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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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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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Madica gets US$6m from Flourish Ventures to back more African startups
Madica has secured an additional US$6 million from Flourish Ventures to extend its pre-seed investment programme by three years. It…
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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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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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Kenya’s stock market boom delivers a windfall for brokers as trading surges
Kenya’s stock market boom is delivering a financial windfall for stockbrokers and other market intermediaries, with equity turnover at the…
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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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Solar ownership, leasing or a power purchase agreement? The decision facing Kenyan businesses
For a Kenyan business considering commercial solar, the central question is not only whether solar electricity costs less than grid…
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Safaricom offers small businesses 40 Mbps fibre with built-in cybersecurity
Safaricom is promoting a 40 Mbps business fibre package at KSh 3,499 per month, targeting small businesses that need reliable…
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UK government takes a stake in Quickmart as KSh15bn IPO nears close
The UK government has subscribed KSh1.94 billion to Quickmart’s initial public offering (IPO), taking up approximately 13% of the KSh15…
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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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Pinup bet Kenya Guide to Online Sports Betting
Online wagering requires more than choosing a match and predicting a winner. When comparing licensed options, readers may encounter Pinup…
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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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Why trust is the real engine of Kenya’s digital economy
Every time a driver ends a trip or a rider drops off a lunch order, two things happen almost at…
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Small tech projects deliver bigger returns, CIO100 data shows
African firms are getting better returns from low-cost technology projects than from big-budget programmes, according to an analysis of entries…
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MoneyHash brings Ozow into its payment network for South African merchants
MoneyHash has collaborated with South African Fintech company, Ozow, to expand access to local online payment methods for merchants operating…
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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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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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Kenya’s media industry eyes $6 billion as streaming and online advertising expand
PwC’s Africa Entertainment & Media Outlook 2026–2030 has reported that Kenya’s entertainment and media industry is projected to grow 5%…
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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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Microsoft’s Nairobi engineering centre faces closure after years of investment
Microsoft’s Africa Development Centre (ADC) in Nairobi faces a reported closure of its engineering operations, raising questions about the future…
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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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GreenShift Forum 2026 puts business, technology and green investment in focus
Businesses considering investment in electric mobility, clean energy, resource efficiency and sustainability reporting face a common challenge: deciding which opportunities…
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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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