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TechCabal ·
Onafriq, a digital payments network that operates across 40 African countries, is winding down Baxi, its Nigerian agent banking business, after five years, following what the company calls a review of its long-term strategy and...
Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business ·
Nairobi-based renewable energy provider Solarise Africa has secured a $1.15 million grant from the Energy and Environment Partnership Trust Fund (EEP Africa) to expand its commercial solar leasing operations into Uganda and Zambia. EEP...
TechAfrica News ·
Konza Technopolis, Kenya’s flagship smart city, has received the Smart Gigacity Excellence Award at the World Broadband Association (WBBA) Broadband Excellence Awards 2026, recognising its approach to connected, sustainable and...
Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business ·
Onafriq , a pan-African payments company, is shutting down its Baxi agent banking business in Nigeria after five years, citing rising operating costs, naira depreciation, inflation and intensifying competition in the financial services...
TechAfrica News ·
Q-KON, an African satellite engineering company, has partnered with Angolan IT and telecommunications provider SISTEC – Sistemas, Tecnologias e Indústria S.A. to launch a local Point-of-Presence (PoP) in Luanda for the Twoobii OneWeb...
TechCabal ·
Mytherapist.ng , a Nigerian online therapy platform, is partnering with healthcare financing company MyItura to let users pay for therapy in instalments rather than upfront. The offering is part of a relaunch the company calls...
TechCentral ·
Apple's first foldable iPhone carries a steeper local premium than its new HomeView, HomePod mini 2 and Apple TV 4K.
Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business ·
OpenAI has taken another step in turning artificial intelligence into an active digital assistant, officially rolling out direct tab-control capabilities to Google Chrome via its updated ChatGPT extension and desktop environment. The...
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The Chinese smartphone vendor wants to be among the top three smartphone brands in South Africa, says Vivo SA GM Tony Shi.
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The AI-powered support for MTN’s edtech learning platform will help pupils to identify knowledge gaps.
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The AI-powered learning assistant aims to help ORT South Africa beneficiaries master big data analytics.
TechCabal ·
How cash dominance and transfers hinder tap-to-pay in Nigeria Why contactless payments struggle to gain traction in Nigeria On October 13, CashAfrica announced a partnership with Food Concepts, a quick-service restaurant company, to...
Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business ·
The Lagos State Council of the Amalgamated Union of App-based Transporters of Nigeria (AUATON) has called off its four-day strike, allowing e-hailing drivers to resume operations while urging members to uninstall inDrive over what it...
TechAfrica News ·
Targeted digital policy reforms could connect an additional 1.13 million people to mobile internet in Madagascar and generate MGA 4.1 trillion in additional GDP by 2031, according to a new GSMA report. Launched at the GSMA’s Digital...
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Generative and agentic AI are cutting the cost, complexity and downtime traditionally associated with cloud migration.
AI saves workers a day a week, but they don’t know what to do with it | CIO ·
In a recent finance training session, an FP&A analyst took the prompting method we had covered twenty minutes earlier and applied it to a monthly variance report spanning four business units. The report normally took one and a half to...
IT News Africa ·
Africa Tech Festival returns to Cape Town in just over five weeks. The 29th edition runs from 16 to 19 November 2026 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. It arrives as investors put significant capital into African data...
TechCabal ·
Isaac Sesi once became so busy winning that he forgot about a deal. There were awards to collect, flights to catch, and people saying wonderful things about him. Then an adviser from Uganda called and asked exactly what he thought he...
iAfrica.com ·
The Democratic Republic of Congo is exploring cooperation with France on internet connectivity, AI and online user protection. It is seeking to strengthen its digital infrastructure. DRC Posts and Telecommunications Minister José Mpanda...
TechAfrica News ·
Millions of mobile users across Nigeria woke up to an unsettling message over the weekend. On Saturday, 10 October 2026, the Nigerian Communications Commission began sending alerts under the sender ID “NCC-Checker”. The texts reached...
iAfrica.com ·
Kigali-based startup Entelon is building AI products and custom systems to replace the slow, manual processes many African organisations still rely on. These include paper forms, hand grading, data entry and phone calls that are never...
iAfrica.com ·
A new continental advisory council will examine how AI policies affect public participation, cultural representation and democratic processes in Africa. Its launch comes ahead of Kenya’s 2027 General Election. The council has six...
DefenceWeb ·
The fighting around Sake and Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in January 2025 brought a [...]
Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business ·
Meta has released Muse Spark Open, an open-weight artificial intelligence model designed to run locally on Apple’s high-end Mac computers, in a collaboration that brings two longtime technology rivals together. The model features 816...
iAfrica.com · · Unconfirmed
Microsoft’s Africa Development Centre in Nairobi is reportedly closing its engineering operations. Employees were informed of the decision on Monday, Oct. CIO Africa first reported the closure, citing an employee source.
TechAfrica News ·
Lumen Technologies and Snowflake, the AI Data Cloud company, announced their intent to collaborate on helping enterprises simplify how they move, control, and secure data across modern enterprise environments. The companies look to...
Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business ·
Bluesky is expanding its AI-powered Attie platform to let users create websites, games, polls, quizzes, and other interactive experiences using simple text prompts. Announced at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 on October 15, the update moves...
TechCabal ·
Vuyani Jarana, CEO of Ilitha Telecoms, is taking affordable broadband into underserved townships and rural communities. In a conversation with PHATHISANI MOYO, he explains why connecting homes is only the beginning, and how education,...
Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business ·
Tesla has unveiled a redesigned version of its long-delayed Roadster, showcasing an electric sports car capable of performing mid-air manoeuvres using rocket-style thrusters developed in collaboration with SpaceX . The demonstration,...
TechAfrica News ·
Amazon has introduced two new personal artificial intelligence (AI) devices under its Bee brand, expanding its range of tools designed to turn everyday conversations into summaries, reminders, to-do lists and personalised insights. The...
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The telco pledges R20 million to the IEC’s digital infrastructure for the 4 November local government elections.
TechAfrica News ·
The UAE Cyber Security Council (CSC), in collaboration with etisalat UAE, has developed Discovery Secure, a centralised platform designed to manage the visibility and governance lifecycle of cyber threat intelligence within a secure,...
TechCabal ·
Africa’s unemployment rate looks relatively low by global standards. In 2025, the continent’s rate stood at 6.3%. But that figure tells only part of the story.
CIO Africa · · Medium severity
Morocco’s role as a digital link between African and European networks is drawing more cross-border cyber threats, Mastercard said while...
DefenceWeb ·
When terrorists attacked Cabo Delgado nine years ago on 5 October 2017, the Mozambique Defence Armed Forces (FADM) was taken [...]
Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business ·
LinkedIn is rolling out a comprehensive suite of new features designed to reflect the increasingly fragmented nature of modern work. Acknowledging the surge in side hustles, AI-assisted projects, and multi-track careers, the...
TechCabal ·
For one young South African, a digital skills programme became a route into employment. For thousands more, that opportunity depends on whether South Africa can unlock billions of rand in skills funding already sitting within its...
Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business ·
YouTube is actively negotiating with major book publishers to launch a dedicated audiobooks feature as early as next year, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal . While Google has not officially confirmed the initiative,...
CIO Africa ·
FiveNines Group, an infrastructure company, has joined Nexus Core Systems to design a planned 20MW AI data centre in Morocco,...
TechAfrica News ·
Verizon and Ericsson have announced the completion of what they describe as the first pre-standard 6G field call in the 7 GHz band, conducted at a Verizon commercial network site in Concord, California, marking a step forward in testing...
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