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1 PalmPay Named Leadership Fintech Company of the Year 2026, Reinforces Commitment to Secure Banking

2 GrowthX by Techeconomy: Coker, Ehize, Durosawo, Others Confirmed as Data Localisation Tops Discussion

3 Saviynt Appoints Kamel Heus as Vice President of Sales for the Middle East and Africa

4 Gospel Omotosho & Treford Launch Exclusive 4-Week Marketing Accelerator to Bridge Entry-Level Portfolio Gap

5 Ericsson and FIS aim to make deploying wallet-led digital financial services easier

PalmPay

PalmPay Named Leadership Fintech Company of the Year 2026, Reinforces Commitment to Secure Banking

September 9, 2026

WhatsApp Business

5 Ways WhatsApp Business helps you grow

September 9, 2026

Marketing

Marketing Makes Awareness as Recall Requires Branding

September 9, 2026

GrowthX

GrowthX by Techeconomy: Coker, Ehize, Durosawo, Others Confirmed as Data Localisation Tops Discussion

September 9, 2026

Cold chain technologies

Cold Chain Technology in Africa: Solving the Food Waste Problem

September 9, 2026

pension tech

Africa’s Pension Tech Gap: Why Retirement Savings Remain Largely Offline

September 8, 2026

Kamel Heus, Vice President of Sales - Middle East and Africa, Saviynt

Saviynt Appoints Kamel Heus as Vice President of Sales for the Middle East and Africa

September 8, 2026

Power your hustle with WhatsApp Business

WhatsApp spotlights Nigerian small businesses in ‘Power your hustle with WhatsApp Business’ campaign

September 7, 2026

Remittance Startups

How Remittance Startups Are Undercutting Western Union Across Africa

September 6, 2026

diaspora funding

Diaspora Angels: How African Professionals Abroad Are Funding Back Home

September 5, 2026

Gospel Omotosho, Senior Growth Manager at LemFi

Gospel Omotosho & Treford Launch Exclusive 4-Week Marketing Accelerator to Bridge Entry-Level Portfolio Gap

September 4, 2026

Ericsson

Ericsson and FIS aim to make deploying wallet-led digital financial services easier

September 4, 2026

PalmPay

PalmPay Named Leadership Fintech Company of the Year 2026, Reinforces Commitment to Secure Banking

WhatsApp Business

5 Ways WhatsApp Business helps you grow

Marketing

Marketing Makes Awareness as Recall Requires Branding

GrowthX

GrowthX by Techeconomy: Coker, Ehize, Durosawo, Others Confirmed as Data Localisation Tops Discussion

Cold chain technologies

Cold Chain Technology in Africa: Solving the Food Waste Problem

pension tech

Africa’s Pension Tech Gap: Why Retirement Savings Remain Largely Offline

PalmPay

PalmPay Named Leadership Fintech Company of the Year 2026, Reinforces Commitment to Secure Banking

GrowthX

GrowthX by Techeconomy: Coker, Ehize, Durosawo, Others Confirmed as Data Localisation Tops Discussion

Kamel Heus, Vice President of Sales - Middle East and Africa, Saviynt

Saviynt Appoints Kamel Heus as Vice President of Sales for the Middle East and Africa

Gospel Omotosho, Senior Growth Manager at LemFi

Gospel Omotosho & Treford Launch Exclusive 4-Week Marketing Accelerator to Bridge Entry-Level Portfolio Gap

Ericsson

Ericsson and FIS aim to make deploying wallet-led digital financial services easier

Africa's AI Boom

Human Time Return: Why Africa’s AI Boom Should Be Measured by the Life It Gives Back, Not Just the Work It Automates

AI events

The Work After the Room: What Practical AI Events Need to Create Real Value

St. George's University

St. George’s University and Hilton College Establish New Medical Education Pathway for South African Students

Marketing

Marketing Makes Awareness as Recall Requires Branding

Power your hustle with WhatsApp Business

WhatsApp spotlights Nigerian small businesses in ‘Power your hustle with WhatsApp Business’ campaign

diaspora funding

Diaspora Angels: How African Professionals Abroad Are Funding Back Home

uber

Uber Just Left Nigeria. Here’s What 12 Years of Its Presence Taught the Market

procurement fraud

SAS, FACTS Consulting urge organisations to detect procurement fraud before losses escalate

dollar strength

What Dollar Strength Cycle mean for Traders

PalmPay

PalmPay Expands Opportunities for Nigerians to Earn More

Transforming Small Business

Transforming Small Business Services with AI: From Basics to Action

Magnus Emenuga and MEmbedded TechLab

From a Muddy Street in Aba to Building Nigeria’s First Homegrown Phone: The Magnus Emenuga Story

Comply54, Oluwajuwon Steven Omotayo

The Compliance Layer AI Agent Frameworks Forgot to Build: The Story of Comply54

Ekele E. James

Ekele E. James: The Engineer Who Turned His Laptop into a Free Lab for Africa’s Next DevOps Generation

Josiah Allen

Josiah Allen : The Student Founder Building StudyCrew and Redefining the Future of Learning

Idah Abdulwahab Dominion

From No Light to Building Communities Worth Millions – Idah Abdulwahab Story

Design - Toheeb Popoola

After a Decade Designing for Global Brands, He Built a Finance App That Doesn’t Touch Your Bank Data

Rene Dzernyuy

Rooted in Africa, Building for the Digital Frontier-The Rene Dzernyuy Story

Dr. Ahmed Magem

Dr. Ahmed Magem: The Man Using Tech, Community, and Purpose to Build Nigeria’s Digital Future

WhatsApp

WhatsApp Begins Testing On-Device Scam Alert Feature, Starting With Android Beta Users

Kaspersky

Kaspersky empowered Cleopatra Hospitals Group to detect severe cyber incidents 75% faster

TrueConf videoconferencing servers

Organisations face new attacks via unpatched TrueConf videoconferencing servers, Kaspersky warns

ESET Threat Report

ESET Threat Report: Kenyan organisations are being attacked by the basics

Ransomware Attacks

Ransomware Attacks Double Year over Year as July 2026 Cyber Threat Volumes Continue to Rise Worldwide

Microsoft Leads Q2 2026 Brand Phishing as ChatGPT Emerges as a New Phishing Target

Bloomwit Africa

Nigeria’s First ‘Deepfake Election’: Bloomwit Africa’s New Report Warns the 2027 Vote Will Be Fought in Channels No One Can See

Meta AI

Meta Introduces AI Alerts to Notify Parents of Teens Showing Signs of Distress

WhatsApp

WhatsApp Begins Testing On-Device Scam Alert Feature, Starting With Android Beta Users

WhatsApp

New Account Security Features for WhatsApp

Meta AI

Meta AI Just Got a To-Do List — And It’s Ticking Off Your Tasks

Meta AI

Meta Introduces AI Alerts to Notify Parents of Teens Showing Signs of Distress

Meta Muse Image

Meta Launches Muse Image, Its First In-House AI Image Generator, as Competition in Visual AI Intensifies

WhatsApp_username

WhatsApp is Letting You Reserve Your Username

Google Gemini

Google Gemini’s Avatar Tool Expands Access to Paid Subscribers

Google

Google Overhauls Search With AI Agents, a Smarter Search Box, and Personal Context

Africa's AI Boom

Human Time Return: Why Africa’s AI Boom Should Be Measured by the Life It Gives Back, Not Just the Work It Automates

AI events

The Work After the Room: What Practical AI Events Need to Create Real Value

Voice AI

Voice AI Is Finally Learning to Speak Yoruba, Hausa, Swahili and Zulu

legal services

How AI Is Rewiring Legal Services in Africa

GITEX Ai Türkiye

GITEX Ai Türkiye to debut as Eurasia’s digital corridor between global capital and Türkiye’s AI startups

Meta

Meta Wants Its AI to Run Your Business Dashboard. Here’s What That Actually Means

CleanTech Funding

CleanTech Funding in Africa: Who Is Actually Writing the Cheques

solar africa

Who Is Leading in Africa’s Fastest-Growing Solar Market?

Waste-to-Wonder

Green Economy

7-Year-Old Eco-Hero Launches “Waste-to-Wonder” Campaign in South Africa

GreenTech in Africa

Green Economy

GreenTech in Africa: Renewable Energy Solutions Reshaping the Continent