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NCBA Bank has unveiled ConnectPlus, a next-generation corporate banking platform powered by Intellect’s eMACH.ai Wholesale Banking Cloud. Valued at $6... Source| CIO Africa
CIO Africa and Deloitte & Touche LLP today announced a strategic collaboration to bring independent auditing, transparency and global rigour... Source| CIO Africa
Morocco-based Chari closed a USD 12 million Series A funding round. The round was led by SPE Capital and Orange... Source| CIO Africa
Newly established sub-Saharan African towers platform, Paradigm Tower Ventures, has made its maiden investment by closing the acquisition of HIS... Source| CIO Africa
A logistics firm in Nairobi lost its internet connection for two days last year. Forty-eight hours. That was all it... Source| CIO Africa
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) are entering a new phase of digital acceleration driven by 5G. Nokia’s newly released... Source| CIO Africa
The world’s largest tech and AI event, GITEX GLOBAL 2025, opened to capacity crowds and the largest coalition of global... Source| CIO Africa
Choice Microfinance Bank Kenya Limited (Choice Bank) has partnered with Pesalink to give customers faster, more affordable, and reliable payment... Source| CIO Africa
Four young Kenyan women, the brains behind the AI-powered fintech platform ‘Jasho-Powering Your Hustle’, are set to represent Kenya at the... Source| CIO Africa
Kenya Copyright Board (KECOBO in collaboration with other enforcement authorities, have arrested a suspect following an extensive investigation into a... Source| CIO Africa
As stablecoins redefine the financial landscape across Africa, their rise tells a story not of trend-chasing but of resilience. Entrepreneurs... Source| CIO Africa
Cyber threats today are constantly evolving, targeting individuals and organisations alike with ever-increasing and sophisticated tactics. Whether you’re scrolling social... Source| CIO Africa
Africa remains the most targeted region for cyberattacks, with an average of 2,902 attacks per organisation per week. Check Point... Source| CIO Africa
Kenya is one step away from enacting its first-ever cryptocurrency law after Parliament passed the Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASP)... Source| CIO Africa
Botswana has hosted the first-ever MIT Kuo Sharper Center Early-Stage Program Demo Day, marking a major milestone in the country’s... Source| CIO Africa
Global technology provider Westcon-Comstor has announced new partner investments and enablement initiatives under its alliance with Microsoft Sub-Saharan Africa. The... Source| CIO Africa
Modern data centres are evolving into agile, high-efficiency ecosystems designed to meet rising digital demands. What started as basic mainframe... Source| CIO Africa
Cast your mind back to the perspectives you held about things, places, or people when you were younger. Where did... Source| CIO Africa
When Safaricom launched in Kenya in 2000, it didn’t just enter a telecom market; it reshaped an economy. By blending... Source| CIO Africa
When Kenya’s largest broadcaster—Royal Media Services (RMS)—began its digital transformation, cybersecurity was not yet a headline concern. A decade ago,... Source| CIO Africa
By 2030, AI is projected to unlock 230 million digital jobs across Africa – a transformation comparable to South Korea’s... Source| CIO Africa
Customer Experience (CXaaS) company RightCom has announced the RightCom Customer Experience Summit 2025. The event is slated for October 29,... Source| CIO Africa
With the capabilities of AI advancing every year, its potential to address challenges once thought unsolvable is rapidly expanding, from... Source| CIO Africa
Last year, the average global cost of a cybersecurity breach was $4.9-million, according to the 2024 IBM Cost of a... Source| CIO Africa
A record 162 organisations across Africa have been shortlisted for the 2025 CIO100 Awards, competing for recognition as the continent’s... Source| CIO Africa
The African Venture Philanthropy Alliance (AVPA) has confirmed that Nairobi, Kenya, will be the host city for the 2025 AVPA... Source| CIO Africa
Kaspersky, Smart Africa, and Africaines in Tech have launched an innovative, science-backed career orientation test, Future You in Tech, created to promote professional development... Source| CIO Africa
Integrated financial services provider Old Mutual has launched Thrive, a new digital wellness platform to address the growing challenges of... Source| CIO Africa
When we first spoke to Alan Turnley-Jones, it was back in 2024 after he had just been appointed as the... Source| CIO Africa
Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc has appointed Chukwuma (Chuma) Nwokocha as the substantive Group Chief Executive, effective 2nd October 2025. The... Source| CIO Africa
Fintech company Network International and payment solution provider Magnati have announced the completion of their merger under the ownership of... Source| CIO Africa
Rwanda’s National Cyber Security Authority (NCSA), in collaboration with Cisco, today announced the launch of the CyberHub — a new... Source| CIO Africa
EFT Corporation, a payment solutions provider operating across African markets, has announced the appointment of Adri Führi as Group Chief... Source| CIO Africa
Educational technology startup G-funze has begun the private sale of its cryptocurrency token, ATUN, ahead of its launch of a hybrid learning platform| CIO Africa
There I was, minding my own business one day, when an employer reached out. He had spoken to the powers... Source| CIO Africa
The global payments company, Visa, has launched a pilot program through Visa Direct, allowing businesses to prefund payouts using stablecoins... Source| CIO Africa
Safaricom has announced the selection of 10 startups as finalists for the second cohort of the Spark Accelerator Program, chosen... Source| CIO Africa
Microsoft has appointed Vukani Mngxati as the Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft South Africa, effective 1 October 2025. In his... Source| CIO Africa
Global financial infrastructure company Tala has announced its expansion into Latin America, beginning with a launch in Guatemala, with plans... Source| CIO Africa
Integrated Payment Services Limited (IPSL), operators of Pesalink and Cellulant have expanded their partnership to simplify and scale customer-to-business (C2B)... Source| CIO Africa
Mastercard has announced a collaboration with Insurtech company Hillcroft (mTek) to launch embedded insurance solutions across East Africa The collaboration... Source| CIO Africa
Walk into any boardroom across Nairobi, Mombasa or Kisumu today, and you’ll hear the same conversations echoing as business leaders... Source| CIO Africa
As South Africa’s digital economy matures, so too does its exposure to cyber threats, and the country is now among... Source| CIO Africa
The Kenya Space Agency (KSA) has formed a cooperation with the Nigerian Communications Satellite (NIGCOMSAT) to set a course for... Source| CIO Africa
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has unveiled a bold plan to slash mobile money transaction fees by 57 percent,... Source| CIO Africa
INTERPOL has announced the arrest of 260 suspects and the seizure of 1,235 electronic devices in a coordinated international operation... Source| CIO Africa
Generative AI (GenAI) is fast becoming the new engine of digital transformation. Across Africa, executives are exploring how it can... Source| CIO Africa
Millions of young farmers across West Africa are re-inventing everyday social media platforms, transforming them into agricultural tools that improve... Source| CIO Africa
Cassava Technologies has entered a partnership with Accenture to expand its sovereign artificial intelligence (AI) capability across Africa, starting in... Source| CIO Africa
Mastercard has extended its commercial partnership with Smile ID, an identity verification provider in Africa to accelerate the rollout of... Source| CIO Africa
NTT DATA has appointed Jafar Kuruniyan as the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for its Middle East and Africa (MEA) operations, succeeding Barry Curtin| CIO Africa
Redington is reinforcing its growing commitment to Unlock Next and drive Africa’s digital transformation journey at the inaugural edition of GITEX Nigeria..| CIO Africa
CIO Africa speaks with AVPA’s CEO Frank Aswani how Africa can effectively mobilize and deploy capital| CIO Africa
Visa has launched Visa Pay in the DRC, introducing a new digital service that allows consumers and businesses to pay, get paid, and transfer money.| CIO Africa
The Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) has released its first rules for Direct-to-Mobile Phone (D2M) satellite services.| CIO Africa
The Internet to East Africa has been severely impaired.| CIO Africa