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eZi Remit, Mastercard Partner to Expand Faster and Affordable Cross-Border Payments Across Africa
South African remittance fintech eZi Remit has partnered with Mastercard to strengthen cross-border money transfers, enabling eligible customers in South…
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Safaricom Expands Youth Skills Programme to Prepare Students for Digital Economy
Safaricom has expanded its youth empowerment initiative by equipping students at Kiambu National Polytechnic with practical digital and entrepreneurial skills…
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BasiGo, Rubis Energy Kenya Partner to Expand EV Charging Network Across Kenya
Electric bus company BasiGo and Rubis Energy Kenya have partnered to launch a network of fast-charging stations along Kenya’s major…
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Airtel Money Opens Four New Retail Stores in Mombasa
Airtel Money has opened four new retail stores in Mombasa County, expanding its customer service footprint at the Coast. The…
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KCB, Matatu Owners Association Launch EV Charging Station in Buruburu
KCB Bank Kenya, the Matatu Owners Association (MOA) and electric mobility firm ePureMotion have launched an electric vehicle charging station…
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Visa and Safaricom Step Up Awareness of M-Pesa GlobalPay Virtual Visa Card
Visa and Safaricom are increasing awareness of the M-Pesa GlobalPay Virtual Visa Card, through football-themed consumer campaigns to demonstrate how…
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Stanbic Bank Expands Tailored Banking Services for Police Officers in Kenya
Stanbic Bank Kenya has expanded its financial services for police officers, introducing a range of tailored banking products aimed at…
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Ethio Telecom and Huawei Expand Partnership Around AI and Cloud
Ethio Telecom and Huawei are expanding their long-standing partnership as the state-owned telecommunications operator seeks to accelerate digital transformation for…
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Visa Sees Digital Lenders Reshaping Kenya’s Credit Market
Kenya’s unsecured lending market is becoming increasingly competitive as digital credit providers reshape how consumers access loans, prompting traditional banks…
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Specops Secure Onboarding Responds to the Rise of AI Hiring Fraud
As cybercriminals continue exploiting artificial intelligence to impersonate job applicants and infiltrate organizations, identity security company, Specops has introduced a…
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Bolt Data Shows South Africans Still Put Affordable Rides First
A new data released by Bolt revealed that South Africans continue to prioritize affordability when booking the ride- hailing services…
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TikTok Brings an AI Literacy Hub to Kenya as It Expands Safety Tools
TikTok has recently launched a new wave of artificial intelligence (AI) safety and education initiatives aimed at improving AI literacy,…
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Liquid Intelligent Technologies Appoints Bernard Beya as DRC CEO
Liquid Intelligent Technologies has appointed Bernard Beya as Chief Executive Officer for its Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) operations, effective…
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Samsung, JKUAT Partner to Equip 180 Students with AI and Digital Skills Training
Samsung Electronics East Africa has strengthened its investment in digital skills development by hosting an artificial intelligence (AI) and digital…
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Seven GRC Awards Nominations Highlight Yellow Card’s Compliance Push
Yellow Card, a stablecoin-based digital assets infrastructure provider operating in more than 60 countries, has received seven nominations at the…
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Glovo Wants Your Next Shopping Trip to Start With ChatGPT
Glovo has expanded its use of generative artificial intelligence by introducing an AI-powered shopping assistant on ChatGPT and Claude, enabling…
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Visa Wants Banks to Catch Cyber Threats Before They Become Fraud
Visa has recently rolled out a new cybersecurity solution designed to help financial institutions identify and respond to cyber threats…
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KCB Combines Sahl Card and Agency Banking in Islamic Finance Expansion
KCB Bank has expanded its Islamic banking portfolio with the launch of a Shariah-compliant payment card in partnership with Mastercard,…
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NVIDIA Reworks the Business of Building AI Infrastructure
NVIDIA has unveiled a new partnership model with AI cloud providers that aims to make large-scale artificial intelligence infrastructure more…
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inDrive Adds Opt-In Trip Audio Recording to Improve Ride Safety
Ride-hailing platform inDrive has rolled out a new Trip Audio Recording feature aimed at enhancing safety for both passengers and…
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How Girls-I Save Africa Is Growing Kenya’s Tech Talent
Across Kenya, schools are increasingly embracing innovation programmes, STEM competitions and technology workshops that encourage students to move beyond textbooks…
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South Africa Climbs Global AI Outsourcing Rankings as Enterprise Adoption Grows
South Africa has strengthened its position as Africa’s leader in artificial intelligence, with a new global assessment ranking the country…
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Equity, AfricaNenda Partner on Digital Infrastructure Push
Equity Group Holdings has entered a strategic partnership with AfricaNenda Foundation and the Gates Foundation to accelerate the rollout of…
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Visa, M-PESA and Onafriq Test Stablecoin Payments in DRC
Visa, M-PESA Africa and Onafriq have partnered to pilot stablecoin-enabled cross-border mobile money transactions in the Democratic Republic of the…
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Absa, Unilever Launch KES 4bn Programme to Finance Distributors
Absa Bank Kenya and Unilever Kenya have launched a KES 4 billion financing programme aimed at easing working capital challenges…
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Visa Unveils New Smartphone Payment Solutions for SMEs Across Emerging Markets
Visa is expanding its digital payments ecosystem with new capabilities for Visa Accept and Visa Direct, enabling small businesses to…
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Equity Group Deepens Cross-Border Trade Strategy With Tanzania Investment Mission
More than 50 investors and business leaders from Africa, Europe and North America have arrived in Dar es Salaam for…
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Grey Introduces Local Currency Deposits in Kenya and Ghana
Global payments platform Grey has introduced local currency deposits in Kenya and Ghana, allowing users to fund their accounts directly…
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Diana Mwaniki Named Acting CFO as Absa Completes Executive Leadership Transition
Absa Bank Kenya PLC has appointed Diana Mwaniki as its Acting Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective July 1, 2026, in…
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Jubilee and FSD Africa Launch Kenya Pilot for Digital Insurance
Jubilee Group has signed a strategic partnership with development finance agency FSD Africa. The partnership is to develop technology-driven insurance…
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ILO and Microsoft Launch Digital Skills Programme for 1,700 Youth in Kenya
The International Labour Organization (ILO), in partnership with Microsoft, Power Learn Project Africa, the Turkana County Government and with support…
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Jerry Soko Named MTN Eswatini CEO After Acting Stint
MTN Group has appointed Jerry Soko as the Chief Executive Officer of MTN Eswatini, effective July 1, 2026, marking another…
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Absa Bank Kenya Backs Gen Z Connect to Grow Young Talent
Absa Bank Kenya has announced a strategic partnership with Gen Z Connect by Executive Connect to expand opportunities for young…
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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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Tech Mahindra and Microsoft Unveil AI Network Digital Twin
Tech Mahindra has partnered with Microsoft to introduce an AI-powered Network Digital Twin solution designed to help telecommunications companies modernize…
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Interviews
ESET’s Allan Juma On The Rising Wave of Cryptocurrency Scams and Cyber Frauds
Cryptocurrency has been pitched as Africa’s path to financial inclusion, but for a growing number of users, it’s become the…
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Kenya Rolls Out Digital Marine Cargo Insurance Before July 1 Deadline
The Kenya International Freight and Warehousing Association (KIFWA), in partnership with seven insurance firms and government technology platforms, has launched…
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2,700 Young Kenyans Complete Jitume Digital Media Training
More than 2,700 young Kenyans have completed a national digital media training programme aimed at preparing them for careers in…
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Mastercard Deepens Africa Cybersecurity Strategy With New Center
Mastercard has launched the Africa Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, a continent-wide initiative aimed at strengthening cyber resilience, improving threat intelligence…
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EACO Partnership Gives Fresh Momentum to Smart Africa’s Digital Agenda
The East African Communications Organization (EACO) and the Smart Africa Secretariat have entered into a strategic partnership aimed at accelerating…
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Safaricom Stake Sale Back on Track After Court of Appeal Ruling
The Court of Appeal has recently suspended High Court orders that had halted the Kenyan government’s planned sale of its…
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Kenyan Women Entrepreneurs Turn to Pochi to Keep Business Money Separate
For thousands of Kenyan women running small businesses, one of the biggest obstacles to business growth is no longer attracting…
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Why NTT DATA Is Bringing Cursor Into Enterprise Software Engineering
NTT DATA has entered into a strategic partnership with AI coding platform Cursor, a move aimed at accelerating enterprise software…
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Paystack Is Preparing African Payments for the Age of AI Assistants
Paystack has recently introduced Paystack Index, an experimental AI-driven checkout solution that enables users in Nigeria to complete transactions through…
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Mastercard Takes Its Priceless Travel Experiences Across Nine African Markets
Mastercard has expanded its global travel and lifestyle platform, Priceless, into Africa, giving cardholders access to curated travel experiences across…
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Yas Tanzania Expands Network Capacity With an African First for Ericsson
Yas Tanzania has become the first telecommunications operator in Africa to commercially deploy Ericsson’s AIR 3285 radio technology, a move…
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The Business Case for Equity Bank’s Bulk Payment Service
Managing multiple payments has traditionally been one of the most time-consuming and error prone aspects of running a business. Whether…
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Mwalimu National SACCO, NCBA Launch Salo Xpress to Transform Payroll Processing
Mwalimu National DT SACCO has partnered with NCBA Bank to launch Salo Xpress, a new digital payroll management solution aimed…
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Pauline Namwakira Becomes Second Kenyan to Receive AWS Golden Jacket
Kenya has added another name to the exclusive global list of Amazon Web Services (AWS) Golden Jacket recipients, with cloud…
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Airtel’s Latest Scholarship Commitment Keeps the Focus on Education in Mukuru
Twenty-two students from Nairobi’s Mukuru informal settlement will receive full secondary school scholarships after Airtel Kenya renewed its education partnership…
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MTN Uganda Launches Cashless School Transport Systems for Students
MTN Uganda has unveiled a new digital transport solution aimed at transforming how students commute to and from school, with…
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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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Payaza’s Shopaza Targets Africa’s E-Commerce Gap
Payaza has launched Shopaza, a new artificial intelligence-driven e-commerce platform designed to help businesses expand beyond local markets and participate…
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Airtel Money and ChildFund Back Schools Serving Learners With Disabilities
More than 2,000 learners, including children with visual and hearing impairments, are set to benefit from a new inclusive education…
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Africa’s Fast-Rising 5G Market Is Starting to Look Beyond Connectivity
Sub-Saharan Africa is on track to become the world’s fastest-growing 5G market over the next five years, fueled by rising…
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KCB Opens Its Agency Network to Airtel Money Customers Nationwide
Airtel Money customers can now deposit and withdraw cash at more than 22,000 KCB Bank agents across Kenya following a…
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Mombasa Strengthens Position as a Leading MICE Destination
Mombasa is gaining renewed prominence as a regional hub for Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions (MICE) following the hosting of…
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Ghana and Tanzania Compare Notes on the Future of Satellite Regulation
The National Communications Authority (NCA) of Ghana has hosted a delegation from the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) on a…
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CFAO Mobility Launches The Toyota bZ4X EV in Kenya
CFAO Mobility Kenya has unveiled the Toyota bZ4X, marking the Japanese automaker’s first fully electric vehicle to enter the Kenyan…
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Mobile Economy Adds $240bn to Africa’s GDP, GSMA
Mobile technologies and services contributed $240 billion to Africa’s economy in 2025, accounting for 7.8% of the continent’s GDP, according…
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NTT DATA Expands Salesforce Services as Kenya’s AI Push Gains Pace
NTT DATA has announced the expansion of its Salesforce services across East Africa, aimed at enhancing customer engagement, data management,…
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PawaPay Hits Three Billion Transactions, Doubling Daily Payment Volumes
PawaPay has processed three billion successful mobile money transactions through its platform, underscoring the rapid growth of digital payments across…
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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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Airtel Africa Foundation Invests $6.2 Million in First Year, Connecting 3,296 Schools Across 13 Markets
The Airtel Africa Foundation has reported investing $6.2 million across education, financial inclusion, digital inclusion, and environmental sustainability programmes during…
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Xceed365HR Bets on Agentic AI to Transform Enterprise HR
Xceed365HR, Africa’s leading indigenous enterprise HR software provider, has unveiled Version 3 (V3), which it describes as the continent’s first…
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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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Why Digital Lending Is Becoming a Lifeline for Kenya’s SMEs
Limited access to financing continues to be one of the biggest constraints facing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Kenya,…
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Global Airlines Gain a New Route Into African Payments Through Kora
Kora, a leading payment infrastructure platform, has joined the International Air Transport Association Financial Gateway (IFG), enabling global airlines to…
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24,000 Applications Later, Africa’s Business Heroes Reveals Its Top 100
Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH), the flagship philanthropic programme of the Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Philanthropy, has announced its 2026…
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Mbadi Announces New Planning Bill to Align Kenya’s Development and Budget Priorities
Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi has announced plans to introduce a Planning Bill in 2026 to strengthen Kenya’s national planning…
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BUSINESS
Nigeria’s Bumpa Launches in Kenya, Offering Digital Tools for MSME
Bumpa, a Nigerian business management platform for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), has officially entered the Kenyan market. The…
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810 Million Women Still Offline as Mobile Gender Gap Persists, GSMA Warns
Women in low- and middle-income countries remain 12% less likely than men to use mobile internet, leaving 810 million unconnected,…
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Visa Study Reveals That 89% of Kenyans Use AI in Shopping, With Trust Driving Checkout Behaviour
Visa has published its annual Stay Secure study in Kenya, highlighting how artificial intelligence and social commerce are reshaping digital…
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Cloud Technology Is Helping Bring Better MRI Scans to Rural Uganda
Researchers from Spain and Uganda are using cloud computing to improve the quality of MRI scans produced by ultra-low-field systems,…
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Gov’t Begins Distribution of Digital Learning Devices for JSS Schools
The Kenyan government has begun rolling out laptops and 65-inch interactive smart boards to 10,382 Junior Secondary Schools nationwide on…
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Spiro Appoints Former Indofast Energy Boss Anant Badjatya as Group CEO
Spiro, a leading African electric mobility company, has appointed former Indofast Energy CEO Anant Badjatya as its new Group Chief…
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BUSINESS
Kenya Power to Close All Payment Counters by June 2027
Kenya Power has unveiled plans to gradually phase out all remaining payment counters in its banking halls by June 2027,…
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Ruto Appoints Former Isiolo MP as Konza Technopolis Board Chair
President William Ruto has appointed former Isiolo South Member of Parliament Abdul Bahari Ali as the new Non-Executive Chairperson of…
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Airtel Launches Four New Customer Service Centers in Nairobi
Airtel Kenya has expanded its retail and customer service network in Nairobi by launching four new customer service centres in…
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Flutterwave and Tempo Partner to Accelerate Blockchain-Based Payments in Africa
Flutterwave has announced a strategic partnership with Tempo, a blockchain network focused on payments, to advance stablecoin-powered payments and settlements…
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The Rise of African-Built AI Models Trained in Local Languages and Why it Matters
Early this year, Google collaborated with African partners to launch WAXAL, a large-scale, openly accessible speech dataset aimed at addressing…
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Africa Skills Hub Rebrands to ASH Africa, Eyes Continental Scale
Africa Skills Hub (ASH), a Ghana-based organisation supporting youth, women, and small businesses, has rebranded to ASH Africa as it…
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Absa and Salesforce Extend Strategic Partnership To Advance AI in Banking
Absa has renewed its partnership with Salesforce through a new three-year agreement aimed at advancing the bank’s adoption of artificial…
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Smartcomply Joins PCI Security Standards Council to Advance Global Payment Security Standards
Smartcomply is expanding its global footprint in cybersecurity and financial compliance after being admitted as an Associate Participating Organization of…
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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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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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BUSINESS
Absa Bank Kenya Q1 Net Profit Drops 13% to Ksh5.3B
Absa Bank Kenya PLC has posted a profit after tax of KSh5.3 billion and achieved a Return on Equity of…
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Google, Tourism Ministry Partner to Drive AI-powered Tourism Strategy
The Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife, through its Magical Kenya “Origin of Wonder” platform, has announced a strategic AI-driven partnership…
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Smartcomply Expands UK Footprint Amid Rising Africa Payment Compliance Challenges
Smartcomply is taking its Africa-focused compliance technology to the United Kingdom, targeting the growing compliance burden on institutions processing transactions…
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Jitume Digital Programme Boosts Youth Employment in Bungoma County
The Government’s Jitume Digital Enablement Programme is enabling hundreds of young people in Bungoma County to access online jobs, digital…
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Paratus, Starlink Power Kenya’s Largest Public Telemedicine Rollout in Murang’a
Murang’a County has launched Kenya’s largest public digital healthcare programme, connecting 170 health facilities through Paratus Kenya’s Essential Access platform…
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Kaspersky Unveils AI-Powered Upgrades to Cloud Workload Security Platform
Kaspersky has updated its Cloud Workload Security (CWS) platform with new AI-powered capabilities, expanded integrations, and performance enhancements designed to…
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Family Bank Reports 52.6% Increase in Quarter 1 2026 Profit
Family Bank Group has recorded a 52.6% jump in first-quarter Profit After Tax to KES 1.6 billion for the period…
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I&M Bank Drives MSME Digital Inclusion Through Google Hustle Academy Partnership
I&M Bank, in collaboration with Google, is rolling out the Google Hustle Academy programme to its MSME customers. The free,…
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Visa Introduces Apple Pay in Mauritius
Visa has introduced Apple Pay to its cardholders in Mauritius. The service is currently available to Mauritius Commercial Bank (MCB)…
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Truecaller Launches of Travel eSIM Service
Truecaller has announced its entry into the travel eSIM segment through the launch of services aimed at travellers. The initiative…
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Mitsumi Invests $2 Million in AI Cloud Platform for Young Kenyan Innovators
Mitsumi, a technology distributor, is investing $2 million in an artificial intelligence (AI) cloud platform aimed at equipping young Kenyan…
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Startups
Glovo Champions AI, Awards Kenyan Startup Barcelona Residency at GITEX Kenya 2026
Glovo wrapped up its participation at GITEX Kenya 2026 by reinforcing its growing role not only as a technology provider…
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BUSINESS
National Bank of Kenya Profit Jump 275% in Quarter 1
National Bank of Kenya (NBK) has reported a profit after tax of KSh1.03 billion for the quarter ended March 31,…
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Product Leadership Accelerator Is Redefining African Enterprises for the New Digital Economy
As the world marks World Product Day, a transformative shift is unfolding across Africa’s enterprise ecosystem, with the Product Leadership…
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BUSINESS
KCB Group Shareholders Approve KShs. 22.5 Billion Dividend Payout
KCB shareholders have approved a total dividend payout of KSh22.5 billion for the Financial Year 2025, highlighting strong returns to…
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