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
Vodacom Retains 55% Safaricom Stake as Kenya Court Appeal Continues
Vodacom Group has confirmed that it remains the registered holder of its 55% stake in Safaricom as Kenya's Court of Appeal considers a challenge to the $1.6 billion acquisition,...
Startups
Latitude59 Kenya Pitch Competition Attracts Record 509 Startup Applications From 25 Countries
Latitude59 Kenya's 2026 Pitch Competition has attracted a record 509 applications from startups across 25 countries, nearly doubling last year's submissions as the technology and investment conference expands its...
Startups
Yoco Raises $100 Million from Victory Park Capital to Expand Merchant Financing
South African fintech company Yoco has secured a $100 million credit facility from US investment firm Victory Park Capital to expand working capital financing for small businesses using its...
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 of Kenya,...
Business
Samsung’s Instalment Plan Accounted for 46% of Its Smartphone Revenue in Africa
Samsung Electronics generated 46% of its smartphone revenue in Africa through a daily and weekly instalment payment programme this year, highlighting how flexible financing...
Business
Safaricom Net Income Jumps 36% to KES 58.2 Billion as Ethiopia Losses Narrow to KES 434 Million
Safaricom PLC's net income rose 35.9% to KES 58.2 billion in the six months ended September 30, 2026, as strong growth in Kenya and...
Tech
ODPC Immaculate Kassait Exits After Six Years as Kenya’s Data Commissioner
Kenya’s first Data Protection Commissioner, Immaculate Kassait, has concluded her six-year tenure after overseeing the establishment of the country’s privacy regulator, the registration of...
Tech
AWS Commits $100 Million to Expand AI Use in Healthcare, Targeting Underserved Markets
Amazon Web Services is committing $100 million over five years in artificial intelligence and cloud computing resources to help healthcare organisations expand services in...
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...
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 of Kenya, expanding its effort to simplify cross-border transactions for African businesses.The funding round closed...
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...
Vodacom Retains 55% Safaricom Stake as Kenya Court Appeal Continues
Vodacom Group has confirmed that it remains the registered holder of its 55% stake in Safaricom as Kenya's Court of Appeal considers a challenge...
Yoco Raises $100 Million from Victory Park Capital to Expand Merchant Financing
South African fintech company Yoco has secured a $100 million credit facility from US investment firm Victory Park Capital to expand working capital financing...
Samsung’s Instalment Plan Accounted for 46% of Its Smartphone Revenue in Africa
Samsung Electronics generated 46% of its smartphone revenue in Africa through a daily and weekly instalment payment programme this year, highlighting how flexible financing...
ODPC Immaculate Kassait Exits After Six Years as Kenya’s Data Commissioner
Kenya’s first Data Protection Commissioner, Immaculate Kassait, has concluded her six-year tenure after overseeing the establishment of the country’s privacy regulator, the registration of...
CEO Weekends: After Losing 32 Goats, Tendai Gavaza Built StokData Africa to Help Farmers Track Their Businesses
StokData Africa grew out of a problem its founder, Tendai Gavaza, knew firsthand: managing a farm in Zimbabwe while living thousands of kilometres away in Melbourne. Expenses were difficult to verify, devices containing farm records were stolen, and 32 goats were lost without an...
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...
Startups
Standard Chartered Backs Seven Kenyan Women-Led Startups With $70,000 in Grants
Standard Chartered Plc's charitable arm awarded 9 million Kenyan shillings (about $70,000) in grants to seven women-led technology startups, part of a program aimed at closing the funding gap...
