CIO Africa

5 Nov 2025 - In Kenya, special occasions such as birthdays and holidays often come with financial stress, especially in recent years as the... Source

4 Nov 2025 - Amazon Web Services (AWS) and OpenAI have announced a multi-year strategic partnership that will see AWS provide its world-class infrastructure...…

4 Nov 2025 - Mastercard hosted its first-ever Africa Edge Summit, bringing together leaders from across Africa’s payments ecosystem to discuss how collaboration…

4 Nov 2025 - Africa stands at a decisive inflection point in the global digital economy. Despite representing more than 17 per cent of... Source

3 Nov 2025 - Messaging app Telegram has been restricted across Kenya, with many users reporting that they can only access the platform using... Source

3 Nov 2025 - Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky has uncovered a phishing scheme aimed at users of Coinbase, the popular cryptocurrency exchange platform. The attackers…

3 Nov 2025 - KCB Group, Kenya’s largest lender by assets, has announced plans to acquire a minority stake in digital payments firm Pesapal... Source

3 Nov 2025 - The Africa Venture Philanthropy Alliance (AVPA) has officially opened its 2025 Annual Conference today at the Trademark Hotel in Nairobi,... Source

31 Oct 2025 - Absa has entered into a strategic partnership with Huawei to deploy an innovative Private Cloud Solution. This accelerates its transformation...…

31 Oct 2025 - MTN has completed a major modernisation of its Enterprise Value Analytics (EVA) platform in South Africa, migrating it to Microsoft... Source

31 Oct 2025 - Everyone’s talking about artificial intelligence. And I mean everyone. The hype reminds me of the fanfare around 5G’s launch – all... Source

30 Oct 2025 - The security challenge of trust and boundaries breaking down means the erosion of clear digital perimeters and reliable relationships between...…

30 Oct 2025 - For more than two decades, CIOs and IT leaders have battled the same stubborn reality: despite massive advances in technology,... Source

29 Oct 2025 - Last month, we delivered a comprehensive email platform for a Nigerian state government in 28 days. The same project would... Source

29 Oct 2025 - The stage is set for the 17th edition of CIO100 Awards and Symposium, famously dubbed the greatest tech leadership gathering... Source

29 Oct 2025 - Pesapal has introduced Drive, a digital fleet fuel management platform aimed at helping businesses in East Africa reduce losses linked... Source

29 Oct 2025 - Imagine you’re driving down the expressway over a random weekend. Your windows are open, letting in a cool mid-morning breeze.... Source

29 Oct 2025 - American multinational technology company, Meta has entered a deal with Safaricom to bring its second submarine cable to Kenya. Through... Source

28 Oct 2025 - The most forward-thinking ICT leaders are discovering that true innovation begins with inclusion. As artificial intelligence (AI), automation, and…

28 Oct 2025 - Kenya has once again emerged as the East African nation most targeted by Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks in... Source

28 Oct 2025 - Tatu City has launched its After-School Artificial Intelligence (AI) Program under Tatu Reach, the city’s Environmental, Social and Governance…

28 Oct 2025 - Cloud services provider, Unicloud Africa Limited, has launched its operations at the Civic Centre in Victoria Island, Lagos. The launch... Source

27 Oct 2025 - Mauritius’ Ministry of Education, in collaboration with Mauritius Telecom, has launched an artificial intelligence platform dubbed mytGPT for…

27 Oct 2025 - Velents.ai, a rising startup specializing in enterprise AI solutions, has closed a $1.5 million funding round as it unveils Agent.sa,... Source

24 Oct 2025 - Following the rollout of its regulatory framework for crypto assets, the Nigerian government is turning its attention to stablecoins, digital...…

23 Oct 2025 - Microsoft has released its 2025 Digital Defense Report, painting a sobering picture of the evolving global cyberthreat landscape and warning... Source

23 Oct 2025 - The Kenyan subsidiary of the global payments firm PayU Kenya Limited has officially ceased operations following the revocation of its... Source

23 Oct 2025 - African businesses are moving beyond digital experimentation and into a new era of strategic execution, according to the CIO100 Megatrends... Source

22 Oct 2025 - South Africa’s schools and universities have quietly become critical pieces of national digital infrastructure, yet they remain among the easiest...…

22 Oct 2025 - As South Africa’s digital economy matures, so too does its exposure to cyber threats, and the country is now among... Source

21 Oct 2025 - Attack surface management (ASM) has grown exponentially in recent years, evolving into a recognised market category that equips businesses with...…

21 Oct 2025 - Amazon Web Services (AWS) suffered a major outage on Monday, disrupting vast portions of the internet and exposing the world’s... Source

21 Oct 2025 - Egyptian fintech company Money Fellows has exceeded 8 million users, with over 2 million rotating savings groups completed through its... Source

21 Oct 2025 - South African technology giant Altron has launched the country’s first fully operational AI Factory, marking a major milestone in local... Source

16 Oct 2025 - NCBA Bank has unveiled ConnectPlus, a next-generation corporate banking platform powered by Intellect’s eMACH.ai Wholesale Banking Cloud. Valued at $…

15 Oct 2025 - CIO Africa and Deloitte & Touche LLP today announced a strategic collaboration to bring independent auditing, transparency and global rigour...…

15 Oct 2025 - Morocco-based Chari closed a USD 12 million Series A funding round. The round was led by SPE Capital and Orange... Source

15 Oct 2025 - Newly established sub-Saharan African towers platform, Paradigm Tower Ventures, has made its maiden investment by closing the acquisition of HIS...…

14 Oct 2025 - A logistics firm in Nairobi lost its internet connection for two days last year. Forty-eight hours. That was all it... Source

14 Oct 2025 - The Middle East and Africa (MEA) are entering a new phase of digital acceleration driven by 5G. Nokia’s newly released... Source

14 Oct 2025 - The world’s largest tech and AI event, GITEX GLOBAL 2025, opened to capacity crowds and the largest coalition of global... Source

13 Oct 2025 - Choice Microfinance Bank Kenya Limited (Choice Bank) has partnered with Pesalink to give customers faster, more affordable, and reliable payment...…

13 Oct 2025 - Four young Kenyan women, the brains behind the AI-powered fintech platform ‘Jasho-Powering Your Hustle’, are set to represent Kenya at the...…

13 Oct 2025 - Kenya Copyright Board (KECOBO in collaboration with other enforcement authorities, have arrested a suspect following an extensive investigation into…

11 Oct 2025 - As stablecoins redefine the financial landscape across Africa, their rise tells a story not of trend-chasing but of resilience. Entrepreneurs...…

9 Oct 2025 - Cyber threats today are constantly evolving, targeting individuals and organisations alike with ever-increasing and sophisticated tactics. Whether…

9 Oct 2025 - Africa remains the most targeted region for cyberattacks, with an average of 2,902 attacks per organisation per week. Check Point... Source

9 Oct 2025 - Kenya is one step away from enacting its first-ever cryptocurrency law after Parliament passed the Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASP)... Source

9 Oct 2025 - Botswana has hosted the first-ever MIT Kuo Sharper Center Early-Stage Program Demo Day, marking a major milestone in the country’s... Source

8 Oct 2025 - Modern data centres are evolving into agile, high-efficiency ecosystems designed to meet rising digital demands. What started as basic mainframe...…