artificial…
- 29 Jul 2026 - Boston Consulting Group published an article this month, authored by Hamid Maher, Patrick Dupoux and colleagues out of its Casablanca and Paris offices,…
- 29 Jul 2026 - M-PESA Ethiopia has expanded its digital its digital payments platform by introducing prepaid electricity payments through M-PESA Super App, enabling customers with…
- 29 Jul 2026 - Paratus has assigned Neill Nortje as its new Country Manager for Zambia, strengthening its leadership team as demand for enterprise connectivity and digital infrastructure…
- 29 Jul 2026 - The Africa Deep Tech Foundation (ADTF) has launched the Africa Deep Tech Challenge (ADTC) 2026, focusing this year on a single, practical goal: getting artificial…
- 29 Jul 2026 - Payment orchestration platform NjiaPay has introduced a one-click payments solution designed to help South African merchants speed up online checkouts and improve customer…
- 29 Jul 2026 - Ten months after completing its takeover of MultiChoice, Canal+ is beginning to produce the kind of results that investors have been waiting to see. The French media group…
- 29 Jul 2026 - Samsung Electronics East Africa has today unveiled Samsung Digital Classroom, an integrated education solution designed to support Kenya’s digital learning agenda by…
- 29 Jul 2026 - Airtel Money Kenya has appointed Bonke Michael as its Acting Managing Director, marking the company’s first leadership move following the departure of Anne Kinuthia-Otieno…
- 29 Jul 2026 - When Kenya’s Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASP) Regulations, 2026 were published, much of the attention focused on paid-up capital requirements, stablecoin rules and…
- 29 Jul 2026 - Quidax, the first digital assets exchange to receive a provisional licence from Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), today announced the expansion of its…
- 28 Jul 2026 - California-based EV startup Bingo has officially entered the Kenyan market, unveiling its E2 electric vehicle for ride-hailing and last-mile delivery drivers and betting on…
- 28 Jul 2026 - Egypt edged out the rest of the continent to become Africa’s top funding destination in the first half of 2026, pulling in $327 million — though nearly all of that came from…
- 28 Jul 2026 - Africa’s startups pulled in $1.36 billion in the first half of 2026, excluding exits, but the money was heavily clustered around a handful of sectors — a pattern that…
- 28 Jul 2026 - Kenya’s AI policy proposes one of the country’s most ambitious digital regulatory frameworks to date, extending oversight to artificial intelligence systems used within…
- 28 Jul 2026 - Bolt Business has recorded strong growth in Nigeria over the past year as more organizations turn to digital corporate mobility platforms to manage employee transportation…
- 28 Jul 2026 - KCB Bank Kenya has secured a $100 million (KShs12.9 billion) financing facility from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to expand access to credit…
- 28 Jul 2026 - Ubuntu Universe Limited, a Nairobi game studio behind the offline-first learning app Soraha, has been selected for the fourth cohort of the Mastercard Foundation EdTech…
- 28 Jul 2026 - South Africa is accelerating the introduction of digital identity services through its banking sector following the launch of the country’s first bank-based mobile Smart ID…
- 28 Jul 2026 - TECNO POVA officially launched its new brand platform, “Own Your Move,” in Kenya, celebrating ambitious and independent-minded consumers who are defining their own paths in…
- 27 Jul 2026 - Huawei has reinforced its commitment to accelerating artificial intelligence (AI) adoption in South Africa, urging stronger partnerships between government, businesses and…
- 27 Jul 2026 - Standard Bank has processed more than CNY 8 billion which’s about $1.2 billion in cross-border payments through the Interbank Payment Systems. This shows that trade between…
- 27 Jul 2026 - Vodacom has raised its medium-term growth ambitions less than a month after completing the Vodacom Safaricom acquisition, offering one of the clearest indications yet of how…
- 27 Jul 2026 - Paystack has launched Small Business Launchpad, a four-week programme offering active merchants in Nigeria access to business clinics, expert office hours and three months…
- 27 Jul 2026 - African governments have reaffirmed their commitment to expanding digital inclusion and accelerating internet access across the continent following the adoption of the Abuja…
- 27 Jul 2026 - Anne Kinuthia Otieno is leaving Airtel Money after nearly five years, closing a chapter that helped strengthen the company’s position in Kenya’s fiercely competitive mobile…
- 27 Jul 2026 - Kenya has one of Africa’s most advanced digital finance ecosystems, yet health insurance remains out of reach for many households. Jubilee Health Insurance believes one way…
- 27 Jul 2026 - A Nairobi Small Claims Court has ruled that unlicensed digital lenders in Kenya cannot rely on the courts to recover unpaid loans, handing down a decision that could reshape…
- 27 Jul 2026 - Kenya’s cryptocurrency market operated in a legal grey area. Exchanges, wallet providers and stablecoin businesses attracted a growing user base, but the regulatory…
- 26 Jul 2026 - The launch of the strategic partnership between Jubilee Health Insurance and bolttech last week was important. However, the discussion panel that followed offered something…
- 25 Jul 2026 - A couple of days ago I had the opportunity to moderate a discussion panel at the launch of a strategic partnership between Jubilee Health Insurance and bolttech here in…
- 25 Jul 2026 - Three months ago, I wrote about how finally using Airtel Money as my primary mobile-money interface for two days completely changed the way I thought about M-PESA, Safaricom…
- 25 Jul 2026 - Yesterday morning, I was a guest on NTV Kenya’s Fixing The Nation with Mariam Bishar, Eric Latiff and Fellaris Wambui to discuss one of the most important digital economy…
- 25 Jul 2026 - You probably think about your personal data when an app asks for permission to access your contacts or location. What happens after you tap “Accept” is less visible, yet it…
- 25 Jul 2026 - Kenya has unveiled a draft policy that would introduce new labour protections for thousands of people working behind artificial intelligence systems, placing greater…
- 25 Jul 2026 - Just two months after officially entering Kenya and outlining plans to expand across East and West Africa, Nothing finds itself facing a very different conversation. Reports…