Jiji has seen a significant rise in demand for pre-owned goods. Search results in Q1 2026 showed a 70% increase in used-item searches versus the same period in 2025. This represents over 14.7 million unique searches in Q1 alone. Thus, reflecting a sustained shift in consumer purchasing behaviour. This growth outpaces interest in new items, signalling a structural change in how consumers approach value, affordability, and utility in their purchasing decisions. Across categories such as electronics, vehicles, and home essentials, buyers are increasingly prioritizing functionality and cost-effectiveness. This shift comes amid continued pressure on household budgets. According to the Kenya…
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Cross Switch has announced the appointment of Gillian Koinange as Head of Business Development, East Africa. This exciting appointment reinforces the company’s commitment to accelerating growth and deepening its presence across the region. Gillian brings over two decades of experience driving revenue growth and building strategic partnerships across Africa, with a strong focus on the IT, telecommunications, fintech, and SaaS sectors. She is recognized for her ability to scale pan-African portfolios, lead high-performing teams, and deliver impressive commercial outcomes in complex markets. In her new role, Gillian will be responsible for expanding Cross Switch’s footprint in East Africa, strengthening relationships with…
NTT DATA has announced the launch of NTT DATA Software Defined Infrastructure (SDI) Services Agent, a conversational agentic service experience for enterprise infrastructure. Embedded within NTT DATA’s SDI Services, this multi-agent system is redefining how enterprises operate, optimize and govern AI infrastructure at scale. The SDI Services agent acts as an orchestrator selectively triggering the appropriate agents in the background. This multi-agent system continuously senses, reasons and acts across networking, hybrid data center, cybersecurity and digital workplace environments – delivering predictive intelligence, faster resolutions and measurable outcomes across availability, utilization and business value. This marks a significant evolution of NTT DATA’s SDI Services. Acting as…
The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF), the nonprofit behind Stellar, the high-performance network for near-instant, low-cost cross-border payments and asset tokenisation, which consistently holds a top-30 position by market capitalization, has announced the Stellar x CV Labs Accelerator. The Stellar x CV Labs Accelerator comes as the Stellar network is seeing measurable growth across both usage and institutional adoption. In 2025, real-world assets on Stellar grew by 158%, while total value locked increased by 127%. More than 800 active projects are now building across payments, savings, lending, and liquidity use cases, and the network has surpassed 10 million active accounts and more than 21.5…
Binance, the global blockchain ecosystem behind the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, today highlighted the continued scaling of the Binance Card into Africa. Binance Card is a payment solution designed to enable everyday transactions using digital asset balances. The initiative represents a step forward in enabling users to seamlessly integrate digital assets into everyday transactions, reinforcing Binance’s commitment to advancing accessible and practical crypto payment solutions globally. The Binance Card allows users to make purchases and access funds using cryptocurrencies at hundreds of millions of merchants that accept Mastercard worldwide. By automatically converting supported digital assets into local…
Axis Communications has shared details of its partnership with iXAfrica, East Africa’s largest hyperscale, carrier-neutral data centre, through the brand’s latest customer success story. The story explores how iXAfrica set out to build a secure, trusted environment for enterprises, cloud service providers and connectivity providers at NBOX1, the firm’s flagship data centre in Nairobi. It highlights how a reliable security environment that leverages Axis devices and technologies ensures operational visibility and control while unlocking intelligent insights that enable proactive security and enhanced efficiency. “Our work with iXAfrica embodies how Axis has evolved its product offering to help the world secure…
As Kenya invests heavily in key economic growth and national resilience drivers, from digital infrastructure and AI factories to hyperscale data centres and green industrialisation, the country is set for increased international attention following the announcement of Ai Everything Kenya x GITEX Kenya. Organised by KAOUN International, the global organiser of GITEX, in partnership with the Office of the Special Envoy on Technology of the Republic of Kenya and dx⁵, Africa’s top technology driver, Ai Everything Kenya x GITEX Kenya debuts in Nairobi from 19-21 May 2026. With the AI market alone expected to contribute US$2.4 billion to Kenya’s GDP…
Adil El Youssefi, Chief Executive Officer at Africa Data Centres Few moments test digital infrastructure like peak trading periods. Black Friday, festive shopping seasons, flash sales, and major promotional events generate massive spikes in online activity within minutes. For retailers and digital platforms, these are some of the most commercially significant days of the year. What bargain-hunting consumers don’t see is the behind-the-scenes AI and infrastructure that’s responsible for keeping these experiences running smoothly – or not. At Africa Data Centres, we regularly see how moments of extreme demand test the limits of the digital infrastructure supporting modern retail platforms…
TCL has unveiled the SQD-Mini LED in Kenya. This signals what it describes as a major shift in how next-generation screens will deliver brightness, colour accuracy and immersive viewing experiences. TCL officially positions SQD-Mini LED as a major upgrade of Mini LED technology and describes it as the pinnacle of display technology. The technology combines Mini LED backlighting with Super Quantum Dot technology. For years, display technologies such as OLED and Mini LED have forced consumers to choose between strengths. OLED panels are known for deep blacks and contrast. On the other hand, Mini LED has excelled in brightness and…
Africa’s leading talent accelerator ALX is creating vital pathways to jobs for young people across Africa, providing tech, AI, creative and entrepreneurship education at scale, while driving gender parity in tech-enabled careers. An NPO funded by the Mastercard Foundation, women represent over half (55%) of the 347,100 ALX graduates and 45% of the 257,900 graduates who have secured work. The ALX ventures platform has further empowered 43,400 entrepreneurs – 41% female – and catalysed the creation of 60,100 new jobs through entrepreneurship, creating momentum across Africa’s technology, AI and entrepreneurship sectors. Ruby Igwe, Country General Manager at ALX Nigeria, says…