IBM and Red Hat have announced the commercial launch of Lightwell, a new platform designed to help enterprises automatically identify and remediate vulnerabilities in open source software at scale. The launch introduces two offerings: Lightwell Network, which is now generally available, and Lightwell Clearinghouse Premier, which is entering a limited-availability phase for organisations in the financial services sector. Lightwell Network provides enterprises with access to more than 6,500 digitally signed and certified application dependencies across major ecosystems, including Java and Python. The platform delivers validated security fixes, Software Bills of Materials (SBOMs), and compliance artefacts directly into existing development pipelines.…
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Binance Research has recently published a monthly market insight for June 2026. The report examines prominent topics of the month including prediction market expansion, tokenized equity infrastructure, and evolving investor behavior across traditional and on-chain venues. The report finds that prediction market sports volume has grown roughly 200x over the past two years, with monthly sports volume now exceeding US$20B. 2026 FIFA World Cup-related volume surpassed US$5.4B by late June, overtaking the 2024 U.S. election cycle as the largest event-trading category in prediction market history. Based on current adoption trends, annual sports prediction market volume could grow from approximately US$248B…
By Young Scientists Kenya (YSK) National Director – Dr. Eng. Victor M. Mwongera The fastest-growing companies today are not waiting for the future. They are already using Artificial Intelligence to make better decisions, move faster, reduce costs, and find new opportunities. AI is helping teams work smarter, respond quickly to market changes, and improve how they serve customers. This should make us ask a serious question: how are we preparing young learners, especially STEM students in high school, to use AI tools before they enter the job market? If these learners are the future engineers, scientists, health workers, data analysts,…
Old Mutual Holdings shareholders have approved a non- cash balance sheet restructuring aimed at reducing the historical accumulated retained losses and restore the Company’s capacity to pay dividends. Shareholders approved the proposal by special resolution during the Company’s 18th Annual General Meeting held on Tuesday, 30 June 2026. The restructuring involves the reduction of the Company’s share premium account by transferring Kes. 4.67 billion from the account and the application of the amount towards accumulated retained losses currently reflected on the balance sheet. As at 31 December 2025, the accumulated retained losses stood at KES 7.064 billion. Old Mutual Group…
Spotify and Afronation Portugal are partnering to bring fans closer to the artists, performances and fan culture shaping African music globally. As an official sponsor and exclusive streaming partner of Afronation Portugal 2026, Spotify will help extend the festival beyond the live weekend through this model. This partnership creates a dedicated Afronation destination on Spotify where fans can discover festival content, featured artists, the official playlist and selected performance videos after the event. The collaboration is a natural extension of Afronation’s long-standing commitment to Afrobeats and African music, something shared with Spotify. Since its inception, Afronation has played an active…
By Lynette Waweru, Cybersecurity Specialist at ESET East Africa Kenyans are fending off disruption and complexity at every intersection. The economy remains fragmented with elevated risk due to debt pressures and the high cost of doing business. The upcoming elections are straining peace as intensified political competition and a tense electoral environment put pressure on people and systems. There is widespread social exhaustion, and it is creating a fertile environment for scams and threats that exploit distraction, emotion and misplaced trust. This disruption and unrest is also sitting against the backdrop of limited user awareness around key scam tactics such…
By Quintin Roberts – Regional Sales Manager, Genetec Africa When banks and financial institutions upgrade their physical security systems, they are making decisions that will affect operations for years. Branch formats are changing, cyber risks are increasing, and security teams are being asked to support more sites, more data, and more business functions. The challenge is keeping pace with change in a way that holds up over time. A modern physical security strategy needs to go beyond protection. It needs to give teams a clearer view across branches, support consistent governance, and provide the flexibility to adapt as technology and…
Stanbic Kenya Foundation, in partnership with Microsoft, Pathways Technologies and Konza Technopolis, has supported the rollout of the Microsoft Elevate AI National Skilling Initiative across four counties. 152 participants have been trained across coastal counties – Kwale, Kilifi, Mombasa, Taita Taveta and Embu as the program seeks to equip trainers and institutions with foundational and practical AI skills. The initiative is designed around the needs of Kenya’s workforce, to support the country’s broader digital transformation agenda. The Microsoft Elevate AI National Skilling Initiative aligns with Kenya’s Digital Masterplan and Vision 2030 ambitions, positioning the country as a regional hub for…
The latest sector statistics released by the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) for the third quarter of the 2025/26 financial year (January–March 2026) demonstrate continued growth in mobile money services and the broader digital financial ecosystem. Mobile money subscriptions increased from 51.4 million in the previous quarter to 53.4 million, representing a quarterly growth rate of 3.9%. This translates to approximately two million additional mobile money accounts within three months which demonstrates the sustained adoption of digital financial services across the country. This growth was accompanied by a significant expansion of agent networks. The number of registered mobile money agents…
By Chris Wright, Chris Wright, Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President, Global Engineering, Red Hat Lately, headlines dominated by AI-driven zero-day vulnerabilities have raised a question: Is open source software becoming too risky for the enterprise? With open source comprising more than three-quarters of the average enterprise codebase, the question matters. But the answer is clear: open source software remains inherently safe, structurally resilient, and fundamentally secure. Open source effectively serves as the foundation for all of modern technology, not just enterprise IT, and this is about much more than just Linux. Application servers, databases, network routing, developer environments,…