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Binance is calling for greater user awareness across Africa as adoption of digital assets continues to gain pace across the continent. Africa is fast becoming one of the most active regions globally for cryptocurrency use, with individuals…
Recent distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks targeting South African internet infrastructure providers, web hosting companies and connectivity services reflect a broader escalation in both the scale and sophistication of…
Buying Airtel airtime is now easier because you can top up directly from M-Pesa using Pesapal Paybill number 220220. This is one of the most-used Paybill numbers for Airtel airtime purchases and is ideal when you need a fast, reliable way…
Binance has announced the appointment of Sammy Mutua as the new General Manager for Africa. Mutua brings over two decades of experience in the financial services industry in Africa. He has previously worked and held senior leadership…
By Shakeel Jhazbhay, General Manager: Digital Business Solutions at Datacentrix With artificial intelligence moving rapidly from experimentation to strategic priority, today’s businesses are collecting more information than ever before.…
Spiro has just announced a $215 million investment round. The new funding will be used to expand its battery-swapping network, scale local manufacturing and assembly, enhance technology development and support entry into new African…
By Veerakumar Natarajan, Country Head, Zoho Kenya Africa has always found its own way around barriers. When fixed-line banking proved too slow and too exclusionary, Kenya did not wait for the infrastructure to catch up. It built M-Pesa…
Ride-hailing platform Bolt has dismissed widespread claims that it is planning to exit the Kenyan market, terming the reports as false and based on a fraudulent document circulating online. In a statement issued on Monday, the company said…
In its latest Industry Trends report, TheBoardroom Africa argues that the era of expansion-led growth is giving way to what it calls “institutional proof”. This is a model where performance, governance and sustainability take precedence…
Nutanix has announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Datamellon, formalising a strategic collaboration with a born-in-the-cloud partner in Sub-Saharan Africa. The agreement represents an important milestone in…
ACI Worldwide, an original innovator in global payments technology, today announced the extension of its long-standing partnership with UBX Tanzania Limited, Tanzania’s leading national payment service provider. The extended partnership…
PayAngel, a cross-border payments platform built by migrants and shaped by a lived understanding of the migrant journey, today announced an expanded collaboration with Visa. Leveraging Currencycloud, a Visa Direct solution, PayAngel will…
Afrika Tikkun, a leading South African non-profit organisation dedicated to holistic youth development, has significantly strengthened its strategy execution capability through a tactical partnership with Project Portfolio Office. By…
The Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife, through its Magical Kenya, Origin of Wonder platform, and Google Kenya today announce a strategic AI-driven partnership. The collaboration follows a recommendation from the Kenya Tourism Rebranding and…
Vertiv supported Open Access Data Centres (OADC), a WIOCC Group company, in standardising power and cooling infrastructure at its Parklands data centre in Johannesburg, enabling faster capacity deployment, higher‑density workloads and…
The Global Africa Business Initiative (GABI) has shifted its new Digital and Health Action Pathways into a higher gear in order to accelerate the continent’s economic transformation by identifying and driving solutions to problems that…
A new philanthropic investment vehicle, the Africa Jobs Fund (AJF), has officially launched with an ambitious goal of mobilising $100 million to address one of the continent’s most pressing challenges, the lack of high-quality jobs. The…
Tanzanian fintech, Swahilies, has been granted a Payment Service Provider (PSP) license by the Central Bank of Tanzania. The fintech announced the development via LinkedIn, noting that it has worked with more than 15,000 small and…
NALA has secured up to $50 million in credit financing from Liquidity. The financing is structured through Mars Growth Capital, a joint venture between Liquidity and MUFG Bank Ltd. It will begin with an initial $25 million facility, with…
Absa Bank Kenya’s Q1 2026 profit after tax rose to KSh 5.3 billion. The bank delivered a Return on Equity of 20.3%. Customer deposits rose by 8% to KSh 399.1 billion, while net loans and advances stood at KSh 303.8 billion. Total assets…
Young people in Bungoma County are increasingly accessing life-changing digital opportunities through the Government’s Jitume Digital Enablement Programme, an initiative that is accelerating digital job creation, enhancing digital skills,…
Westcon-Comstor has today announced the launch of SASEvolution, a new programme designed to simplify and accelerate the adoption of Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) across its partner ecosystem in Europe, the Middle East and Africa…
Tata Motors has announced the launch of new electric trucks for the Kenyan market. The company unveiled four electric vehicle (EV) models, including tippers, pick-ups, and mini-trucks. These trucks are targeting industries such as…
Spiro has announced the acquisition of Coexlion and has also announced plans to establish its first African research and development (R&D) center in Kenya. The acquisition brings a team of 28 engineers from Coexlion, whose expertise in…
