South Africa
Exploring the vibrant culture, economy, and technological advancements defining South Africa today.
- News
Apple Launches Tap to Pay on iPhone in South Africa. Kenya Still Locked Out
Apple's Tap to Pay on iPhone is now live in South Africa with Yoco and iStore Pay. Kenya still waits.
- Business
Kenya Lands 17 Firms on FT’s 2026 Africa Fastest-Growing List, Overtaking Nigeria β and the Detail Underneath Matters More
Kenya places 17 firms on FT's 2026 Africa Fastest-Growing ranking, beating Nigeria. Top three companies by revenue are Kenyan.
- News
Kenyans are installing unapproved software at a higher rate than META average, Kaspersky warns
Kenyan organisations may be doing better than some regional peers when it comes to having cybersecurity policies in place, but…
- Startups
A South African Fintech Just Raised $9.5M to Turn African Banks into Merchant Powerhouses β and Kenya Is on the List
South African fintech littlefish raises $9.5M to expand its bank-embedded merchant infrastructure platform to Kenya and across Africa.
- News
Nigeria and South Africa lead in X (Twitter) reply spam, new data shows
If you spend as much time on the platform as I do, youβve probably noticed the bizarre new product development…
- Business
South Africaβs Nedbank is spending big to control Kenyaβs NCBA β and its massive digital loan machine
Nedbank wants 66% of NCBA to leverage its digital lending engine for Pan-African expansion via cash and stock.
- Opinion
Xiaomiβs Africa push is starting to look deliberate with localized websites for Kenya, Nigeria, & South Africa
NOTE: The article has been updated (on Feb. 27) to include websites for Xiaomi in Egypt and Morocco. For some…
- News
Telegram is charging some users a one-week Premium subscription for SMS verification
For years, setting up Telegram on a new device has been a relatively painless process. Enter your number, receive a…
- News
MultiChoice delivers first DStv price cut under Canal+ with up to KES 9,000 discount
MultiChoice is finally slashing DStv decoder prices in Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria by as much as 40% online and…
- News
Google expands AI Plus to 6 more African countries
Just weeks after bringing its cheaper AI Plus plan to 40 countries, Google is at it again, this time expanding…
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Pay-as-you-go fibre: Inside fibertimeβs R5-per-day model powered by Nokia
Nokia and fibertime are rolling out R5-a-day uncapped fibre to 400,000 township homes across South Africa.
- News
The DStv you know is gone: Canal+ completes its $2 billion takeover of MultiChoice
French giant Canal+ acquired MultiChoice for ~$2 billion, creating a pan-African media powerhouse to challenge global streaming services.
- Interesting Reads
Report: Only 23.8% of Kenyan smart TV owners access digital content on TVs
Kenya is weirdly skilled at two things at once: weβre search-happy and we also still suffer from painfully slow fixed…
- Interesting Reads
Morocco & South Africa lead the World in Search Engine Use, Kenya not too far behind
For the better part of two decades, search engines like Google, Bing, and DuckDuckGo have been the internetβs front door.…
- Business
Former Google Executive Mahesh Jaishankar Tapped to Lead CMC Networks
CMC Networks appoints former Google executive Mahesh Jaishankar as Managing Director to drive its AI-powered connectivity growth in Africa.
