Safaricom Ethiopia Hits 10 Million Active Users Milestone in Just Four Years
July 2, 2025
Safaricom Ethiopia has announced that it is now serving 10 million 90 days active customers across Ethiopia, just four years after receiving its license to operate. Wim Vanhelleputte, Chief Executive Officer of Safaricom, said: “Achieving…
Kenya’s Digital Leap: Why AI, 5G and Cloud Demand a Data Infrastructure Overhaul
July 2, 2025
By Wojtek Piorko, managing director, Africa at Vertiv Kenya is entering a new digital era, one defined by accelerated connectivity, data growth and the move towards artificial intelligence (AI). But to fully make use of…
Cassava Technologies and SAAIA Sign MOU to Deliver GPU-as-a-Service Across Africa
July 1, 2025
Cassava Technologies has announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the South African AI Association (SAAIA), an industry body focused on growing responsible AI adoption, to deliver artificial intelligence (AI) solutions…
Wave Secures $137M in Debt Financing
July 1, 2025
Wave Mobile Money has announced it has secured $137 million in debt financing. This will help the startup scale its affordable mobile-first financial services across Africa. The latest financing round was led by Rand Merchant…
Kenya’s digital economy needs agile approach to cybersecurity
June 27, 2025
As Kenya’s digital economy matures, cybercriminals are taking notice and targeting businesses across the country – with significant financial consequences. In April 2024, Equity Bank faced a significant cyber incident that resulted in in Sh179-million…
Transforming Africa’s Tech Landscape: Leadership Beyond Technology
June 27, 2025
Sally Kimeu, Territory Manager – Sales East Africa & IOI, Nutanix The biggest challenge to Africa’s digital transformation isn’t infrastructure, investment, or even access to technology—it’s leadership. For decades, we’ve looked at technology as the…
Mastercard Deploy AI-Powered Account Intelligence Reissuance to Protect Cards Across EEMEA
June 27, 2025
Mastercard has introduced Account Intelligence Reissuance, an advanced fraud prevention service to efficiently manage the card reissuance process, in the Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (EEMEA) region. The product leverages Mastercard’s proprietary Artificial Intelligence…
The rise of smaller LLMs and agentic AI in payments transformation
June 26, 2025
By Ramon Villarreal, global architect and payments lead, financial services, at Red Hat Financial services providers are in the midst of a major modernisation push, with AI playing a growing and transformative role. The potential…
Check Point Software Introduces PDFguard to Block Sophisticated PDF-Based Threats
June 24, 2025
Check Point Software Technologies has announced PDFguard, an advanced AI engine designed to prevent malicious PDFs that employ deceptive tactics. PDFguard claims to identify 25% more malicious files than its predecessor, most of which have…