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WayaWaya, Choice Bank launch AI-driven banking app
Fintech firm WayaWaya has entered retail banking through a partnership with Choice Bank, betting on artificial intelligence to win customers…
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Absa Next adds investments, Equity Fund up 15.95% YTD
Absa Bank Kenya has added investment products to Absa Next, its digital banking platform. Customers can now open, manage and…
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Safaricom confirms Mungania as M-PESA boss after Waititu exit
Safaricom has appointed Boniface Mungania as Chief Financial Services Officer, effective 1 November 2026, after receiving all relevant regulatory approvals.…
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I&M Bank’s FX Flash Deal bets on app-first forex for the festive season
I&M Bank is offering customers discounted exchange rates (FX) through its I&M OTG app throughout November. The campaign targets the…
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Samsung bets on connected living to win over Kenyan homes
As Samsung rolls out its Connected Living Experience in Kenya, Sam Odhiambo, Head of Consumer Electronics Business at Samsung Kenya,…
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Bolt ranks eighth among Kenya’s strongest brands for 2026
Bolt has been ranked eighth among Kenya’s strongest brands in the 2026 Superbrands ranking, making it the only mobility platform…
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Postbank opens 600 agent points to other banks via Pesalink
Pesalink and Postbank PLC have partnered to let Postbank agents accept cash deposits from customers of other participating banks through…
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Yellow Card acquires GoMoney to enter Brazil
Stablecoin payments infrastructure provider Yellow Card has acquired GoMoney, a Brazilian virtual asset service provider (VASP), giving it direct operations…
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UAE developer Reportage eyes more Kenya projects
UAE-based property developer Reportage Group is looking for new development sites in Kenya, as it pushes ahead with three Nairobi…
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M-Pesa tops Kenya’s Superbrands 2026 ranking
M-Pesa has been ranked Kenya’s strongest brand for 2026 in Superbrands East Africa’s annual consumer rankings, with Safaricom, its parent…
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African battle royale game Rise of Fearless raises US$1m
Rise of Fearless, an African-owned battle royale mobile game inspired by African history and culture, has secured US$1 million in…
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Samsung holds No. 5 spot in Interbrand’s Best Global Brands 2026
Samsung Electronics has been ranked fifth on Interbrand’s Best Global Brands list for the seventh consecutive year, with a brand…
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NCBA takes PropertyDuka marketplace to Nakuru, Naivasha
NCBA is expanding its PropertyDuka digital property marketplace beyond Nairobi. The bank is targeting developers, realtors and investors in Nakuru…
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Google launches Skilling Africa hub to train 3m in AI by 2030
Google has launched Skilling Africa with Google, a new learning hub designed to widen access to digital and AI skills…
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Kenswitch taps PayU’s Wibmo to secure online card payments
Kenswitch, Kenya’s domestic payment switch, has partnered with Wibmo, a PayU company, to strengthen authentication for online card payments and…
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Airtel Africa half-year profit rises 20% to $452m
Airtel Africa’s profit after tax rose by 20.5% to US$452 million in the half year to 30 September 2026, up…
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SA’s 80eight processes US$18m monthly as stablecoin demand grows
South African fintech 80eight now processes about US$18 million (R300 million) in transactions each month. The company attributes this to…
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Binance suspends withdrawals after $6.3bn hack
Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, has suspended deposits and withdrawals after a security breach that it estimates affected about…
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BUSINESS
CFAO Mobility Kenya takes over Case IH operations
CFAO Mobility Kenya has taken over management of agricultural equipment brand Case IH in Kenya, effective 1 October 2026, following…
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Bolt adds pay-more, wait-less ride options in Kenya
Ride-hailing firm Bolt has rolled out three ride categories in Kenya. Customers can pay extra for a faster pick-up, wait…
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LOOP launches all-in-one merchant platform for Kenyan SMEs
NCBA Group’s digital financial services arm, LOOP DFS, has launched LOOP BIZ+, a merchant platform that combines payment acceptance, working…
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Samsung opens new retail store in Kitui
Samsung Electronics East Africa has opened a new outlet in Kitui as the smartphone maker extends its retail network beyond…
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BUSINESS
Fuliza borrowers rise to 18.1m as merchant loans sour
Safaricom more than doubled the number of Kenyans eligible to borrow on Fuliza to 18.1 million in the year to…
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Kenya, GIZ move to finalise Digital Transformation Centre II deal
Kenya and Germany’s development agency GIZ are moving to finalise the implementation agreements for the second phase of the Digital…
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Safaricom logs 1.25bn intrusion attempts in FY26
Safaricom detected and monitored about 1.25 billion intrusion attempts in its 2026 financial year (FY26), according to the Kenyan telco’s…
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BUSINESS
Airtel Money revenue jumps 34% to $830m in first half
Airtel Money, the mobile money business of Airtel Africa, grew revenue 34 per cent to $830 million in the six…
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Paratus opens Dar es Salaam PoP to link Tanzania to its network
Paratus Tanzania, part of pan-African telecommunications group Paratus, has established a new point of presence (PoP) at Wingu Data Centre…
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Safaricom lets fibre users share data with up to family members
Safaricom has launched a plan that lets home fibre customers share mobile data or minutes with up to five family…
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DStv Kenya cuts packages to four, with entry price at Sh750
MultiChoice has cut its DStv packages from six to four in a pricing overhaul that brings Premier League and Champions…
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INTERPOL’s Serengeti III nets 1,462 arrests across Africa
An INTERPOL-coordinated cybercrime crackdown spanning 20 African countries has led to 1,462 arrests and the recovery of $105 million. Cybersecurity…
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Glovo Kenya orders jump 40pc as quick commerce gains ground
Delivery platform Glovo recorded a 40 per cent rise in orders in Kenya last year, as more consumers turn to…
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World Bank taps Cassava, Nvidia for Africa AI compute push
Pan-African technology group Cassava Technologies has been named a knowledge partner in a new World Bank Group initiative to give…
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Nedbank completes 66pc NCBA takeover after regulatory nod
South Africa’s Nedbank Group has completed its acquisition of a 66 per cent controlling stake in NCBA Group, making the…
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Neural Labs, Me-Nasoma win Meta AI pitch contest in Nairobi
Kenyan startups Neural Labs Africa and Me-Nasoma have won the inaugural AI Academy Kenya Pitchathon, taking home $5,000 each in…
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Meta picks 10 Kenyan AI startups for Nairobi pitch contest
Ten Kenyan startups building on Meta’s artificial intelligence tools will compete for funding and a slot at a global AI…
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Sterling, Cascador launch $200m Nigerian SME loan fund
Nigerian lender Sterling Bank and growth-stage investor Cascador have launched a $200 million fund to help small and medium-sized enterprises…
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Bolt launches Sh280 subscription with ride cashback
Ride-hailing firm Bolt has launched a monthly subscription in Kenya that gives frequent users cashback on rides, free food delivery…
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New data body targets 10,000 professionals in Kenya
Kenya has a new professional body for data practitioners, which plans to train more than 10,000 data professionals over the…
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Her Startup opens second cohort for African women founders
Women-led tech startups across Africa have until October 26 to apply for the second cohort of Her Startup, an accelerator…
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Spotify brings audiobooks to Kenya at Sh489 a month
Spotify has launched audiobooks in Kenya with more than 350,000 titles, adding books to the music and podcasts its users…
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Safaricom cybersecurity summit puts AI at centre of cyber defence
Safaricom has called for cybersecurity to be built into digital services from the outset, as AI fuels a new wave…
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Seven in 10 Kenyans off track for retirement, study says
Seven in 10 Kenyans say they are not on course for a comfortable retirement, with household costs, irregular incomes and…
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CA moves to tighten satellite internet licensing
Satellite internet providers operating in Kenya face a new set of licensing and spectrum rules after the Communications Authority of…
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Kenya gazettes Access to Information Policy 2026
Kenya has formally published its Access to Information (ATI) Policy, 2026, setting out a national framework for how citizens can…
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CYBER SECURITY
Cyberattacks on African firms rise faster than global average
Cyberattacks on African organisations grew faster than the global average over the past decade. Hackers are increasingly targeting the continent’s…
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Crypto firm wants Kenya to delay virtual asset licensing to 2027
A Nairobi-based digital assets firm has asked the government to push back the rollout of Kenya’s virtual asset licensing regime…
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Ugandan fintech MAM Telecom lands $250,000 grant
Ugandan payments infrastructure startup MAM Telecom Ltd has secured a $250,000 (about Sh32 million) grant from a South African businessman…
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Airtel Africa adds 3,250 sites and 3,200km of fibre in a year
Over the past year, Airtel Africa says it has added more than 3,250 network sites and 3,200 kilometres of fibre.…
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Roam raises local parts in e-bikes to 40pc
Electric motorcycle maker Roam has raised the share of locally made parts in its Roam Air model to 40 percent,…
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Cassava Technologies rehires Dan Kwach to lead AI data centre push
Cassava Technologies has rehired former Africa Data Centres (ADC) East Africa managing director Dan Kwach to lead its artificial intelligence…
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Safaricom launches Sharia-compliant money market fund on M-Pesa
Safaricom has launched a Sharia-compliant money market fund on M-Pesa. The move is a bid to pull more Muslim and…
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Ex-Absa boss Abdi Mohamed officially takes over at I&M Bank
Former Absa Bank Kenya chief executive Abdi Mohamed has officially taken over as the head of I&M Bank Kenya after…
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Samsung Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra, Galaxy Tab S12+ With 3nm Processors, Up to 14.6-Inch AMOLED Displays Launched: Price, Specifications
Samsung Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra and Galaxy Tab S12+ have officially been launched in Kenya. The new flagship tablets from…
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Airtel Money puts Sh37m into Marigat schools
Airtel Money Kenya and ChildFund have started construction of classrooms, toilets and water facilities worth Sh37 million at two schools…
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BUSINESS
Airtel Money prices London IPO at $7bn valuation
Airtel Money has priced its London initial public offering (IPO) at about $2.60 (£1.96) per share, valuing the mobile money…
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Kenyan banks’ sovereign debt exposure caps profit gains, says Moody’s
Kenyan banks’ heavy holdings of government debt will continue to cap their credit strength despite rising profits and a sharp…
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Safaricom, Pesapal bring M-Pesa tap-to-pay to shop tills
Safaricom has partnered with payments firm Pesapal to roll out tap-to-pay and dynamic QR code payments for M-Pesa at shop…
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CBK licenses 29 more digital lenders
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has licensed an additional 29 digital credit providers (DCPs), bringing the total number of…
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Kenyans eye Dangote refinery shares via NSE listing
Kenyan investors could soon buy into the Dangote refinery’s initial public offering (IPO) through the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE), under…
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How Airtel Money turned agents, cashback and interoperability into a Kenya growth strategy
In a market long described as a one-horse race, Airtel Money has been gaining ground without much noise. Four years…
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Gadgets
Samsung Care+ cuts screen repair costs across East Africa
Samsung is expanding access to Care+, a service plan that allows owners of eligible Galaxy smartphones in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda…
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Inside I&M Bank’s push to go ‘digital fast’
Every month, about 25,000 people open an I&M Bank account without filling in a form. They need only a national…
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BUSINESS
Absa launches all-in-one app in push for digital customers
Absa Bank Kenya has launched a digital platform that bundles banking, savings, investments, loans and lifestyle services into a single…
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Tecno wins two IFA innovation awards for modular phone, mini PC
Smartphone maker Tecno has won two awards at this month’s IFA 2026 consumer electronics trade show in Berlin for a…
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Latitude59 opens Nairobi pitch contest for African startups
Estonian startup event Latitude59 has opened applications for its 2026 Kenya pitch competition, offering early-stage African founders a shot at…
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Yellow Card hires ex-Monzo executive Ross Everett as group CFO
Stablecoin payments firm Yellow Card has appointed former Monzo Bank finance executive Ross Everett as its group Chief Financial Officer…
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KPC fellowship lands jobs for 30pc of first tech cohort
Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) says 30 percent of the first cohort of its youth technology fellowship have secured jobs, as…
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State plans unified platform to link government systems
The government is building a unified operations platform to link public institutions’ systems through secure application programming interfaces (APIs), as…
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Bolt, Kenya Red Cross to train 500 boda riders in first aid
Ride-hailing firm Bolt has partnered with the Kenya Red Cross to train more than 500 boda boda riders in first…
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Airtel Money gains ground as Kenya’s mobile money base tops 54m
Kenya’s mobile money subscriptions reached 54.0 million by June 2026, growing 13.2 per cent year-on-year and pushing mobile money penetration…
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Google trains Kenyan Gen-Z creators, students on Gemini AI tools
Google hosted a hands-on workshop at its Nairobi office, locally dubbed Tutunge na Gemini, targeting Gen Z creators, media professionals…
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Vertiv, Pinnacle ICT in distribution deal to expand data infrastructure reach in Southern Africa
Vertiv, a global provider of critical digital infrastructure, has announced a distribution partnership with Pinnacle ICT, extending the availability of…
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BUSINESS
Absa Kenya, Vivo Energy sign MOU to finance Shell dealers
Absa Bank Kenya PLC and Vivo Energy Kenya, the company that distributes and markets Shell products and services in the…
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GSMA warns of AI divide as 3.4 billion remain offline
The GSMA has warned that the world risks a new divide between AI “haves” and “have-nots” unless urgent action is…
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Apple adds Apple TV, Arcade to iCloud+ in Kenya at no extra cost
Apple has expanded its iCloud+ subscription in Kenya to include Apple TV and Apple Arcade at no additional cost, marking…
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Equity Bank accelerates push to link local SMEs to global markets
Kenyan commercial banks are shifting their lending strategies from traditional primary production toward value addition, aiming to plug local small…
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KRA waives penalties, interest over iTax portal downtime
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) will waive penalties and interest accrued by taxpayers as a result of intermittent downtime on…
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PAPSS targets faster adoption as transaction volumes jump 1,000pc
The Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) says it is entering a new growth phase after transaction volumes across its…
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Safaricom, Vodacom respond after High Court nullifies stake sale
Safaricom PLC has confirmed the High Court’s ruling nullifying the government’s sale of its 15 per cent stake to Vodacom,…
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Kenya floats tender for national fibre backbone, cross-border links
Kenya’s ICT Authority (ICTA) has issued an international tender for the extension of the country’s national fibre backbone and cross-border…
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WSO2 launches open platform to rein in enterprise AI agent sprawl
Technology firm WSO2 has announced the general availability of Agent Manager, an open control plane built to govern artificial intelligence…
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BUSINESS
High Court nullifies Safaricom’s 15pc stake sale to Vodacom
Kenya’s High Court has declared the government’s sale of a 15 per cent stake in Safaricom PLC to Vodacom Group…
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Twiga Foods placed under administration
Templar Field Limited, formerly known as Twiga Foods Limited, and GT Flow Limited, formerly Twiga Foods One Limited, have been…
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Michael Mutiga Confirmed as Stanbic Bank Kenya CEO as lender builds on strong H1
Michael Mutiga has been confirmed as Chief Executive of Stanbic Bank Kenya after the appointment received the necessary regulatory approvals…
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Technopolis Development Authority Board fully constituted under new Act
The Technopolis Development Authority Board has been fully constituted, with the appointment of three new members completing its composition under…
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Anthropic flags Kenya in global AI misuse report ahead of 2027 vote
Kenya has been named in a new global threat intelligence report by AI company Anthropic, which says a pro-government operator…
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BUSINESS
Absa Bank Kenya names Yusuf Omari as CEO
Absa Bank Kenya has appointed Yusuf Omari as its Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer with immediate effect, confirming him…
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Vodacom, Fast Fibre push for wider East Africa digital reach
Vodacom Tanzania and Fast Fibre executives have called for closer regional coordination on regulation, tax and infrastructure investment to accelerate…
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Kenyans among world’s heaviest AI users, survey shows
Kenya has emerged as one of the world’s most active adopters of artificial intelligence, with 87% of citizens surveyed using…
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Interview: Liquid bets on AI as next growth frontier for Africa’s fibre network
Liquid Intelligent Technologies Kenya is repositioning itself beyond its legacy as a connectivity provider, pushing to layer AI, cloud and…
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NEC Africa appoints Phillip Nganga as new East Africa Regional Manager
NEC Africa has appointed Phillip Nganga as Regional Manager for East Africa, giving him overall responsibility for the performance and…
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Saviynt names Kamel Heus regional sales VP for Middle East, Africa
Saviynt, a provider of identity security solutions, has appointed Kamel Heus as Vice President of Sales for the Middle East…
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Kenya reaffirms digital investment push at ITW Africa
Kenya has reaffirmed its commitment to accelerating digital transformation through stronger public-private partnerships, infrastructure investment and supportive policy frameworks. The…
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Kenya coast gets first fully protected submarine cable system as LuLu launches
A coalition of infrastructure and investment firms has unveiled the LuLu Coastal Cable System, the first fully protected submarine cable…
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Paratus expands East Africa connectivity ahead of ITW Africa
Pan-African telecommunications provider Paratus Group is expanding its East Africa footprint through new fibre infrastructure, satellite services and cross-border network…
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CA proposes standalone data centre licence
The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has opened a public consultation process on a proposal to introduce a standalone licence…
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Safaricom Ethiopia crosses 15m subscribers at five-year mark
Safaricom Ethiopia has surpassed 15 million 90-day active subscribers, marking five years since the Ethiopian government awarded it a full-service…
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Data centre giant Vertiv acquires US microgrid specialist in $1.45bn cash deal
Vertiv has agreed to acquire UtilityInnovation Group, a US microgrid and power systems firm, for approximately $1.45 billion in cash,…
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WIOCC secures $300m from AFC, Vision Invest for Africa digital push
Africa’s carrier-neutral digital infrastructure platform WIOCC Group has signed a Shareholder Subscription Agreement with Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) and Vision…
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BUSINESS
Kenya Airways acting CEO George Kamal resigns
Kenya Airways has announced the departure of Capt. George Kamal from his role as Acting Group Managing Director and Chief…
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Kenya among eight countries set to join Digital Cooperation Organization
The Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO) has approved the candidature of eight new countries, including Kenya, to join the organization as…
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