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Nomba Expands Cross-Border Payments to Zambia From DRC

Ronald Bwire
Startups

PIDG Mobilises $2.9 Billion of Private Capital in 2025 to Advance...

James Musoba
MENA Edition

MENA Fintech Association, Swiss Fintech Association Forge Strategic Alliance to Boost...

James Musoba
Startups

Paga Accelerates Stablecoin Push With Crossmint and Sui Partnerships

Sam Wakoba
Startups

Egypt Ride-Hailing Startup ARRW Raises $4 Million to Challenge Global Rivals

Ronald Bwire
Startups

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

Ronald Bwire
MENA Edition

Algebra AI Raises $7 Million to Target Gulf’s Mid-Market AI Gap

Ronald Bwire
MENA Edition

Comfi Raises $65 Million to Expand SME Embedded Finance Platform

James Musoba
Startups

Shuttlers Marks 10 Years in Operation, Surpasses 10 Million Journeys

Ronald Bwire
Startups

Spiro Appoints Former Indofast Energy CEO Anant Badjatya as Group CEO...

James Musoba
Startups

MNT-Halan Hits $1.4 Billion Valuation in New Funding Round Led by...

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
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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
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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...