Vertiv to Showcase HPC and AI Infrastructure Innovations at Casablanca Roadshow
June 27, 2025
Vertiv has announced that its AI Solutions Innovation Roadshow will make its next stop, this time in Casablanca, Morocco on Wednesday 02 July, 2025. The roadshow, with a visit scheduled to take place at Le Casablanca Hotel, is…
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…
Google Selects 15 Startups for Africa Accelerator Class 9
June 26, 2025
Google today announced the selection of 15 promising tech startups for its Google for Startups Accelerator: Africa Class 9 program. These innovative startups, hailing from Ghana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, and South Africa, are…
Peach Tech Raises $11M Series A to Scale its Used Car Marketplace in Kenya
June 24, 2025
Peach Tech, the Nairobi-founded startup behind Peach Cars, has raised $11 million in a Series A round led by Suzuki Global Ventures (SGV), the venture capital arm of Suzuki Motor Corporation, Japan’s leading automaker with…
Luno Relaunches in Kenya to Make Crypto Easier and Safer for Everyone
June 24, 2025
Luno, the global cryptocurrency investment platform, is officially back in Kenya. Originally introduced to the Kenyan market between 2013 and 2014 under its former name BitX, Luno returns with a promise to make buying, selling,…
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…
Onafriq and PAPSS Launch Cross-Border Payment Service in Ghana
June 24, 2025
Onafriq, in collaboration with the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS), announced the launch of a new cross-border payment service that will initially pilot outbound transactions in Ghana. This launch operationalises the partnership established in 2022, aimed…
Standard Chartered Transfers Tanzania Wealth & Retail Business to Access Bank
June 23, 2025
Standard Chartered has announced the successful handover of Standard Chartered’s Wealth & Retail Business to Access Bank PLC. The hand over is in line with Standard Chartered’s global strategy, aimed at achieving operational efficiencies, reducing …
BURN and TDB Group Launch Initiative to Bring Clean Cooking to Over 2 Million People
June 23, 2025
BURN, Africa’s leading clean cookstove manufacturer and carbon project developer, has signed a landmark agreement with the Trade and Development Bank Group (TDB Group) to scale access to clean cooking in Mozambique, the Democratic Republic…