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EMERGE Platform Launches to Close Africa’s Career Development Gap
TheBoardroom Africa has launched EMERGE, a digital career platform for young African professionals, backed by the Mastercard Foundation. The platform,…
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Startups
Flutterwave Secures Strategic Investment From Circle Ventures
Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company, has announced a strategic investment from Circle Ventures, the corporate venture arm of Circle…
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Africa Pushes for Seat at AI Governance Table as Global Commission Takes Shape
Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame will co-chair a new international body tasked with steering the next phase of artificial intelligence development,…
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Spotify Signs on as Afronation Portugal 2026 Streaming Partner
Spotify has partnered with Afronation Portugal 2026 as official sponsor and exclusive streaming partner, extending the festival’s reach beyond the…
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Google Play Launches Sh129m Indie Games Fund for Africa
Google Play has launched its first Indie Games Fund for Africa, committing Sh129 million ($1 million) to help independent game…
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Startups
FasterCapital Backs DRC Agro-Food Startup
FasterCapital has accepted Agro-Food And Technology, a Matadi-based agro-food company in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), into its EquityPilot…
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Startups
Factorial Raises $150m to Scale AI Workforce Platform
European HR technology firm Factorial has closed a $150 million (Sh19.4 billion) Series D funding round led by General Catalyst,…
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Google Cloud Eyes $90.6bn Boost to SA Economy by 2030
Global technology giant Google says its Johannesburg Cloud Region will add $90.6 billion (Sh1.7 trillion) to South Africa’s economy by…
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The TechTrends Podcast | Profitability Becomes the New Currency for African Startups, Says Google’s Alex Okosi
African startups are increasingly being judged on profitability rather than user growth, as the continent’s funding landscape matures beyond its…
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CMA Clears Vodafone’s $1.6bn Safaricom Deal
Vodafone Kenya Limited (VKL) has announced that the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has granted it an exemption from the requirement…
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New Appointments
Ashish Malhotra Exits Airtel Kenya as Djibril Tobe Takes Over as MD
Airtel Kenya has appointed Djibril Tobe as Managing Director of Airtel Kenya, succeeding Ashish Malhotra, who departs after four years…
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I&M Bank Appoints Abdi Mohamed as Kenya CEO
I&M Group has appointed Abdi Mohamed as Chief Executive Officer of I&M Bank Kenya, pending regulatory approval from the Central…
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Open Startup Launches New Push for African Deep Tech at 10-Year Mark
Open Startup, the pan-African organisation that has spent the past decade supporting entrepreneurs and innovation ecosystems across the continent, has…
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Samsung’s Market Value Jumps 453% Amid AI Chip Boom
Samsung Electronics has recorded the steepest year-on-year market capitalisation growth among the world’s largest publicly traded companies, with its valuation…
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Safaricom Fixed Internet Share Hits 35.5%, Nears 1M Subscribers
Safaricom has strengthened its leadership in Kenya’s fixed internet market, growing its market share to 35.5 per cent and increasing…
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BUSINESS
CBK, Clearstream Launch Market Link to Open Kenyan Bonds to Global Investors
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) and Clearstream have announced the launch of the Clearstream-Kenya Link, a new market infrastructure…
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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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AWS Selects Nine African Organizations for Social Impact Accelerator
Amazon Web Services has selected nine African organizations to join the fourth cohort of its Social Entrepreneur Accelerator, marking the…
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Mobile Money Subscriptions in Kenya Hit 53.4 Million
Kenya’s mobile money sector recorded strong growth in the third quarter of the 2025/26 financial year, with subscriptions rising from…
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Startups
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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Football Drives TikTok Engagement in Kenya as Platform Hits 6.5 Million Sports Videos
TikTok has cemented itself as the leading platform for sports entertainment and football culture in Sub-Saharan Africa and beyond, with…
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Kenya in Talks with OpenAI to Host East Africa’s First AI Academy
Kenya is in discussions with OpenAI to establish Nairobi as the home of the first OpenAI Academy initiative in Eastern…
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15 African AI Startups Graduate from Google for Startups Accelerator, Raise $1.1M Average
Fifteen AI-focused startups from eight African countries have completed the Google for Startups Accelerator Africa programme, with 60% of the…
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Kenya, EU Deepen Digital Transformation Partnership
Kenya’s State Department for ICT and the Digital Economy has held a strategic engagement with a delegation from the European…
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AURA, Glovo Kenya Partner on Rider Safety
AURA, a life-saving technology platform focused on making emergency response services more accessible and affordable, has announced a new partnership…
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Kenya Ranks 6th in Africa’s Digital Rights and Inclusion Index
Kenya has been ranked sixth in the latest report on the state of digital rights and inclusion across the continent.…
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Ripple Acquires Stake in Nigerian Fintech Flutterwave Valuing Company at $3.2bn
Flutterwave has secured a strategic investment from Ripple as part of its Series E fundraising round, in a deal that…
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Nigeria Rewrites Its Telecom Policy for the First Time Since 2000
Nigeria is rewriting the foundational policy document that shaped its entire telecommunications sector, as the country’s regulator moves to modernise…
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Visa Partners with BAKE Awards to Boost Financial Access for Kenya’s Content Creators
Visa has announced a strategic partnership with the Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE) for the 10th annual BAKE Awards, positioning…
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Egypt’s Blnk Raises $37m to Deepen Point of Sale Credit for Consumers
Egyptian fintech Blnk has closed a combined $37.1 million in funding, comprising a $12.5 million Series A equity round and $24.6…
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Kenyan Students Win Historic Grand Prize at Huawei ICT Global Final
Kenyan university students have delivered the country’s best-ever performance at the Huawei ICT Competition 2025-2026 Global Final, held in Shenzhen,…
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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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Ethiopia’s EthioPay-IPS Hits 1 Million Daily Transactions
Ethiopia’s national payment switch, EthSwitch, has recorded a landmark milestone after its EthioPay-IPS platform surpassed one million transactions in a…
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BUSINESS
Bolt Food Enters On-Demand Retail With Quickmart
Bolt Food has moved into on-demand retail in Kenya, announcing a partnership with Quickmart Supermarkets that gives users access to…
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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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The TechTrends Podcast | Samsung Galaxy S26 Series: Evolution or Safe Upgrade?
Samsung’s Galaxy S26 series launched globally in February, going on sale on March 11 and the questions around it have…
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Vertiv Powers OADC’s Parklands Data Centre Expansion in Johannesburg
Vertiv, a global leader in critical digital infrastructure, supported Open Access Data Centres (OADC), a WIOCC Group company, in standardising…
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Nigeria Sets Final June 17 Date for Digital TV Transition After 17-Year Delay
Nigeria’s Federal Government has officially fixed June 17, 2026, as the launch date for the country’s long-delayed Digital Switch Over…
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Kenya Airways Targets Emergency Funds in Bid to Sustain Recovery Push
Kenya Airways (KQ) is pursuing emergency funding and exploring fresh investment avenues as the national carrier moves to stabilise operations…
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Africa Jobs Fund Targets $100M to Lift Worker Incomes Across Sub-Saharan Africa
A new philanthropic investment fund focused on job creation in Sub-Saharan Africa launched on Tuesday, targeting $100 million in capital…
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Startups
Spiro Acquires UK Engineering Firm Coexlion to Build First African R&D Centre in Nairobi
Spiro has acquired UK-based engineering and design firm Coexlion for an undisclosed sum, with plans to establish its first African…
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LINX Kenya Traffic Surges Twenty-Fold
The London Internet Exchange (LINX) has recorded a twenty-fold increase in traffic across its Kenyan infrastructure over the past year.…
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West Africa’s First Hyperscale-Ready Data Centre Opens in Lagos
Kasi Cloud Datacenters has commissioned West Africa’s first hyperscale-ready, AI-capable data centre campus in Lekki, Lagos, marking a significant milestone…
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African Organisations Pivot to Unified Security Platforms, Genetec Report
Organisations across Africa are accelerating the shift from fragmented surveillance infrastructure to unified security platforms, according to new data from…
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ASUS Bets on Offline AI and Long-Term Partnerships as it Deepens Kenya Push
ASUS is expanding its commercial footprint in Kenya with a strategy built around offline artificial intelligence, SME-targeted products, and partnerships…
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Five Kenyan Universities Set to Join East Africa’s First EU Academic Corridor
Five of Kenya’s leading universities are expected to sign partnership agreements this week with a Romanian EU-accredited institution, establishing what…
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Startups
Battery Rental Startup bPOWERd Launches in Lagos
Solar-powered battery rental startup bPOWERd has launched operations in Lagos, establishing its first seven sites at Mobil service stations operated…
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ALX Reports 347,000 Graduates as African AI Market Heads to $16.5bn
African talent accelerator ALX has trained more than 347,000 people across the continent, with nearly 258,000 graduates having transitioned into…
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Equity Group Processes 89.5% of Transactions Through Digital Platforms in Q1 2026
Equity Group processed 89.5% of all customer transactions through digital platforms in the first quarter of 2026, the lender has…
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Kenya Power’s EV Charging Revenue Hits KES 382 Million
Kenya Power has recorded cumulative revenue of KES 382 million (approximately US$2.9 million) from electric vehicle charging over the past…
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Most Industrial Leaders Prioritise Digital Ecosystems But Few Share Data, Report Finds
Industrial software company AVEVA and global business school IMD have published the inaugural Industrial Intelligence Report, revealing a significant disconnect…
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Italy Unveils €50 Million Africa Investment Plan at GITEX Kenya
Italy has launched its first national pavilion at GITEX Kenya, bringing six startups and SMEs to the Kenyatta International Convention…
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Nothing Brings its Full Smartphone and Audio Range to Kenya
Nothing, the London-founded consumer electronics brand, has launched its full product range in Kenya, marking the company’s first formal entry…
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East Africa’s AI Infrastructure Push Takes Centre Stage at GITEX Kenya
Kenya’s first Oracle Cloud Infrastructure region will be hosted in Nairobi, iXAfrica Data Centres confirmed on Wednesday, in the headline…
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Checker Raises $8M to Build Stablecoin Liquidity Infrastructure for African Banks and Neobanks
Checker, a global infrastructure network for digital asset markets, has closed an $8 million funding round to accelerate stablecoin-powered financial…
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PayPal Brings Its Dollar-Backed Stablecoin to 70 Markets, Including Africa
PayPal has announced the rollout of its dollar-backed stablecoin, PayPal USD (PYUSD), to users across 70 markets worldwide, including markets…
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Startups Bring US$5 Server Intelligence and Sign Language Tech to GITEX Nairobi
A Kenyan startup will this week attempt to run production-grade artificial intelligence on a US$5 server, one of several homegrown…
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MultiChoice Drops Decoder Prices as it Bids for Kenya’s World Cup Audience
MultiChoice Kenya has launched a consumer campaign ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, cutting hardware prices and bundling subscription…
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BUSINESS
Kenya Airways Cargo Signs Ground Handling Partnership With FedEx
Kenya Airways (KQ) has signed a partnership with FedEx, becoming the American carrier’s ground handling partner in Kenya. The agreement…
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JuiceMe Acquires Ajiraworks in Push to Build Pan-African Employment Infrastructure
Nairobi-based workforce infrastructure company JuiceMe has acquired Ajiraworks, a compliance-focused employment firm with operations in the UK and Kenya, in…
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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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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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CYBER SECURITY
Kaspersky Expands Crisis Simulation Platform With AI Fraud and Supply Chain Scenarios
Kaspersky has expanded its Interactive Protection Simulation (KIPS) platform with four new cyberattack scenarios built specifically for IT sector organisations,…
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Huawei DigiTruck Reaches Lamu as 140 Graduates Mark Programme’s 43rd County Milestone
More than 140 young people graduated from the Huawei DigiTruck Programme in Lamu County on Monday, 11 May 2026, in…
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Bolt Raises Kenya Ride Fares by 6% Amid Rising Fuel Costs
Ride-hailing platform Bolt has increased fares in Kenya by six percent, citing sustained fuel price increases that have raised operating…
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Startups
Kenya Targets North African Startups With Konza Innovation Forum
The Konza Technopolis Development Authority (KoTDA) is hosting a high-level North African innovation forum this week, positioning Kenya as a…
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Africa Tech Summit London Picks 13 Ventures for Its 10th Edition Investor Showcase
Africa Tech Summit London has unveiled 13 African and Africa-focused technology ventures selected to pitch at the London Stock Exchange…
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Stream Closes $5.2M Seed Extension to Build MENA’s Billing Infrastructure Layer
Stream, a Riyadh-born payments and billing platform, has raised a $5.2 million seed extension less than six months after closing…
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Uganda Fintech MAM Telecom Builds Out Payment Infrastructure Stack as It Eyes East African Expansion
Ugandan fintech infrastructure startup MAM Telecom Ltd is advancing a payment and settlement stack aimed at structural inefficiencies in Uganda’s…
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Factorial Backs Kenya HR Push With $10M AI Fund in KEPSA Partnership
HR and business management software firm Factorial has partnered with the Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) to drive technology adoption…
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Safaricom Ethiopia Total Funding Hits $2.65 Billion as PLC Deepens Stake to 54%
Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia closed the financial year ended 31 March 2026 with total funding of $2.65 billion, a 17% increase…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom Group Service Revenue Hits KES 414 Billion
Safaricom grew Group service revenue to KES 414 billion in the year ended 31 March 2026, as strong performance in…
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Kenya Launches AI for Disability Project to Advance Inclusive Digital Transformation
Kenya has officially launched the AI for Disability Project, a cross-sector initiative aimed at developing and deploying scalable assistive technologies…
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Startups
Shiprazor Raises $2.65 Million to Streamline E-commerce Logistics Across Africa
Cape Town-based logistics technology startup Shiprazor has secured $2.65 million (R44 million) in seed funding to address one of Africa’s…
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M-PESA Processes Sh100 Billion Daily as Safaricom Eyes Deeper Public Sector Push
M-PESA, Safaricom’s flagship mobile money service, now processes roughly Sh100 billion, approximately $800 million, every single day, CEO Peter Ndegwa…
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WildMango Becomes OpenAI’s First SMB Partner in Africa
Nairobi-based technology company WildMango has announced a strategic partnership with OpenAI, making it one of the American AI giant’s first…
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45 African Countries Have Enacted Data Protection Legislation, Yellow Card Report
Yellow Card, the largest licensed stablecoin infrastructure provider operating in emerging markets, has published its 2026 Report on Data Protection…
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Safaricom Pushes First Major Update to Stabilize My OneApp
Safaricom has released version 5.1.5 of My OneApp on the Google Play Store, addressing key user complaints in what the…
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Gadgets
Vivo Set to Launch V70 FE in Kenya – A 200 MP AI Travel Portrait Smartphone
vivo has officially teased the upcoming vivo V70 FE, a smartphone positioned squarely at socially active users who live to…
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ALX Accelerates Gender Parity in Africa’s Tech and AI Workforce
ALX, Africa’s leading talent accelerator, has trained 347,100 graduates to date, and women account for more than half. The Mastercard…
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Nigeria Customs Deploys AI to Plug Revenue Leakages
Nigeria is turning to artificial intelligence (AI) to strengthen revenue collection and curb long-standing leakages in its trade and customs…
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Paratus Group Appoints New GM to Lead FAST Congo
FAST Congo, the wholesale connectivity joint venture between the Paratus Group and Global Broadband Solutions (GBS) operating in the Democratic…
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Over 1,000 Jobs at Risk as Sama Announces Nairobi Office Redundancies Following Meta Contract Loss
Global data annotation firm Samasource Impact Sourcing Inc (Sama) has announced a major redundancy exercise at its Nairobi office, affecting…
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Safaricom Apologises Over My OneApp Rollout, Promises Urgent Fixes
Safaricom PLC has issued a public apology to its customers following a troubled rollout of its new My OneApp platform,…
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Eldoret Hospital Ordered to Pay KSh 525,000 Over Patient Data Breach
A healthcare facility in Eldoret has been ordered to compensate a patient KSh 525,000 after Kenya’s data protection regulator found…
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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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Startups
Kenyan Startup Zerobionic Selected in Qualcomm’s 2026 Make in Africa Cohort
A Kenyan startup has earned continental recognition after being named among ten innovators selected for the 2026 cohort of Qualcomm’s…
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Huawei Brings High-Speed Internet to Nairobi’s Mukuru Housing Project in Digital Inclusion Push
Huawei has donated a suite of broadband and digital learning equipment to a primary school within the Mukuru Affordable Housing…
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CLOUD
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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Kenya’s Telecom Sector Shifts Focus as Growth Moves Beyond Subscriber Numbers
Kenya’s telecommunications sector is entering a phase of maturity, with overall mobile subscriptions showing a marginal growth as usage patterns…
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Startups
Madica Backs Three African Startups With Fresh Pre-Seed Investment
Madica, a structured investment program focused on pre-seed African startups, has announced new investments in three tech-enabled ventures: Kilimo Fresh,…
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Westcon-Comstor Expands Cybersecurity and Networking Portfolio with Infoblox in Southern Africa
Westcon-Comstor has announced a new distribution partnership with Infoblox, bringing the company’s hybrid and multi-cloud networking platform to channel partners…
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Cascador Opens Applications for 2026 ScaleUp Program Targeting Africa’s Growth-Stage Founders
Cascador has opened applications for its 2026 ScaleUp Program. The Africa-focused accelerator is looking for 12 growth-stage founders to join…
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Telkom Kenya Falls Below Regulatory Threshold in Annual Network Quality Assessment
Telkom Kenya has failed to meet the Communications Authority’s minimum quality-of-service standards in the regulator’s annual network assessment for the…
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News
Daraja 3.0, Agentic AI, and 5G Gaming: What Safaricom’s Decode 4.0 Means for Kenyan Developers
Twenty-five years ago, Safaricom launched as a telecommunications company. Today, it is something considerably more difficult to define: part infrastructure…
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Infinix Targets Kenya’s Booming Creator Economy with NOTE 60 Pro #CreatePro Campaign
Smartphone brand Infinix has launched its #CreatePro campaign in Kenya, centred on its latest flagship device, the NOTE 60 Pro,…
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BUSINESS
Kenyan Banks Lend Ksh.326.5 Billion to MSMEs in 2025
Kenya’s banking sector extended Ksh.326.5 billion in new loans to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in 2025, shattering the…
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Parliament Approves Partial Sale of Safaricom Stake to Vodacom
Kenya’s National Assembly on Tuesday approved the sale of a 15 per cent government stake in Safaricom PLC to South…
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Isiolo Innovator Wins Red Bull Basement Kenya Finals, Heads to Silicon Valley
A 23-year-old innovator from Isiolo County has won the Red Bull Basement Kenya National Finals with an AI platform designed…
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BUSINESS
NCBA Group Posts KES 23.4 Billion Profit, Launches New Ubuntu Strategy as Nedbank Deal Nears
NCBA Group PLC has reported a profit after tax of KES 23.4 billion for the full year 2025, marking a…
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High-Growth Firms Drive 80% of Kenya’s Tech Jobs, New Study Finds
A new study has revealed the outsized economic role played by high-growth companies in Kenya, finding that tech and tech-enabled…
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