Mastercard and enza – a payment solutions company – have collaborated to connect fintech companies across Africa to the Mastercard network. This collaboration will enable fintech players to build propositions on the enza platform that serve both consumers and businesses with embedded Mastercard payment solutions capabilities. According to a report by the European Investment Bank, the number of fintech companies in Africa has nearly tripled since 2020. Many of these innovators focus on embedding payment services into broader solutions that tackle financial access, offering alternatives to legacy systems that often have a high cost to serve. Fintech companies in Africa will now…
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Genetec, the global leader in enterprise physical security software, hosted its inaugural security symposium as part of its regional strategy to consolidate its partners’ network and streamline access to unified, intelligent, and sector-specific security solutions across East Africa. Held in the beautiful Radisson Blu Hotel & Residence Nairobi Arboretum, the exclusive forum brought together key channel partners from Africa to explore emerging physical security challenges and demonstrate how integrated security can ultimately power safer, smarter, and more resilient organizations and public spaces. The symposium reinforced the commitment by Genetec to support East Africa’s economic growth through technology that protects the everyday while enabling operational efficiency and long-term…
Zoho has announced the launch of Zia Hubs, a solution within Zoho WorkDrive that brings new forms of unstructured business data into the company’s broad portfolio of applications and AI services. Using Zia Hubs, organisations can now present any type of business content to Zoho’s powerful capabilities and services—including agentic AI, comprehensive analysis, and accurate, unified search—regardless of file format or structure. “According to IDC, 80 percent of business data is unstructured,” said Veerakumar Natarajan, Country Head, Zoho Kenya. “Most unstructured data is text-based, meaning pertinent information lives within email conversations, social media posts, word processor documents, or audio and video transcripts. With Zia Hubs built into…
Liquid C2 has attained Platinum Partner status with global cyber security leader Sophos, the highest level in Sophos’ partner programme. As a Managed Service Provider Partner across Africa, we can deliver flexible, subscription-based solutions and services across the continent. This milestone, which applies to all its operations across the continent, highlights Liquid C2’s proven capabilities in delivering cutting-edge cyber security services. Additionally, our customers will now be able to access cutting-edge protection through a monthly billing model—eliminating the need for large upfront investments and making enterprise-grade security more accessible and scalable. “As African businesses grow and evolve, they are exposed…
NTT DATA has launched its new report, “The AI Security Balancing Act: From Risk to Innovation,” highlighting the opportunities and risks AI presents in cybersecurity. The findings show a misalignment among C-Suite leaders when it comes to business goals and operational readiness for GenAI deployment. The report, which includes data from an NTT DATA survey of morethan 2,300 senior GenAI decision makers, comprising 1,500 *C-Suite leaders across 34 countries, found that while CEOs and business leaders are committed to GenAI adoption, CISOs and operational leaders lack the necessary guidance, clarity and resources to fully address security risks and infrastructure challenges associated with…
Embed Financial Group Holdings (EFGH) has announced the appointment of Eric Mboma as Chief Executive Officer for Africa. “It is with great pleasure and gratitude for me to announce that we have onboarded Eric Mboma as our CEO for Africa. I have known Eric and worked with him for a few years in Africa, and our love for the continent, and our aspirations for it, are aligned in many ways. Always a steady pair of hands, with a strong strategic mindset coupled with exemplary execution skillset. With his knowledge and capabilities, Embed Financial Group Holdings will be on track for…
Africa Data Centres has formed a commercial partnership with Blue Turtle Technologies, one of South Africa’s leading enterprise IT solutions providers, to deploy colocation services in the Cape Town and Midrand data centres. This agreement marks a significant step in expanding South Africa’s enterprise cloud and digital infrastructure ecosystem, enabling secure, scalable, and compliant colocation and private hosted cloud services for local enterprise customers. The partnership enables Blue Turtle Technologies to deploy several racks, providing their enterprise clients with access to world-class, secure, and compliant colocation and private hosted cloud services. Additionally, this collaboration will also allow South African businesses…
DisrupTech Ventures, one of Egypt’s top early-stage fintech investors, has announced its first pan-African investment, backing Nigerian agri-tech startup Winich Farms as part of its Pre-Series A round. The Lagos-based company is using technology to tackle some of the most stubborn challenges in Nigeria’s agricultural sector: fragmented markets and lack of financial inclusion. “Our investment in Winich reflects our conviction in the potential of Nigeria’s agri-fintech sector and the scalability of its model,” said Mohamed Okasha, Managing Partner at DisrupTech Ventures. “Agriculture is also core to Egypt’s economy, and we look forward to sharing insights and best practices between both…
Infobip has announced its Conversational Experience Orchestration Platform (CXOP) — a game-changing solution that places agentic AI at the heart of every customer interaction. CXOP enables brands to move beyond static, rules-based workflows to deliver dynamic, goal-oriented conversations across marketing, sales, and support — at scale. The announcement builds on Infobip’s AI Hub, marking a major step forward by natively infusing agentic AI across Infobip’s entire award-winning product stack — unifying channels, data, and automation into a single intelligent platform. Built on Microsoft Azure OpenAI in Foundry Models, CXOP uses intelligent AI agents to orchestrate personalized customer journeys across channels like WhatsApp, RCS, and web…
Afya Gemma, an AI-powered clinical decision support platform developed by Aga Khan University Data Innovation Office has been selected from nearly 3,000 global applications to participate in the 2025 Google.org Accelerator: Generative AI. Google.org launched an open call to find the next Accelerator cohort, providing resources to help address barriers that prevent the social sector from harnessing the power of generative AI. Participants of the Google.org Accelerator: Generative AI will receive a share of $30M alongside six months of structured support with access to dedicated pro bono assistance from Google employees, technical training, and Google Cloud credits to build socially impactful gen AI-powered solutions. With…