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The African Tech Hubs pioneering innovation: How digital transformation can drive growth and job creation across emerging economies
Innovation and entrepreneurship play an ever-increasing role in growing Africa’s emerging technology ecosystem. According to research by the GSMA Ecosystem…
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The Next Test for Kenya’s Digital Commerce Is Consumer Trust
Kenya has long been recognised as one of the most dynamic digital economies in Africa. From mobile money to ecommerce,…
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Germany Expands Kenya Partnership Around Digital Growth and Clean Energy
Germany’s Sh7.8 billion commitment to Kenya extends beyond development assistance. The three-year cooperation package brings together digital transformation, renewable energy,…
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Kenya Secures New EU Support for Digital Infrastructure and Regional Connectivity
Kenya’s latest agreements with the European Union place digital infrastructure, data governance and services trade at the centre of the…
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GABI Accelerates Africa’s Digital and Health Transformation Agenda
The Global Africa Business Initiative (GABI) has advanced its Digital and Health Action Pathways following a Solutions Lab convened on…
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New Alliance Between Amini, Foxconn, and Bull Aims to Reshape Sovereign AI in Developing Economies
Amini has announced a strategic partnership with Foxconn and Bull aimed at expanding sovereign AI infrastructure across Africa and the…
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Western Firms Want Africa’s Digital Growth but Struggle to Fund the Risk
Plans for a major data center development in Kenya backed by Microsoft and Abu Dhabi-based G42 have effectively fallen away…
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Connected Africa Summit 2026 Opens In Nairobi To Accelerate Africa’s Journey Toward An Inclusive Digital Market
The Connected Africa Summit 2026 officially opened today in Nairobi, bringing together government leaders, policymakers, regulators, ambassadors, development partners, investors,…
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Fixing Africa’s Cloud paradox: Why The Continent’s Digital Future is Still Within Reach
In its recent piece, ‘Africa can’t build 54 clouds – and importing one won’t fix it,’ TechCabal captures a real and pressing…
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AfriQloud: From Vision to Execution – Building Africa’s Sovereign Digital Economy
This article is a continuation of “AfriQloud: Reimagining Africa’s digital future through sovereign infrastructure“, which introduced the vision and foundational…
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TechTrends Magazine Cover #2: Why East Africa’s Real Digital Work is Just Beginning
For years, the story of technology in Africa has been told through one lens: connectivity. Getting people online. Onboarding the…
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AfriQloud: Reimagining Africa’s Digital Future Through Sovereign Infrastructure
Across Africa, a new vision for digital infrastructure is emerging – one that challenges long-standing dependencies and redefines how the…
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Kenyan Firms Are Losing Millions to Digital Extortion
For a growing number of companies, the working day begins with a familiar ritual. Systems boot up, dashboards load, emails…
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Mastercard Report Shows Digital Growth and New Trade Shifts Powers Kenya’s Economy
In its Economic Outlook 2026 Report, the Mastercard Economics Institute (MEI) has revealed how global policy changes that occurred in…
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Serigne Dioum | Digital-First: Unlocking the next generation of African fintech
More than 15 years ago, mobile financial services emerged as a transformative force across Africa. From the earliest days of…
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How a Tax Tribunal Just Reshaped Kenya’s Digital Money Rail
Kenya’s payments infrastructure has always worked behind the scenes — a lattice of connections between banks, card networks, and mobile…
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Kenya’s Sovereign Wealth Fund Marks a Digital Era Turning Point in Economic Governance
In 2025, as Kenya prepares to launch its first sovereign wealth fund, the idea of saving resource revenues is finally…
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The Safari Goes Digital: How Bolt and Uber Are Turning Wildlife Tourism into a Click-to-Book Price War
Uber’s move into safari bookings did not arrive with fanfare. It appeared quietly inside its standard ride-hailing app — wedged…
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PayPal’s Middle East and Africa Investment: Can Digital Payments Outrun Regulation and Market Fragmentation?
Few regions carry as much digital promise as the Middle East and Africa. Young populations, rising smartphone penetration, and widespread…
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Kenya’s Tourism Payments Go Digital: TouristTap Bridges Mobile Money, Card Networks, and Small Businesses
Tourists navigating Kenya’s safari circuits or local markets may soon leave cash behind. TouristTap, a mobile app from fintech firm…
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Africa’s Next Financial Leap: Why Local-Currency Stablecoins Could Redefine Sovereignty, Remittances, and Digital Payments
Africa’s leap into mobile money was a surprise — and a missed opportunity for many legacy banks. As Safaricom’s M-Pesa…
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Maximizing ROI: How a Digital Marketing Agency Can Transform Your Brand
In the digital age, the presence and perception of your brand online can make or break your business. A digital…
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Rwanda Digital Services Tax to Take Effect in 2026, Targeting Foreign Platforms
In the evolving landscape of African digital economies, Rwanda is making a notable move. Starting in 2026, the country will…
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Africa’s Smartphone Market Surges 7% in Q2 as Low-Cost Devices Drive Connectivity Across Key Economies
Africa’s smartphone market is showing signs of resilience. In the second quarter of 2025, shipments rose 7% year-on-year to 19.2…
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Absa and Visa Renew Partnership to Accelerate Digital Payment Innovation Across Africa
Absa Group and Visa have renewed their strategic partnership to accelerate digital payment innovation and financial inclusion across Africa. The…
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How Connected Africa Summit 2025 Plans to Bridge Africa’s Digital Divide
Ministers and African stakeholders, led by H.E. Hon. William Kabogo Gitau, joined forces to push forward Africa’s digital transformation at…
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Kenya Embracing Digital Assets to Drive Financial Inclusion
Kenya’s next generation is leading the charge in adopting digital assets, recognizing their potential to expand financial inclusion, fuel entrepreneurship,…
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Nakhulo Khaimia: How Partnership Economies Will Re-Define Brand Engagement in 2025
As we step into 2025, the future of brand engagement is being redefined by the rise of partnership economies a…
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Partnerships Crucial for Africa’s Role in Global Digital Economy
African leaders are calling for more strategic partnerships with the private sector to enhance Africa’s role in the global digital…
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Digital commerce in Africa to expand 25% per year by 2026
Africa has emerged as a frontier for the new online consumer class, representing an estimated 10 million new consumers in…
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Microsoft and M-PESA Africa partner to develop digital skills for MSMEs
Microsoft is partnering with M-PESA Africa to support its Capability Development Academy. Microsoft will provide access to the Microsoft Community…
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Digital payments firm DPO Pay announces new leadership appointments
African digital payments company DPO Pay has announced the appointment of Isabella Marira as Group Head of Operations. The firm…
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Visa goes big with digital payments in Kenya
The Covid-19 pandemic propelled the adoption of digital payment platforms for millions of people around the world and in Africa.…
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Visa to accelerate Africa’s digital transformation with $1 billion investment
Global payments company Visa has pledged to invest $1 billion in Africa to accelerate digital transformation over the next five…
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Judy Waruiru appointed as Managing Director for digital payments firm DPO Africa
African digital payments company DPO has announced the appointment of Judy Waruiru as Managing Director for Africa effective in January…
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Visa expands its digital payments with new office in DRC
Global payments company Visa has announced the establishment of local business operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). DRC…
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French government backed Digital Africa initiative aims to boost growth among tech entrepreneurs in Africa
The French government is playing a proactive role in weaning the rapidly-growing digital landscape in Africa through an initiative dubbed…
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We-Fi Announces $15 million Funding for Women Digital Inclusion in Africa
The Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi) has announced a $15 million funding to the African Development Back’s Africa Digital Inclusion…
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Fintech startup Tanda inks deal with Twiga Foods to enable vendors vend its digital financial services
Kenya’s fintech startup Tanda has today announced a new partnership with Twiga Foods that will see Twiga vendors become a…
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AfricaNenda launches a new African-led digital financial inclusion advisory platform
AfricaNenda, an emerging and independent Africa-led coalition of dedicated digital payments experts on Thursday launched a new digital financial inclusion…
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Google partners with Kenyan women MPs to improve digital skills
Google and the Kenyan Women Parliamentary Association (KEWOPA) have announced a collaboration to improve gender equity, diversity and inclusion within…
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Government partners with Stanbic and Microsoft to equip enterprises with digital skills
The Kenyan Government through the Ministry of Industrialization, Trade and Enterprise Development has partnered with Stanbic Kenya Foundation and Microsoft…
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[Column] Amrote Abdella: How investing in digital infrastructure can make the difference to Africa’s economic recovery
Africa faces many challenges on its path to becoming a global economic competitor. The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on…
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Digital and mobile channels to be key service delivery platforms for financial service providers
As countries prepare for imminent easing of movement restrictions and resumption of normal operations in most sectors of their economies,…
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Africa Influencer Agency launches, introducing digital PR tools to connect business professionals in the continent and beyond
Africa Influencer Agency is a B2B PR platform that will embrace all available digital channels and social media to support brands…
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Microsoft drives digital transformation through cloud adoption in Kenya
In an effort to create awareness around its Azure offering as well as drive cloud migration, Microsoft yesterday hosted an…
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Digital transformation of Service Economy can drive growth across Middle East and Africa says World Bank
Investment into digital transformation in the major Cities of the Middle East and North Africa region can unlock huge potential…
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Digital health among the top agenda at the AfricaCom 2017 conference
Mobile technology is, without doubt, the next great ‘enabler’ in healthcare in Africa. A mobile phone has become a biosensor,…
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Addressing Financial Inclusivity through Digital Democracy: Is Bitcoin the digital version of gold?
Financial inclusivity is a pre-requisite for building any economy, none more so than in Africa. Acknowledging the role Fin-Tech is…
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GSMA urges policymakers to advance The digital economy in new report
The GSMA today launched a new report that encourages governments to pursue policies that incentivise investment and promote development of…
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Digital payments could boost tax revenue and drive economic modernization in Tanzania
Digital payments could drive economic modernization in Tanzania each year, a new study has found. The study by the United…
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Kenyatta University, BRCK sign digital literacy MoU
Kenyatta University and BRCK, a local technology firm based in Nairobi, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote…
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Ten Months On, Why Airtel’s Nxtra Data Centre Matters More Than Ever for Kenya
When Airtel Kenya broke ground on its US$150 million Nxtra data centre in Tatu City last September, the announcement stood…
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High Court Strikes Down Parts of Cybercrimes Act
Kenya’s High Court has declared key provisions of the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes (Amendment) Act, 2025 unconstitutional, in a ruling…
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Africa Internet Summit Opens in Nairobi With Focus on Regional Cooperation
Nairobi is hosting the Africa Internet Summit 2026 (AIS’26), bringing together policymakers, regulators, technology experts, industry leaders, civil society organizations,…
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Zachary Ochieng | The Next Frontier of UAE-Kenya Ties Isn’t Oil or Roads, It’s Algorithms
The recently concluded AI Everything Kenya x GITEX Kenya convened over 15,000 delegates in Nairobi, affirming that what Kenya and…
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GSMA Urges African Governments to Classify Telecom Networks as Critical Infrastructure
Mobile connectivity has become a critical pillar of modern life across Africa, supporting emergency response services, digital finance, healthcare, education…
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African Women Are Building Businesses Through WhatsApp
Across Kenya and Nigeria, many small businesses no longer begin with a website, a storefront, or even a marketplace listing.…
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AI Is Giving Rise to a New Breed of Business, Microsoft Report
Microsoft has released new findings on how AI is reshaping the way organizations operate. The research identifies a new category…
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Why Safaricom’s Tech Company Transition Feels Bigger This Year
For years, telecom companies measured themselves through coverage maps, call minutes and subscriber growth. Increasingly, the language coming from large…
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Telecom AI Meets Mobile Money in Safaricom–Indosat Deal
The Safaricom–Indosat partnership brings together two operators that arrived at the digital economy from different directions. Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (IOH)…
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Allan Juma | Why Threat Intelligence is a Compliance Imperative for Kenya’s Financial Sector
Kenya’s financial sector operates in one of the most dynamic digital economies in Africa. This economy, according to GSMA, will…
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With Airtel Uganda’s Dividend Rise Matching Profit Growth, the Region’s Telecom Income Trade Gets Firmer
The Airtel Uganda dividend rise is not a marginal adjustment. The company has lifted its total payout to Sh0.41 per…
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MTN’s Ambition in East Africa Meets Realities Money Can’t Smooth Over
In late 2025 and early 2026, comments from Ralph Mupita, the chief executive of MTN Group, set a subtle but…
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The Day the Cloud Hiccups is Never the Same Everywhere
Cloud outages now arrive as routine events in a system built at planetary scale. A misconfigured database, an automated rollback…
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Nigeria is no longer debating artificial intelligence, it is trying to govern it
Nigeria’s push to legislate artificial intelligence reflects less a fascination with new tools than a mounting discomfort with how deeply…
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Rural Kenya Overtakes Urban Centers in E-commerce Growth, Jumia Report
Rural Kenya has surged past major cities to become the country’s primary e-commerce growth engine, now accounting for 60% of…
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Cassava and Entanglement Partner to Advance AI and Cybersecurity in Africa and Middle East
Cassava Technologies has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with U.S-based Entanglement, Inc. to accelerate the deployment of advanced digital…
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CMC Networks appoints Ex-Google Exec Mahesh Jaishankar as Managing Director
CMC Networks, Africa’s leading networking provider and a subsidiary of center3, has named Mahesh Jaishankar as its new Managing Director. Jaishankar will…
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bolttech Partners with LOOP to Launch New Financing and Protection Programme for Devices
Global insurtech, bolttech, has announced its entry into the Kenyan market via its partnership with LOOP, the fintech subsidiary of…
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Trump’s Gulf Strategy Holds a Lesson for U.S.–Africa Tech Diplomacy
The upcoming U.S.–Africa Summit presents a pivotal opportunity for Washington to redefine its partnership with African nations. But if the…
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Kenya’s entertainment and media industry poised for explosive growth
Kenya is on the verge of a large growth in its entertainment and media industry. PwC has now uncovered that…
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Solcon Capital and IFC partner to provide growth capital to deep tech companies in South Africa
IFC and Solcon Capital have announced an agreement to support deep tech startups in South Africa and India. This strategic…
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20th edition of East Africa Com tech event to be hosted in Nairobi
East Africa’s premier technology, telecommunication, media, and broadcasting event East Africa Com will return to Nairobi on 25-26 April after a…
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Mastercard Launches a Global Small Business Initiative to Accelerate Economic Recovery
Mastercard – through the Center for Inclusive Growth – on Thursday launched Strive, a global initiative focused on strengthening the…
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CBFW, DHL and Sinpais Bring Training Support to 3,500 Women Entrepreneurs in Kenya
The Cherie Blair Foundation for Women, DHL Express, and Sinapis have announced a new partnership to train over 3,500 most…
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Proposed Spectrum recommendations by ATU Aand Ericsson set to expand Africa’s ICT space
African countries and telecommunications stakeholders yesterday launched the first set of ATU spectrum recommendations for the continent. The recommendations focus…
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Africa Rising: How millennials and entrepreneurship are driving the African economy
By Clemens Weitz, CEO: ROAM (Ringier One Africa Media) In recent months, Africa has seen several big announcements of international…
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Microlending app OKash introduces face recognition system for its borrowers
Microlending app OKash has introduced a built-in face recognition system to secure loans for its customers. The system, according to…
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The Sharing Economy: a driver for e-commerce in Kenya and Africa.
Technologically advanced innovations and solutions are disrupting the somehow settled e-Commerce sector. According to a report by Price WaterHouse Coopers…
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Blockchain Captured 5.3% of Africa’s Venture Funding in 2025
Africa’s blockchain industry is consolidating its position as one of the continent’s most resilient venture categories, according to the fifth…
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World Bank Warns of Stalling Recovery as Inflation Set to Climb Across Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa’s economic recovery is losing momentum, with the World Bank projecting growth will hold at 4.1 percent in 2026,…
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Why Kenya Keeps Appearing in Africa’s Corporate Expansion Plans
More than Sh400 billion in announced acquisitions by South African firms has focused attention on a question increasingly shaping boardroom…
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Yellow Card Finds a Swiss Base as Stablecoin Payments Grow Across Africa
Yellow Card has secured Swiss regulatory approval to operate through a supervised financial intermediary in Lugano, giving banks, financial institutions,…
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Spiro Secures $55M Additional Backing from Chinese Investor NewTrails Capital
Spiro, one of Africa’s leading electric motorcycle and battery-swapping companies has secured an additional $55 million equity investment from NewTrails…
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Millions of Impressions, Modest Payouts: The Reality of X Monetization in Kenya
X promised creators a new way to earn directly from their audiences. In Kenya, the offer attracted users willing to…
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The Money Behind Africa’s Music Success Is Still Slipping Through the Crack
Nigeria and Kenya are producing some of Africa’s most visible music success stories, yet both countries continue to lose substantial…
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Standard Bank Sets Its Sights on Kenya’s Top Banking Spot
Kenya’s banking hierarchy is facing a new challenge. Standard Bank says it wants to become the country’s largest lender by…
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AXIAN Telecom Acquires €170 Million EBRD Loan To Expand Africa Operations
AXIAN Telecom is strengthening its investment to support network expansion and digital infrastructure investments across its markets, in Kenya and…
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EU Invests €37 Million into Blue-Raman Cable Project to Enhance East Africa’s Global Connectivity
Speaking after talks with Henna Virkkunen, European Commission Executive Vice President, in Brussels, President William Ruto said the EU-backed cable…
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Africa’s Trade Ambitions Are Running Into a Payments and Logistics Reality
The promise of the African Continental Free Trade Area has often been measured through projections: larger markets, stronger manufacturing output,…
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East Africa Tops Africa’s Growth Charts in 2026, UN Report Shows
East Africa is on course to be the continent’s fastest-growing sub-region in 2026, with GDP projected to expand by 5.8%,…
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Africa Faces $1.3 Trillion Annual Financing Gap, But the Funds Exist, Says AfDB
Africa faces an annual development financing gap exceeding $1.3 trillion needed to meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the…
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A Banking Award for Co-op, a Fintech Prize for Ziidi Trader, and a Bigger Story Behind Both
Recognition for Co-operative Bank of Kenya and the M-Pesa-powered investment platform Ziidi Trader at this year’s African Banker Awards has…
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Governments Are Turning Africa’s Mobile Money Networks Into Tax Infrastructure
The next test for African fintech may not come from competition or funding conditions. It may come from treasury departments.…
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Africa’s Data Centres Are Growing Around Finance Demand
Africa’s data centre expansion is increasingly being pulled into the orbit of financial services, with banks, insurers and mobile money…
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AfDB: Africa’s Economy to Grow 4.2% in 2026 Despite Global Headwinds
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has released its African Economic Outlook 2026, projecting continental GDP growth of 4.2% for…
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Equity’s James Mwangi Champions Technology-Driven Trade and Inclusion at Africa CEO Forum
Equity Group Managing Director and CEO James Mwangi has called for deeper collaboration between governments, financial institutions and technology players…
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ICANN Opens Application Window For New Generic Top Level Domains
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has opened applications for its New gTLD Programme 2026 Round. The…
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Africa’s AI Ambitions Are Starting to Look Like an Infrastructure Strategy
African governments are beginning to frame artificial intelligence, connectivity and digital infrastructure less as isolated technology sectors and more as…
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How Kenya’s New Technopolis and SEZ Laws Could Shape Future Investment Projects
President William Ruto has approved three new laws aimed at tightening Kenya’s investment framework and expanding support for technology, manufacturing…
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