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iXAfrica Data Centers has announced the onboarding of Gewape Cloud Group at its NBOX1 data center. The partnership brings together iXAfrica’s hyperscale, carrier-neutral infrastructure with Gewape Cloud’s sovereign cloud model. This…
Botswana has launched the Botswana Tech Fund (BTF), a £50 million venture fund aimed at supporting startups across Southern Africa. Launch Africa Ventures has been appointed as the investment advisor for Phase One of the fund, marking an…
Novastar Ventures has announced the final close of its third fund, the Africa People and Planet Fund III (NVIII), at $147 million, positioning it among the largest venture capital funds focused on Africa. The fund brings together a mix of…
Vertiv has announced it has acquired Strategic Thermal Labs, a specialist in advanced liquid-cooling technologies. The acquisition extends Vertiv’s thermal-chain strategy by strengthening engineering capability at the interface between…
SBM Bank Kenya has launched a KES 1 billion Green Finance Facility to accelerate the adoption of electric (EV) and hybrid (PHEV) vehicles. Available over the next 12 months, this dedicated fund provides consumers and businesses with…
Jiji has seen a significant rise in demand for pre-owned goods. Search results in Q1 2026 showed a 70% increase in used-item searches versus the same period in 2025. This represents over 14.7 million unique searches in Q1 alone. Thus,…
Cross Switch has announced the appointment of Gillian Koinange as Head of Business Development, East Africa. This exciting appointment reinforces the company’s commitment to accelerating growth and deepening its presence across the region.…
Cabinet Secretary for the Ministry of Information, Communication and the Digital Economy, William Kabogo Gitau recently hosted an Oracle delegation led by Annick Sakho to discuss how to accelerate the adoption of Oracle Cloud services in…
Principal Secretary for Broadcasting and Telecommunications, Mr Stephen Isaboke, delivered a keynote address at the Connected Africa Summit 2026, highlighting Kenya’s strategic response to the evolving challenge of artificial intelligence…
Following the successful deployment of thermal management solutions at its Marrakech and Settat data centres, leading Moroccan telecommunications provider Inwi has once again relied on Vertiv, this time to support expansion at its…
NTT DATA has announced the launch of NTT DATA Software Defined Infrastructure (SDI) Services Agent, a conversational agentic service experience for enterprise infrastructure. Embedded within NTT DATA’s SDI Services, this multi-agent system…
The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF), the nonprofit behind Stellar, the high-performance network for near-instant, low-cost cross-border payments and asset tokenisation, which consistently holds a top-30 position by market…
Young sustainability innovators have secured institutional backing from Strathmore University and Absa Kenya Foundation to scale their innovations beyond creations at the Grand Finale of the 2025/2026 #MyLittleBigThing Sustainability…
Binance, the global blockchain ecosystem behind the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, today highlighted the continued scaling of the Binance Card into Africa. Binance Card is a payment solution designed to enable…
Axis Communications has shared details of its partnership with iXAfrica, East Africa’s largest hyperscale, carrier-neutral data centre, through the brand’s latest customer success story. The story explores how iXAfrica set out to build a…
Diamond Trust Bank (DTB) has today announced a new simplified pricing model for Pesalink transactions. Customers will pay a flat fee of KES 20 for transfers above KES 1,000. Transactions below KES 1,000 and below will be free. Pesalink…
As Kenya invests heavily in key economic growth and national resilience drivers, from digital infrastructure and AI factories to hyperscale data centres and green industrialisation, the country is set for increased international attention…
Airtel Money and Absa Bank have announced the introduction of a new service that enables direct transfers from Airtel Money wallets into Absa Bank accounts. This is alongside the simplified payments to Absa merchant paybill numbers. The…
Safaricom has updated the My OneApp with version, 5.1.5 that is now available on the Google Play Store. It includes improvements based on feedback from users to make the app better. One of the most notable changes is the restoration of the…
Adil El Youssefi, Chief Executive Officer at Africa Data Centres Few moments test digital infrastructure like peak trading periods. Black Friday, festive shopping seasons, flash sales, and major promotional events generate massive spikes…
Airtel Kenya has launched a new referral campaign that will reward customers who bringing in new users to the MyAirtel App. Dubbed “Refer and Earn,” the initiative allows existing app users to share a referral link or code with friends and…
Credit Bank is looking into working with the fintech company Anzens to add a stablecoin backed by the dollar to its banking services. The initiative is currently in an exploratory phase and subject to regulatory engagement with the Central…
Four Kenyan startups have been selected to join the 10th cohort of the Google for Startups Accelerator Africa program. The four are Comana, Duck, ReportsAI, and VunaPay. The four were chosen from a pool of nearly 2,600 applications across…
NTT DATA has announced it has become the first network operator in Africa to establish active 400 Gbps peering at the Johannesburg Internet Exchange (JINX). Africa remains one of the fastest-growing digital markets globally, driven by…
