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East African data centre operator Wingu Africa has appointed Prasad Acharya as its new Director of Sales for Tanzania, a move aimed at strengthening the company’s commercial presence and accelerating growth in one of its key regional…
Kenyan internet service provider WaveX has joined the London Internet Exchange (LINX) as an official reseller partner for both LINX Nairobi and LINX Mombasa. This makes it the first company to resell services across the two internet…
Visa has announced the signing of a new agreement with Bank of Abyssinia in Ethiopia. Bank of Abyssinia plans to leverage this partnership and invest in premium financial products and also strengthen its digital banking services. The bank…
NTT DATA plans to deploy enterprise AI factories powered by NVIDIA. The aim of this is to help organizations move faster from AI experimentation to production-scale deployments. The company says the enterprise AI factories provide a…
LG Electronics (LG) has won 26 awards at the 2026 iF Design Award, recognizing the company’s strong focus on innovative and user-friendly design. Organized by iF International Forum Design GmbH, the global awards recognize innovation,…
Konza Technopolis Development Authority (KoTDA) has announced it has officially started distributing electricity within Konza Technopolis. This is done through its own smart power distribution network. The move allows the technopolis to…
The National Bank of Rwanda (BNR) and the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) have signed the Kigali Declaration on Fintech License Passporting. This is a new framework designed to make it easier for fintech companies and payment service providers…
Datacentrix further reinforced its position as a trusted partner through the achievement of new ISO certifications, alongside the recertification of existing international standards. The organisation’s focus on risk management and…
Tich App has launched a mobile-first marketplace that connects urban youth with short-term, gig and informal work opportunities. The platform allows users to find, apply for and manage on-demand jobs. It does this while introducing…
MultiChoice has announced the upcoming discontinuation of Showmax following a comprehensive review of its streaming operations. We covered this story recently and you can read more about it here. It is believed Canal+ wants to axe Showmax…
As technology redraws the boundaries of our daily lives, the definition of a home is being entirely reimagined across the region. What was once a physical space for rest has evolved into a dynamic, responsive environment that learns,…
Safaricom says its mobile money platform M‑PESA has reached 40 million customers in Kenya. M-PESA has evolved over the years from a simple person-to-person money transfer tool into a broader digital financial platform used daily by…
KCB Group has reported KES 68.4 billion in profit after tax for the financial year ended 2025. The bank highlighted continued growth in digital banking and regional operations. Speaking during the bank’s FY2025 financial results…
Nutanix recently partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Datamellon to host an executive technology workshop in Lagos. The workshop focused on hybrid cloud adoption, artificial intelligence (AI) and the future architecture of…
Liquid C2 has announced its partnership with CyberCoach, the only privacy-first AI and cyber security training and compliance platform. Through this partnership, Liquid C2 is further strengthening its cyber security portfolio with an…
TikTok has convened government officials, regulators, online safety organisations and industry leaders in Nairobi for the third annual Sub-Saharan Africa Safer Internet Summit. The two-day summit was held under the theme “#SaferTogether:…
MTN Zambia has successfully completed Africa’s first field testing of Starlink’s Direct-to-Cell satellite service. MTN Zambia said the tests included the transmission of the first data session and a fintech transaction using MTN’s licensed…
Absa Group has partnered with global payments company Thunes to launch Absa Global Pay, a new digital-first remittance solution designed to make sending money across borders faster, simpler and more affordable for customers across Africa.…
Samsung Electronics has announced that it ranks as the world’s No.1 TV brand for the 20th consecutive year, marking two decades as the global leader in the television industry. Samsung had held the top position in the global TV market…
Gebeya has announced a strategic partnership with European domain registrar InterNetX to enable domain registration directly within its platforms, allowing African entrepreneurs, freelancers and small businesses to purchase domains using…
MultiChoice has announced the discontinuation of Showmax in an email sent to subscribers. This signals a significant shift in its digital strategy following its acquisition by Canal+. Showmax made Sh5.9 billion in revenue but its losses…
Absa Group has renewed and extended its partnership with NTT DATA in a five-year agreement aimed at supporting the bank’s financial systems built on SAP S/4HANA. The collaboration will focus on delivering application management services…
Some people still think of Binance as just an exchange. This label made sense when crypto platforms were used primarily for trading. Yet today, Binance is more accurately described as crypto infrastructure, a foundational set of rails that…
Safaricom’s Ziidi Money Market Fund has won the Best Fintech and Digital Commerce Innovation Award at the 2026 Global Mobile Awards (GLOMO), held during Mobile World Congress 2026 in Barcelona. Selected from a competitive global shortlist…
