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Nomba Expands Cross-Border Payments to Zambia From DRC

Ronald Bwire
Startups

Releaf Earth Launches Nigeria’s First Industrial-Scale Carbon Removal Credits

Diana Mutheu
Startups

Zipline and Rwanda Sign Historic $150m Deal for Autonomous Logistics Expansion

Diana Mutheu
Startups

Katapult Africa Opens 2026 Accelerator Applications with Up to $500,000 for...

James Musoba
Startups

How NCBA’s 16 Weeks of Coaching is Helping Kenyan SMEs Survive...

Diana Mutheu
Startups

Applications Open for AI-first cohort of Google for Startups Accelerator Africa

Diana Mutheu
Startups

South African SME Lender Lula Secures $20M Local-Currency Funding from FMO

Ronald Bwire
Startups

PwC Takes Control as Kenyan Startup Koko Networks Enters Administration

Diana Mutheu
Startups

Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) Opens 2026 Applications with $5,000 Seed Capital...

Diana Mutheu
Business

Ride‑Hailing Giant Uber Exits Tanzanian Market After Nearly a Decade of...

James Musoba
Startups

The Carbon Credit Gamble That Brought Down KOKO Networks, Kenya’s Clean-Cooking...

Ronald Bwire

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Tech-Savvy Teams Building Their Own Workarounds Isn’t Efficiency, It’s Shadow IT

Ronald Bwire
Tech

Safaricom Takes Hook Hip Hop Musical Auditions to Nakuru to Discover...

Ronald Bwire
Business

Nedbank Completes Acquisition of 66% of Kenya’s NCBA in $850 Million-Plus...

Sam Wakoba
Tech

Mastercard, Moovn Sign Five-Year East Africa Payments Deal

Ronald Bwire
Ronald Bwire

Tech-Savvy Teams Building Their Own Workarounds Isn’t Efficiency, It’s Shadow IT

Corporate productivity metrics often mask severe operational risks. When departmental managers face rigid central procurement, slow helpdesk response times, or clunky legacy software, they rarely wait for official approval to fix their immediate workflows. Instead, tech-savvy teams take matters into their own hands. They spin up unauthorized cloud storage...