CIO Africa

10 Oct 2023 - Being the Director of Global Cyber Threat Intelligence at Nike, one can only imagine how tough it was to track... Source

9 Oct 2023 - Meet Kate McBride who at the time of this interview was the Chief of ICT Services for the United Nations... Source

9 Oct 2023 - Technology distributor, Westcon Comstor, recently highlighted the comprehensive Zero Trust capabilities of Check Point. In Today’s evolving threat landscape the... Source

9 Oct 2023 - Pan-Africa’s Ecobank Group has announced Koree, a fintech company based in Cameroon, as the overall winner of the 2023 Ecobank... Source

9 Oct 2023 - When you are your country’s oldest and largest private financial institution and have a market share of nearly half the... Source

9 Oct 2023 - In recent days, digitization has been gradually spreading  across various sectors, notably the insurance industry. It has experienced significant transformation... Source

6 Oct 2023 - Corporations across the globe have embraced Customer Service Week, a dedicated time each year to celebrate and reinforce their commitment... Source

6 Oct 2023 - TigerLogic Africa, a cybersecurity and service assurance company, yesterday launched its Kenyan office in Nairobi to tap into the East... Source

4 Oct 2023 - Mastercard and Equity Bank Uganda have signed a memorandum of understanding today aimed at improving financial inclusion for digitally excluded... Source

4 Oct 2023 - Over-confidence is leaving consumers in Kenya at risk of becoming victims of fraud, according to Visa’s latest Stay Secure study.... Source

4 Oct 2023 - Amazon Web Services (AWS), on Wednesday, opened a development centre in Nairobi, Kenya, to bolster its global operations. The Centre... Source

4 Oct 2023 - The Great Tech Reset (a recalibration of growth versus spending as investors and consumers grow more cautious while the economy... Source

4 Oct 2023 - Westcon-Comstor, a leading technology distributor, today announced the groundbreaking launch of its 3D Labs in Africa, a transformative solution for... Source

3 Oct 2023 - When I first met Njeri Rionge, she was in the throes of a Spartan life. She had just shaved off... Source

3 Oct 2023 - The Zanzibar eGovernment Agency (eGAZ) has announced a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with iLabAfrica-Strathmore University. eGAZ is a public... Source

3 Oct 2023 - Kenyan MSMEs are fundamental to the nation’s economy employing over 14.9 million people and contributing to 40% of the country’s... Source

3 Oct 2023 - Microsoft has announced a partnership with M-PESA Africa to drive capacity building and digitisation for Micro, Small and Medium SMEs... Source

3 Oct 2023 - In an era where data breaches have become rampant, data privacy cannot be overlooked. Governments and organizations worldwide are grappling... Source

2 Oct 2023 - As Zimbabwe sets its sights on achieving a $12 billion mining industry by year-end, Pfungwa Kunaka, Permanent Secretary for Mines... Source

2 Oct 2023 - Email compromise still accounts for around 90 per cent of breaches that occur within businesses on a daily basis, something... Source

2 Oct 2023 - NCBA Bancassurance Intermediary LTD, a subsidiary of NCBA Group, has launched a digital insurance portal that empowers its customers to... Source

29 Sep 2023 - “Government as a Platform” (GaaP) is a concept that envisions the government’s role as a facilitator of services and data... Source

29 Sep 2023 - Eliud Owalo, the Cabinet Secretary at the Ministry of ICT and Digital Economy, graced the second day of the dx5... Source

28 Sep 2023 - At the dx5 Smart Gov Summit, held at the Edge Convention Centre in Nairobi, much talk was around Digital Transformation... Source

28 Sep 2023 - The SmartGov Summit, a highly anticipated event, kicked off Thursday providing the stage for experts drawn from diverse backgrounds to... Source

27 Sep 2023 - Safaricom has launched a revamped in-country cloud computing platform and services, to help businesses and organisations digitise their operations, offer flexibility and resilience... Source

27 Sep 2023 - Kaspersky, a global cybersecurity firm, research has uncovered a thriving underground economy on the dark web focused on Internet of... Source

27 Sep 2023 - NTT Ltd has announced a strategic engagement with Qualcomm Technologies to invest in and accelerate the development of the 5G... Source

26 Sep 2023 - Acronis, a global cyber protection company, has announced the launch of Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office (formerly Acronis True Image).... Source

26 Sep 2023 - The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) has issued three penalty notices to different data controllers for failing to... Source

26 Sep 2023 - With the rapid evolution of technology, businesses worldwide are embracing strategies that place customers at the heart of their operations.... Source

25 Sep 2023 - X has announced its plan to shut down its ‘Circles’ feature as of October 31st, 2023. This offering was intended... Source

25 Sep 2023 - Microsoft has partnered with Africa’s multifaceted technology powerhouse, dx⁵, for the Smart Gov Summit 2023. The event is scheduled to... Source

25 Sep 2023 - Education is arguably the single most important investment a society can make in its future. And most people only get... Source

22 Sep 2023 - YouTube has unveiled its latest game-changing innovation at the recent Made on YouTube Event. The new app, YouTube Create, a... Source

22 Sep 2023 - Global cloud communications platform Infobip is the leading Communications Platform as a Service (CPaaS) market, announced analyst firm Gartner. In... Source

22 Sep 2023 - Mastercard has announced a strategic partnership with Lipa Later, a credit-led and technology-driven fintech that aims to accelerate the expansion... Source

21 Sep 2023 - Kenya has formally received hosting rights for the 2024 IASP (International Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation) world... Source

21 Sep 2023 - Juliana Rotich, Head of Department for Fintech Integration Solutions at Safaricom, has been appointed as a member of the AI... Source

21 Sep 2023 - Malicious objects of all types were detected and blocked on 34 percent of Industrial Control System (ICS) computers in the... Source

21 Sep 2023 - Sometime around 2014/2015, I had a couple of rather persistent ‘admirers.’ One of them took to calling every single night... Source

21 Sep 2023 - The World’s largest tech and start-up event, Gitex Global, is set for 16th to 20th October at the Dubai World... Source

20 Sep 2023 - Findings on a major sha zhu pan (pig butchering) operation utilizing fake trading pools of cryptocurrency to steal more than... Source

19 Sep 2023 - Equity Bank and Mastercard have signed an ambitious Customer Business Agreement aimed at giving customers a broad range of benefits... Source

19 Sep 2023 - At the dusk of Monday evening, Ezra Chiloba was suspended from his job as the Director General of the Communications... Source

18 Sep 2023 - dx⁵ is thrilled to announce the 4th Annual Most Influential Women In Digital Transformation, Africa, 2023 awards, and we need... Source

18 Sep 2023 - The CIO100 Awards, Africa’s premier recognition of excellence in information technology leadership, has concluded the application phase with an unprecedented... Source

18 Sep 2023 - In light of recent disruptions involving undersea Internet cables, the importance of these cables for South Africa and the entire... Source

18 Sep 2023 - Search trends released from Google have shown that people are now searching for Artificial Intelligence (AI) more than ever with... Source

16 Sep 2023 - President William Ruto has invited American technology companies to set up manufacturing operations and regional offices in Kenya. The President... Source