back to top
Friday, June 19, 2026

CEO Weekends: Mawingu’s CEO Farouk Ramji on Why Africa’s Next Tech Revolution May Come From Rural Communities

For decades, Africa's technology story has been centred on major cities such as Nairobi, Lagos, Cape Town, and Kigali. These urban hubs have attracted investment, startups, and digital talent,...

Harnessing AI in Cybersecurity: Ways Companies Can Stay Ahead of AI-Driven Threats

While cybersecurity companies leverage Artificial Intelligence (AI) to enhance threat detection, cybercriminals are weaponising the same technology for automated phishing and malware attacks — highlighted by the fact that...

Meet Zoho’s Nathu La In-house Server With Intel® Xeon® 6 Processor

Zoho Corporation, the parent company of Zoho and ManageEngine, has launched Nathu La, a designed-in-house server, giving the firm performance with 12-18% lower power consumption and 20-30% lower total...

PawaPay Processes 3 Billion Mobile Money Transactions as Daily Volumes Double

PawaPay has processed three billion mobile money transactions on its platform, as daily volumes nearly doubled over the past nine months driven by increased cross-border and merchant payment activity...

CEO Weekends: Mawingu’s CEO Farouk Ramji on Why Africa’s Next Tech Revolution May Come From Rural Communities

For decades, Africa's technology story has been centred on major cities such as Nairobi, Lagos, Cape Town, and Kigali. These urban hubs have attracted investment, startups, and digital talent, becoming symbols...

Dubizzle Invests in Tern to Turn Rent Payments Into Rewards in UAE Push

Dubizzle Group has invested in UAE-based rental rewards platform Tern, betting that incentives and payment flexibility can help it capture more of the value...

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...

Harnessing AI in Cybersecurity: Ways Companies Can Stay Ahead of AI-Driven Threats

While cybersecurity companies leverage Artificial Intelligence (AI) to enhance threat detection, cybercriminals are weaponising the same technology for automated phishing and malware attacks —...

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...

Harnessing AI in Cybersecurity: Ways Companies Can Stay Ahead of AI-Driven Threats

While cybersecurity companies leverage Artificial Intelligence (AI) to enhance threat detection, cybercriminals are weaponising the same technology for automated phishing and malware attacks —...

What Does Home Wi-Fi Add to Digital Convenience?

The world that we are living in today is digitally driven, and convenience isn’t defined by physical comfort alone; it is also shaped by...

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...

CEO Weekends: Mawingu’s CEO Farouk Ramji on Why Africa’s Next Tech Revolution May Come From Rural Communities

For decades, Africa's technology story has been centred on major cities such as Nairobi, Lagos, Cape Town, and Kigali. These urban hubs have attracted investment, startups, and digital talent, becoming symbols of the continent's growing innovation economy. However, a quieter transformation is taking place beyond...

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....

Most Popular

Must Read

TiE Dubai Opens Women-Focused Startup Program as MENA Funding Shows Signs of Recovery

TiE Dubai, the regional chapter of global entrepreneurship network The Indus Entrepreneurs, has opened applications for the 2026 edition of its TiE Women MENA Program, aiming to scale women-led...

CEO Weekends: How AWS and Palladium are Transforming Healthcare Delivery in Kenya

Inside a clinic at Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi, a nurse opens a patient file on a tablet. The record loads instantly, pulling the patient’s full cancer treatment history,...