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Android 17 Debuts With Multitasking, Security Push as Google Deepens AI-Driven Mobile Experience

Google has begun rolling out Android 17, introducing a sweeping set of updates aimed at reshaping multitasking, mobile gaming, and device security, as the company continues to tighten integration...

UAE’s CNTXT AI Raises $60 Million Series A to Scale Sovereign AI Infrastructure Globally

CNTXT AI, a UAE-based data and artificial intelligence company focused on sovereign AI solutions, has raised $60 million in a Series A funding round co-led by AI71 and BlueFive...

CFAO Mobility Launches Toyota bZ4X, Toyota’s First Fully Electric Vehicle in the Kenyan Market

CFAO Mobility Kenya has launched the Toyota bZ4X, marking the Japanese automaker’s first fully electric vehicle to enter the Kenyan market as it positions itself for a growing shift...

Ericsson Names Per Narvinger CEO as Börje Ekholm Steps Down After Decade at Helm

Ericsson named longtime executive Per Narvinger as its next chief executive officer, handing leadership of the Swedish telecom equipment maker to an internal veteran as the company seeks to...

Android 17 Debuts With Multitasking, Security Push as Google Deepens AI-Driven Mobile Experience

Google has begun rolling out Android 17, introducing a sweeping set of updates aimed at reshaping multitasking, mobile gaming, and device security, as the company continues to tighten integration between Android...

FOX to Acquire Roku in $22 Billion Cash-and-Stock Deal to Build Streaming Powerhouse

Fox Corporation has agreed to acquire Roku, Inc. in a $22 billion cash-and-stock transaction that would fuse one of the world’s largest live sports...

Nuvei to Acquire Payoneer for $2.75 Billion

Nuvei has announced it will acquire Payoneer Global Inc. for $7.40 per share in cash, representing a total transaction equity value of approximately $2.75 billion. "The...

Android 17 Debuts With Multitasking, Security Push as Google Deepens AI-Driven Mobile Experience

Google has begun rolling out Android 17, introducing a sweeping set of updates aimed at reshaping multitasking, mobile gaming, and device security, as the...

CFAO Mobility Launches Toyota bZ4X, Toyota’s First Fully Electric Vehicle in the Kenyan Market

CFAO Mobility Kenya has launched the Toyota bZ4X, marking the Japanese automaker’s first fully electric vehicle to enter the Kenyan market as it positions...

The 2026 Telly Awards Just Exposed How Broken Digital Marketing Really Is

Let's be honest. Most "digital marketing" in 2026 is just spam with a budget. Your inbox is a graveyard of automated cold emails. Your...

The Series A Pitch Deck: 5 Essential Elements Every Investor Looks For

Getting money during a Series A means something deeper than just cash changing hands. It's not just about showing off what you've built; it...

iGaming AFRIKA Summit Opens in Nairobi with Focus on Regulation, Taxation & Growth

The inaugural iGaming AFRIKA Summit opened in Nairobi on Monday, bringing together regulators, operators, investors and technology firms to discuss the future of Africa’s...

The Trust Economy: Why the Data Protection Act is the New SME Gold Standard

By Veerakumar Natarajan, Country Head, Zoho Kenya Six years ago, Kenya enacted the Data Protection Act (DPA), becoming the first East African country to establish...

Safaricom’s Daraja 3.0 Platform Speeds Up API Integration for Kenyan Businesses

Faster integration of payment systems is emerging as a competitive advantage for businesses operating in Kenya’s digital economy. Developers say improvements introduced under Safaricom’s Daraja...

Safaricom Shangwe @25 Promotion Concludes | Creates 25 Millionaires

 Safaricom has unveiled the final five winners of KES 1 million in its Shangwe @25 nationwide consumer promotion, bringing the total number of new...

How Buying Data on M-PESA Opened New Doors for Sheila

Sheila Cheptoo, a 25-year-old poultry farmer in the quiet village of Masare, in Bomet County, rises early before sunrise. The soft rustling of her 132...

Android 17 Debuts With Multitasking, Security Push as Google Deepens AI-Driven Mobile Experience

Google has begun rolling out Android 17, introducing a sweeping set of updates aimed at reshaping multitasking, mobile gaming, and device security, as the company continues to tighten integration between Android and its Gemini intelligence layer. The update, which first ships on Pixel devices before...

Binance Commits $250,000 to Support Ebola Response in Uganda and DRC

Binance has pledged $250,000 in emergency humanitarian funding to support frontline efforts responding to an ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo...

Binance Marks Africa Month With Push for Digital Inclusion Across Continent

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, used Africa Month to deepen its engagement on the continent, positioning digital assets and blockchain...

Hamilton Labs Secures AXIAN Backing to Expand Digital Dollar Access in Africa

Hamilton Labs has secured an undisclosed strategic investment from AXIAN Investment to accelerate the rollout of its dollar-pegged stablecoin across Africa, the companies said. The...

Nedbank Partners with Crypto.com to Explore Blockchain Payments Across Africa

Nedbank Group said on Thursday it had entered a strategic partnership with Crypto.com to explore blockchain-based payment, settlement and liquidity solutions across Africa, in...

Kenya Confirms Deletion of Worldcoin Biometric Data

Worldcoin’s parent company, Tools for Humanity, has deleted all biometric data collected from Kenyan citizens, Kenya’s Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) has...

CEO Weekends: Zoho Kenya’s Veerakumar Natarajan on Why Unification is the Final frontier of Kenya’s Digital Masterplan

By Veerakumar Natarajan, Country Head, Zoho Kenya Advanced technology does not automatically create better businesses. More often, it introduces greater complexity. Across Kenya’s private sector, organisations are managing growing layers of disconnected applications, duplicated workflows, and siloed data environments that quietly erode productivity and slow innovation....

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