“Journalists and media owners in the Global South need to make this scrutiny a central part of our work, especially because our governments aren’t doing it — and show no sign that they plan to anytime soon.”
EDITOR'S PICKS
As artificial intelligence sweeps across economies and governments alike, a quieter crisis is unfolding beneath the excitement: the...
Quantum AI, the fusion of quantum computing and artificial intelligence, is poised to redefine the limits of computational...
TOP TRENDING
For years, European governments have spoken about digital sovereignty as a strategic necessity, investing heavily in sovereign cloud...
Over the past two years, Generative AI (GenAI) has captured global attention, including here in Kenya, thanks to...
Global data science and AI competition platform Zindi, has partnered with the Artificial Intelligence Innovation Centre to stage...
Uber Eats has offered a glimpse into how Kenyans ate, ordered and lived in 2025, releasing a report...
Senegal’s Minister of Communication, Telecommunications and Digital Economy, Alioune Sall, has launched a program to install satellite antennas...
With hardware chief John Ternus emerging as a front-runner for CEO, the question on everyone’s mind is whether...
Apple chip chief Johny Srouji addressed speculation about his future in an internal memo on Monday, saying he...
Inside the cavernous halls of the Las Vegas Convention Center this week, Amazon Web Services set out an...
Modern gaming featured prominently today as China Village unveiled its second hypermarket at Juja City Mall, introducing Virtual...
FUTURISM
BOOTH: Three Predictions for Fintech in Africa in 2026
"In 2026, we shall likely see regional consolidation, with a few dominant payment rails connecting multiple countries and offering interoperability. For fintechs, this presents a chance to power a new era of digital trade."
AWS Partners in Kenya Can Earn Seven Times the Cloud Sold – Omdia Report
The long-term takeaway is that the $7.13 multiplier is not simply a reward for selling more cloud volume; it is a marker of depth in advisory, in architecture, in AI, and in the ability to retain customers for long
Quantum AI Moves from Lab to Industry, Africa Seeks Role in Global Innovation
The fusion of quantum computing and AI is redefining computational limits and problem-solving capabilities, and African researchers are positioning themselves to make meaningful contributions on the international stage
Ghana Joins the Global Quantum Conversation
If the world was searching for evidence that Africa intends to shape frontier science rather than wait for its outcomes, it arrived in the form of a student-driven hackathon and a campus buzzing with the possibility that quantum tools might one day help solve problems rooted in their own soil
OYETAYO: Why Embedded Finance is the Missing Link for Kenyan Marketplaces
As Kenyan marketplaces expand regionally, they increasingly serve customers in Uganda and Tanzania. Cross-border purchases are a growth vector, but currency fragmentation and manual conversions deter buyers and sellers. Embedded payments with built-in currency routing can solve this
Reimagination Tech, Neurogine Partner to Expand $69 Billion Contactless Payments Market
By combining RIT’s expertise in social and conversational commerce with Neurogine’s robust hardware and software stack, the alliance aims to provide small and medium-sized merchants with secure, efficient, and scalable payment solutions.
Qatar Airways Expands Starlink Internet Access Across Its Long Haul Fleet
The Doha based carrier is moving faster than any of its rivals to turn high speed satellite internet into a basic expectation rather than a luxury in the sky
4IR STARTUPS
Can a Swiss Startup Really Make Smartphones Sovereign?
For now, Soverli sits at the uneasy intersection of geopolitical ambition and platform reality, betting that the next battle over digital sovereignty will be fought not in data centers, but in the phones people already carry in their pockets
Latitude59 Targets Africa’s Next Innovation Wave at Nairobi Conference
The expansion of the Estonian event reflects growing interest from European institutions and investors in Africa’s tech markets, where demand for capital, skills and cross-border partnerships continues to rise
Can AI Finally Fix America’s Broken Construction Machine?
America's infrastructure boom demands trillions in factories, data centers, and grids—yet costs have doubled and timelines tripled since the 1960s. Can this AI startup finally hack construction's chaos?
Industrial AR Leader RealWear Seeks to Define the Industry Standard by Licensing Ari OS
With the launch of Ari OS, RealWear is making hands-free, voice first computing a true reality for the frontline workforce through a powerful new voice-first operating system. Launching with the RealWear Arc 3, Ari OS empowers workers to control applications and access AI-assisted workflows using natural language.
AI Startup Onton Raises $7.5M to Reinvent the Way You Decide What to Buy
Its novel neurosymbolic AI foundation, a next generation search and inspiration engine, now helps more than 2 million monthly users cut through complexity, find products they trust, and make confident decisions instantly
Albatross Raises $12.5 Million to Reinvent Real-time Product Discovery
While much of the industry focuses on large language models that generate content, Albatross is building the second pillar of AI: understanding how users perceive and interact with content in real time. It is built on transformer-based architecture with sequential embedding models trained directly on live events
Hummink Raises $17 Million to Repair the Smallest Flaws in Electronics
Behind the funding round is a growing belief that precision at the sub micron level will decide who leads the next wave of microelectronics
METAVERSE
Global data science and AI competition platform Zindi, has partnered with the Artificial Intelligence Innovation Centre to stage...
Inside the cavernous halls of the Las Vegas Convention Center this week, Amazon Web Services set out an...
Chinese AI companies are quietly tapping into Kenya’s young workforce, hiring students and recent graduates to label thousands...
As artificial intelligence sweeps across economies and governments alike, a quieter crisis is unfolding beneath the excitement: the...
The soaring power demands of Artificial Intelligence (AI) are colliding with a fundamental challenge in data centers: heat....
Zoho, a global technology company, is expanding its investment in Africa’s digital future through the growth of its...
Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud have announced a new multicloud connectivity solution designed to simplify enterprise infrastructure,...
Kenya’s technology boom, already fueled by cloud adoption, may be entering an unprecedented financial phase. New data suggests...
Chinese autonomous vehicle companies are rapidly accelerating their global growth, outpacing major U.S. competitors such as Waymo and...
EDITOR'S PICKS
“Journalists and media owners in the Global South need to make this scrutiny a central part of our work, especially because our governments aren’t doing it — and show no sign that they plan to anytime soon.”
As artificial intelligence sweeps across economies and governments alike, a quieter crisis is unfolding beneath the excitement: the...
Quantum AI, the fusion of quantum computing and artificial intelligence, is poised to redefine the limits of computational...
BLOCKCHAIN
CV VC Deepens Africa Portfolio With Blockchain-Enabled Startups
From digital address verification to cross-border payments, CV VC is backing entrepreneurs who are transforming local challenges into platforms with continental and global relevance, positioning Africa as a critical player in the next wave of technological disruption
Crypto Content Creators Embrace AI and Authenticity to Navigate the Age of Finfluencers
As AI and cultural shifts reshape content creation, the campus highlighted how authenticity remains the essential currency for creators poised to influence the next decade
A Personal Tribute: Monica Singer, the Visionary Who Believed in Blockchain
Prof Monica Singer was more than a pioneer in blockchain and finance. She was a tireless fighter against corruption, a mentor to young women in technology, and a good soul who believed that systems could be fair and people could be trusted
After Kenya Legalized Crypto, Tether Has Invested in Kotani Pay
With Kenya’s new crypto law in place, Tether’s backing of Kotani Pay highlights the growing convergence of regulation, innovation, and financial inclusion across Africa
Kenyan President Signs Crypto Bill Into Law
Kenya has finally given its booming crypto market a rulebook. But as the government tightens oversight on digital assets, the move tests whether regulation can coexist with the freewheeling innovation that made Kenya a global fintech pioneer
New Index Ranks the Most Dangerous Countries for Crypto Executives
From ransomware hubs in Russia to SIM-swap surges in the UK and soaring ATM exposure in the United States, the Executive Crypto Threat Index paints a sobering picture of how geography now shapes the risks of holding digital fortune
Standard Chartered Sees Bitcoin Hitting $135,000 Soon
Bitcoin’s latest surge underscores a growing confidence among institutional investors, betting on the cryptocurrency to carve new records amid financial uncertainty and shifting market dynamics
AI / BIG DATA
Zindi Hackathon Aims to Fix What AI Gets Wrong About Caribbean Speech
In a region long overlooked by global technology systems, a new hackathon is using local voices and data to challenge how artificial intelligence understands speech
AWS Bets on Agentic AI as Kenyan Firms Prepare for 2026 Shift
What is unfolding now is less a race against machines than a chance to redesign how work gets done. For Kenyan companies and cloud developers, agentic AI promises something rare in technology: leverage instead of replacement, speed without sacrifice, and scale without surrendering control
Opaque Networks in Kenya are Fueling China’s Global AI Ambitions
While AI promises a future of speed and intelligence, its foundation in Kenya is built on the overlooked labor of young workers, navigating opaque networks and grueling hours for pennies a day. As the world marvels at artificial minds, the human cost of their training remains largely invisible, an unvarnished reminder that the AI boom rests on fragile, undervalued hands
The Global Race for Compute Power is Leaving Poor Nations Behind – World Bank
For all the hype around AI’s promise to democratize opportunity, a quieter truth is emerging: without the massive computing resources required to train modern models, many countries risk becoming permanent spectators in a technological revolution that increasingly rewards only those who can afford the machines behind it
Chinese Robotaxi Firms Outpace U.S. Rivals in Global Expansion as Industry Hits Tipping Point
With fleets rapidly growing and international deployments underway, Chinese firms like Baidu, Pony.ai, and WeRide are leveraging homegrown R&D, deep integration with ride-hailing platforms, and key regulatory wins to edge ahead of Waymo and Tesla in the race to make driverless taxis a profitable reality
“Like Sticking Your Finger in an Electric Socket”: Stephen Witt Reveals How Jensen Huang Really Runs Nvidia
With Nvidia positioned at the center of one of the largest capital deployments in human history, Witt takes us inside the mad-scientist origins of the AI boom, the secret data barns pulsing with power, and the CEO whose electric intensity and fear of failure set the tone for an industry hurtling into uncharted territory
Google’s Gemini 3 Sets New Benchmarks as Kenya Races to Build AI Skills
As Kenyans search for AI knowledge at record levels, Google is betting that its most advanced model yet will help define how the continent steps into the next wave of digital transformation
CYBER SECURITY
Cyber attacks across Africa are rising fast and becoming more sophisticated, with criminals now leaning on artificial intelligence...
Zerik Security has announced that TekGenio Inc., a global technology solutions company, will participate in the ZerikCyber25 Conference...
Britain’s push to roll out a new national digital identity card, the so-called “Brit card,” is being hailed...
The United Kingdom has taken a dramatic step in its fight against cybercrime: banning public bodies and critical...
A man in his forties has been arrested in connection with a cyberattack that crippled check-in systems at...
Passengers across Europe endured another day of delays on Monday as airports struggled with the fallout from a...
Cybercriminals don’t just target systems, they target people. Nearly 95% of cyber incidents stem from preventable human error,...
Kenya’s digital economy is under unprecedented pressure from cybercrime, with financial losses mounting amid a surge in cyber...
As Africa races toward a digital future, the rising tide of phishing threatens to sweep away hard-won gains—exposing a critical need for urgent, united action to build resilience, bolster awareness, and defend the continent’s connected communities before the cost becomes irreversible