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TechAfrica News ·
Network International, the leading fintech company across the Middle East and Africa (MEA), and Commercial Bank of Dubai (CBD) have expanded their merchant lending referral partnership beyond point-of-sale (POS) loans. This will provide...
CIO Africa ·
Google has begun releasing its Gemini 4 Argon model to vetted cyber defenders, with paid API customers and AI Ultra...
TechCabal ·
Andrew Milne, the Kuunda co-founder who helped build the technology connecting banks to small businesses and mobile money users across Africa, died on October 13, the company said. Only days earlier, he celebrated completing a secondary...
TechAfrica News ·
Gabon’s National Agency for Digital Infrastructure and Frequencies (ANINF) is strengthening its cybersecurity capabilities through participation in the Octopus 2026 Conference, held from October 14 to 16 in Strasbourg, France. Organised...
TechAfrica News ·
Ghana’s Minister for Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations, Samuel Nartey George, has urged participants in the government’s One Million Coders Programme (OMCP) to complete all three training levels to improve their...
TechAfrica News ·
Ghana’s Minister for Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations , Samuel Nartey George, has begun a two-day working tour of the Volta Region to assess telecommunications infrastructure, inspect digital skills training centres and...
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The AI for Africa Hackathon Challenge gave UJ students hands-on experience developing AI solutions to real-world problems.
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Cyber security and education professionals say training in cyber security and AI must be intensified, with stronger collaboration between education institutions and industry.
Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business ·
AfricaWorks Investment Partners (AWIP) has successfully closed its second real estate fund, AWIP II, securing $25 million in combined equity and debt. Functioning as the real estate investment arm of the flexible workspace provider...
TechCabal ·
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TechCentral ·
Amid sweeping layoffs, Netflix has replaced the content chief whose tenure included Squid Game and Bridgerton.
CXO Insight Middle East ·
Redington has expanded its longstanding relationship with Lenovo Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG), becoming an authorised distributor for Lenovo’s server portfolio in Iraq. The agreement strengthens Redington’s growing technology...
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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has officially reassured mobile phone users across the country that its recently introduced Device Checker system and enhanced Type Approval compliance framework cannot and will not access...
Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business ·
On 12 October, Microsoft’s Africa Development Centre (ADC) in Nairobi informed its staff that the engineering operation would close . Within hours, Kenyans on X quickly started to find someone to blame. A popular post, viewed over...
Tech In Africa ·
African electric logistics company Bisedge has secured €10 million ($11.2 million) in debt financing from Finnfund , Finland’s development finance institution, to expand its electric industrial equipment operations across Africa. The...
Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business ·
Volvo is expanding its nearly decade-long partnership with Nvidia to develop more advanced automated-driving systems capable of navigating both urban streets and highways. Announced on October 15, the expanded collaboration will combine...
Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business ·
Kenya’s Court of Appeal on 13 October refused to suspend the High Court judgment that cancelled the government’s sale of a 15% stake in Safaricom to Vodacom. Justices Luka Kimaru, Johnson Okello and Kathurima M’Inoti rejected...
Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business ·
Figma is introducing new tools to help companies guide how artificial intelligence agents create designs, generate code and build digital products, as the design platform expands its AI capabilities. Announced at the company’s first...
Tech In Africa ·
South African fintech company Kuunda has completed a $5 million secondary share transaction, creating an opportunity for its early investors to sell their holdings while strengthening the company’s long-term investment partnerships. The...
Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business ·
Spotify has expanded its audiobook offering to Nigeria, allowing users to access books alongside the platform’s existing music and podcast services. The rollout, which began on October 14, gives Nigerian listeners access to Spotify’s...
TechCabal ·
Moniepoint UK Limited, the UK subsidiary of fintech unicorn Moniepoint Inc., made $36,284 in revenue in 2025, according to annual reports filed with UK regulators . The company said the figure represents one month of activity after...
Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business ·
A South Sudanese lawyer has asked the country’s telecoms regulator to stop MTN South Sudan from deleting customers’ unused data and voice bundles when they expire. The petition, filed by Advocate Peter Malou Jalap through the Juba firm...
TechCabal ·
Five months after fabricated academic references forced South Africa to withdraw its draft national artificial intelligence (AI) policy, one of the two officials suspended over the scandal has resigned. Disciplinary proceedings against...
Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business ·
Amazon is expanding its personal artificial intelligence hardware lineup with two new Bee devices designed to capture everyday conversations and turn them into summaries, reminders, and actionable tasks. The launch introduces an...
Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business ·
Google has launched Universal Cart, an AI-powered shopping tool that lets users save products from multiple retailers in one place, track price changes, and manage purchases across Google Search and the Gemini app. The launch, announced...
TechAfrica News ·
Nithio has provided financing to MAX, extending the Nigerian mobility company’s Series B3 funding round to $29 million as it expands its electric mobility solutions and clean energy infrastructure across Africa. The investment will...
iAfrica.com ·
East Africa’s biggest company Safaricom uses artificial intelligence to prevent 94% of attempted fraud in real time, its chief executive said on Wednesday, as the Kenyan government warned that the same technology was making cybercrime...
TechCabal ·
What if frontier AI doesn’t need a multi-billion-dollar data centre to be smart? Every time an AI model generates code or reasons through a prompt, an immense amount of electricity is burned behind the scenes. As workloads grow more...
TechCentral ·
Paratus Zambia has connected 18 Family Legacy schools in Lusaka using Starlink satellite internet.
TechAfrica News ·
Universal Service Funds (USFs) rest on a simple arrangement. Licensed telecom operators pay a percentage of their revenue into a central fund, which finances connectivity in remote, low-density areas. The model was designed around...
TechAfrica News ·
Ooredoo Qatar has launched what it describes as Qatar’s first 5G+ mobile network, marking a new phase in the country’s digital connectivity development and expanding the infrastructure available to consumers and businesses. The launch...
TechAfrica News ·
DE-CIX, a global Internet, Cloud and AI Exchange operator headquartered in Germany, has launched an open-source Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that allows businesses to search for, procure, deploy and manage network connections...
TechAfrica News ·
Zain Jordan has announced that its Regional Centre for Data and Information Storage and Disaster Recovery, known as THE BUNKER, has received the Tier III Gold Certification of Operational Sustainability (TCOS) from the Uptime Institute...
TechAfrica News ·
Uganda and South Korea are exploring expanded cooperation in digital transformation, with discussions focusing on artificial intelligence (AI), digital infrastructure, ICT skills development, innovation and digital government services....
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South African insurance providers are “quickly” catching up with banks in implementing AI tools for their operations, despite the lack of a National AI Policy.
Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business ·
AstraZeneca is expanding its use of artificial intelligence in pharmaceutical research through a new partnership with biotechnology company insitro, committing $40 million upfront to discover potential treatments for difficult-to-treat...
TechCabal ·
Kenya is proposing approval requirements for significant investments in payment companies, potentially lengthening fundraising for startups as the central bank strengthens its oversight of the industry. The draft National Payment System...
CXO Insight Middle East ·
Oracle announced Oracle Startup Growth Engine , a new component of its Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) programme. Designed for high-growth, venture-backed technology companies, Startup Growth Engine helps qualified partners develop, scale,...
TechAfrica News ·
For years the story in rural Africa has been the same. Build another tower, run more fibre, hope the numbers eventually work. In many places they never quite do.
TechCabal ·
Table of contents Price and availability Can you buy either phone in Africa? Performance and gaming Detailed specs Which phone should you buy? Frequently asked questions Comparing the OnePlus 16 vs RedMagic 12 Pro+ comes down to one...
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