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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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At Nairobi’s Main Airport, a New App for Taxis Hints at How the State Wants a Share of Every Ride
At Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, the first negotiation often happens before a suitcase hits the pavement. A driver leans in.…
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With Airtel Uganda’s Dividend Rise Matching Profit Growth, the Region’s Telecom Income Trade Gets Firmer
The Airtel Uganda dividend rise is not a marginal adjustment. The company has lifted its total payout to Sh0.41 per…
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Nairobi’s Transport System Was Never Built for Timetables. BasiGo Fixed-Route Commuting Thinks It Can Be
Nairobi has long run on improvisation. Routes bend. Fares float. Timetables exist mostly in the driver’s head. For decades, that…
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The Global Music Business Talks Scale, but the Real Pressure Is Coming From Africa’s Streaming Habits
Five years into Spotify in Africa, the numbers read like a cultural census. Nigeria alone has produced 25 million user-generated…
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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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Venture Money Built Fairmoney, Deposits Now Demand Something More Concrete
Nigeria’s digital loan boom was built on urgency. School fees due. Rent overdue. A trader short on stock before the…
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Android Face Unlock Recognition Is Getting Smarter but Fingerprints Still Hold the Upper Hand
Google is reportedly working on a more advanced Android face unlock upgrade for Pixel phones and Chromebooks. The early accounts…
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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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Mobile Money, Trade Flows and the Scramble to Measure Kenya’s Economy Faster
There is always a lag in official truth. In Kenya’s case, it runs at least 3 months long. Quarterly GDP…
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Nigeria’s USSD Truce Closes One Chapter and Opens Another for Millions Without Smartphones
Nigeria’s USSD dispute is over, at least on paper. After 5 years of wrangling, commercial banks have cleared nearly ₦300bn…
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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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Nedbank Gets the Green Light and NCBA’s Future Tilts South
Last week, the Nedbank Group received what may prove the most politically delicate approval in its proposed acquisition of approximately…
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MTN to Acquire 100% of IHS Towers
MTN Group has reached a definitive agreement with the board of IHS Towers to acquire 100% of the company’s shareholding…
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Connecting Kenya’s Digital Services to M-PESA
Most Kenyans do not think about what happens behind the scenes when they pay for something online, settle a hospital…
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Absa Bank Kenya and Visa Unveil Digital-First Metal Cards
Absa Bank Kenya, in partnership with Visa, has launched a premium, digital-first card proposition. Announced during the 2026 Magical Kenya…
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Glovo and NTSA Partner to Launch Rider Safety Initiative
Glovo has announced a partnership with the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) to launch an innovative rider safety program…
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Cheaper Loans, Cautious Banks, and an Economy Trying to Regain Its Nerve
Kenya’s private sector credit growth is back in positive territory after a bruising stretch that saw lending contract by 2.9…
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Konza Technopolis Adds ACTS Research Hub as Kenya’s Science City Enters a More Demanding Phase
When the African Centre for Technology Studies broke ground on a 2.1-acre parcel inside Konza Technopolis on Friday, the ceremony…
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Huawei Kenya DigiTruck Graduates 200 Youth in Wajir East
Huawei Kenya, through its flagship DigiTruck programme, marked the graduation of 200 youth at the ICT Hall in Wajir East,…
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Absa’s Retail Push in Kenya Carries More Risk Than It Admits
When Absa Group cut formal ties with Barclays in 2017, it inherited more than a brand problem. It inherited a…
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Uganda Pushes Electric Cooking to 20% of Homes by 2030 as Kenya Reworks a Carbon Market That Grew Too Fast
Uganda’s electric cooking conversation starts with a number that rarely makes headlines. Adoption is estimated at 2%. The government wants…
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Tanzania’s Digital State Hits a Wall in Arusha and the Message to Officials Is Simple: Enough
The Arusha eGovernment meeting was not staged as a technology fair. It opened as a reprimand. When Chief Secretary Moses…
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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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Apple Is Turning Podcasts Into Video Just as the Culture Moved Elsewhere
The iPhone’s podcast app was the default home for audio. It anchored commutes, workouts, and idle hours, embedding itself into…
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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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A Deadline, 10 Applications, Zero Approvals and the Real Possibility That Uber and Bolt Could Go Dark
Could Uber and Bolt be banned in South Africa on 11 March 2026? The law leaves little room for ambiguity.…
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As Paramount Circles With Cash, Netflix Counts on Certainty in the Battle for Warner Bros Discovery
The release of a three minute teaser for House of the Dragon on February 19, was not merely a gift…
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Canal+ Breaks April Tradition as DStv Skips 2026 Price Increase
1st April has long been the date when DStv subscription prices moved in step with MultiChoice’s financial year. In 2026,…
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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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A Carbon Credit Dispute Leaves Koko Networks on the Block as PwC Invites Bids for Its Infrastructure
The Koko Networks collapse did not begin with empty fuel tanks or shuttered depots. It began with a missing document.…
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Sh5.28 Billion in Nyota Youth Fund Grants Meets Kenya’s Harsh SME Survival Rate
The Nyota youth fund is built on an admission that would trouble any commercial lender. Of the 120,000 youth-run enterprises…
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Kenya’s POS Card Payments Climb Higher While Cash Still Rules the Streets
Kenya’s card payments at POS reached Sh297 billion in 2025. On paper, that is a modest climb from Sh291.9 billion…
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How Rack Hospitality Is Pulling Kenyan Restaurants Into Pesapal’s Orbit
Rack Hospitality is being introduced as restaurant software. In practice, it is infrastructure. Built by Drift Consult and embedded with…
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Kenya’s Crypto Regulation Faces Pressure as Investors Eye $47bn African Fintech Forecast
Kenya’s crypto regulation has reached an inflection point. For years, digital assets sat in an ambiguous corner of the financial…
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Mogo Kenya Taps Sh800m and Expands Its Reach Into Kenya’s Two Wheel Workforce
Mogo Kenya’s funding has entered a new phase. The company has secured Sh800m from I&M Bank and Ecobank and is…
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African Startup Funding in 2025 Hit $3.9B as Local Investors Take Control
African startup funding reached $3.9 billion across more than 500 deals in 2025. On its face, that figure restores a…
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Kenya’s Retail Surge Deepens as M-Pesa Share Trading Expands NSE Access
Daily transactions at the Nairobi Securities Exchange climbed to 26,169 this week, up from 6,761 before February 4. The jump…
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Gabon Imposes Indefinite Social Media Blackout Amid Rising Labor Unrest
Gabon has ordered an immediate and indefinite suspension of all social media platforms. The directive, issued late Tuesday by the…
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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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Meliora Launches Tiara Connect as it Marks 10 Years of Software Innovation
Meliora Technologies has unveiled Tiara Connect, an all-in-one customer communication platform designed to help organisations manage business-to-customer engagement across multiple…
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Africa’s Creative Boom Is Real. Whether It Becomes Industry Is Another Story
The argument gaining ground in policy circles is not about culture alone. It is about labour, ownership, and who captures…
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How JustMarkets Is Empowering African Traders with Global Market Access
Africa’s trading community is rapidly growing, evolving, and showing increasing interest in financial markets. From Lagos to Nairobi, from Accra…
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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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A New Monitoring System Puts Kenya’s Telcos Under Permanent Scrutiny
Telecom performance in Kenya has long been measured through drive tests, with engineers travelling across towns and highways collecting samples…
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Microsoft-Powered AI App Auni Surpasses 3,500 Business Sign-ups in Three Months
Auni, an artificial intelligence-powered mini app developed by Nairobi-based startup Fastagger and integrated into Safaricom’s M-Pesa Business Super App, has…
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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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The Future of Kenyan Radio May Depend on Who Controls the Multiplex
Nairobi’s airwaves are crowded in a way most listeners never see. The FM dial, fixed between 87.5 and 108.0 MHz,…
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Without Sport, DStv Has to Sell Something Else Entirely
Sport anchored pay television in southern Africa because rights ownership secured audiences. That arrangement is weakening as control over SuperSport…
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Why Nedbank Was Willing to Pay More for NCBA Group
When Nedbank moved to acquire a 66 percent stake in NCBA Group, the headline number drew attention first. Sh110.4 billion…
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The Money Keeps Coming, Just Not for Everyone, as Clean Energy Firms Pull Ahead in Kenya’s Startup Race
Venture capital tends to carry a story about expansion. More deals, more founders, more ideas entering the market. Yet the…
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Arc Ride, IFC and the Economics of E-Mobility
Investment announcements tend to arrive wrapped in optimism, but timing usually tells the real story. When institutional capital enters at…
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TikTok Removes Over 500,000 Videos in Kenya
TikTok has significantly ramped up its content moderation efforts in Kenya, announcing the removal of more than 580,000 videos during…
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ICT Authority Appoints Jessy Kiveu Maruti as New CEO
The ICT Authority BoarD has announced the appointment of Jessy Kiveu Maruti as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO). The appointment,…
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Kenya Moves to Reform Spectrum Laws to Close Rural Digital Gap
Modernizing spectrum management could inject a massive Ksh 662 billion ($4.2 billion) into Kenya’s GDP by 2028. This is according…
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Bolt Data Maps Nairobi’s Busiest Valentine’s Routes
Nairobi recorded a sharp surge in ride-hailing activity over the Valentine’s Day weekend, with new data from Bolt placing Nyayo…
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Kenya’s Data Gold Rush: How Social Media And AI Labor Are Exposing Citizens’ Privacy
Kenya’s progressive advancement in the mobile money ecosystem, extensive fibre optic connectivity, and a growing tech startup culture has solidified…
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HAVAÍC’s US$50 Million African Innovation Fund 3 Achieves Third Close
Cape Town-headquartered venture capital (VC) firm HAVAÍC has announced the third close of its US$50 million African Innovation Fund 3…
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Visa and I&M Bank Partner to Accelerate Digital Payments in Kenya
I&M Bank Limited and Visa have announced the signing of an agreement aimed at strengthening digital payment infrastructure and expanding…
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Apple Keeps Prices Steady While Spotify Users Decide Convenience Matters More
The latest price increase from Spotify settled into place with little disruption. New billing rates appeared, complaints surfaced briefly, and…
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The Yaytseslav Scandal Exposes How Intimacy Became Monetized Content in Plain Sight
The story spread first through clips, then through argument. By the time officials reacted, the narrative had already hardened online.…
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Identy.io Scales African Operations to Bridge the Digital Identity Gap
Digital identity infrastructure provider Identy.io has announced an expansion of its African operations, positioning itself to address one of the…
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Carbon Projects Enter A Stricter Approval Era As Kenya Formalizes Market Oversight
The upcoming launch of the Kenya National Carbon Registry lands at a moment when Kenya’s carbon market is no longer…
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Kenya’s Faster Mobile Internet Raises Expectations Across the Market
Mobile internet speeds in Kenya rose sharply in 2025, with average performance increasing from 21 Mbps in 2024 to 45…
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African Tech Founders Face Investor Pressure to Prove Adoption Beyond the Pitch Stage
The investment showcase at the Africa Tech Summit did not feel like a parade of polished optimism. It felt closer…
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Peace Technology Enters Africa’s Political and Economic Reality
On a midweek afternoon at the Moniepoint Stage, the conversation drifted toward an uncomfortable comparison. War technology attracts capital at…
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Settlement Risk and Fragmented Liquidity Define the Next Challenge Facing African Fintech Markets
At the DeFi Summit during the just-concluded Africa Tech Summit, the VALR Stage was primed for another crypto pitch. Instead,…
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Valentine’s Season Exposes Growing Fatigue With Swipe Based Dating
Every February brings the same ritual. Dating apps see a surge of activity, hopeful conversations begin, and many users return…
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BUSINESS
Retail Rewards in the Age of Digital Attention
Retail has always followed attention. The difference now is where attention settles and how long it stays there. Smartphones hold…
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Konza Listed in the Global 7 Wonders of Future Cities Initiative
Konza Technopolis has been confirmed as an official participant in the 7 Wonders of Future Cities initiative, a global programme…
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LG InnoFest 2026: LG Showcases Effortless AI Home Tailored for Africa
Africa’s smart home market is entering a period of accelerated growth, driven by expanding connectivity, urbanization and rising demand for…
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KCB Bank and Visa Launch New Business Credit Card to Empower Kenyan SMEs
KCB Bank has joined forces with Visa to introduce a new Business Credit Card tailored for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)…
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LG Debuts LG ThinQ Pro for B2B Customers at KBIS 2026
LG Electronics (LG) will unveil LG ThinQ Pro, a smart home management platform designed for B2B customers, at the 2026 Kitchen and Bath Industry Show (KBIS) taking place…
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Africa Built Digital Payments. Crossing Borders Still Feels Hard
The conversation around African payments often begins with ambition. Integration, digital finance, continental trade. Yet the practical experience remains stubbornly…
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Fragmented Regulation Keeps African Money Moving Slowly
The conversation around intra-African trade often begins with scale. A continent of more than 50 countries, a combined market measured…
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Kenya Sets April 30 Starlink ID Verification Deadline
An email from Starlink landed in Kenyan inboxes with a firm instruction: complete identity verification in person by April 30,…
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African Startups Adjust to the Discipline That Comes With Japanese Investment
Japanese involvement in African business followed familiar routes. Trading houses moved commodities, financed logistics, and built long commercial relationships that…
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Africa’s Climate Builders Confront the Limits of Pilot Funding
The conversation around climate tech in Africa has grown more grounded. Not less ambitious, but more honest about friction. At…
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The End of Easy Narratives in Africa Tech Investing
By late afternoon at the Moniepoint Stage, the mood felt less celebratory than reflective. That alone said something. For years,…
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Africa Tech Summit Investment Showcase and the End of Easy Capital
Last evening, the Moniepoint Stage at Africa Tech Summit moved from polite introductions to something closer to a stress test.…
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Delta40 Raises $20 Million and Bets That Hands-On Capital Wins This Time
Venture capital conversations around African startups has for years leaned on expansion stories. Larger rounds, faster growth, new capital entering…
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Circle Gas Stakes Growth on Carbon Approval and Costly Bank Financing
Circle Gas is funding a clean cooking ambition with bank debt priced above 20 percent and a carbon strategy that…
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Sitoyo Lopokoiyit Steps Into Absa at a Decisive Moment for Retail Banking
When Sitoyo Lopokoiyit takes charge of Absa’s private and personal banking unit on April 1, 2026, he will be stepping…
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Agridex Partnership Signals Shift in How Trade Finance Reaches African SMEs
Agridex International has announced its partnership with Tradeflow Capital Management to focus on improving how Capital moves into agricultural and…
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Infrastructure Defines the Limits of Agritech in Africa
Agriculture still carries the weight of Africa’s climate conversation, even when attention drifts elsewhere. At the Climate Tech & Investment…
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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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Cross Border Income Grows Across Africa as Banking Struggles to Keep PaceBanking Reality
By mid-afternoon at the Moniepoint Stage in Nairobi, the room had settled into a familiar rhythm. Founders talking infrastructure, investors…
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LG Introduces Locally Adaptive AI Smart Home Solutions for Africa at InnoFest 2026 MEA
LG Electronics (LG) is reinforcing its commitment to transforming everyday living across Africa and other emerging markets through AI-powered home solutions…
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The Point Where African Fintech Has to Prove It Can Hold Together
At a certain stage of growth, payments stop being about access. The conversation changes. Adoption is no longer the headline.…
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Inside Moniepoint: How One Fintech is Wrestling with Growth, Chaos, and African Payments
In a conference hall buzzing with the predictable energy of Nairobi’s tech scene, Moniepoint took the stage not to flaunt…
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Talent Is No Longer the Problem but the Systems Around It Still Are
Conversations about African tech talent have for years began with scarcity. That frame is wearing thin. At Africa Tech Summit…
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Cross Border Payments Remain Africa’s Most Persistent Infrastructure Problem
The conversation around African fintech often begins with access and scale. Fincra CEO Wole Ayodele approached it from a different…
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African Fintech Growth Runs Into the Hard Limits of Trust, Regulation, and Sustainable Scale
The conversation around African fintech has matured, or at least it sounds different now. At Africa Tech Summit Nairobi, the…
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Spotify’s Growth Story Now Runs Into the Limits of Streaming Economics
Spotify entered the year with 751 million monthly active users, 290 million paying subscribers, and operating income rising sharply in…
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How to Trade Shares Through M-Pesa as the Market Opens to Everyday Investors
Kenya’s stock market has entered the M-Pesa ecosystem. Ziidi Trader places share trading inside the mobile money application, allowing investors…
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The Exit of Sitoyo Lopokoiyit Comes as M-PESA Faces Bigger Questions Than Growth
Sitoyo Lopokoiyit’s decision to leave Safaricom at the end of next month closes a chapter that coincides with an unsettled…
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Gadgets
Why Home Appliances with AI are a Strategic Investment for Kenyan Homes
What if your home could fight back? Against rising costs, unpredictable power and the daily drain on your time and…
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Safaricom and NSE Launch Ziidi Trader to Democratize Stock Market Access via M-PESA
Safaricom has partnered with the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) to launch Ziidi Trader. The new platform, embedded directly within the…
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