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Google has announced a major redesign of its Hustle Academy programme. The updated initiative is delivered in partnership with UpSkill Universe and targets individuals across Sub-Saharan Africa looking to build practical artificial…
Liquid C2 has unveiled Africa’s first Partner Experience Centre powered by Google Cloud in Johannesburg. The new facility aims to push partners and resellers past conventional distribution methods. It provides an immersive, practical space…
Verto has introduced US-dollar business accounts for companies that are doing business between the United States and Africa. The accounts are designed to offer a more stable way to receive, hold and move funds. This is particularly…
Few figures have been as closely associated with the rise of the cryptocurrency industry as Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ). In his new memoir, Freedom of Money, A Memoir of Protecting Users, Resilience, and the Founding of Binance,…
Konza Technopolis, in partnership with Delta Motor Sports, hosted the highly anticipated Easter Weekend ‘Race Wars’ motorsport event at Konza Technopolis. The two-day motorsport spectacle attracted over 1500 motorsport enthusiasts,…
Schneider Electric has appointed Steven Santini as Vice President of its Secure Power division for Sub-Saharan Africa. The Secure Power division plays a critical role in supporting modern data centres, distributed IT environments and…
Kulipa, a Paris-based stablecoin card issuing infrastructure platform, has raised $6.2 million in seed funding. The company aims to connect blockchain settlement systems with the world of everyday financial transactions. If you have a…
Kenswitch and Visa have partnered to help advance payment innovation and strengthen the country’s domestic processing and settlement ecosystem. The partnership brings together Kenswitch’s national payments infrastructure and Visa’s global…
Vertiv has announced four new or expanding manufacturing facilities in the Americas, growing the company’s production capacity for infrastructure solutions, power management, and integrated cabinets. As data centre operators focus on…
LOOP is taking a different approach on its lifestyle commerce strategy this Easter by combining device financing, retail discounts and event access through its in-app marketplace, LOOP Discover. The core of this campaign is a Buy Now Pay…
Sophos has released findings from a global, vendor-agnostic study (based on responses from 5,000 organizations across 17 countries), examining one of cybersecurity’s most urgent and overlooked necessities: trust. The Cybersecurity Trust…
The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has just published its most recent Quality-of-Service (QoS) performance report, covering the financial year 2024–2025. The report has positioned Safaricom at the top of the country’s mobile…
Wingu Africa has launched a new private cloud platform, Wingu Cloud Exchange (WCX), in Ethiopia. The company is known for its carrier-neutral, Tier III-standard data centres across East Africa and says the new platform is designed to give…
Paymentology has announced a new strategic partnership with South Africa’s digital-first bank Bank Zero. The partnership positions Bank Zero as a gateway for fintechs, retailers, SMEs and digital platforms looking to launch financial…
At Safaricom Decode 4.0, Safaricom previewed My OneApp, a new unified platform designed to merge the M-PESA and MySafaricom apps into a single app. According to Safaricom, the biggest friction point for users today is it’s fragmentation…
At Safaricom Decode 4.0, Safaricom PLC made a subtle shift in how it describes its flagship product, M-PESA. M-PESA is now being positioned as a core layer of Kenya’s digital financial infrastructure. Speaking during the fintech session,…
Truecaller has crossed 500 million users worldwide. The company added more than 50 million users in 2025 alone. “This is an important milestone for us, but it also says something bigger about the world we live in,” said Rishit…
Madica has released a new insight-led guidebook aimed at one of the most challenging phases of building a startup, when raising a first round. Titled Zero to Funded: A Founder’s Guide to Pre-Seed Fundraising in Africa, the 75-page resource…
Vertiv has announced the launch of the Vertiv CoolPhase Wall, a wall-mounted cooling system designed specifically for small IT environments and edge deployments across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). The new solution addresses…
Day 1 of Safaricom Decode 4.0 set the tone for what is shaping up to be one of Kenya’s most important tech gatherings of the year with artificial intelligence firmly at the center of the conversation. From hands-on AI labs to high-level…
Artificial intelligence is quickly becoming the defining force shaping the future of industries, economies and societies. Speaking at the Safaricom Decode 4.0 event, Safaricom’s Group Chief Finance and Innovation Officer, Dilip Pal,…
Samsung has unveiled its latest midrange smartphones, the Galaxy A57 5G and Galaxy A37 5G, in Kenya. The devices are now available in Kenya, with pricing starting from KES 49,000. The new Galaxy A series introduces what Samsung calls…
Safaricom’s flagship engineering summit, Decode 4.0, has officially kicked off in Nairobi today. This is a three-day event that brings together developers, innovators and global technology partners including Microsoft, Google, Dell…
Kenyans have a new affordable home fibre option with the entry of Savanna Fibre. The ISP has unveiled a suite of high-speed internet packages at aggressive price points that will definitely shake the market. The new packages are set to…
