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Visa Sees Digital Lenders Reshaping Kenya’s Credit Market
Kenya’s unsecured lending market is becoming increasingly competitive as digital credit providers reshape how consumers access loans, prompting traditional banks…
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Why Retailers Should Fix Their Data Before Investing in AI
Retailers looking to adopt artificial intelligence may be asking the wrong first question. Instead of deciding which AI platform to…
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Samsung Unveils Vision AI TV Range in Kenya With Mini LED Models and New Payment Plans
Samsung has unveiled its 2026 television lineup in Kenya, introducing new Vision AI TVs in Kenya with a strategy that…
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NVIDIA Reworks the Business of Building AI Infrastructure
NVIDIA has unveiled a new partnership model with AI cloud providers that aims to make large-scale artificial intelligence infrastructure more…
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inDrive Adds Opt-In Trip Audio Recording to Improve Ride Safety
Ride-hailing platform inDrive has rolled out a new Trip Audio Recording feature aimed at enhancing safety for both passengers and…
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How Girls-I Save Africa Is Growing Kenya’s Tech Talent
Across Kenya, schools are increasingly embracing innovation programmes, STEM competitions and technology workshops that encourage students to move beyond textbooks…
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South Africa Climbs Global AI Outsourcing Rankings as Enterprise Adoption Grows
South Africa has strengthened its position as Africa’s leader in artificial intelligence, with a new global assessment ranking the country…
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Equity, AfricaNenda Partner on Digital Infrastructure Push
Equity Group Holdings has entered a strategic partnership with AfricaNenda Foundation and the Gates Foundation to accelerate the rollout of…
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Visa, M-PESA and Onafriq Test Stablecoin Payments in DRC
Visa, M-PESA Africa and Onafriq have partnered to pilot stablecoin-enabled cross-border mobile money transactions in the Democratic Republic of the…
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Absa, Unilever Launch KES 4bn Programme to Finance Distributors
Absa Bank Kenya and Unilever Kenya have launched a KES 4 billion financing programme aimed at easing working capital challenges…
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OPPO Opens New Experience Shop at The Hub Karen
OPPO Kenya has opened their new Experience Shop at The Hub Karen, extending its retail network with a location that…
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Visa Unveils New Smartphone Payment Solutions for SMEs Across Emerging Markets
Visa is expanding its digital payments ecosystem with new capabilities for Visa Accept and Visa Direct, enabling small businesses to…
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Grey Introduces Local Currency Deposits in Kenya and Ghana
Global payments platform Grey has introduced local currency deposits in Kenya and Ghana, allowing users to fund their accounts directly…
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Tom Mulwa Takes Over at the NSE as Kiprono Kittony Steps Down
Tom Mulwa will become chairman of the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) on July 13, succeeding Kiprono Kittony after six years…
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Absa Bank Kenya Backs Gen Z Connect to Grow Young Talent
Absa Bank Kenya has announced a strategic partnership with Gen Z Connect by Executive Connect to expand opportunities for young…
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Tech Mahindra and Microsoft Unveil AI Network Digital Twin
Tech Mahindra has partnered with Microsoft to introduce an AI-powered Network Digital Twin solution designed to help telecommunications companies modernize…
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TIDAL Tries a Different Approach to AI-Generated Music Royalties
Artificial intelligence has changed how music can be created. It is now beginning to change how streaming platforms decide who…
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WhatsApp Opens Username Reservations as Launch Nears
WhatsApp username reservations are beginning to roll out worldwide, giving users the chance to secure unique usernames before the feature…
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EACO Partnership Gives Fresh Momentum to Smart Africa’s Digital Agenda
The East African Communications Organization (EACO) and the Smart Africa Secretariat have entered into a strategic partnership aimed at accelerating…
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Open Startup Launches New Push for African Deep Tech at 10-Year Mark
Open Startup, the pan-African organisation that has spent the past decade supporting entrepreneurs and innovation ecosystems across the continent, has…
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Samsung’s Market Value Jumps 453% Amid AI Chip Boom
Samsung Electronics has recorded the steepest year-on-year market capitalisation growth among the world’s largest publicly traded companies, with its valuation…
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Safaricom Fixed Internet Share Hits 35.5%, Nears 1M Subscribers
Safaricom has strengthened its leadership in Kenya’s fixed internet market, growing its market share to 35.5 per cent and increasing…
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Women Account for 52% of Active Pochi Users as Adoption Accelerates
Women now account for more than half of all active Pochi la Biashara users, marking a significant milestone for one…
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WhatsApp Messages Are Becoming Part of Kenya’s Legal Evidence Trail
If you search for WhatsApp consent evidence, you will increasingly find that it is no longer just a question for…
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Africa’s Smartphone Market Shrinks as Higher Memory Costs Hit Sales
Africa’s smartphone market entered 2026 on weaker footing as higher memory component costs pushed up handset prices, reducing the availability…
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Blockchain Captured 5.3% of Africa’s Venture Funding in 2025
Africa’s blockchain industry is consolidating its position as one of the continent’s most resilient venture categories, according to the fifth…
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World Bank Warns of Stalling Recovery as Inflation Set to Climb Across Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa’s economic recovery is losing momentum, with the World Bank projecting growth will hold at 4.1 percent in 2026,…
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African Banks Lean Into Digital Transformation as Margins Tighten
Africa’s banking sector is heading into the second half of 2026 in a state industry analysts describe as cautiously optimistic:…
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Mwalimu National SACCO, NCBA Launch Salo Xpress to Transform Payroll Processing
Mwalimu National DT SACCO has partnered with NCBA Bank to launch Salo Xpress, a new digital payroll management solution aimed…
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Pauline Namwakira Becomes Second Kenyan to Receive AWS Golden Jacket
Kenya has added another name to the exclusive global list of Amazon Web Services (AWS) Golden Jacket recipients, with cloud…
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MTN Uganda Launches Cashless School Transport Systems for Students
MTN Uganda has unveiled a new digital transport solution aimed at transforming how students commute to and from school, with…
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Africa Internet Summit Opens in Nairobi With Focus on Regional Cooperation
Nairobi is hosting the Africa Internet Summit 2026 (AIS’26), bringing together policymakers, regulators, technology experts, industry leaders, civil society organizations,…
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Apple’s Leadership Transition Is Already Taking Shape
WWDC 2026 was supposed to be about software. Apple unveiled a redesigned operating system, expanded Apple Intelligence and presented the…
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Payaza’s Shopaza Targets Africa’s E-Commerce Gap
Payaza has launched Shopaza, a new artificial intelligence-driven e-commerce platform designed to help businesses expand beyond local markets and participate…
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Airtel Money and ChildFund Back Schools Serving Learners With Disabilities
More than 2,000 learners, including children with visual and hearing impairments, are set to benefit from a new inclusive education…
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Africa’s Fast-Rising 5G Market Is Starting to Look Beyond Connectivity
Sub-Saharan Africa is on track to become the world’s fastest-growing 5G market over the next five years, fueled by rising…
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KCB Opens Its Agency Network to Airtel Money Customers Nationwide
Airtel Money customers can now deposit and withdraw cash at more than 22,000 KCB Bank agents across Kenya following a…
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KRA’s Search for Revenue Runs Into Parliamentary Resistance
Parliament has rejected several proposals that would have expanded KRA powers under Finance Bill 2026, preserving key taxpayer protections even…
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BFSI Week 2026: African Banks Urged to Focus AI on Value, Security
Financial institutions across Africa must focus on business value, cyber resilience and leadership if they are to successfully harness the…
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Mobile Economy Adds $240bn to Africa’s GDP, GSMA
Mobile technologies and services contributed $240 billion to Africa’s economy in 2025, accounting for 7.8% of the continent’s GDP, according…
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Spiro Wants More of Its Electric Motorcycles Built in Africa
Spiro’s plan to manufacture most of its electric vehicle components in Africa marks an important shift in the continent’s emerging…
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NTT DATA Expands Salesforce Services as Kenya’s AI Push Gains Pace
NTT DATA has announced the expansion of its Salesforce services across East Africa, aimed at enhancing customer engagement, data management,…
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How to Verify Your Device and Software Information on a Samsung Galaxy
When registering or verifying your Samsung Care+ coverage, you will often need to confirm your specific serial number (IMEI), and…
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ASUS Thinks the 2026 Zenbook DUO Is Ready for More Than Early Adopters
Asus recently launched the 2026 ZenBook DUO, which is their latest version of it’s dual screen laptop and it’s a…
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Xceed365HR Bets on Agentic AI to Transform Enterprise HR
Xceed365HR, Africa’s leading indigenous enterprise HR software provider, has unveiled Version 3 (V3), which it describes as the continent’s first…
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Kenya Airways Investor Hunt Becomes a Test of Nairobi’s Hub Ambitions
Kenya Airways’ search for a strategic investor is often framed as a rescue mission for an airline weighed down by…
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24,000 Applications Later, Africa’s Business Heroes Reveals Its Top 100
Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH), the flagship philanthropic programme of the Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Philanthropy, has announced its 2026…
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Andela CEO on AI, Talent and the Future of Software Development in Africa
Andela, the global remote technology talent marketplace, has set an ambitious target to train 15,000 AI-fluent developers by the end…
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Mbadi Announces New Planning Bill to Align Kenya’s Development and Budget Priorities
Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi has announced plans to introduce a Planning Bill in 2026 to strengthen Kenya’s national planning…
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BUSINESS
Nigeria’s Bumpa Launches in Kenya, Offering Digital Tools for MSME
Bumpa, a Nigerian business management platform for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), has officially entered the Kenyan market. The…
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Gov’t Begins Distribution of Digital Learning Devices for JSS Schools
The Kenyan government has begun rolling out laptops and 65-inch interactive smart boards to 10,382 Junior Secondary Schools nationwide on…
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WWDC 2026 Offered a Public Look at Apple’s New Power Structure
Apple spent much of WWDC 2026 talking about software, artificial intelligence and the future of Siri. The more revealing story…
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Apple Turns to Google as Siri Becomes the Center of Its AI Push
For years, Apple approached artificial intelligence with unusual caution. While rivals raced to release increasingly capable chatbots, Apple focused on…
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Court Cuts Mogo’s Loan Claim After Finding Interest Charges Excessive
A Small Claims Court in Thika has substantially reduced the amount recoverable by Mogo Auto Limited in a dispute over…
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World Cup 2026: One in Six Public Wi-Fi Networks in Mexican Host Cities Unsafe, Kaspersky Warns
With the FIFA World Cup 2026 kicking off on June 11, cybersecurity firm Kaspersky is warning football fans and travellers…
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Kenya to Sell eCitizen Government Data in New Digital Marketplace
The Kenyan government is preparing to monetise non-personal data collected through its eCitizen platform and other State systems, with plans…
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East Africa Tops Africa’s Growth Charts in 2026, UN Report Shows
East Africa is on course to be the continent’s fastest-growing sub-region in 2026, with GDP projected to expand by 5.8%,…
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Africa Faces $1.3 Trillion Annual Financing Gap, But the Funds Exist, Says AfDB
Africa faces an annual development financing gap exceeding $1.3 trillion needed to meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the…
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Absa and Salesforce Extend Strategic Partnership To Advance AI in Banking
Absa has renewed its partnership with Salesforce through a new three-year agreement aimed at advancing the bank’s adoption of artificial…
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The TechTrends Podcast | Samsung Galaxy S26 Series: Evolution or Safe Upgrade?
Samsung’s Galaxy S26 series launched globally in February, going on sale on March 11 and the questions around it have…
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Smartcomply Joins PCI Security Standards Council to Advance Global Payment Security Standards
Smartcomply is expanding its global footprint in cybersecurity and financial compliance after being admitted as an Associate Participating Organization of…
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GSMA Urges African Governments to Classify Telecom Networks as Critical Infrastructure
Mobile connectivity has become a critical pillar of modern life across Africa, supporting emergency response services, digital finance, healthcare, education…
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WWDC 2026 Finds Apple Balancing a Siri Rebuild and a CEO Transition
Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference has often served as a preview of the software features that will shape its devices over…
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BUSINESS
Africa’s Retail Forex Market Enters a New Era Amid Regulation and Mobile Trading Boom
Africa’s foreign exchange market is entering a period of major transformation as volatility, tighter regulation, and the rapid rise of…
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EV Assemblers in Kenya Say New VAT Rules Could Reopen the Cost Problem
Transport operators who had started treating electric fleets as a realistic commercial option are recalculating acquisition costs after proposed tax…
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Tanzania, The New Frontrunner In The Race For Critical Minerals
The electric vehicles filling our cities and the vast data centres powering the Artificial Intelligence (AI) revolution share one thing…
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Smartcomply Expands UK Footprint Amid Rising Africa Payment Compliance Challenges
Smartcomply is taking its Africa-focused compliance technology to the United Kingdom, targeting the growing compliance burden on institutions processing transactions…
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AfDB: Africa’s Economy to Grow 4.2% in 2026 Despite Global Headwinds
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has released its African Economic Outlook 2026, projecting continental GDP growth of 4.2% for…
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I&M Bank Opens NSE Trading for MTN After Heavy Investor Demand
Trading has started on I&M Bank’s first listed medium-term note at the Nairobi Securities Exchange, extending a recent pickup in…
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Kaspersky Unveils AI-Powered Upgrades to Cloud Workload Security Platform
Kaspersky has updated its Cloud Workload Security (CWS) platform with new AI-powered capabilities, expanded integrations, and performance enhancements designed to…
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Family Bank Reports 52.6% Increase in Quarter 1 2026 Profit
Family Bank Group has recorded a 52.6% jump in first-quarter Profit After Tax to KES 1.6 billion for the period…
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Kenya’s Internet Providers Are Fighting a Different Battle Now
For years, Kenya’s home internet market expanded through geography. Internet providers raced to wire apartment blocks, reach gated estates, and…
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ASUS Bets on Offline AI and Long-Term Partnerships as it Deepens Kenya Push
ASUS is expanding its commercial footprint in Kenya with a strategy built around offline artificial intelligence, SME-targeted products, and partnerships…
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Mitsumi Invests $2 Million in AI Cloud Platform for Young Kenyan Innovators
Mitsumi, a technology distributor, is investing $2 million in an artificial intelligence (AI) cloud platform aimed at equipping young Kenyan…
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Startups
Glovo Champions AI, Awards Kenyan Startup Barcelona Residency at GITEX Kenya 2026
Glovo wrapped up its participation at GITEX Kenya 2026 by reinforcing its growing role not only as a technology provider…
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Product Leadership Accelerator Is Redefining African Enterprises for the New Digital Economy
As the world marks World Product Day, a transformative shift is unfolding across Africa’s enterprise ecosystem, with the Product Leadership…
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NCBA Group Profit After Tax Rises 9% to KES 6bn
NCBA Group recorded a 9% rise in profit after tax to KES 6 billion for the first quarter ended March…
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KCB Group Shareholders Approve KShs. 22.5 Billion Dividend Payout
KCB shareholders have approved a total dividend payout of KSh22.5 billion for the Financial Year 2025, highlighting strong returns to…
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Nairobi Forum Puts Ethics at the Centre of Africa’s AI Development Agenda
A high-level forum on artificial intelligence ethics brought together technologists, investors, healthcare practitioners, and academics in Nairobi this week to…
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I&M Bank Bond Offer Draws KES 23 Billion in Bids
I&M Bank Limited has successfully closed the public offer for the first tranche of its Kenya Shillings-denominated Medium-Term Note (MTN)…
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Google’s New Workspace Push Is Really About Conversational Computing
Google used its I/O 2026 developer conference to outline a broader redesign of how people interact with Workspace, moving beyond…
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New AI Skills and Compute Africa Foundation Launches in Kigali to Boost Africa’s AI Ecosystem
The AI Skills and Compute Africa Foundation (AISCA Foundation) has officially launched in Kigali, marking a significant step toward strengthening…
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Kenya Airways Deploys AI Platform to Optimize Ticket Pricing
Kenya Airways has adopted Jupiter 5.0, an AI-powered pricing platform developed by FlyNava Technologies, in a move aimed at advancing…
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Kaspersky Warns of Rising AI-Powered Cyber Threats at AI Everything Kenya x GITEX
At AI Everything Kenya x GITEX Kenya, taking place from 19–21 May, global cybersecurity firm Kaspersky highlighted the evolving threat…
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Key Economic Events Moving Markets
Financial markets tend not to be random. Usually, there is a reason behind the sudden shift in prices, which might…
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Visa Launches White Paper on Privacy and Security Challenges Facing Women-Led SMBs
Visa has announced the launch of a new white paper titled Privacy and Security for Women-Led SMBs in Digital Financial…
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TECNO AI identified as Digital Economy Catalyst in Omdia Report
TECNO has released a commissioned study by technology research firm Omdia arguing that localised artificial intelligence built for African infrastructure…
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BUSINESS
African Women Are Building Businesses Through WhatsApp
Across Kenya and Nigeria, many small businesses no longer begin with a website, a storefront, or even a marketplace listing.…
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Equity’s James Mwangi Champions Technology-Driven Trade and Inclusion at Africa CEO Forum
Equity Group Managing Director and CEO James Mwangi has called for deeper collaboration between governments, financial institutions and technology players…
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Kenya’s Crypto Industry Is Entering a Harder Compliance Era
Industry executives say Kenya’s virtual asset regulations are creating new pressure around banking, insurance, and licensing readiness Kenya’s emerging framework…
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Kenya’s Push for More Tax Revenue Reaches Card Payments and Fintech Fees
Proposed tax measures contained in Kenya’s Finance Bill 2026 may increase the cost of handling digital transactions as authorities widen…
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African Businesses Using Stablecoins for Settlement Are Running Into Compliance Demands
African fintech executives used a breakout session at the Kenya Blockchain & Crypto Conference 2026 to describe how businesses are…
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Stablecoins and Payments Push African Crypto Exchanges Into Financial Infrastructure
At the Kenya Blockchain & Crypto Conference 2026, one theme cut across the panel on exchanges and Africa’s evolving financial…
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Kenya Wants a Bigger Role in Stablecoins. Regulators May Decide How Far It Goes
Kenya’s next fintech contest is no longer about mobile money adoption. It is about whether the country can build enough…
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Lawyers Hub Launches Study on Africa-Europe AI Cooperation
A new policy report launched in Nairobi is placing Africa’s role in artificial intelligence regulation at the centre of a…
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BUSINESS
Kenya Airways and Accor Collaborate to Offer Integrated Travel Rewards
Kenya Airways has entered into a strategic partnership with Accor through its ALL Accor loyalty and booking platform, becoming the…
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Samsung Opens One UI 9 Beta to Galaxy S26 Users
Samsung Electronics has started rolling out the beta version of One UI 9 for the Galaxy S26 lineup, giving users…
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Startups
Kenya Targets North African Startups With Konza Innovation Forum
The Konza Technopolis Development Authority (KoTDA) is hosting a high-level North African innovation forum this week, positioning Kenya as a…
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Africa Tech Summit London Picks 13 Ventures for Its 10th Edition Investor Showcase
Africa Tech Summit London has unveiled 13 African and Africa-focused technology ventures selected to pitch at the London Stock Exchange…
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Helios Towers Q1 Revenue Rises 12% as Network Expansion Drives Earnings
Helios Towers recorded a 12% rise in first-quarter revenue to $229.2 million, supported by continued tenant additions from mobile operators…
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Court Awards Innovator Sh1.4bn in Safaricom M-Pesa Dispute
A High Court decision has exposed Safaricom to a multibillion-shilling payout after the company lost a copyright case tied to…
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