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Safaricom turns enterprise networks into a managed service with its new SD-WAN offering
Safaricom has today launched its SD-WAN offering which gives Kenyan businesses a new way to manage the growing number of…
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Kenya’s KSh390 billion EV plan could turn a growing market into a manufacturing industry
Kenya’s proposed KSh390 billion EV investment would give the country its most ambitious electric vehicle manufacturing plan yet, with two…
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Roam raises local parts in e-bikes to 40pc
Electric motorcycle maker Roam has raised the share of locally made parts in its Roam Air model to 40 percent,…
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Kenya wants a bigger share of global digital trade, but the infrastructure must keep pace
Kenya’s digital trade is entering a more consequential stage as the government seeks a larger share of international commerce conducted…
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Cassava Technologies rehires Dan Kwach to lead AI data centre push
Cassava Technologies has rehired former Africa Data Centres (ADC) East Africa managing director Dan Kwach to lead its artificial intelligence…
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As AI and cyber threats grow, African regulators face a much broader digital governance challenge
African ICT regulators are confronting a digital economy that is becoming harder to govern within traditional telecom boundaries. AI, cybersecurity,…
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Inside Tathmini Africa’s push to make AI-powered career guidance work for Kenya
For many Kenyan families, choosing a senior school pathway is becoming a complicated exercise in information, interpretation and timing. Learners…
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Jubilee and FSD Africa bring seven insurtechs together to expand affordable insurance access in Kenya
Jubilee Group and FSD Africa are working with seven insurtech companies to develop and test affordable insurance products for underserved…
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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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Tech Mahindra puts 12,500 employees through Gemini Enterprise training
Tech Mahindra is putting more than 12,500 of its employees through hands-on training on Google Cloud’s Gemini Enterprise, a push…
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MTN Ghana secures $202 million spectrum package to expand 5G coverage and mobile broadband
MTN Ghana has been told it will receive fresh spectrum in the 700MHz and 3 GHz bands, a package worth…
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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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Starlink’s subscriber growth accelerates in Kenya as network capacity limits new customers
Starlink’s subscriber base in Kenya jumped 58.5% in a year to hit 27,616 by June 2026—up from 17,425. But that…
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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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UNDP and GSMA partner to help African AI innovators build and scale locally developed solutions
UNDP and GSMA have entered a strategic partnership focused on strengthening Africa’s artificial intelligence ecosystem and advancing the development and…
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Absa Next aims to simplify how entrepreneurs manage business payments, working capital and personal finances
For many small business entrepreneurs, running a business is much more than just making sales, there is customer payments, supplier…
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AfDB gives Family Bank $10m facility to expand trade finance for Kenyan businesses
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and Family Bank Limited have signed a $10 million trade finance facility aimed at expanding…
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Fake call, deepfake ad and one costly mistake: How to spot banking fraud
A sponsored advert appears in your social media feed featuring a familiar face. The person speaking looks and sounds like…
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Quickmart’s public-market debut puts a price on the growth built through its merger with Tumaini and Adenia’s backing
Quickmart has priced its NSE public offer at KES7.50 per share, putting an implied KES30 billion equity value on the…
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First Chartered Securities wins CAK approval to take full control of ICEA Lion
First Chartered Securities Capital Limited has received approval from the Competition Authority of Kenya to take sole control of ICEA…
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Inside Absa Next and the strategy behind Absa’s new digital banking platform
Absa Next is a new digital finance platform from Absa Bank Kenya that brings banking, payments, credit, savings, investments and…
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What awaits Abdi Mohamed at I&M Bank after taking over from Kihara Maina
Former Absa Bank Kenya CEO Abdi Mohamed has taken charge of I&M Bank earlier than initially expected, moving directly from…
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Taxpayer-funded influencers and the government’s preferred narrative raise uncomfortable questions
The plan to use government influencers in Kenya is no longer a quiet proposal in a strategy document. Dennis Itumbi,…
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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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Kenya’s payments Bill would let CBK inspect firms, remove executives and appoint managers
Kenya’s proposed National Payment System Bill, 2026 would give the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) wider powers over payment firms,…
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When a phone number changes hands: MPs examine Safaricom’s SIM deactivation and recycling rules
Kenya’s approach to inactive mobile numbers is facing fresh scrutiny after MPs began examining how Safaricom handles SIM deactivation and…
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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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M-PESA Jumbe could keep payment proof useful without exposing private account details
A new M-PESA confirmation format called Jumbe could make it easier for customers to share proof of payment without exposing…
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Samsung showcases connected living at Sarit Centre
Samsung has offered discounts of up to 35 percent on selected devices as it pushes Kenyan consumers to buy into…
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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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CA orders Safaricom, Airtel and other telcos to bypass DND for emergency SMS
The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has ordered mobile operators to deliver government-authorised Kenya emergency SMS alerts to all active…
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Airtel Money puts Sh37m into Marigat schools
Airtel Money Kenya and ChildFund have started construction of classrooms, toilets and water facilities worth Sh37 million at two schools…
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Airtel Money prices London IPO at $7bn valuation
Airtel Money has priced its London initial public offering (IPO) at about $2.60 (£1.96) per share, valuing the mobile money…
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Kenyan banks’ sovereign debt exposure caps profit gains, says Moody’s
Kenyan banks’ heavy holdings of government debt will continue to cap their credit strength despite rising profits and a sharp…
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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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Kaspersky warns Kenyan children face growing risks across social media, gaming and AI
Children in Kenya are increasingly using social media, video-sharing platforms and multiplayer games, exposing them to online risks including grooming,…
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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 Power tightens the rules as private solar starts flowing back into the grid
Kenya Power customers with solar systems could face additional charges if their installations feed electricity into the utility’s network without…
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Kenya joins global digital bloc with AI, data and digital trade high on the agenda
Kenya has signed the Charter of the Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO), taking another step toward full membership in the 24-country…
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Banks, fintechs and payment providers circle Kenya’s expanding SACCO economy
SACCO payments in Kenya are becoming a bigger market for commercial banks, fintechs and other payment providers as deposit-taking SACCOs…
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Kenya’s virtual asset rules meet a changing payments landscape where stablecoins, mobile money and regional settlement are converging
Kenya’s VASP regulations have done more than establish rules for cryptocurrency businesses. They have created a regulatory framework for virtual-asset…
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Airtel Money puts digital payments at the centre of its $800m London IPO
Airtel Money is preparing for a London listing that could value the mobile-money business at between $8 billion and $9…
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Seven Kenyan women-led startups secure KES 9 million after completing Women in Tech accelerator
Seven women-led Kenyan startups have secured KES 9 million in grant funding after completing a 12-week accelerator programme designed to…
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Court rejects ARA appeal over KSh35m EIS Afrika funds in cross-border project case
The EIS Afrika KSh35 million case has ended with the Court of Appeal rejecting the Assets Recovery Agency’s attempt to…
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Six Kenyan creatives win KES 4.5 million in Safaricom Capture the Good Challenge
Six Kenyan photographers and videographers have won a combined KES 4.5 million in the inaugural Safaricom and M-Pesa Foundation Capture…
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Kenyan banks turn to digital scale as lower rates squeeze traditional income
Kenyan banks are finding that the maths of banking looks different as interest rates come down. Loan yields are falling,…
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Beyond extraction: Africa’s investment story is increasingly about value creation and industrial growth
Africa’s investment opportunities are moving beyond the traditional story of extracting natural resources and exporting them in raw form. At…
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NCBA looks to DRC and Ethiopia as acquisition strategy expands across Africa
NCBA Group is preparing to expand into the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Ethiopia, with Managing Director John…
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Africa’s investment case is expanding as digital infrastructure connects its people, businesses and resources
Africa investment opportunities are becoming closely tied to the technology infrastructure needed to connect people, businesses and markets. At Bullish…
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Former CBK governor calls for M-Pesa users to share trust fund returns
Do M-Pesa customers earn returns from the money held in their wallets? Under Kenya’s current framework, the answer is no,…
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NSE looks beyond Nairobi as it builds new bridges to global capital
The Nairobi Securities Exchange is widening its focus beyond conventional listings as it builds relationships with financial centres in New…
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East Africa’s digital commerce growth is running into a trust problem
Digital commerce in East Africa is moving beyond the conventional online store. Consumers can discover a product on social media,…
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Kenya wants more EVs on its roads, but manufacturers want more built at home
Kenya’s EV manufacturing industry is reaching a point where the structure of government incentives could determine whether rising electric mobility…
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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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More lenders, more products, more loans: Kenya’s digital credit market expands
Kenya’s digital credit market nearly doubled in 2025, with outstanding loans reaching KSh110.1 billion as regulated lenders expanded beyond small…
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Kenya’s next Data Commissioner faces a changing digital privacy landscape
Kenya has shortlisted 13 candidates for the position of Data Protection Commissioner, putting the succession to Immaculate Kassait into its…
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From Nigerian refinery to Kenyan portfolio: unpacking the Dangote GDR deal
The Dangote IPO is now open to eligible Kenyan investors through a global depositary receipt (GDR) structure, but the final…
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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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Kenyans eye Dangote refinery shares via NSE listing
Kenyan investors could soon buy into the Dangote refinery’s initial public offering (IPO) through the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE), under…
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Camon 50 Ultra powers TECNO’s 100 Portraits project
Chinese smartphone brand TECNO has completed the Kenyan leg of 100 Portraits of Becoming, a global photography project designed to…
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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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Meta is taking its AI stack directly into the enterprise market
Meta has launched Meta Enterprise Platform, a new business division aimed at helping companies deploy artificial intelligence across growth, customer…
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Samsung is turning the connected home into a more complete wellness experience
Wellness has become less about a single workout or fitness goal and more about how we manage the different parts…
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How Kenya Airways is using AI to make sense of changing airfares
You search for a flight today and find a fare that works. Tomorrow, the same seat may cost more. It…
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The iPhone 18 scam: Fake stores are offering discounts, pre-orders and unlikely deals
Kaspersky has warned consumers looking for iPhone 18 models about scammers using fake websites and heavily discounted offers to steal…
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Bridging Kenya’s digital skills gap: Why practical application and AI capability-building are defining tech workforce readiness
Kenya’s technology sector is producing more skilled graduates and creating new career opportunities, but employers continue to face challenges in…
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Two Kenyan healthcare innovators reach the final of Africa’s top engineering prize
Two Kenyan healthcare innovators are among four finalists selected for the 2026 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, the continent’s largest…
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Before you press send: Simple way to protect your money from fraud
You are about to pay a supplier when an email or an SMS arrives asking you to use a new…
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Kenya wants its tourism products to compete in the digital spaces where travellers make decisions
Kenya is digitising its tourism products as the government targets travellers who increasingly rely on smartphones, online platforms and artificial…
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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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EEMEA SMEs are rethinking growth as cybersecurity, AI and digital payments gain ground
Small and medium-sized businesses across Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EEMEA) are increasingly turning to cybersecurity, artificial intelligence…
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Binance puts $100 million into Circle as USDC partnership expands
Binance has invested $100 million in Circle Internet Group as part of a renewed five-year strategic partnership to expand the…
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Paystack brings onsite checkout and terminal integration to Shopify in South Africa
Paystack has launched an onsite card checkout for Shopify in South Africa, giving online shoppers the ability to complete card…
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Africa Financial Summit 2026 heads to Angola to drive African financial integration
Angola is set to host the annual Africa Financial Summit 2026 on November 3 and 4, in Luanda, bringing together…
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Samsung Care+ cuts screen repair costs across East Africa
Samsung is expanding access to Care+, a service plan that allows owners of eligible Galaxy smartphones in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda…
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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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Tecno wins two IFA innovation awards for modular phone, mini PC
Smartphone maker Tecno has won two awards at this month’s IFA 2026 consumer electronics trade show in Berlin for a…
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WSO2Con Africa puts enterprise AI governance at the centre of the agentic enterprise
The agentic enterprise is forcing companies to rethink what it means to deploy artificial intelligence safely. At WSO2Con Africa 2026…
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WSO2’s Golden Path shows how enterprises can build towards trusted AI agents
The Golden Path to the Agentic Enterprise is WSO2’s proposed roadmap for organisations moving from general-purpose AI use towards systems…
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M-PESA’s Vinod Sharma draws a hard line around where AI can touch money
A customer sending money through M-PESA sees a relatively simple action: enter a number, select a recipient, confirm and wait…
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The rise of AI agents is pushing governance beyond models and into infrastructure
AI agent governance is becoming an architecture problem as enterprises give software access to APIs, data, workflows and systems that…
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AWS sees AI agents taking on more software work, with humans still accountable for the outcome
AI is moving deeper into software engineering, but AWS says the transition does not require developers to surrender control of…
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Enterprise AI pilots are working, but the execution gap is holding back production
Enterprise AI adoption is running into an AI execution gap as companies discover that a successful pilot does not automatically…
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WSO2’s AI engineering strategy goes beyond coding assistants to institutional knowledge
WSO2 is giving AI agents more than access to its code. At WSO2Con Africa 2026 in Nairobi, Senior Vice President…
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Latitude59 opens Nairobi pitch contest for African startups
Estonian startup event Latitude59 has opened applications for its 2026 Kenya pitch competition, offering early-stage African founders a shot at…
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As African governments adopt AI, data and integration are becoming central to the effort
AI in government is moving from policy discussions and experiments into practical public services across Africa, but technology leaders from…
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Yellow Card hires ex-Monzo executive Ross Everett as group CFO
Stablecoin payments firm Yellow Card has appointed former Monzo Bank finance executive Ross Everett as its group Chief Financial Officer…
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The rise of AI agents is forcing enterprises to rethink authority, security and accountability
At WSO2Con Africa 2026 in Nairobi, the discussion around how enterprises are governing AI agents moved beyond the question of…
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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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KPC fellowship lands jobs for 30pc of first tech cohort
Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) says 30 percent of the first cohort of its youth technology fellowship have secured jobs, as…
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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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Bolt, Kenya Red Cross to train 500 boda riders in first aid
Ride-hailing firm Bolt has partnered with the Kenya Red Cross to train more than 500 boda boda riders in first…
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CRDB’s WSO2 integration backbone is helping reshape its digital banking architecture
CRDB Bank’s digital banking transformation was driven by a problem that sits underneath the mobile apps, internet banking platforms and…
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AI in banking is moving into real decisions, but banks still own the outcome
AI in banking is moving from experimentation into practical financial workflows, but a panel at WSO2Con Africa 2026 showed that…
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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 enterprises can make existing data and systems accessible to AI agents
An enterprise AI agent needs access to more than a large language model. At WSO2Con Africa 2026 in Nairobi, a…
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