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LG Electronics (LG) Chief Executive Officer Lyu Jae-cheol has outlined the company’s management direction and strategic priorities, as the global technology leader sharpens its focus on sustainable growth, innovation and profitability. Speaking on the company’s outlook, Lyu said LG is operating in a rapidly evolving business environment where industry boundaries, competitive dynamics and technological cycles are changing faster than ever before. “The paradigms of industries and competition are shifting at unprecedented speed. Simply keeping pace is no longer enough. To stay competitive, we must clearly understand the ecosystem, move faster than others and execute better,” he said. Strengthening Core Competitiveness…

For years, the smartphone was defined by specs: more RAM, better cameras, faster processors. But in 2026, that definition is officially outdated. We’re entering a new era — the smartphone is no longer just “smart.” It’s becoming an AI platform. To discuss this, this is an excerpt of a Q&A with Ryan Mule, Product Manager for the Mobile Experience Division at Samsung Electronics East Africa. He explores how on-device AI is specifically solving real-world challenges for students, entrepreneurs and businesses across Kenya. Q. Samsung has been a household name in East Africa for decades. In the context of 2026, how…

At CES 2026 (January 6 – 9), LG Electronics (LG) set out to move the conversation on artificial intelligence towards lived experience. Under the banner “Innovation in tune with you,” the company’s Las Vegas, USA, exhibit was organised as a series of connected environments spanning the home, mobility and entertainment. Together, they illustrated LG’s concept of “Affectionate Intelligence” involving systems designed to sense context and respond in ways intended to feel intuitive rather than intrusive. The underlying message was that LG does not see AI as a feature contained within individual products, but as a layer that moves fluidly across…

LG Electronics Inc. (LG) announced its preliminary earnings results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2025. The company reported consolidated revenue of KRW 89.2 trillion (KSh 7.9 trillion) and operating profit of KRW 2.48 trillion ( KSh 220.7 billion), marking record annual revenues, for the second consecutive year Over the past five years, consolidated revenue has grown at a CAGR of about 9 percent. And while revenue expanded, operating profit declined year on year, primarily due to a slower-than-expected recovery in display-related demand and intensifying competition, which led to higher marketing expenditures. In the second half of the…

Bboxx has appointed Ene Adesanya as the new Managing Director of Bboxx Energy Access Nigeria. Adesanya steps into the role as Bboxx deepens its participation in Nigeria’s Distributed Access through Renewable Energy Scale-up (DARES) programme, a major initiative designed to expand clean energy and essential services to underserved households and businesses. Under her leadership, Bboxx Nigeria is targeting to reach more than 100,000 households just this year alone. The company is combining solar energy access with solar-powered irrigation solutions for agribusinesses and smartphone financing. This will help it position itself at the intersection of energy, productivity and digital inclusion. Nigeria…

The global digital economy is driving an unprecedented surge in electricity demand from data centers and IT infrastructure. Worldwide, uninterruptible power supply demand for IT equipment alone is forecast to reach 249 GW by 2030, with total installed capacity, including cooling and ancillary loads, expected to climb to 374 GW. For Africa, where digitalization, cloud adoption and mobile services are accelerating, this trend presents both a challenge and an opportunity. According to the African Energy Chamber’s (AEC) State of African Energy 2026 Outlook, data centers are poised to become a transformative force within the continent’s power markets, reshaping investment priorities ahead…

Cassava Technologies and AXON Networks (AXON) have announced a strategic partnership to co-develop, deploy, and manage Africa’s first end-to-end Operator-as-a-Service (OaaS) platform. A bold step in unlocking Africa’s AI and digital future, customers and service providers will leverage AXON’s AI-ready, real-time, multi-tenant, digital twin-enabled platform across Cassava’s extensive high-speed fibre backbone to connect millions of people and businesses across the continent and unlock new pathways for economic development and innovation. The partnership was announced at Counder Conference 2026 in Cape Town, South Africa, the flagship event of the Counder visionary leadership network, where 500 global investors, family office principals and…

NTT DATA has announced a multi-year Strategic Collaboration Agreement (SCA) with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help enterprises modernize legacy systems, adopt agentic AI responsibly and scale innovation across industries. Combining NTT DATA’s expertise in cloud transformation, cloud-native modernization and Agentic AI with the scale and innovation velocity of AWS services, the collaboration will deliver tailored enterprise solutions that modernize mission-critical workloads, build secure cloud foundations and drive measurable business outcomes across regulated and high-growth industries. Under the agreement, NTT DATA and AWS will accelerate enterprise transformation in four priority areas: AWS will support NTT DATA in running co-innovation programs,…

Education in Kenya is undergoing a historic shift. As the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) moves into its next phase, the demand for digital tools that are both powerful and accessible has never been higher. Samsung Electronics is answering this call with the launch of the Galaxy Tab A11 and Galaxy Tab A11+, two devices engineered to transform the Kenyan classroom into a vibrant, global learning hub. Modern learning requires a display that can keep up with a student’s imagination. The Galaxy Tab A11+ features a stunning 11-inch display with a 90Hz refresh rate, ensuring that educational animations, virtual lab simulations, and…

The modern Kenyan consumes content in a variety of ways, and it reflects the modern, fast-paced lifestyle and a need for high quality experiences every time. From bingeing on series, catching up on their favourite football teams, or even the occasional party, the demand for high quality audio at home has never been higher. LG’s wireless Dolby Atmos soundbars are answering this call, bringing sophisticated audio technology that was once confined to music theatres to living rooms across the country. The Dolby Difference Traditional surround sound systems move audio from left to right and front to back. Dolby Atmos takes…