Paystack has introduced South Africa’s first onsite card checkout for Shopify, allowing shoppers to complete card payments directly within a business’s online checkout without being redirected to a separate payment page. The update comes ahead of Black Friday, when businesses prepare for increased customer traffic and look for ways to improve the journey from product…
MTN Uganda has launched Mobile Money toll payments on the Kampala-Entebbe Expressway, giving motorists a digital option to pay toll fees directly from their mobile phones. The service, introduced in partnership with Uganda’s Ministry of Works and Transport and the Kampala-Entebbe Expressway, is currently available at the Busega, Kajjansi and Mpala Toll Plazas. The initiative…
Senegal’s Ministry of Telecommunications and Digital has held a national workshop to validate a national Blueprint on Data Valorisation as the country works to strengthen the economic, social, environmental and institutional value generated from data. Held on September 21 and 22, 2026, the two-day workshop was organised through the ministry’s Directorate of Information and Communication…
Yellow Card has appointed Ross Everett as its new Group Chief Financial Officer, adding an experienced financial services and technology executive to its global leadership team. Everett brings experience spanning digital banking, traditional banking and professional services. His previous positions include Group Financial Controller at digital bank Monzo, alongside roles at Deutsche Bank, Barclays and…
Paystack has introduced South Africa’s first onsite card checkout for Shopify, allowing shoppers to complete card payments directly within a business’s online checkout without being redirected to a separate payment page. The update comes ahead of Black Friday, when businesses prepare for increased customer traffic and look for ways to improve the journey from product…
MTN Uganda has launched Mobile Money toll payments on the Kampala-Entebbe Expressway, giving motorists a digital option to pay toll fees directly from their mobile phones. The service, introduced in partnership with Uganda’s Ministry of Works and Transport and the Kampala-Entebbe Expressway, is currently available at the Busega, Kajjansi and Mpala Toll Plazas. The initiative…
Spiro is expanding its technology skills development efforts in Uganda through the Spiro Academy, with Internet of Things (IoT) skills emerging as a key focus of its programmes. The company’s first-ever all-women cohort is providing young women from local communities with practical technology skills while creating opportunities to explore careers in the technology sector. The…
Egypt is expanding its national artificial intelligence and quantum computing programmes as the country strengthens AI governance, infrastructure, skills development and international cooperation. The National Council for Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Computing, and Emerging Technologies (NCAI), chaired by Minister of Communications and Information Technology Raafat Hendy, reviewed progress under Egypt’s National AI Strategy during its latest…
Airtel Uganda has launched Starlink satellite-to-mobile services, enabling customers with compatible smartphones to stay connected in areas beyond the reach of conventional terrestrial mobile networks. Uganda becomes the second African market where Airtel Africa has commercially introduced the service, following its launch in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in August. The service uses Starlink’s…
NuRAN Wireless Inc. has announced a pilot to evaluate licensed Starlink low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite service as a high-performance backhaul solution at a selected rural telecommunications site in Nigeria. The pilot will be conducted with long-time partner Infratel and will integrate NuRAN’s rural telecommunications infrastructure with LEO satellite connectivity. The companies will assess the…
NTT DATA is expanding the deployment of its AI-powered infrastructure operations platform to support complex global enterprise environments, combining real-time monitoring, predictive analytics and intelligent automation. The platform is designed to improve operational resilience, efficiency and visibility across local and global IT environments. Its deployment includes support for Daimler Truck, one of the world’s major…
Huawei has unveiled the Atlas 960E SuperPoD at HUAWEI CONNECT 2026 in Shanghai, introducing what the company describes as the industry’s first NPO-based SuperPoD designed to accelerate the training and inference of models with up to 10 trillion parameters. David Wang, Deputy Chairman of the Board and Rotating Chairman at Huawei, announced the system during…
