Business
Egypt Freezes New Lending Licences Until 2027, Giving Established Fintech Players an Edge
Egypt is tightening access to its consumer lending and microfinance markets while allowing selected financial companies to expand their digital operations, a regulatory shift that could favour established lenders...
Tech
SpaceX Grant to Connect Childcare Homes in Nine African Countries With Starlink
SpaceX will provide 549 Starlink systems to residential childcare institutions in nine African countries, including 27 in Kenya, under a grant that covers equipment, installation and a year of...
Tech
SpaceX Grant to Connect Childcare Homes in Nine African Countries With Starlink
SpaceX will provide 549 Starlink systems to residential childcare institutions in nine African countries, including 27 in Kenya, under a grant that covers equipment, installation and a year of...
Startups
Lumepay Raises $6 Million as it Enters Kenya’s Cross-Border Payments Market
South African fintech startup Lumepay has disclosed a $6 million pre-seed funding round and launched its payments service in Kenya after receiving regulatory clearance from the Central Bank...
Business
Egypt Freezes New Lending Licences Until 2027, Giving Established Fintech Players an Edge
Egypt is tightening access to its consumer lending and microfinance markets while allowing selected financial companies to expand their digital operations, a regulatory shift that could favour established lenders and technology...
AI
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Resigns After 33 Years as AI Chip Giant Names Interim Successor
Nvidia founder Jensen Huang has stepped down from the company he helped establish in 1993, ending a 33-year tenure during which he transformed the...
Business
Safaricom’s Ziidi Trader Handles 68% of Retail Applications in Quickmart’s KSh 15 Billion IPO
Safaricom's Ziidi Trader accounted for more than two-thirds of retail applications in Quickmart Plc's KSh 15 billion initial public offering, underscoring the growing role...
Tech
SpaceX Grant to Connect Childcare Homes in Nine African Countries With Starlink
SpaceX will provide 549 Starlink systems to residential childcare institutions in nine African countries, including 27 in Kenya, under a grant that covers equipment,...
Tech
Airtel Money Adds Pesalink Transfers to 30 Banks, SACCOs and Microfinance Institutions
Airtel Money Kenya has integrated its mobile money platform with Pesalink, allowing customers to transfer funds directly to accounts at 30 banks, SACCOs and...
How
How to Make Data Privacy Your Competitive Advantage
For years, data privacy was largely owned by legal teams, reviewed by leadership from time to time, and often seen by employees as another...
How
Best eSIM for Kenya 2026
In Nairobi, Malindi, Mombasa, and other major cities, mobile signals range from 5G, with 4G in coastal locations like Diani Beach, supported by 3G...
Samsung Care+ Offers Affordable Damage Cover in East Africa
Samsung has expanded access to Care+, a service plan built to help owners of eligible Galaxy smartphones in East Africa manage the cost of...
TECNO Wins Two IFA Global Product Technology Innovation Awards for Modular Phone and Tonino Lamborghini TECNO TAURUS
Earlier this month TECNO, a global AI-driven innovative technology brand, achieved two IFA Global Product Technology Innovation Awards at IFA 2026 for its products:...
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 KenyaSix 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...
Egypt Freezes New Lending Licences Until 2027, Giving Established Fintech Players an Edge
Egypt is tightening access to its consumer lending and microfinance markets while allowing selected financial companies to expand their digital operations, a regulatory shift that could favour established lenders and technology providers over startups seeking to enter the industry.The Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) has...
Egypt Freezes New Lending Licences Until 2027, Giving Established Fintech Players an Edge
Egypt is tightening access to its consumer lending and microfinance markets while allowing selected financial companies to expand their digital operations, a regulatory shift...
SpaceX Grant to Connect Childcare Homes in Nine African Countries With Starlink
SpaceX will provide 549 Starlink systems to residential childcare institutions in nine African countries, including 27 in Kenya, under a grant that covers equipment,...
CEO Weekends: Meet Ruth Shallom, Building Lugha Desk, an Offline AI Translator for 19 African Languages
For millions of Africans, access to digital services remains closely tied to the availability and cost of internet connectivity. While artificial intelligence is transforming...
Egypt’s NoorNation Raises $1.05 Million to Expand Solar Irrigation and Cut Farmers’ Diesel Costs
Egyptian climate technology startup NoorNation has raised $1.05 million in seed funding from investors including Linah Farms, Catalyst Fund and Saudi Arabia’s KBW Ventures,...
Knife Capital Backs South African Healthtech Alignd After Its Healthcare Model Saves Insurers $36 Million
South African venture capital firm Knife Capital has invested in Cape Town-based healthtech startup Alignd, betting on a healthcare financing model that has already...
CEO Weekends: Meet Ruth Shallom, Building Lugha Desk, an Offline AI Translator for 19 African Languages
For millions of Africans, access to digital services remains closely tied to the availability and cost of internet connectivity. While artificial intelligence is transforming how people communicate across languages, many translation tools still depend on an internet connection, leaving users with limited connectivity at...
Women
Kenya’s Diana Waithanji Appointed Interim Dean of Cybersecurity at Touro University Berlin
Kenyan cybersecurity professional Diana Waithanji has been appointed Interim Dean of Cybersecurity at Touro University Berlin, marking a new chapter in her career as she takes on an academic...
Women
Yvonne Okwara Joins Shuga Global as Head of Investments & Partnerships
Yvonne Okwara has joined Shuga Global as Head of Investments and Partnerships, moving into a leadership role focused on fundraising, strategic partnerships and expanding the organisation’s reach following her...
