CIO Africa

28 Nov 2025 - Across Africa, governments are racing to modernise trade systems, yet the skills needed to run those systems are not advancing... Source

28 Nov 2025 - Grace Anyetei calls herself an ‘analytical creative’, a combination that sounds contradictory until she explains it. Numbers are her playground,...…

28 Nov 2025 - South Africa has launched a major new initiative under its Business 20 (B20) presidency: the B20 South Africa Digital Inclusion... Source

28 Nov 2025 - The continent of 1.5+ billion is ever-expanding. Currently in the throes of a major technological boom, Africa is witnessing more... Source

27 Nov 2025 - Across Africa, women are the engines of growth, resilience, and innovation. They make up 58 per cent of the self-employed... Source

27 Nov 2025 - The era of adopting artificial intelligence simply because it is the “must-do cool thing” is officially over. As African businesses... Source

27 Nov 2025 - Over the past few years, the data centre industry has undergone a profound digital transformation as organisations across various sectors... Source

27 Nov 2025 - M-KOPA Kenya has unlocked more than $1.593 billion (KES 207 billion) in access to formal credit since 2010, according to... Source

27 Nov 2025 - Opera, software innovator, has renewed its partnership with Safaricom to provide 1.5GB of free browsing data every month to Opera... Source

26 Nov 2025 - Safaricom PLC has unveiled Daraja 3.0, a major upgrade to its M-PESA API platform, introducing cloud-native architecture, enhanced security features…

26 Nov 2025 - Over the past decade, Kenyan businesses have modernised through cloud-based software—from HR systems to CRM platforms to digital payment tools....…

25 Nov 2025 - Vertiv, a global provider of critical digital infrastructure, and Caterpillar Inc., a global leader in power systems, have announced a... Source

25 Nov 2025 - From deepfakes to zero-day exploits, the battlefield for digital security is shifting rapidly, and the weapon of choice is artificial... Source

25 Nov 2025 - Wingu Africa has launched Wingu Cloud Exchange (WCX), a locally hosted private cloud platform designed for the wider East African... Source

21 Nov 2025 - Deborah Mutungi Is The CIO of The Year 2025! Deborah Mutungi was crowned with the coveted award at the 17th... Source

21 Nov 2025 - The debate on whether IT is still a cost centre took centre stage at the 17th edition of the CIO100... Source

20 Nov 2025 - As digital disruption accelerates across industries, African CEOs are confronting a new reality: leadership today demands far more than operational…

20 Nov 2025 - Day Two of the 17th CIO100 Symposium & Awards 2025 opened with a powerful charge to Africa’s technology leaders: build,... Source

18 Nov 2025 - Only 18 per cent of organisations in South Africa are fully prepared for AI – they’re 4x more likely to... Source

18 Nov 2025 - Microsoft has launched Project Gecko, a new artificial intelligence initiative designed to improve how AI works for underrepresented communities by…

18 Nov 2025 - Rural Kenya has become the unexpected powerhouse of the country’s digital retail economy, accounting for 60% of all Jumia orders... Source

17 Nov 2025 - Digital hoarding poses a significant and often underestimated cybersecurity risk that extends far beyond a simple productivity issue. Like a... Source

17 Nov 2025 - A widespread cyberattack on Monday morning disrupted dozens of Kenyan government websites, knocking key platforms offline and replacing official…

14 Nov 2025 - Pesapal, a financial services and business solutions provider, has partnered with KCB Bank Kenya to transform fuel station operations across... Source

14 Nov 2025 - Africa’s digital payments ecosystem is accelerating faster than ever, with new data reaffirming the continent’s shift toward more inclusive and...…

13 Nov 2025 - When a young coder in Mthatha can work on the same project as a climate scientist in São Paulo or... Source

13 Nov 2025 - Over the past decade, the Government of Kenya has expanded digital government services from 10 to more than 20,000, enabling... Source

13 Nov 2025 - At the Africa Tech Festival in Cape Town, one of the most thought-provoking sessions didn’t dwell on AI’s capabilities but... Source

13 Nov 2025 - Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Sybyl, and IXAfrica Data Centre Limited (iXAfrica) have announced a strategic partnership to establish and scale...…

13 Nov 2025 - At the bustling Africa Tech Festival in Cape Town, amidst product launches and policy declarations, one voice stood out not... Source

12 Nov 2025 - Vanu, Inc. has announced a partnership with Amazon’s low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite network, Project Kuiper, to boost rural connectivity... Source

12 Nov 2025 - Millions of South Africans still sit on the wrong side of the digital divide. Approximately 21 per cent of the... Source

12 Nov 2025 - Global technology leader, Cassava Technologies, has made progress with its project to establish Africa’s first network GPU-as-a-Service (GPUaaS)…

12 Nov 2025 - The conversation around AI in Africa is changing, from abstract potential to real-world application. At the Africa Tech Festival in... Source

11 Nov 2025 - Africa is taking decisive steps to assert its digital sovereignty. Across the continent, governments, technology hubs, and innovators are building…

11 Nov 2025 - Equinix, a global digital infrastructure company has announced its intention to open its latest high performance data centre in Lagos,... Source

10 Nov 2025 - When you meet most people in IT leadership, you expect to hear about their years in coding, their engineering degrees,... Source

10 Nov 2025 - Teraco, a Digital Realty company and leading provider of interconnection platforms and vendor-neutral colocation data centres, has completed the…

10 Nov 2025 - The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has announced plans to introduce a new automated digital system to validate income and expenses declared...…

10 Nov 2025 - Electric vehicle manufacturer Roam has opened its doors to private investors for the first time through a new crowdfunding campaign... Source

8 Nov 2025 - When fiber optic cables first reached Africa’s shores, their promise was largely confined to coastal cities. High-speed internet landed at... Source

7 Nov 2025 - The role of the CEO has been mutating for decades. Now, in an AI-charged world, it is, once again, falling... Source

7 Nov 2025 - I have observed how my daughter makes payments, and it reflects a shift that is transforming the global economy. Millennials... Source

7 Nov 2025 - This November, Naivasha will be the place where CIOs, CTOs and digital leaders will meet to exchange ideas, challenge norms,... Source

7 Nov 2025 - Fortinet is set to host the highly anticipated Security Day Kenya 2025 on 12 November at the Emara Ole-Sereni Hotel.... Source

7 Nov 2025 - Paymentwall will showcase Banana Platform, a white-label banking solution that lets banks, fintechs, telcos and platforms offer multi-currency…

7 Nov 2025 - Safaricom Plc has posted a 52.1 percent rise in post-tax profit to $329 million (Sh42.8 billion) for the first half... Source

6 Nov 2025 - In East Africa, we’re experiencing an exciting period of business growth driven, in part, by digital transformation and its myriad... Source

6 Nov 2025 - AXIAN Telecom Fibre Ltd (Yas), a subsidiary of AXIAN Telecom Holding and Management PLC, has completed the acquisition of a... Source

5 Nov 2025 - Pan-African telecommunications provider Paratus Group has announced its entry into Uganda through a joint venture with Roke Telkom Ltd, one... Source