Startups
CEO Weekends: Erick Mkingule on Building Atlas Digital Systems into Africa’s SME Technology Powerhouse
Erick Mathew Mkingule started Atlas Digital Systems after watching family members and friends struggle to manage small businesses in Tanzania. Sales were recorded in notebooks, customer debts went untracked,...
Business
OPay Scraps $304 Million US IPO Following Regulatory Probe
OPay, the SoftBank-backed Nigerian digital payments company, has abandoned its planned $304 million initial public offering (IPO) in the United States following a regulatory inquiry in an undisclosed foreign...
Business
Absa Opens Dubai Office to Tap Gulf Capital for Africa Deals
Absa Group Ltd. opened an office in Dubai’s International Financial Centre, seeking to channel Gulf investment and trade flows into African markets.The Johannesburg-listed lender’s DIFC branch holds a Category...
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What is the Role of Oxygen Sensors in Audi Cars?
Oxygen sensors measure how much oxygen is left in an Audi’s exhaust and report it to the engine computer. That information lets the engine burn fuel efficiently, run smoothly,...
Startups
CEO Weekends: Erick Mkingule on Building Atlas Digital Systems into Africa’s SME Technology Powerhouse
Erick Mathew Mkingule started Atlas Digital Systems after watching family members and friends struggle to manage small businesses in Tanzania. Sales were recorded in notebooks, customer debts went untracked, and payments...
Business
Absa Opens Dubai Office to Tap Gulf Capital for Africa Deals
Absa Group Ltd. opened an office in Dubai’s International Financial Centre, seeking to channel Gulf investment and trade flows into African markets.The Johannesburg-listed lender’s...
Business
Airtel Money Revenue Climbs 34% to $830 Million as Digital Finance Growth Accelerates
Airtel Money reported a sharp rise in revenue and transaction volumes in the six months to September, as the mobile financial services business expanded...
Tech
Binance Says 90% of Assets Affected by Security Incident Have Been Replenished, Targets Sunday Withdrawal Resumption
Binance says it has replenished 90% of assets affected by its recent security incident and remains on track to resume withdrawal services on Sunday,...
Tech
Airtel Africa First-Half Profit Rises 20% to $452 Million as Margins Hit Record
Airtel Africa Plc said profit after tax rose 20% to $452 million in the six months through September, from $376 million a year earlier,...
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...
CEO Weekends: Erick Mkingule on Building Atlas Digital Systems into Africa’s SME Technology Powerhouse
Erick Mathew Mkingule started Atlas Digital Systems after watching family members and friends struggle to manage small businesses in Tanzania. Sales were recorded in notebooks, customer debts went untracked, and payments through mobile money and cash often left business owners unsure of how much...
CEO Weekends: Erick Mkingule on Building Atlas Digital Systems into Africa’s SME Technology Powerhouse
Erick Mathew Mkingule started Atlas Digital Systems after watching family members and friends struggle to manage small businesses in Tanzania. Sales were recorded in...
OPay Scraps $304 Million US IPO Following Regulatory Probe
OPay, the SoftBank-backed Nigerian digital payments company, has abandoned its planned $304 million initial public offering (IPO) in the United States following a regulatory...
Binance Says 90% of Assets Affected by Security Incident Have Been Replenished, Targets Sunday Withdrawal Resumption
Binance says it has replenished 90% of assets affected by its recent security incident and remains on track to resume withdrawal services on Sunday,...
Yellow Card Wins Top Money20/20 Award for Second Consecutive Year
Yellow Card has won Gold in the Diamond category at the 2026 Money Awards, extending its winning streak at one of the global fintech...
Samsung Bets on AI to Make Laundry Easier
Laundry is one of the household chores that rarely goes away, but Samsung is looking to make it less demanding by bringing washing and...
CEO Weekends: Pakstoor Wants to Make Online Marketplaces Safer by Putting Payments at the Centre
A failed purchase of a SMEG kettle has prompted Cape Town entrepreneur Tertius Wait to build Pakstoor, a new kind of online marketplace, one designed around the transaction itself rather than simply connecting buyers and sellers.Wait, a cybersecurity engineer with about 25 years of...
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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...
