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Zoho says Kenya has become one of its fastest-growing markets after recording 55% year-on-year revenue growth, prompting the company to deepen its investment in the country through a strategic partnership with the Kenya National Chamber of…
A year ago, many of Kenya’s fastest-growing artists barely registered in Spotify’s streaming data among listeners aged 18–24. Today, several are recording hundreds of thousands of monthly streams, while some of the country’s most…
By Larry Cooke, Binance Africa Every few years, a technology the world considered finished gets reinvented somewhere unexpected, and the place that reinvents it stops being a follower and becomes the source. For digital infrastructure,…
By Stella Mambo, Director Global Markets Absa Bank Kenya Africa’s innovation story has often been framed by scarcity, from limited funding and infrastructure to constrained access to capital. Yet these challenges have repeatedly sparked…
Westcon-Comstor has cut its combined Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 42% since 2022, ahead of schedule on its goal of a 50% reduction by 2030, the global technology distributor announced. The company disclosed the progress…
Nairobi-based travel and fintech startup Afrinity has been selected to join FasterCapital’s EquityPilot program. This is a startup support initiative designed to help early-stage companies move from concept to execution. Afrinity is…
By Larry Cooke, Binance Africa Africa is one of the fastest-growing crypto markets in the world, but it is also a continent that struggles to trade with itself. These two facts are rarely connected. They should be, because one could help…
Vertiv has announced the successful modernisation of the cooling infrastructure at NFrance’s sovereign data centre. NFrance is a leading French provider of cloud hosting, colocation, and managed services. The project delivered an…
Safaricom’s Chief Financial Services Officer, Esther Waititu, will leave the company at the end of July, marking another high-profile leadership change within the telecommunications giant’s financial services business. In an internal…
Cassava Technologies has strengthened Africa’s cloud infrastructure after its subsidiary, Africa Data Centres (ADC), was designated a Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute Metro peering location in Johannesburg, making it the first such location on…
Airtel Kenya has expanded its retail presence at the Coast with the launch of four new customer experience stores across Mombasa County. The new outlets are located at Sabasaba, Airport Centre Mall, Nyali Bazaar and Likoni. They are meant…
Samsung has announced the launch of the Galaxy A27 5G in Kenya. The Galaxy A27 5G is the successor of the Galaxy A26 5G and comes with a 6.7-inch Super AMOLED 120Hz display. Samsung has also embraced an Infinity-O punch-hole display design…
Students at Kiambu National Polytechnic took part in hands-on learning, career conversations, mentorship sessions and technology demonstrations through the Safaricom Hook Circle. The two-day session exposed them to career pathways beyond…
Paystack and Pesalink have expanded their partnership, which will see the integration of Pesalink as a payment option on Paystack Checkout in Kenya. This will make it easier for customers to pay directly from their bank accounts while…
SeamlessHR rebrands to Seamless Technologies, a strategic pivot from human resource management to artificial intelligence, embedded financial services and enterprise software. The company said the new corporate structure reflects its…
NCBA and electric mobility company ePure Motion have signed a strategic partnership to help accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) in Kenya. They plan to do this through tailored asset financing solutions for individuals,…
Visa and Safaricom hosted a “Game Iko On” Semi-Final Watch Party, bringing together customers, partners and football fans to celebrate their partnership and also promote the M-Pesa GlobalPay Virtual Visa Card. Developed by Visa and…
SCRYPT has expanded its licensed stablecoin settlement infrastructure into four East African markets. This will make it easier for banks, payment providers and corporate treasury teams to move funds between local currencies and stablecoins…
Rwanda has announced the nationwide rollout of eKash. This is the country’s national instant payment system. As of 14 July 2026, all interoperable retail payment transactions between banks and electronic money issuers are processed through…
Kenya’s digital government expertise is beginning to find markets beyond its borders, with Webmasters Kenya Ltd, the company behind the country’s eCitizen platform, signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Mozambique’s National…
Spotify opened the official Greasy Tunes Café Kitchen in Nairobi in partnership with The BAG, marking the start of a 12-day pop-up that brings together food, music and the creative communities shaping the city’s culture. The Nairobi…
QKS Group announced today that it has recognised NETSCOUT as a Leader in the SPARK Matrix: Network Observability, 2026. Akshay Singh, Analyst at QKS Group, states, “NETSCOUT has established a commanding presence in the network…
Kenya’s regulated digital lending industry has crossed the KSh150 billion mark after the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) licensed an additional 25 Digital Credit Providers (DCPs), bringing the total number of licensed firms to 252. According…
By Sally Kimeu, Territory Sales Manager for East Africa at Nutanix Imagine an enterprise IT team approving a storage refresh based on a hardware quote that made sense at the start of the budget cycle. By the time approvals, procurement,…
