Co-operative Bank Secures ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Certification
September 9, 2025
Bolt Appoints Milu Kipimo as Country Manager for South Africa
September 9, 2025
Milu Kipimo from Tanzania has been appointed as the Country Manager in South Africa (ZA) for Bolt. Having been Senior Country Manager for Tanzania, Tunisia & Ghana, he joins the ZA Bolt Business team with over 5 years of business leadership…
LINX to Take Over Asteroid Internet Exchanges in Kenya
September 9, 2025
The London Internet Exchange (LINX) and interconnection incubator Asteroid have entered a cooperative agreement to transition Asteroid’s customer networks in Kenya to LINX’s interconnection hubs in Nairobi and Mombasa. The transition will run through the…
Kenya’s Banking Sector Faces an AI Tipping Point
September 9, 2025
Kenya’s financial sector, long admired for its role in mobile money and digital banking revolution, now finds itself on the brink of another transformation powered by artificial intelligence (AI). According to new research presented at…
Safaricom Hosts First Gaming Conference in Nairobi
September 8, 2025
Last week, Safaricom held its first-ever Gaming Conference at the Michael Joseph Centre, themed “Level Up Africa: Unlocking Gaming Potential in Africa.” The event wasn’t your usual stiff industry summit. Sure, there were serious talks…
Samsung’s 2025 OLED TV Earns VDE ‘Real Black’ Certification for True Picture Quality
September 8, 2025
Samsung has today announced that its 2025 OLED TV (S95F model) has been officially certified as a Real Black display by the Verband der Elektrotechnik (VDE), a leading electrical engineering certification institute in Germany. By meeting…
Verto Launches Atlas Suite for Cross-Border Payments
September 8, 2025
Verto has unveiled the Atlas Suite, a next-generation embedded finance product designed to streamline cross-border payments for financial institutions, marketplaces, and digital platforms. The Atlas Suite provides a single API integration that allows businesses to…
IXAfrica Secures Rand Merchant Bank Funding for 20MW Nairobi Expansion
September 6, 2025
IXAfrica has closed a multi-tranche financing package with Rand Merchant Bank (RMB), a division of FirstRand Limited, to fund its next growth phase. Withnthius funding, IXAfrica will be able to deliver an additional 20 megawatts…
Is the Samsung Galaxy A26 5G Worth Upgrading From the A24 or A25?
September 5, 2025
The Galaxy A-series is one of Samsung’s most popular smartphone lines in Kenya. It offers decent midrange devices that can compete with what is offered by the likes of Tecno, Infinix, OPPO, Xiaomi, etc. I…
Visa Launches Visa Pay in the DRC
September 5, 2025
Visa has announced the launch of Visa Pay, an innovative mobile solution that provides access to digital payments and account-to-account money movement in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Visa Pay is an interoperable…