East Africa: Four Challenges Blockchain Must Overcome to Achieve Mass Appeal

When most people think about blockchain, they likely associate it with Bitcoin or other types of cryptocurrency. Read more »

Kenya: Copia Kenya Launches E-Commerce Service for Buying, Sending Goods Upcountry

Copia Kenya has launched a new online shopping solution that makes it easier for people living in urban areas to buy goods and have them delivered to their friends and family… Read more »

East Africa: Saccos to Either Embrace Technology or Die

Saccos which have embraced modern technology in service delivery have the competitive edge in the market however such are not a majority in Kenya or perhaps East Africa as it… Read more »

Kenya: Fortinet Calls On Saccos to Digitally Transform

We are sending and receiving more data than we can process in every single moment. We are even spending more money online than we ever before intended to. This is a drive for… Read more »

Kenya: Huawei, Redington Partnership Seeks to Enhance Efforts to Grow Kenya's ICT Ecosystem

Huawei and Redington organised the second Partner Summit attended by 100 local IT companies who they work with to integrate Huawei's leading ICT products in the Kenyan market. Read more »

Kenya: Metropol Kenya Launches TV Station, Harvest Terminal to Provide Investors With Data

Metropol Corporation, commonly known as a credit rating services, recently launched a 24-hour TV station dubbed Metropol TV alongside an information resource called the Harvest… Read more »

Rwanda: Kenya Hosts Talks About Cybersecurity Ahead of the Regional CSS in Rwanda

With the regional Cloud and Cybersecurity summit (CSS) in Kigali, Rwanda, just around the corner, CreditInfo and Serianu hosted different talk sessions pertaining to fraud and… Read more »

Kenya: Kenyan Science Teacher Peter Tabichi Wins a U.S.$1 Million Global Prize

The news about one Mr. Peter Tabichi, a member of the Franciscan religious order based in Nakuru Kenya, winning the 2019 Global Teacher Prize was a merry. Mr Tabichi was honored… Read more »

Africa: Supporting an AI-Enabled Future in Africa

The impact of artificial intelligence (AI) dominated discussions at this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos – with delegates touching on everything from ethics to… Read more »

Kenya: Samsung Galaxy S10 Series Launches in the Kenya Market

Samsung East Africa has officially launched the Galaxy S10 into the Kenyan Market. The Samsung trio, Galaxy S10e, S10 and S10+ which is engineered to meet the distinct needs of… Read more »

East Africa: New Technologies Could Help Conservationists Keep Better Track of Serengeti Wildebeest Herds

In a new paper published recently in the journal Methods in Ecology and Evolution, mathematicians and conservationists from the UK, Africa and the United States discuss how they… Read more »

East Africa: Dig Africa Launches the Digital Disruption Caucus to Shake Up East Africa's Tech Space

The Digital Innovation Group (DIG Africa) comprising of East Africa's top techies, recently launched the digital disruption caucus at the Strathmore University, Nairobi, Kenya. Read more »

East Africa: Saccotech Forum Advisory Board Launched

Ahead of the inaugural SACCOTECH forum, CIO East Africa; the entity organising the event, has officially launched the advisory board that will assist in organising the event. Read more »

East Africa: Safaricom Says Cashless System Boosting Revenue Collection in Counties By Up to 30 Percent

Safaricom says that cashless systems adopted by county governments have diminished leakages and boosted revenues by up to 30 percent. Read more »

Kenya: Kenya to Announce Multi-Stakeholder Council to Implement National Broadband Strategy 2023

The Government of Kenya has plans to announce a multi-stakeholder National Broadband Council to coordinate implementation of its new National Broadband Strategy (NBS) 2023 that… Read more »

East Africa: NIW.Startups Opens Call for Startups 2019

The call for startups to participate in the annual NIW.Startups programme at the Nairobi Innovation Week is live. Startups can now apply and update their profiles on the… Read more »

Kenya: Pesapal Introduces a New App for Payments in Kenya

Pesapal recently launched a new app that aggregates payments for essential and leisure services and that enables users to buy airtime, pay bills, book flights and holidays,… Read more »

East Africa: Cashless System Boosts Up to 30 Percent Revenue Collection in Counties

Safaricom has affirmed that cashless systems adopted by county governments have diminished leakages and boosted revenues collection. Read more »

Kenya: Hernovation Engagement Framework for Empowering Women in Tech to Be Launched

Women seem better positioned today than ever to rise to leadership roles in the faster evolving technology space owing to support structures laid in some organizations, however,… Read more »

Kenya: Sophia the Humanoid Robot Is Coming to Kenya

Sophia -the humanoid robot- is set to come to Nairobi during the Trescon's World Artificial Intelligence Show slated for the 21st and 22nd March 2019, at the Villa Rosa Kempinski… Read more »

South Africa: The AI Smart Companion That Supports Domestic Abuse Survivors

"Ending gender-based violence is an urgent national priority that requires the mobilisation of all South Africans and the involvement of all institutions." – President Cyril… Read more »

East Africa: Pesapal Finally Goes Mobile With New Payments App

Pesapal is today launching a new app that aggregates payments for essential and leisure services. The app, Pesapal Mobile, enables users to buy airtime, pay bills, book flights and… Read more »

Kenya: New Online UK Visa Application Service Launches in Kenya

Access UK, the Home Office's new online application service has now been rolled out worldwide and is available in over 200 countries including Kenya. It is a simple to use online… Read more »

Kenya: CS Mucheru - 'Digital Literacy Programme Well On Course'

Joe Mucheru, CS, Ministry of ICT, Kenya, recently emphasized that the Digital Literacy Programme (DLP) is well on course and that the second phase will see computer laboratories… Read more »

Ethiopia: U.S. Embassy Supports Going Digital to Improve Ethiopia's Food, Drug Safety

The Federal Ministry of Health in collaboration with United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Ethiopia and the AIDSFree project recently held an event to… Read more »