KCB Bank Kenya and Airtel Money Kenya Limited have announced an interoperability partnership where Airtel Money customers will now be able to make payments directly to KCB merchants’ tills through the Lipa Na KCB service. This marks a key milestone in achieving a secure, fast, efficient, and collaborative payments system […]
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Uncap launches €30 Million Fund to help African SMEs scale. SMEs account for about 90% of African businesses, yet they face many challenges in raising capital. Uncap has launched Unconventional Capital, a €30 million fund aimed at providing revenue-based financing to early-stage small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across Africa without. […]
NBA Africa has announced the selection of 10 startups from seven African countries to pitch their products at a Demo Day on September 25 at NBA headquarters in New York City. This event is part of the “Triple-Double: NBA Africa Startup Accelerator,” launched in April 2024 to support Africa’s tech […]
Salesforce has introduced Agentforce, a new suite of autonomous AI agents designed to enhance efficiency across service, sales, marketing, and commerce. This innovative platform allows companies to scale their workforces on demand, with AI agents handling tasks like customer service inquiries, qualifying sales leads, and optimizing marketing campaigns. Agentforce gives […]
Zoho Corporation, a leading global technology company, today launched a new version of Zoho Analytics—Zoho’s self-service Business Intelligence and analytics platform. Among more than 100 other enhancements, Zoho Analytics has developed powerful new AI and Machine Learning capabilities, enabling diagnostic insights, predictive analysis, and automated report and dashboard generation. Additionally, Zoho […]
Sophos, a global cybersecurity firm, has released a report detailing a nearly two-year-long Chinese cyberespionage campaign in Southeast Asia. The operation, named “Crimson Palace,” was first identified by Sophos X-Ops in June and involves three clusters of Chinese state-sponsored activity—Cluster Alpha, Bravo, and Charlie—targeting a high-profile government organization. After a […]
Talk360, the international calling app that connects with reliable and affordable calls to any landline or mobile phone, has successfully raised $1.4 million in a Pre-Series A funding round. This round was led by its long-standing investor, Havaic. This capital injection will drive the company’s goal of connecting seven million people […]
For OPPO Reno12 Series customers using two SIM cards, AI LinkBoost improves SIM card switching speed by 52%. When network signal is weak, phone slowdown can make using data-intensive apps incredibly frustrating. Smartphones help us stay connected, keep us in touch, empower work on the go and so much more, […]
Bayobab Kenya, which is part of Bayobab Group, the digital infrastructure business arm of MTN Group, is thrilled to announce the completion of a multi-million-shilling long-distance fibre network, connecting Mombasa to Malaba and Busia. The long-distance fibre runs up to the border of Kenya and Uganda where it interconnects into […]
Students of Menyenya Secondary School in Nyamira County, Bradford Nyangiri and Felix Makori have emerged as the overall winners of the seventh edition of the Annual Young Scientists Kenya [YSK] National Science and Technology Exhibition. Their project, titled “Sunken Cooking Jacket,” stood out in a competitive field of 1780 submissions […]
