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...
Startups
Latitude59 Returns to Kenya, Opens 2026 Pitch Competition for African Startups
Latitude59 is returning to Kenya for the fourth consecutive year, with applications now open for its 2026 Kenya Pitch Competition, offering early-stage startups across Africa a chance to compete...
Startups
South Africa’s Mission Mobile Gets $30.8 Million to Expand Smartphone Financing
South African fintech Mission Mobile has secured as much as 500 million rand ($30.8 million) from investment firm DN Invest as it seeks to expand smartphone financing and deepen...
Business
Absa Bank Kenya Launches Neo-Bank Absa Next
Absa Bank Kenya has launched Absa Next, a neo-banking platform aimed at a new generation of consumers and entrepreneurs, as the lender accelerates its shift toward digital banking and...
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 for female...
Business
Bank of Kigali Joins China’s Cross-Border Interbank Payment System to Expand Yuan Payments
Bank of Kigali has become the first bank headquartered in East and Central Africa to join China’s Cross-Border Interbank Payment System (CIPS) as a direct...
Business
Absa Bank Kenya Launches Neo-Bank Absa Next
Absa Bank Kenya has launched Absa Next, a neo-banking platform aimed at a new generation of consumers and entrepreneurs, as the lender accelerates its...
Tech
Africa Financial Summit Heads to Luanda as Angola Pushes Financial-Sector Reforms
The Africa Financial Summit will hold its 2026 annual meeting in Luanda on Nov. 3 and 4, bringing more than 1,250 financial-sector executives, regulators,...
Startups
Yellow Card Appoints Former Monzo, Deutsche Bank Exec as Group CFO
Yellow Card, a stablecoin-enabled payments, infrastructure firm has appointed Ross Everett as Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to lead the company's global finance function...
How
Factors to Compare Before Applying for a Credit Card in South Africa
A credit card is a crucial financial tool. Apart from providing instant revolving cash, it can help you improve your credit score if you...
Business
AvadaPay’s All-in-One Payment and SMS Solution for Growing Businesses
Ask a growing business how it manages its payments and customer communication, and you'll often hear a familiar story.One provider handles collections.Another handles payouts.Bulk...
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 TAURUSÂ
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...
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 for female founders in East Africa's largest startup market.Each of the seven companies will receive...
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...
Latitude59 Returns to Kenya, Opens 2026 Pitch Competition for African Startups
Latitude59 is returning to Kenya for the fourth consecutive year, with applications now open for its 2026 Kenya Pitch Competition, offering early-stage startups across...
MYDAWA, Dawa Mkononi and Meditect Secure Funding at i3 Access to Markets
Kenya-based digital pharmacy MYDAWA has partnered with Endless Health to develop a digital-first model for hypertension and diabetes care, one of four new healthtech...
Are Online MBOX to PST Converters Safe to Use?
Online MBOX to PST converter services offer a convenient way to quickly convert MBOX files toPST format. They support mailbox archives created or exported...
Africa Financial Summit Heads to Luanda as Angola Pushes Financial-Sector Reforms
The Africa Financial Summit will hold its 2026 annual meeting in Luanda on Nov. 3 and 4, bringing more than 1,250 financial-sector executives, regulators,...
CEO Weekends: PawaPay Secures Kenya Payments Licence After 3 Billion Mobile-Money Transactions
PawaPay has secured a Payment Service Provider licence in Kenya after processing three billion mobile-money transactions and more than €10 billion in payments across the continent.The company, operating in Kenya through Quidexplus Kenya Limited, has announced it has been licensed as a payment service...
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...
Startups
Mamor Capital Raises $18.8 Million First Close for South Africa Tech Fund
Mamor Capital has secured R300 million ($18.8 million) in the first close of its debut venture capital fund, giving the black women-owned investment firm capital to begin backing post-revenue...
