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[Interview] Adanian Labs’ Jackie Waweru on life and working as a legal in tech
Jackie Waweru is the Legal and Compliance Manager at Adanian Labs, a Pan-African Venture building studio. Jackie joined the firm…
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OpenAI’s Sam Altman Worldcoin crypto project goes live
Worldcoin, the cryptocurrency token project that was co-founded by Sam Altman, co-founder of OpenAI and Alex Blania has officially been…
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Starlink picks Karibu Connect as its authorized reseller in Kenya
Starlink, the satellite internet company owned by Elon Musk has gone live in Kenya. The company had hinted about this…
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Working Remotely: 5 Steps to Protect Yourself from Cyberattacks
Before the pandemic, cybersecurity started to be considered as a fundamental area in a company. But it’s really after the…
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15 Women-led startups selected to join Cohort 6 of Standard Chartered’s Women in Tech program
Standard Chartered Kenya in partnership with @iBizAfrica- Strathmore University has announced the fifteen women-led startups that will be joining the…
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Safaricom partners with the KEWI to deploy Smart Water System
Safaricom is partnering with the Kenya Water Institute (KEWI) to deploy Smart Water System at the institute’s Nairobi and Kitui…
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Nixon Gecheo: Agtech, a pivotal force driving climate change action in agriculture
The agricultural sector is a significant contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions, responsible for an estimated 19-29% of these emissions…
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Africa Data Centres, LINX Partner to Explore Digital Growth in Africa
Africa Data Centres, the largest network of interconnected, carrier-and cloud-neutral data centre facilities on the continent, is pleased to announce…
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SOMESH ADUKIA: Paper versus Digital – The Future of Work
Digitization is revolutionizing the way businesses operate across the globe, and Africa is no exception. Over the past two years,…
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ITU Targets $100 Billion by 2026 to Accelerate Global Digitalization
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has issued a worldwide appeal calling to increase the value of pledges for digitalizing the…
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MTN Group rebrands its digital infrastructure platform to Bayobab
MTN Group has rebranded its digital wholesale and infrastructure services firm MTN GlobalConnect (MTN GC) to Bayobab. The company says…
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M-KOPA raises $250M in debt, equity to scale its asset finance platform across Africa
Asset financing platform M-Kopa has raised $250m in new funding to expand its services across Sub-Saharan Africa. The funding includes…
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YALI and Microsoft ADC to improve youth digital skills with new partnership
The Microsoft Africa Development Centre (ADC) and the Young African Leaders Initiative Regional Leadership Centre East Africa (YALI) have signed…
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CYBER SECURITY
Huawei targets Cloud Storage and AI systems with new cyber security service
Huawei Technologies has launched its latest cyber security service targeting the Kenyan private and public sectors deepening the use of cloud…
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[Interview] Western Digital’s Ghassan Azzi on the firm’s hardware storage products and plans for the Kenyan market
Western Digital is one of the biggest players in the computer drive manufacturing and data storage industry. With its headquarters…
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[Interview] Wasoko’s Neeti Kaushik on e-commerce and how the company is formalizing trade in Africa
Wasoko is one of Africa’s leading and most dynamic e-commerce platforms helping to make same-day deliveries of fast-moving consumer goods…
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TESPOK and Soliton Telmec confirm sponsorship for the Connected Summit 2023
Soliton Telmec and TESPOK have announced their sponsorship for the upcoming Connected Summit 2023. The annual event now in its…
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Smart African Group launches Rifaly, an African-centered content streaming platform
Smart African Group (SAG) a company that builds technology solutions for Africa has launched Rifaly, a content aggregation platform aimed…
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Blockchain
ALEX OWITI: Will Blockchain be the “Messiah” Cyber security Saviour?
Deloitte’s global blockchain and cyber security experts from around the globe in their 2017 report looked at blockchain technology security from…
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India’s Food supply chain startup WayCool Foods is expanding its tech arm CENSA to Africa
WayCool Foods, India’s leading food and agri-tech platform is expanding its tech arm CENSA into the African market. The strategic…
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[Interview] JuicyScore’s Mikhail Marchenko on why fintechs should invest in risk management solution
JuicyScore, a global leader in anti-fraud and risk management solutions entered the Kenyan market recently. The firm offers anti-fraud and…
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ANNALISA PLACHESI: Why NGOs should embrace the digitisation of payments and collections
Digital payments have fundamentally transformed lives across Africa by providing access to financial infrastructure and enabling innovation. More jobs have…
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Nigerian food-tech Orda raises $3.4 million seed round to digitize African restaurants
Nigerian food-tech platform Orda announced has raised a $3.4 million seed round to further digitize food businesses across the continent.…
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Liquid launches cyber security centre to help fight cyber crime in the country
Liquid Intelligent Technologies has launched a Cyber Security Fusion Centre (CSFC) in an effort to respond better to cyber threats.…
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Kenyans can now enjoy PayPal withdrawals on Equity Mobile App
Equity customers who use PayPal to send and receive money now have an alternative means of making transactions. The bank…
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Kenya to host 2023 Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum
Kenya will next year host the 10th Edition of the Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum (DRIF). The forum, whose theme is Building…
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Kenya, Nigeria and SA lead fintech growth in Africa, Mastercard report
A report by payment services company Mastercard has revealed that South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya are among the most vibrant…
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Amazon Web Services has set up its second-largest African office in Lagos, Nigeria
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has selected Lagos, Nigeria as the base for its second-largest office in Africa. The cloud service…
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Mastercard and Cellulant announce digital commerce payments partnership
Mastercard and Cellulant have partnered to allow Cellulant customers across Africa to shop and pay online with global merchants wherever…
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Vertiv Opens New Office and Customer Experience Center in Kenya
Vertiv has opened its new office and Customer Experience Center in Nairobi Kenya. With the growing demand for high-efficiency critical…
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[Interview] We’re driving Web3 adoption in Africa, Polygon’s Damilare says
Web3 is the latest iteration of the Internet that relies largely on blockchain technology, artificial intelligence, and machine learning (AI).…
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African Governments Urged to Establish Favorable Digital Laws and Policies
Governments across Africa have been urged to expand digital rights and inclusion on the continent by formulating favorable laws and…
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Microsoft to support continuous transformation of Africa’s Financial Services Industry
Transforming the Financial Services landscape in Africa will be a critical driver of economic prosperity across the continent, a banking…
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CLOUD
RICHARD MUTHUA: Kenya and Africa are ready to join the future of Cloud
It is sometimes too easy for the world to wrongfully assume that Africa lags too far behind the global cloud…
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AT&T Senior Director Cynthia Karuri-Kropac joins Safaricom as new enterprise manager
Safaricom on Wednesday announced the appointment of Cynthia Karuri-Kropac as its Chief Enterprise Business Officer effective 1st September 2022. Cynthia…
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PATRICK NDEGWA: Will the updated National Digital Masterplan accelerate digital transformation in Kenya?
In April 2022, Kenya’s Ministry of ICT, Innovation and Youth Affairs marked a significant step in the country’s journey towards…
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Nokia and Safaricom complete Africa’s first Fixed Wireless Access 5G slicing trial
Nokia today announced that it has successfully piloted its 4G and 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) network slicing with mobile operator, Safaricom…
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[Interview] Africa is central to our long-term growth strategy, says Visa CEO
AI Kelly is the Chairman and CEO of the global payments firm Visa. He joined Visa in October 2016 as Chief Executive Officer and…
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Startups
Kenyan HR startup FaidiHR raises undisclosed amount of funding from SprintX
Kenyan startup Crew HR & Payroll has rebranded to FaidiHR after it received an undisclosed amount of funding from SprintX,…
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Digital Realty Completes Acquisition of Teraco for $3.5 Billion
Digital Realty has today announced the acquisition of Teraco from a consortium of investors, including Berkshire Partners and Permira, that…
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Safaricom Engineering Summit brings together a community of Kenyan engineers
Safaricom recently hosted a two-day engineering summit forum for industry and other related stakeholders to showcase new technology and emerging…
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Startups
Nigeria’s open banking startup Mono launches in Kenya
Mono, a Nigerian fintech startup has announced that it is expanding its services to Kenya. Mono builds an open banking…
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BUSINESS
Telkom and Lipa Later partner to launch device financing plan
Telkom Kenya and Buy-Now-Pay-Later company Lipa Later have today announced device financing that will make it easier for Kenyans to…
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Bulk SMS provider Vaspro is celebrating MSMEs in Kenya with a Special Offer
Did you know that Micro-Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) make up over 90% of all firms and accounts, on average…
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Kenyan e-health startup Maisha Meds hits 1000 active facilities, expands to Nigeria
Kenyan digital pharmacy network Maisha Meds has reached 1,000 active facilities, making it one of the largest digital pharmacy networks…
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[24Bit Podcast] Dissecting Safaricom’s Cloud Offerings
In March this year, Safaricom announced that it is expanding its enterprise business unit to offer cloud computing, cyber security…
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Visa’s innovation studio in Kenya to offer virtual cards for local banks and fintechs
A couple of weeks ago, digital payments leader Visa opened its first African Innovation Studio in Kenya. The new studio…
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Google to open its first African product development center in Kenya
Tech giant Google has announced plans to open its first African product development centre in Nairobi, Kenya. This comes months…
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CLOUD
Amazon is bringing a new AWS Local Zone cloud infrastructure to Kenya
Amazon Web Services has announced plans to launch an AWS Local Zone in Kenya. AWS, an Amazon.com, Inc. company made…
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I&M Bank and Mastercard roll out new credit and debit cards for corporate C-Suite professionals
I&M Bank Limited and Mastercard have rolled out several new world-class debit and credit cards targeted at corporate C-Suite professionals…
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Safaricom revamps its data plans, to offer 100% more data at no extra cost
Safaricom has today made some adjustments to its data plans. With the new changes, customers are set to enjoy up…
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CLOUD
There’s an increasing demand for data centers in Africa
As internet penetration in Africa continues to increase, the demand for data centers is also booming. Customers in Africa are…
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Startups
M-KOPA raises $75M funding as it hits two million customer milestone
Connected asset financing platform M-KOPA, has raised $75M funding. The ”Growth Equity round” as the company describes it in a press…
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South African fibre provider Vumatel acquires non-controlling stake in ISP Herotel
South African fibre provider, Vumatel has acquired a 45% non-controlling stake in Herotel, a significant fixed wireless internet service provider and…
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Pan Africa Gaming Group launched to grow gaming industry in Africa
The Pan Africa Gaming Group (PAGG) has been unveiled today, bringing 10 studios together under a single umbrella across Africa.…
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SEACOM acquires now-obsolete Africell Uganda assets
Subsea cable company SEACOM has announced that it will acquire selected infrastructure assets from now-defunct Africell in Uganda. The acquisition SEACOM…
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Safaricom to Pilot Smart Vehicle Tracking System
In October last year, we did an interesting podcast on The Internet of Things (IoT), a topic we believe affects…
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Angola Cables ranked in latest Top 100 CAIDA global rankings
The US-based Center for Applied Internet Data Analysis (CAIDA) has released its latest global Autonomous Systems (AS) rankings. The international ranking system…
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CLOUD
Digital Realty to acquire majority stake in South African data centre company Teraco
Digital Realty has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in Teraco Data Environments Pty, Africa’s largest…
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CLOUD
[Africa Cloud Review] Simon Ngunjiri: 2022 will be an interesting year for cloud in Africa
As we come to the end of the year, there is so much to look forward to in 2022 when…
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[Africa Cloud Review] Simon Ngunjiri: Digital Marketers and now taking full advantage of cloud
Most African organizations are turning to the cloud to help them succeed in the face of the growing demand for…
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Kenyan e-health startup Zuri Health launches in Senegal
Kenyan health tech startup Zuri Health has launched its operations in Senegal. The startup has partnered with Expresso Senegal to launch…
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Angola Cables and CVTelecom partner to boost connectivity in West Africa
CVTelecom (Cabo Verde Telecom) and Angola Cables have signed a joint cooperation agreement to identify synergies to expand connectivity and network capabilities.…
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Kenyan team wins regional $5k IBM award for developing solution to help reduce food waste
Kenyan team Mavuno Link are the Middle East and Africa Regional winners of these years IBM and David Clark Caus…
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CLOUD
[Column] Simon Ngunjiri: The public cloud market is getting bigger in Africa
Despite the growth of cloud over the past decade, for most organizations, only 20 per cent of workloads have made…
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Tanzania’s ISP Raha Limited appoints Denny Marandure new CEO
Liquid Intelligent Technologies has appointed Mr. Denny Marandure the new Chief Executive Officer for Raha Limited. Raha Limited is Tanzania’s…
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Startups
South Africa’s fintech firm Ozow raises $48 million Series B round
South African fintech firm Ozow has raised a US$48 million Series B funding round led by Chinese internet giant Tencent. …
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[Interview] James Claude, CEO, Global Voice Group: Opportunities for RegTech are beginning to take hold in Africa
James Claude, the CEO of Global Voice Group (GVC). GVC assists governments to increase efficiency, revenue, and transparency and compliance, through intelligent big data solutions…
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[This Week in Tech] Telkom Kenya signs a $100M deal to scale its 4G network and other top stories
Kenya’s 4G subscriptions market share will more than double from 24.2% in 2021 to 53.6% by 2025. Local telcos have…
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Telkom Kenya to add 2,000 new 4G sites by 2023
Telkom Kenya has announced plans to add an additional 2,000 4G sites onto its network, by 2023. The telco made…
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[Africa Cloud Review] Investments in data centers in boosting the continents’ digital economy
In a previous column, we highlighted how Africa is an emerging data center market and witnessed around 15 data center…
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Here is the list of companies and individuals shortlisted for the Africa Tech Awards 2021
The Africa Tech Festival Awards (formerly known as AfricaCom Awards), turns 14 in 2021. These established industry awards acknowledge and…
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BUSINESS
Consumers shift to everyday products purchase, Jumia report
There is a significant shift of consumer online shopping behavior towards everyday product categories (FMCG, Beauty). This is according to…
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SEACOM acquires Kenya’s Metro Fibre Network Hirani Telecom
Pan-African telecommunications services provider SEACOM has announced that it has completed the 100% acquisition of Hirani Telecom’s metro fibre network.…
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Cloud and Data Centre Provider Digital Realty To acquire Medallion Data Centres in Nigeria
Digital Realty has announced plans to acquire Medallion Data Centres, Nigeria’s leading colocation and interconnection provider. The global provider of cloud-…
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5G will usher in new tech advancement opportunities and innovation, but cybersecurity risk must be considered, says Kaspersky and Rocketnet
With 1.8 billion 5G connections expected globally by 2025, this mobile network technology is becoming increasingly important. In the same period, it…
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[This Week in Tech] Wapi Pay founders step down from their roles
This has been quite an interesting week in tech in Africa. We covered a number of great announcements here at…
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CLOUD
[Africa Cloud Review] Simon Ngunjiri: Data centres are a growing investment opportunity in Africa
Last week, Global software giant Oracle announced that it has chosen Johannesburg as the site of its first African data centre. Joburg will…
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UN gives the nod to African alternative energy solution for mobile networks
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has recognized South African NEC XON’s alternative energy Hybrid Storage Solution (HSS) as…
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COLUMNS
Mark Dankworth: The connected continent
Mobile transacting is fast becoming the golden egg of financial services – and nowhere more so than in Africa. According…
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CLOUD
[Africa Cloud Review] Simon Ngunjiri: Cloud is transforming the education sector in Africa
In our last Africa cloud review column, we highlighted how cloud can help power smart cities in Africa. Cloud provides the digital infrastructure…
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Africell plugs into the Angola Cables network to provide express connectivity for customers
Africell, the fourth mobile operator in Angola, has selected Angola Cables to provide wholesale IP transit and connectivity solutions for…
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[Interview] Femi Apesin, OnePipe Growth & Marketing Lead: We are making API integration seamless for African banks and fintech companies
The African fintech space has been growing rapidly in Africa over the last few years. Fintech generally refers to companies…
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PETER KIRONJI: The Future of Social Commerce in Kenya; A Case of The Kenyan Influencer Marketing Hub
Understanding social commerce platform? Access to market continues to be a challenge for many MSMEs in Kenya as they are…
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CLOUD
[Africa Cloud Review] Simon Ngunjiri: African Banks Increasingly Embracing Cloud
Financial services in Africa such as banks and insurance firms are beginning to embrace cloud as they seek to modernize…
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Equity Group’s Finserve Africa Bags 2021 E-Commerce Award
Equity Group’s fintech subsidiary, Finserve Africa, has been named the best in E-commerce – Banking/Financial and Insurance Services Gold Category…
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EFAYOMI CARR: Africa’s youth hold the key to the expansion of agritech across the continent
The Covid pandemic has focused global attention on the drastic need for food systems to change and become more efficient,…
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CLOUD
[Africa Cloud Review] Simon Ngunjiri: Africa is suited to jump to the cloud more than its peers
The speed at which Africa’s business sector has changed over the past year has been nothing short of astonishing. Business…
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CLOUD
[Africa Cloud Review] Simon Nguniri: Kenya’s Kenya Data Center Market Size by investment is set to Reach $342 Million by 2026
Kenya is witnessing the growing adoption of digital services such as cloud, big data, and IoT driving the demand for…
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CYBER SECURITY
29% of corporate users in Kenya experienced financial malware attacks in the first half of 2021, Kaspersky
Although Kaspersky’s research shows that the overall number of financial malware attacks in Kenya has decreased in the first half…
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CYBER SECURITY
Sophos Acquires Refactr to Optimize MTR and Extended Detection and Response with SOAR Capabilities
Just a week after acquiring Braintrace to Boost Adaptive Cybersecurity Ecosystem, Sophos has announced yet another acquisition. The endpoint security…
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CLOUD
[Africa Cloud Review] Simon Ngunjiri: Cloud providers are fighting for a share of the growing Africa’s cloud market
From all the previous Africa Cloud Review articles we have published, we have been highlighting how the cloud market in…
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Carol Koech: Are Data Centers In East Africa Ready For Digital Demands?
Last year was different for many obvious reasons. But one habit which hasn’t changed is our need and use of…
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