Airtel Kenya has acquired 100MHz of spectrum in the 3,500MHz band for KES8.4 billion (about US$65 million) , giving the ...

Visa’s Pay and Get Paid 2026 report finds that most Kenyan SMEs now accept digital payments, but still run invoicing, payroll ...

AI data infrastructure company Context Labs has received a strategic investment from 22/x, the Abu Dhabi-based AI-native ...

Google has launched Skilling Africa with Google, a new learning hub designed to widen access to digital and AI skills across ...

Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) has announced an initial $180m investment in TechMet, reflecting QIA’s commitment to secure the supply of responsibly sourced critical minerals. TechMet is an ...

The U.S. Trade and Development Agency has awarded a feasibility study grant to OnePower Lesotho Limited to develop a 20-megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic power plant in western Lesotho. The plant will ...

African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has signed financing agreements worth US$190 million with Zimbabwe's CBZ Bank Limited to expand trade finance, support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs ...

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has identified nearly 300 artificial intelligence (AI) use cases across 14 departments.

Standard Media Group has appointed Dr. Naim Bilal Yaseen as Group Chief Executive Officer, effective 1 November ...

Kenswitch, Kenya’s domestic payment switch, has partnered with Wibmo, a PayU company, to strengthen authentication for online ...

South Africa's First National Bank (FNB) is branching further into the fintech space with the launch of new mobile-specific payment options that target the country's ever-evolving digital payment ...

Bankly, a Nigerian fintech company and licensed microfinance bank, has announced the full acquisition of its Nigerian operations by investment firm C-One Ventures. The deal will see Bankly’s services, ...