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Nomba Expands Cross-Border Payments to Zambia From DRC

Ronald Bwire
Startups

AkiraChix Expands to Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Eswatini

Ronald Bwire
Startups

littlefish Raises $9.5 Million in Partech-led Round to Expand Across Africa

Ronald Bwire
Startups

South Africa’s Happy Pay Raises $5 Million to Expand Across Africa

Ronald Bwire
Startups

Ajim Capital Targets $20 Million Fund to Back Early-Stage African Startups

James Musoba
Business

Moniepoint Acquires Orda Africa to Expand Restaurant-focused Fintech Offering

James Musoba
Startups

Tony Elumelu Foundation Announces 2026 Cohort of 3,200 Entrepreneurs Across Africa

Ronald Bwire
Startups

UAE-Based Blockchain Startup Utexo Raises $7.5M Seed Round Led by Tether

Ronald Bwire
Startups

Sistema.bio Raises $53 Million to Launch FarmCarbon Climate Finance for Smallholder...

James Musoba
Business

Bolt Faces Backlash in Kenya Over $3,000 Earnings Claims & Driver...

Ronald Bwire
Startups

Orca Fraud Raises $2.35 Million to Expand Real-time Fraud Intelligence in...

James Musoba

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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...