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Airtel Money’s London debut puts a $7 billion price tag on Africa’s mobile money opportunity
Airtel Money began conditional trading on the London Stock Exchange on Friday, 9 October, with an implied valuation of £5.3…
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Four Kenyan women turn a public transport challenge into a winning digital fare platform
Four young Kenyan women won the third edition of the GirlCode Kenya Hackathon after creating an AI-powered platform to improve…
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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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Eric Muriuki joins Absa as the bank rebuilds its Pan-African digital strategy
Eric Muriuki joins Absa Group at a point when the banking industry is becoming more focused on digital platforms, everyday…
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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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How Aviator really works: A Kenyan tech guide to the crash game (and playing smart)
In short: Aviator is a crash game: a multiplier rises until a plane “flies away”, and you win only if…
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Airtel Money to add Mastercard virtual card as competition with M-Pesa deepens
Kenya’s mobile-money competition is extending into international online shopping, with Airtel Money preparing to add a Mastercard-powered virtual card to…
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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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CBK puts a Sh1 million penalty on late fees as Kenya tightens rules for credit providers
Kenya’s non-deposit-taking credit providers now face a Sh1 million penalty if they fail to pay their annual regulatory fees by…
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Why Tanzania’s mobile money market stands out to Absa’s Sitoyo Lopokoiyit
Tanzania’s mobile money market has drawn an unusually strong endorsement from Sitoyo Lopokoiyit, Absa’s chief executive for personal and private…
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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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Bolt Send hits one million deliveries in Kenya as Mombasa expansion widens its courier network
Bolt Send has surpassed one million parcel deliveries in Kenya, less than a year after the on-demand courier service was…
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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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Kenya is edging toward a 2G and 3G shutdown as 4G becomes the country’s mobile backbone
Kenya’s 2G and 3G phase out is beginning to take shape as the country’s mobile market moves towards 4G and…
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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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Vodacom expands digital accessibility across Africa as Deaf users gain wider access to essential services
Vodacom Group is expanding efforts to improve access to digital services for Deaf and hard-of-hearing people across its African operations,…
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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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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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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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WSO2 outlines the digital foundations behind sovereign AI for government
A government can have a digital identity system, online services and APIs across its agencies and still struggle to make…
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Kenya charts path to turn university research into business
Kenya’s research community wants a staged financing system and earlier industry involvement to help more locally developed technologies make the…
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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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Equity Mobile App now lets you authorize payments using face ID or fingerprint
Imagine accessing your bank account and authorizing payments with only a glance or a touch. This is the experience the…
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#WSO2ConAfrica: Kenya wants AI agents to coordinate public services, but the systems underneath still need to connect
Kenya’s government has spent years putting services online. The harder part now is getting the systems behind those services to…
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Kenya’s postal parcel volumes surge 549pc on new e-commerce partnership
Domestic parcel volumes handled by the Postal Corporation of Kenya (PCK), the country’s designated public postal operator, jumped 549.2 per…
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WSO2Con Africa 2026: How durable workflows could reshape enterprise AI execution
At WSO2Con Africa 2026 in Nairobi, WSO2 is examining a practical problem that becomes more important as enterprises connect AI…
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Kenya’s EV charging market grows as EPRA removes the 15,000 kWh tariff ceiling
Kenya’s EV charging tariff framework has changed as the country’s electric mobility market becomes a larger consumer of electricity. The…
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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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TechTrends Media expands into Rwanda and Uganda, launches TechTrends.rw and TechTrends.ug
TechTrends Media, the Nairobi-based digital media group behind TechTrends Kenya, EcoNews and GreenShift Magazine, has announced its expansion into Rwanda…
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Internet shutdowns affected 800 million people in 2025, Vodafone report finds
A new report by Vodafone has revealed that internet shutdowns are imposing growing social, economic and security costs worldwide, with…
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New Kenya terror-financing rules put greater pressure on banks, fintechs and virtual-asset firms
Kenya has raised the maximum fine for legal entities that breach its terror-financing rules from Sh3 million to Sh20 million,…
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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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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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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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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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AXIAN Telecom becomes Yas Group as Africa’s telecom, infrastructure and fintech businesses align under one corporate identity
AXIAN Telecom has adopted Yas Group as its new corporate identity, replacing the AXIAN Telecom name in external communications, investor…
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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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Meta and This Is Digital launch AI Academy Kenya with startup pitchathon and practical training
Meta in partnership with African AI accelerator This Is Digital have launched the AI Academy Kenya, a new programme aimed…
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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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Kenya’s trust law creates a formal ownership trail for assets held through trusts
Kenya has brought trusts into a formal beneficial ownership regime, requiring information on the people who ultimately control or benefit…
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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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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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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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Kenya’s investment market nears KSh1 trillion as investors look beyond MMFs
Kenya’s collective investment industry is approaching the KSh1 trillion mark as more investors put money into regulated funds, while the…
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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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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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NBO2 data centre launch deepens Kenya’s push to become East Africa’s digital gateway
Kenya’s digital infrastructure ambitions gained another major piece with the launch of the NBO2 data centre in Nairobi, a facility…
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Bolt marks 10 years in Kenya as KSh19 billion investment reshapes its mobility ambitions
Ten years after entering Kenya, Bolt has grown from a ride-hailing newcomer into a significant part of the country’s digital…
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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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Africa’s mobile money industry is looking beyond user numbers
African mobile money providers are turning their attention from expanding access to deepening how customers use their services, as executives…
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GreenShift Forum 2026 preview brings a wider audience into the conversation ahead of October 22
The GreenShift Forum 2026 is taking shape as a meeting point for businesses, policymakers, investors, sustainability practitioners and innovators working…
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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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Uber exits Nigeria after 12 years as its African strategy gets narrower
Uber has shut down its operations in Nigeria after 12 years, ending a market presence that began in Lagos in…
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Epson opens expanded Nairobi office in Sh19.4m Kenya bet
Japanese electronics maker Epson has opened a significantly expanded regional office in Nairobi, growing its Kenyan office footprint by 50…
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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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Visa, Kenya Airways and Absa Launch Premium Asante Global Card in Kenya
Visa, Kenya Airways and Absa have launched the Asante Global Card, the first co-branded travel-lifestyle credit card in the Kenyan…
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CBK clears Nedbank’s 66% NCBA acquisition as the South African bank prepares to take control
The Central Bank of Kenya has approved Nedbank Group Limited’s acquisition of up to 66 percent of NCBA Group, taking…
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Microsoft names Angela Nganga East Africa lead
Microsoft has appointed Angela Nganga as its Country Lead for East Africa, placing her in charge of the technology giant’s…
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MTN wants banking licences as Africa’s telecoms and banks converge around your money
MTN is considering becoming a bank in some of its biggest African markets, a move that could take the telecom…
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Moniepoint shuts down MonieWorld after 14 months of UK remittances to focus on Africa
Moniepoint is shutting down its UK-focused remittance service, MonieWorld, just 14 months after entering the UK-Africa money transfer market, as…
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WSO2Con Africa 2026 puts agentic enterprise in the spotlight before Nairobi opens its doors
With WSO2Con Africa 2026 now less than four weeks away, enterprise AI is moving beyond a familiar question: What can…
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Nigeria moves its sovereign cloud strategy from policy to implementation
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has launched the National Sovereign Cloud Initiative Implementation Taskforce (NSCI-ITF), moving Nigeria’s sovereign…
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MTN Group posts $7.18bn H1 revenue, record margin
MTN Group has reported record margins for the first half of 2026, with service revenue, earnings and capital spend all…
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Which AI features actually come to the Samsung Galaxy A27 5G?
Samsung wants the Galaxy A27 5G to feel like more than an affordable 5G phone. The company has pushed what…
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SUN Mobility launches battery swapping network in Kenya
SUN Mobility has launched an open-architecture battery swapping network in Kenya, in partnership with Vivo Energy, positioning the country as…
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Inside Kenya’s Special Funds market as MansaX crosses the $1 billion mark
Kenya’s Special Funds market has become one of the country’s fastest-growing investment stories, with assets under management climbing 134.84% year-on-year…
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Nairobians reject ride-hailing minimum fare
A new survey by TIFA Research has found that 59 percent of ride-hailing users in Nairobi oppose the government’s proposed…
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MTN, Vodacom face zero-rating deadline in South Africa
South Africa’s major mobile network operators, including MTN, Vodacom and Cell C, have until January 15, 2027 to make the…
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Equity’s latest results reveal how digital banking became the engine behind KSh45.5bn in half-year profit
Equity opened the second half of 2026 with more than a strong set of earnings. The group reported KSh45.5 billion…
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WSO2 opens first Africa office in Johannesburg
WSO2, a global enterprise digital infrastructure firm generating more than $100 million (Sh12.9 billion) in annual recurring revenue, has opened…
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Kenya and AWS build on Konza partnership with new cloud and digital skills push
Kenya and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are deepening their partnership on cloud computing, artificial intelligence and digital skills after the…
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New platform maps Kenya’s startup, investment and policy ecosystem
An independent digital intelligence platform has launched to give a single, continuously updated view of Kenya’s innovation ecosystem, bringing together…
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Why the cybersecurity skills shortage is becoming an enterprise risk for security teams
The cybersecurity skills shortage has become more than a hiring challenge. For many enterprise security teams, it now shapes how…
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Airtel’s Money unit eyes rare US dollar pricing in London IPO
Airtel Africa’s plan to take Airtel Money public in London has entered a new phase, with the company now considering…
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Kenyan banks turn to real-time payments as customer expectations shift
Kenyan banks are ramping up investment in instant payment systems as customers increasingly expect money transfers to happen as fast…
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Kenya courts Chinese telecom giant Guodong for digital infrastructure push
The Principal Secretary for the State Department for ICT and the Digital Economy, Eng. John Tanui, has received a delegation…
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Safaricom names Vodacom Executives Cassim, Mbungela to board
Safaricom Plc has appointed two senior Vodacom Group executives, Mariam Cassim and Matimba Mbungela, as Non-Executive Directors effective August 13,…
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Kenya’s crypto rules put homegrown startups under pressure
Kenya’s new crypto rules are creating a difficult calculation for local startups: raise substantial capital before the November 4 compliance…
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Jumia says profitability is within reach after securing $50 million from IFC and Axian
Jumia’s $50 million funding from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), Axian Telecom and other investors arrives at a moment that…
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Kenya’s 2027/28 budget cycle starts early as Treasury races to beat the election timetable
Kenya’s 2027/28 budget process has started months earlier than the public would normally begin paying attention to the next Finance…
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Safaricom introduces nine new number prefixes as demand for mobile lines grows
Safaricom has introduced nine new number prefixes in Kenya, giving customers access to additional mobile number ranges as the telecommunications…
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NSE plans first AI-focused ETF as Kenya broadens investment options
The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) is preparing to launch an AI-focused exchange-traded fund before the end of 2026, potentially giving…
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Agentic AI set to reshape financial fraud in Kenya, BCG warns
Kenyan banks have a narrow window to build defences against a new generation of AI-driven financial fraud before criminals gain…
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Harnessing AI in cybersecurity: Ways companies can stay ahead of AI-driven threats
While cybersecurity companies leverage Artificial Intelligence (AI) to enhance threat detection, cybercriminals are weaponising the same technology for automated phishing…
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Absa cuts credit risk reporting from weeks to hours with AI and AWS
Absa Bank has modernized its credit risk management operations by deploying the SAS Viya artificial intelligent Platform on Amazon Web…
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TVS Motor enters Kenya with launch of iQube electric scooter
Indian two-wheeler manufacturer TVS Motor Company has launched its iQube electric scooter in Kenya, marking its first entry into the…
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Airtel Kenya has finally put a launch timeline on its Fuliza rival, but winning customers may take much longer
Airtel Kenya has finally put a timeline on one of its most anticipated financial products. The operator says its mobile…
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Beyond Starlink: What SpaceX’s mobile network means for Africa
SpaceX’s mobile network ambitions are becoming much clearer after the company publicly confirmed that it intends to build ground-based telecommunications…
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Airtel’s Nxtra data centre in Kenya on track for July 2027
Airtel has set a new completion target of July 2027 for its Nxtra data centre in Tatu City, pushing back…
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Safaricom declares record dividend as Vodacom deal closes out
Safaricom shareholders approved a final dividend of KSh1.15 per share at the company’s 18th Annual General Meeting on 31 July,…
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Nairobi to host ESG leaders at GreenShift Forum in October
TechTrends Media, in partnership with Ardena Consulting and Africa Business Communities, will host the GreenShift Forum 2026 in Nairobi on…
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Safaricom Formalizes Vodacom’s Governance Rights While Preserving State Safeguards
Safaricom shareholders have approved 14 special resolutions that formally align the company’s governance framework with Vodacom’s majority ownership following the…
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Kenya Brings Together African Internet Experts to Strengthen Domain Security
Kenya has concluded a two-week training programme for internet experts from 25 African countries, bringing together 45 specialists responsible for…
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Safaricom Continues Backing Ethiopia as Investment Tops KSh159.6 Billion
Safaricom Plc increased its financial commitment to its Ethiopia subsidiary by KSh1.4 billion during the three months to June 2026,…
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Kenya’s Digital Payments Expand as Banking Interoperability Gains Ground
Kenya’s payments landscape has moved well beyond mobile money, with contactless cards, QR codes and instant bank transfers becoming part…
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Anne Kinuthia-Otieno Lands at Visa After Airtel Money Exit
Anne Kinuthia-Otieno has been appointed Vice President and Head of East Africa at Visa, ending weeks of speculation following her…
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Samsung Launches Digital Classroom Solution in Kenya
Samsung Electronics East Africa has today unveiled Samsung Digital Classroom, an integrated education solution designed to support Kenya’s digital learning…
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