Sustainability
The Cost of Going Green: Inside Safaricom’s KSh20 Billion Energy Transition
Safaricom is committing billions of shillings to transform how it powers its telecommunications network, replacing diesel generators with solar energy and raising green financing to reduce its carbon footprint...
Tech
Samsung Retains No. 5 Spot in Interbrand’s Best Global Brands 2026 Ranking
Samsung Electronics has retained fifth place in Interbrand’s 2026 Best Global Brands ranking, becoming the only Asia-based company to remain in the global top five every year since 2020.The...
How To Guides
What is the Role of Oxygen Sensors in Audi Cars?
Oxygen sensors measure how much oxygen is left in an Audi’s exhaust and report it to the engine computer. That information lets the engine burn fuel efficiently, run smoothly,...
Startups
CEO Weekends: Erick Mkingule on Building Atlas Digital Systems into Africa’s SME Technology Powerhouse
Erick Mathew Mkingule started Atlas Digital Systems after watching family members and friends struggle to manage small businesses in Tanzania. Sales were recorded in notebooks, customer debts went untracked,...
Sustainability
The Cost of Going Green: Inside Safaricom’s KSh20 Billion Energy Transition
Safaricom is committing billions of shillings to transform how it powers its telecommunications network, replacing diesel generators with solar energy and raising green financing to reduce its carbon footprint as the...
Business
Safaricom Bets on M-Pesa to Become Kenya’s Digital Economy Operating System
Safaricom is positioning M-Pesa as the operating system for Kenya’s digital economy, expanding the mobile money platform into investments, savings, insurance and business services...
Business
OPay Scraps $304 Million US IPO Following Regulatory Probe
OPay, the SoftBank-backed Nigerian digital payments company, has abandoned its planned $304 million initial public offering (IPO) in the United States following a regulatory...
Tech
Samsung Retains No. 5 Spot in Interbrand’s Best Global Brands 2026 Ranking
Samsung Electronics has retained fifth place in Interbrand’s 2026 Best Global Brands ranking, becoming the only Asia-based company to remain in the global top...
Tech
Google Targets 3 Million African Learners With Offline AI Skills Hub
Alphabet Inc.'s Google launched a free online learning platform across Africa on Monday, aiming to train 3 million people in digital and artificial intelligence...
How
How to Make Data Privacy Your Competitive Advantage
For years, data privacy was largely owned by legal teams, reviewed by leadership from time to time, and often seen by employees as another...
How
Best eSIM for Kenya 2026
In Nairobi, Malindi, Mombasa, and other major cities, mobile signals range from 5G, with 4G in coastal locations like Diani Beach, supported by 3G...
Samsung Care+ Offers Affordable Damage Cover in East Africa
Samsung has expanded access to Care+, a service plan built to help owners of eligible Galaxy smartphones in East Africa manage the cost of...
TECNO Wins Two IFA Global Product Technology Innovation Awards for Modular Phone and Tonino Lamborghini TECNO TAURUS
Earlier this month TECNO, a global AI-driven innovative technology brand, achieved two IFA Global Product Technology Innovation Awards at IFA 2026 for its products:...
iGaming AFRIKA Summit Opens in Nairobi with Focus on Regulation, Taxation & Growth
The inaugural iGaming AFRIKA Summit opened in Nairobi on Monday, bringing together regulators, operators, investors and technology firms to discuss the future of Africa’s...
The Trust Economy: Why the Data Protection Act is the New SME Gold Standard
By Veerakumar Natarajan, Country Head, Zoho KenyaSix years ago, Kenya enacted the Data Protection Act (DPA), becoming the first East African country to establish...
Safaricom’s Daraja 3.0 Platform Speeds Up API Integration for Kenyan Businesses
Faster integration of payment systems is emerging as a competitive advantage for businesses operating in Kenya’s digital economy.Developers say improvements introduced under Safaricom’s Daraja...
The Cost of Going Green: Inside Safaricom’s KSh20 Billion Energy Transition
Safaricom is committing billions of shillings to transform how it powers its telecommunications network, replacing diesel generators with solar energy and raising green financing to reduce its carbon footprint as the cost of keeping its infrastructure running continues to grow.The Kenyan telecommunications operator spent...
The Cost of Going Green: Inside Safaricom’s KSh20 Billion Energy Transition
Safaricom is committing billions of shillings to transform how it powers its telecommunications network, replacing diesel generators with solar energy and raising green financing...
Samsung Retains No. 5 Spot in Interbrand’s Best Global Brands 2026 Ranking
Samsung Electronics has retained fifth place in Interbrand’s 2026 Best Global Brands ranking, becoming the only Asia-based company to remain in the global top...
Gaming Platform Rise of Fearless Secures $1M for Expansion
Rise of Fearless, an African-owned mobile gaming company inspired by African history and culture, has raised $1 million from Mauritius-based investment and advisory firm...
Mastercard, Interswitch Bring Google Pay to Nigeria
Mastercard and Interswitch said eligible Mastercard cardholders in Nigeria can now use Google Pay for contactless payments on Android phones, adding a major mobile...
Google Targets 3 Million African Learners With Offline AI Skills Hub
Alphabet Inc.'s Google launched a free online learning platform across Africa on Monday, aiming to train 3 million people in digital and artificial intelligence...
CEO Weekends: Pakstoor Wants to Make Online Marketplaces Safer by Putting Payments at the Centre
A failed purchase of a SMEG kettle has prompted Cape Town entrepreneur Tertius Wait to build Pakstoor, a new kind of online marketplace, one designed around the transaction itself rather than simply connecting buyers and sellers.Wait, a cybersecurity engineer with about 25 years of...
Women
Yvonne Okwara Joins Shuga Global as Head of Investments & Partnerships
Yvonne Okwara has joined Shuga Global as Head of Investments and Partnerships, moving into a leadership role focused on fundraising, strategic partnerships and expanding the organisation’s reach following her...
Startups
Standard Chartered Backs Seven Kenyan Women-Led Startups With $70,000 in Grants
Standard Chartered Plc's charitable arm awarded 9 million Kenyan shillings (about $70,000) in grants to seven women-led technology startups, part of a program aimed at closing the funding gap...
