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KRA Links Tax System to M-Pesa in Compliance Push
Kenya Revenue Authority is restructuring its tax collection systems around real-time business transactions, placing digital payments and automated invoicing at…
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East Africa Pushes for a Unified Digital Network as Telecom Gaps Persist
Regional governments across East Africa are widening efforts to connect their digital infrastructure, lower telecom costs and reduce dependence on…
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EXCLUSIVE: Airtel Kenya Begins Fibre Rollout As Fixed Internet Competition Tightens
Airtel Kenya has introduced fibre-based internet services for homes and businesses, adding fixed broadband to its existing mobile and payments…
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Connected Africa Summit 2026 Opens In Nairobi To Accelerate Africa’s Journey Toward An Inclusive Digital Market
The Connected Africa Summit 2026 officially opened today in Nairobi, bringing together government leaders, policymakers, regulators, ambassadors, development partners, investors,…
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Liquid Intelligent Technologies Closes $660M Refinancing
Liquid Intelligent Technologies has closed a $660 million refinancing package, anchored by a $300 million Eurobond that was oversubscribed 2.5…
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Africa’s Digital Leaders to Convene in Nairobi for Connected Africa Summit 2026
Africa’s top policymakers, technology executives, and innovators will gather in Nairobi later this month for the Connected Africa Summit 2026,…
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Adil El Youssefi | How Africa’s Data Centres are Evolving to Support the Continent’s AI Surge
Across Africa, artificial intelligence (AI) has moved from being a futuristic concept to a daily reality. Banks are using it…
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Startups
Four Kenyan Startups Land Spots in Google Accelerator Africa Cohort
Kenya’s innovation ecosystem has earned global recognition after four local startups- Comana, Duck, ReportsAI, and VunaPay were selected for the…
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The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra Camera Refines What Previous Models Left Unresolved
The camera changes on the recently launched Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra are easier to understand when viewed as corrections. Over…
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ALX Accelerates Gender Parity in Africa’s Tech and AI Workforce
ALX, Africa’s leading talent accelerator, has trained 347,100 graduates to date, and women account for more than half. The Mastercard…
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Paratus Group Appoints New GM to Lead FAST Congo
FAST Congo, the wholesale connectivity joint venture between the Paratus Group and Global Broadband Solutions (GBS) operating in the Democratic…
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Kenya’s 5G User Base Grows Fast as Data Use Climbs
Kenya added 724,753 new 5G users over the past year, pushing adoption of high-speed mobile internet deeper into homes and…
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AfriQloud: Reimagining Africa’s Digital Future Through Sovereign Infrastructure
Across Africa, a new vision for digital infrastructure is emerging – one that challenges long-standing dependencies and redefines how the…
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Truecaller Unlocks Global Access for Its Business Chat Service
Truecaller has announced the global rollout of its Business Chat service, extending access to channel partners and enterprise solution providers.…
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Airtel Commits $1B to Nxtra, Widening Its Data Center Play From India to Africa
Airtel has confirmed a $1 billion data center investment into its subsidiary Nxtra Data, with participation from Alpha Wave Global,…
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Algiers Declaration Puts African Telecommunications Sovereignty at the Centre of Connectivity Plans
African ICT ministers have adopted the Algiers Declaration on African Telecommunications Sovereignty (2026–2030) at the Global Africa Tech Summit held…
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Airtel Reaches 650 Million Subscribers Across India and Africa
Bharti Airtel has reported that its global customer base has surpassed 650 million users, reinforcing its position as one of…
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Westcon-Comstor Expands Cybersecurity and Networking Portfolio with Infoblox in Southern Africa
Westcon-Comstor has announced a new distribution partnership with Infoblox, bringing the company’s hybrid and multi-cloud networking platform to channel partners…
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Daraja 3.0, Agentic AI, and 5G Gaming: What Safaricom’s Decode 4.0 Means for Kenyan Developers
Twenty-five years ago, Safaricom launched as a telecommunications company. Today, it is something considerably more difficult to define: part infrastructure…
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A Shift Is Taking Shape in Safaricom’s APIs and AI Ecosystem as AI Moves Into Production
Safaricom’s APIs and AI ecosystem are emerging as a core layer for developers building financial and digital services, as highlighted…
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Rising Data Use Is Catching Up With Kenya’s Networks, and Quality Is Starting to Show It
Mobile network quality in Kenya has deteriorated, with the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) warning that operators are struggling to…
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At Decode 4.0, Safaricom Moves Its Center of Gravity Toward AI and Retools M-Pesa to Match
Safaricom Group Chief Technology Officer James Maitai officially opened Safaricom Decode 4.0 , declaring this the “Year of AI” for…
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At Decode 4.0, the Work of Building Kenya’s AI Backbone Comes Into View
The next leap for Kenya’s economy will not be defined by physical infrastructure alone, but by a sophisticated layer of…
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Startups
Moniepoint Acquires a Controlling Stake in Kenya’s Sumac Microfinance Bank
Nigeria’s fintech Moniepoint has completed its acquisition of a 78% stake in Sumac Microfinance Bank, establishing a regulated entry into…
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Samsung Unveils Next-Gen HBM4E Memory and Deepens NVIDIA Partnership at GTC 2026
Samsung Electronics took center stage at NVIDIA’s GTC 2026 conference in San Jose this week, unveiling its most advanced memory…
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Inside Kenya’s AI and Connectivity Plans as Global Partners Move In
There is a number that keeps surfacing in Nairobi’s tech policy circles. $5 billion. It is the price tag attached…
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EU and Kenya Move Deeper Into Digital Systems Design With New Strategic Dialogue
Fifty years is a long time in diplomacy. Long enough for habits to form, for language to settle into routine.…
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M-Pesa Tanzania Launches Africa’s First Mobile Money Tap-to-Pay Feature
M-Pesa users in Tanzania can now pay by simply tapping their Android phones at Visa-enabled terminals, no physical card required.…
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Orange Builds Its Africa Strategy Around the Max It Super App
Telecom operators once measured success in towers, spectrum licences and subscriber counts. Increasingly, the fight sits elsewhere. It sits inside…
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MTN Passes 300 Million Subscribers as Africa’s Data Appetite Grows
The headline number looks simple enough. MTN now counts 307 million voice subscribers across its markets. Profit has returned. Data…
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The Canal+ Strategy Taking Shape After Showmax
The French media group Canal+ ended 2025 with 42.3 million subscribers worldwide, a figure that tells two different stories depending…
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Iladho Galgallo Returns to Marsabit to Encourage Girls in STEM Through Safaricom Mentorship
The road to Marsabit tests a lot of drivers thanks to how long it takes to reach there. It’s dusty,…
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WhatsApp Banking Begins Taking Shape Across Southern Africa
For many people across Southern Africa, financial life already runs through a phone screen. Messages arrive. Payments get discussed. Remittances…
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How LG Is Turning AI Into Everyday Value for East African Homes
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become one of the most talked-about technologies in the world. From global tech conferences to policy…
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The 2026 Middle East Regional Conflict Freezes a Critical Segment of the 2Africa Cable
The 2Africa submarine cable, the largest subsea internet network ever attempted, has run into the realities of maritime conflict. Construction…
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Liquid Kenya CEO on How the Company is Building Africa’s AI-Ready Future
As Africa undergoes a rapid technological evolution, the transition from legacy systems to cutting-edge digital ecosystems is no longer just…
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Liquid C2 Partners with CyberCoach to Strengthen Digital Security for African Businesses
Liquid C2, a subsidiary of Cassava Technologies, has announced a new partnership with CyberCoach, a privacy-first AI-driven cybersecurity training and…
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Huawei and Konza Launch AI-Powered BPO at Siaya Digital Hub
Huawei and the Konza Technopolis Development Authority have launched an AI-powered contact center platform at the Siaya Community Digital Hub,…
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Cassava Technologies Launches Africa’s First AI-Powered Autonomous Network
Cassava Technologies has announced the launch of the Cassava Autonomous Network. This groundbreaking agentic solution is designed to significantly enhance…
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Kenya Extends Its Reach Into Rural Care Through Artificial Intelligence
Kenya’s AI integration into community health systems will embed algorithmic decision tools into frontline primary care under the Ministry of…
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Amazon’s Kuiper Eyes Kenya as Satellite Internet Race Widens
Kenya’s internet infrastructure has long been described through cables and towers. Fibre routes snake out of coastal landing stations. Mobile…
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Kenyan Firms Are Losing Millions to Digital Extortion
For a growing number of companies, the working day begins with a familiar ritual. Systems boot up, dashboards load, emails…
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A New Global Index Places Kenya Near the Top of Africa’s Innovation Economy, Though the Foundations Still Look Uneven
A new ranking has placed Kenya among the most innovation-ready economies on the continent, trailing only South Africa. On paper,…
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BUSINESS
M-PESA Ethiopia and Gebeya Launch Dala AI Bundle to Democratize AI
M-PESA Ethiopia and Gebeya Inc. have announced the launch of the Dala AI Bundle. This first-of-its-kind subscription service allows Ethiopians…
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HumanCoop Selects Identy.io Deploys Offline Biometrics for Undocumented Patients in North Africa
Humanitarian organisation HumanCoop has partnered with identity technology firm Identy.io to roll out facial biometric verification tools aimed at improving…
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As Parliament Circles Back to TikTok, Kenya Confronts the Limits of Regulation
The ban question is back in circulation, and debate over how Kenya should regulate TikTok is unfolding again in that…
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The African Union Walks Into the AI Arena With Google at Its Side
When the African Union Commission signed its strategic partnership with Google to expand artificial intelligence across public administration, education and…
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MWC 2026 Paints a Picture of a Mobile Industry Under Pressure From All Sides
Mobile World Congress has always been a spectacle. But at Fira Gran Via this year, spectacle feels secondary. What hangs…
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Ethio Telecom Steps Into the TV Business and Takes Aim at the Satellite Dish
In much of Ethiopia, television has long arrived by way of a metal dish fixed to a rooftop, angled toward…
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The Central Bank’s Law Review Puts Kenya’s Fintech Oversight Framework Under Strain
The CBK law review has arrived at an awkward moment for Kenya’s financial system. The Central Bank of Kenya is…
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Microsoft Is Putting $50 Billion on the Table and Calling It a Fix for the AI Divide
At the India AI Impact Summit, Microsoft put a number on its ambitions: US$50bn by 2030 to expand access to…
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Nairobi Hosts the Connected Africa Summit 2026 as Governments Wrestle With Data Borders and Digital Trust
In late April, the Connected Africa Summit will convene in Nairobi with an ambition that sounds straightforward and proves anything…
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Airtel to Ride on Starlink to Command Mobile Internet Market in Kenya
Kenya is set to be at the forefront of a big shift in mobile internet access across Africa, as a…
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Zoho Celebrates its 30th Anniversary
Zoho Corporation has commemorated its 30th anniversary by revealing two significant company achievements. The company now serves one million paying…
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Sage Rolls Out AI-Powered Intacct Financial Platform for Kenya’s Mid-Sized Firms
Sage has introduced its Sage Intacct cloud financial management platform in Kenya, targeting mid-sized businesses seeking to automate finance operations…
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When Downdetector Climbs at Once, Panic Fills the Gaps Before Facts Arrive
In the early hours of February 18th, YouTube’s homepage began to misfire and minutes later, Downdetector showed nearly 300,000 reports.…
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Inside Google I/O 2026 Where Android Steps Back and AI Steps Forward
Google I/O 2026 arrives at a point where artificial intelligence defines the company’s direction rather than sitting alongside it. The…
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CYBER SECURITY
Smartcomply Enters Kenyan Market with High-Level Cybersecurity Forum in Nairobi
Smartcomply, an African-built digital trust and cybersecurity technology company, will host The Secure Horizon Executive Breakfast on 26 February 2026…
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Africa’s AI Future Tests Ambition, Infrastructure, and Control of Value
The room at the AI & Digital Summit did not sound like a gathering convinced it was witnessing the future…
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Andela Targets 15,000 Technologists with Expanded AI Academy to Bridge Global Skills Gap
Andela, the global marketplace for technical talent, has announced a significant expansion of its Andela AI Academy. The initiative has…
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Why Safety Is Now as Important as Connectivity for Kenyan Enterprises
For more than a decade, connectivity has powered Kenya’s economic transformation. Mobile money, cloud platforms, e-commerce, and remote work have…
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Paratus Activates Major Fiber Highway Linking Kenya and the DRC
Pan-African telecommunications company Paratus Group has officially switched on a new 2,000 km terrestrial fiber route, establishing a direct high-capacity…
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Cellulant Appoints Michael Muriuki as CPTO to Drive Product-Led Scale
Cellulant, the payments company, has announced the appointment of Michael Muriuki as its Chief Product & Technology Officer (CPTO). The…
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Kenya’s Technology Growth Faces A Constraint In The Race For Computing Power
Artificial intelligence often enters public conversation as software. Chatbots, automated tools, prediction engines. The visible layer. What receives less attention…
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CLOUD
Data Sovereignty is Africa’s Next Great Infrastructure Frontier
For years, a digital paradox has quietly slowed Africa’s economic engines. An email sent between two offices in Nairobi or…
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Interviews
Interview: Samsung’s Product Lead Ryan Mule on The Smartphone as an AI Platform
As the digital landscape across East Africa shifts from simple connectivity to proactive intelligence, the smartphone is undergoing its most…
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Konza’s Digital Ambition Has Reached the Point Where Treasury Steps Back
The plan to expand the Konza Data Centre has moved forward through Treasury’s PPP process with little public attention, shaped…
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Choosing a Data Centre Provider in East Africa: A Practical Guide for 2026
Governments and the private sector in East Africa alike are investing heavily in connectivity, cloud services, e-commerce, fintech and digital…
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Huawei ICT Competition 2025-2026 Regional Final Bootcamp Training Kicks Off in Kenya
Huawei has officially kicked off the Huawei ICT Competition 2025/2026 Regional Final Bootcamp Training, bringing together 21 exceptional students selected…
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Demos Kyriacou | Why Tier III Data Centres Are the Real Play for East Africa
East Africa’s digital economy is expanding at a rapid pace, driven by rising internet penetration, widespread mobile connectivity, and growing…
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Flutterwave Partners with Turnkey and Nuvion to Deploy Stablecoin Infrastructure
Flutterwave has announced the launch of stablecoin balances for its merchants and users. This strategic move, achieved through a collaboration…
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Paymentology Appoints Kesheni Moodley as Regional Director for Africa
Paymentology, the world’s leading global issuer-processor, has announced the appointment of Kesheni Moodley as its new Regional Director for Africa.…
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COLUMNS
Mark Mwaniki | Why 2026 Could Be a Breakout Year for Digital Trade in East Africa
For more than a decade, East Africa has been viewed as a region of unrealised potential, a future hub for…
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Sophos Launches Workspace Protection to Secure Hybrid Teams and Govern AI Usage
Cybersecurity firm Sophos has announced the launch of Sophos Workspace Protection. This new solution is designed to provide organizations with…
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The AI Race Is Running Into Walls It Cannot Code Around
The modern AI industry has lived on a simple assumption: progress would arrive faster if you fed models more data,…
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Gates and OpenAI Announce an AI Push for African Clinics at a Fragile Moment
The Gates Foundation and OpenAI have committed $50 million to deploy artificial intelligence tools across health care systems in Africa,…
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Telecoms Head Into The New Year Carrying Bigger Ambitions, Thinner Margins, And No Easy Place To Hide
The telecom industry enters the new year under strain that feels familiar but heavier. Economic expansion remains weak by historical…
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Nigeria is no longer debating artificial intelligence, it is trying to govern it
Nigeria’s push to legislate artificial intelligence reflects less a fascination with new tools than a mounting discomfort with how deeply…
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Safaricom Appoints Sylvia Anampiu to Lead Fixed Business
Safaricom has announced the appointment of Sylvia Anampiu as the Director of Fixed Business, signaling a major strategic shift as…
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Kenya’s Satellite Internet Market Is No Longer a One-Name Story
For years, satellite internet in Kenya sat at the edges of the connectivity map. It was used where fibre never…
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Microsoft Kenya Country Manager Phyllis Migwi Exits After Three Years
Microsoft Kenya Country Manager Phyllis Migwi has announced her departure from the tech giant, following her three-and-a-half-year tenure leading the…
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HealthTech Is Scaling in Kenya. The Healthcare System Is Not
On weekday mornings in Nairobi, hospital corridors fill early and thin slowly. Patients queue with paper files folded into plastic…
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Kenya and Huawei Eye Strategic Pact to Boost Public Sector Digital Skills
The Kenya School of Government (KSG) and Huawei Kenya have initiated talks to establish a strategic partnership aimed at accelerating…
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Gadgets
CES 2026: LG Unveils World’s Fastest Bluetooth Gaming Controller for LG Smart TVs
LG Electronics (LG) and Razer, the leading global lifestyle brand for gamers, have unveiled the new Razer Wolverine V3 Bluetooth®…
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Kenya Built a Global Tax Trap for Big Tech. Washington Just Cut a Hole Through It
Kenya spent years aligning itself with a global tax rewrite that promised to bring digital multinationals into the revenue net.…
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TechTrends Media Launches Magazine Dedicated to Africa’s Innovation
TechTrends Media, a leading digital media and technology news platform in East Africa, has announced the launch of The TechTrends…
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New Appointments
Dan Kwach joins Madagascar based STELLARIX as Deputy CEO
In a significant move that signals a strategic shift in the African data center landscape, veteran technology leader Dan Kwach…
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The Role of Predictive Analytics in the Financial Planning of Betting Companies
Predictive analytics plays a direct role in how betting companies plan cash flow, manage exposure, and allocate capital. The shift…
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Why Africa’s Next Phase of Connectivity Depends on More Than Coverage Maps
For more than a century, Africa’s communications networks have been built in uneven bursts. Lines arrived in ports before hinterlands.…
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How Airtel Money is evolving to meet the daily financial needs of Kenyans
As of late 2025, Airtel Money has transitioned from being just a backup option to a formidable financial partner for…
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Mobile money built Africa’s digital promise, now the networks behind it are under real pressure
Across much of Africa, telecom networks have stopped being background utilities. They sit in the foreground of daily economic life,…
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The long courtship between big tech and trump’s second White House
Lobbying has never been polite, but it used to carry some embarrassment. Meetings stayed off calendars. Donations were explained away…
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Safaricom grew into a tech power as its foreign owners learned to step back
Safaricom is often discussed as a stock, a dividend story, or a political proxy. That framing misses what the company…
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COLUMNS
Frankline Okata | How Safaricom is helping enterprises build cyber resilience
Imagine this, It is 7:00 a.m. The operations team walks in, coffee cups in hand, ready to start the day.…
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CYBER SECURITY
Sophos achieves full detection coverage in 2025 MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Evaluation
Cybersecurity leader Sophos has achieved full detection coverage in the 2025 MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Evaluation, successfully identifying 100% of adversary…
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NTT DATA ramps up Starlink rollout in Kenya, targets 1,000 enterprise sites across Africa
Global technology services leader NTT DATA is accelerating the deployment of Starlink-powered connectivity services across Africa, aiming to deploy over…
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LINX Accra goes live in new Digital Realty ACR2 data centre
The London Internet Exchange (LINX) has officially activated its interconnection hub within the newly launched Digital Realty ACR2 data centre,…
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Neeraj Pradhan appointed as CEO of Liquid Intelligent Technologies Kenya
Liquid Intelligent Technologies (Liquid), a business of Cassava Technologies, has officially appointed Neeraj Pradhan as the Chief Executive Officer of…
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CLOUD
Dan Kwach exits Africa Data Centres after 19-year tenure
Dan Kwach, a veteran executive at Africa Data Centres (ADC), has announced his departure from the firm, ending a nearly…
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Interview | How AI and digital sovereignty are redefining African trade with Webb Fontaine’s Ludovic Thanay
As the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) gains momentum, the continent stands at a pivotal juncture. The vision of…
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Kenya’s tech leap 2025: AI, diplomacy and infrastructure transforming the industry
There is a good reason Kenya is recognised as the Silicon Savannah of Africa. It’s a befitting nickname for a…
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