As AVEVA hosted its AVEVA Day in Johannesburg, IT News Africa sat down with Jesus Hernandez, Senior Vice President for EMEA, to discuss Africa’s industrial future, the realities of digital transformation, and the role of AI and data-driven operations in unlocking growth. Q: To start, can you tell us about your role at AVEVA and […]

South Africa’s healthcare system has undergone significant transformation since the end of apartheid, shifting from a deeply unequal structure to one increasingly focused on inclusivity and reform. While progress has been made in expanding access to public healthcare services, disparities between the private and public sectors remain a pressing concern. In response, the proposed National […]

Cross Switch has announced the appointment of Gillian Koinange as Head of Business Development, East Africa. Gillian brings over two decades of experience driving revenue growth and building strategic partnerships across Africa, with a strong focus on the IT, telecommunications, fintech, and SaaS sectors. She is recognized for her ability to scale pan-African portfolios, lead […]

Since its founding in 2017, the company says it has sold more than 30 million tickets and processed over $100 million in travel transactions in the past year alone, primarily across Kenya, Uganda, and South Africa.

Exabeam announced new Exabeam Agent Behavior Analytics (ABA) capabilities for agents built with Google Cloud’s Agent Development Kit (ADK) and an integration framework with Google Agent Gateway, establishing Exabeam at the forefront of securing enterprises as they adopt agentic workflows. This update extends Exabeam ABA across the Google agent ecosystem, including Gemini Enterprise, custom-built agents, and multi-agent […]

How to Use AI for Content Creation: A Practical Guide AI can speed up content creation, but the best results come from using it for research, outlining, drafting, editing, and repurposing, while keeping human judgment in control. This guide shows how creators, founders, marketers, and SMEs can use AI without losing voice, accuracy, or trust. TechCity

Gebeya Inc., the pan-African AI technology company behind Dala Studio, and PROFF-IT Investment Group (Pty) Ltd., trading as VukaOS, today announced a strategic alliance to transform how African startups are conceived, built, and scaled. The partnership integrates VukaOS, an AI-driven Ideation and Go-to-Market (GTM) engine, as a core module within Dala Studio, Africa’s all-in-one AI-powered […]

In today's edition: FCCPC approves five airtime and data lenders || M-Tiba to shut down health savings app || Absa Kenya is spending $23M on digital banking || Chery's new EV in South Africa

The bank said the recurring investment will make transactions easier and support its push into digital banking.

The decision marks a shift in M-TIBA’s model, from a consumer health savings wallet to an insurance management platform.

New tool from EV24.africa helps drivers in all 54 African countries compare electric vehicle savings using localized fuel and electricity data EV24.africa has launched SaveFuel.Africa, the first calculator designed specifically for African drivers to compare the cost of electric vehicles with petrol and diesel cars using country-specific data across all 54 African countries.The free online […] The post SaveFuel.Africa Launches as First Pan-African EV vs Fuel Cost Calculator appeared first on Tech In Africa.

Meta Tracking Employees’ Keystrokes and Screens to Train AI: What Workers Need to Know Meta just told its employees something most companies only hint at: your daily work is now training data.… TechCity

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu once declared: “Let the poor breathe.” As regulators bicker over jurisdiction and telecom giants suspend a service that millions of low-income Nigerian consumers use as emergency credit and as the desperate begin discarding their own phone lines to escape airtime debts they cannot repay, that promise is ringing hollow. EDITORIAL Key […] Continue reading %%POSTNAME%% at %%BLOGNAME%%.

In today's edition: CBN, NCC partner to monitor phone numbers || Kenya freezes accounts of Binance users || South Africa plans to investigate over-the-top platforms || Plug-in hybrid EVs reach record sales in South Africa

AI as a Creative Tool: Where It Helps and Where It Gets in the Way The rise of the AI creative tool has changed how people write, design, and create content. From generating… TechCity

Ever wished you could build a sleek, professional website just by chatting with AI? Forget about wrestling with complex code, confusing dashboards or expensive monthly fees. The future of web design is here and it is as easy as sending a text message. I am hosting an exclusive website design training in my WhatsApp group […]

Would you like to add bluetooth printer to Android phone? In this blog post, I’ll show you a simple mobile app you can use to get it done quickly and easily. If you are running a mobile business, managing a pop-up shop, or just need to use a portable thermal printer on the go, finding […]

The rebound masks an ecosystem still dominated by early-stage bets and a narrow focus on stablecoin-driven payments.

Nigeria’s BFree has secured fresh capital to expand its unconventional approach to one of Africa’s most persistent financial problems: the mountain of non-performing loans sitting on bank balance sheets with nowhere to go. The Lagos-headquartered ethical debt recovery startup has secured a $3 million debt investment from the Verdant Capital Hybrid Fund, the Johannesburg-based private […] The post BFree Secures New Funding to Buy Up Africa’s Bad Loans appeared first on Tech In Africa.

Algeria has taken a structural step toward turning its deep reserve of technical talent into an industrial asset, inaugurating the country’s first startup cluster specifically dedicated to artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. The cluster was launched at the Scientific and Technological Pole “Chahid Abdelhafid-Ihaddaden” in Sidi Abdellah, under the joint supervision of Higher Education and Scientific […] The post Algeria Launches Its First Startup Cluster Dedicated to AI and Cybersecurity appeared first on Tech In Africa.

Africa’s most-funded defence technology startup is building its biggest factory yet — and it’s not in Nigeria. Terra Industries has announced the construction of a 34,000-square-foot drone manufacturing facility in Accra, Ghana, named Pax-2, which will serve as the company’s primary regional manufacturing base for drone and counter-drone systems. Construction is in its final phase, […] The post Nigeria’s Terra Industries Takes Its Drone Manufacturing Ambitions to Ghana appeared first on Tech In Africa.

The proposed rules would fundamentally change how credit works in one of Africa's most active digital lending markets.

Keypoints Main Story The Central Bank of Nigeria has moved to close critical loopholes in the digital banking space. Speaking in Ibadan, financial analyst Tunji Adepeju explained that the latest guidelines are a direct response to the sophisticated methods used by fraudsters, particularly SIM swapping and unauthorized device mirroring. By enforcing a one-to-one relationship between […] Continue reading %%POSTNAME%% at %%BLOGNAME%%.

The move followed complaints on social media on Monday from users who claimed they had been locked out of their accounts with little explanation from Binance. 

This article walks you through every method available, what to do if something goes wrong, and what to watch out for this year.

To get to this stage, Uganda ‘Teens Canes” beat Zimbabwe 4-1 in second leg at Kampala following a 2-0 away results in Harare, for a 6-1 aggregate.

Afrisends is building logistics solutions for businesses in Francophone West Africa.

The organic molecules are not definitive evidence of past life, the NASA-led team emphasised, because they could also have formed on the red planet or crash-landed on meteorites.

The UN's International Organization for Migration said people were being forced into dangerous, irregular journeys when safe pathways were out of reach, and urged countries to find the political will to save more lives on migration routes.

Until now, banks have had no reliable way to verify the status of a mobile identity in real time.

The brand confirmed the date on April 17, 2026, through its official @Infinix_Mobile channel. 

Justice Bahati Mwamuye vacated the interim orders, finding that the proposed amendments had fundamentally altered the legal basis of the petition.

Murkomen told MPs that gangs have evolved from loosely organised street groups into “sophisticated and adaptive” criminal enterprises, with security agencies’ current assessment indicating there are over 100 organised gangs across the country, largely concentrated in major urban centres.

The President said it was necessary for Kenyans living abroad to verify information, saying there was a lot of deliberate misinformation aimed at achieving political and selfish ends. 

Petitioners claim the breach violated their constitutional rights to privacy, dignity, and consumer protection.

Now 33, he returns with confidence and hunger, fully aware of the elite field assembled for what promises to be a high-tempo race.