Kenya is the world's fifth-largest user of stablecoins, with 6.1 million people (10.71% of the population) now using cryptocurrency for remittances, payments, and savings
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...
TOP TRENDING
On a cold afternoon in Nairobi’s Donholm estate last July, a supermarket manager stands between neatly stacked shelves...
Google is extending its generative artificial intelligence ambitions into music, adding a new feature to its Gemini app...
Chinese handset maker TECNO has launched the CAMON 50 Pro in Kenya, positioning the device as an AI-powered...
Unilever and Google Cloud announced a five-year partnership aimed at reshaping how consumer packaged goods are discovered, marketed,...
Companies racing to block artificial intelligence bots from scraping their websites may be undermining their own ability to...
As companies increasingly integrate artificial intelligence into their operations, a critical question emerges: are we, as a society...
At the DAT Summit Hong Kong, EDENA Capital Partners introduced what it called the world’s first artificial intelligence-driven...
For most British undergraduates, generative artificial intelligence has become less a novelty than a fixture of academic life....
Valentine’s Day in Kenya is shifting from grand gestures to quiet reflection, according to a report from Spotify....
FUTURISM
You Can Now Create Music Using Google’s Gemini App
Analytically, the introduction of Lyria 3 underscores a broader shift in how technology companies define creativity. Music generation joins text, images and video as media forms that can now be assembled through prompts rather than instruments or studios. By lowering the barrier to composition, Google is effectively redefining music creation as an extension of conversational computing
Britain’s New Data Law Is Reshaping How Students Use AI
As the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 rolls out, British universities are entering a new phase of the artificial intelligence era, one in which widespread student reliance on generative tools collides with stricter rules on automated decision-making, privacy safeguards and accountability, reshaping not whether students use A.I., but how cautiously and consciously they do so
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
4IR STARTUPS
Yango’s Zambia Expansion Hinges on One Thing: Payments
Ride-hailing and food delivery platforms have multiplied in recent years, promising convenience and new income streams. Yet their long-term viability depends on something less visible: whether customers trust digital transactions enough to abandon cash
A Nairobi Start-up is Betting on AI to be the Operating System for African SMEs
KiliMax is showing that technology built for African realities can do more than automate tasks. By combining inventory, sales, finances, and marketing into one system, it allows retailers to see what is happening in real time, cut waste, speed up reporting, and plan for growth
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
METAVERSE
As artificial intelligence redraws the architecture of global power, diplomacy is no longer confined to embassies and treaty...
The accusations landed in a terse blog post, but their implications reach far beyond Silicon Valley. Anthropic, the...
Google is extending its generative artificial intelligence ambitions into music, adding a new feature to its Gemini app...
Unilever and Google Cloud announced a five-year partnership aimed at reshaping how consumer packaged goods are discovered, marketed,...
Companies racing to block artificial intelligence bots from scraping their websites may be undermining their own ability to...
For most British undergraduates, generative artificial intelligence has become less a novelty than a fixture of academic life....
At Dreamforce, Salesforce unveiled Agentforce Sales, a new vision for customer relationship management built around autonomous agents designed...
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...
EDITOR'S PICKS
Kenya is the world's fifth-largest user of stablecoins, with 6.1 million people (10.71% of the population) now using cryptocurrency for remittances, payments, and savings
“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...
BLOCKCHAIN
EDENA Unveils AI-Driven ‘Autonomic Financial OS’ Aimed at Sovereign Assets
At a Hong Kong summit that brought together senior government officials and leading blockchain executives, EDENA Capital Partners introduced what it describes as the first artificial intelligence-driven master rail for sovereign and state-linked assets, a system designed to automate issuance, compliance and settlement while moving more than $20 billion in initial public infrastructure and energy projects onto blockchain-based financial infrastructure.
Binance Links Road Safety to Digital Asset Protection in Kenya Campaign
As crypto adoption accelerates in Kenya and the country moves toward ratifying a digital assets law signed by President William Ruto last October, Binance is using a community safety campaign to stress the importance of user protection as more Kenyans enter the regulated crypto market
M-Pesa’s $450 Billion Network Meets the $300 Billion Global Stablecoin Economy
Kenya is the world's fifth-largest user of stablecoins, with 6.1 million people (10.71% of the population) now using cryptocurrency for remittances, payments, and savings
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
AI / BIG DATA
PODCAST: Where Does Africa Truly Stand in AI Governance? with Amb. Philip Thigo
If AI represents a new form of power, the conversation shifts from who builds it to who sets the rules and whose interests those rules ultimately serve. The stakes extend far beyond any single nation.
China’s “AI Tigers” Are Copying Our Homework – Anthropic
In the end, the dispute may matter less for who copied whom and more for what it reveals: that in the age of artificial intelligence, power flows not just from chips and code, but from access. If models can be distilled, replicated and reassembled across borders, then export controls may slow competition without fully containing it
You Can Now Create Music Using Google’s Gemini App
Analytically, the introduction of Lyria 3 underscores a broader shift in how technology companies define creativity. Music generation joins text, images and video as media forms that can now be assembled through prompts rather than instruments or studios. By lowering the barrier to composition, Google is effectively redefining music creation as an extension of conversational computing
As Companies Block AI Bots, Assistants Are Quietly Rewriting Their Brands
A new analysis of 66.7 billion bot interactions suggests businesses trying to wall off A.I. training systems may be ceding influence to the assistants that now summarize prices, compare products and shape customer decisions.
Britain’s New Data Law Is Reshaping How Students Use AI
As the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 rolls out, British universities are entering a new phase of the artificial intelligence era, one in which widespread student reliance on generative tools collides with stricter rules on automated decision-making, privacy safeguards and accountability, reshaping not whether students use A.I., but how cautiously and consciously they do so
Salesforce Links ChatGPT Directly to Live CRM Data
The integration links OpenAI’s models with Salesforce’s CRM system, aiming to reduce the friction of modern sales work while expanding the reach of autonomous agents beyond Salesforce’s own products
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
CYBER SECURITY
In the technology industry, 2025 was widely billed as the year artificial intelligence would transform cyberwarfare. According to...
As Valentine’s Day approaches, federal law enforcement agencies across the United States are issuing urgent warnings about a...
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,...