Yellow Card has won Gold in the Diamond category at the 2026 Money Awards, marking its second consecutive win at the fintech awards. According to Money20/20, the Diamond category is the awards’ highest honour, recognising transformative achievements in global financial technology. Yellow Card previously won the Grand Prix in the Payments category in 2025. The…
Airtel Zambia has held discussions with Zambia’s Minister of Finance and National Planning, Situmbeko Musokotwane, on strengthening collaboration to support the country’s economic transformation agenda. The engagement was led by Airtel Zambia Managing Director Hussam Baday, who headed a company delegation on a courtesy visit to the minister. Discussions focused on opportunities to advance financial…
Microsoft has announced an expansion of its Sovereign Cloud capabilities, introducing new tools and services designed to give governments and enterprises greater control over how they deploy, manage and secure cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. The announcement was made during Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s keynote at the Microsoft Frontier Tour in Paris. The globally…
The Medusa Submarine Cable System has completed the Pre-Laid Shore End (PLSE) installation in Benghazi, Libya, marking another step towards expanding its high-capacity submarine cable network across the Mediterranean. The PLSE is the section of submarine cable installed in advance between a land-based landing site and an offshore connection point. This preparatory stage establishes the…
Egyptian consumer finance company Souhoola has received approval from the Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) to conduct consumer finance activities using financial technology through V-Lens, marking a new step in its digital transformation strategy. The approval supports Souhoola’s efforts to expand its financing solutions, improve service delivery and enhance the customer experience in Egypt’s non-banking financial…
Rawbank, a leading bank in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is expanding its digital transformation strategy by adopting the SBS Digital Banking Suite to accelerate the delivery of digital banking services. The bank already uses SBS Core Amplitude, a modular and secure core banking solution that enables financial institutions to manage operations through a…
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has become the first country in the World Health Organization (WHO) African Region to deploy the Preparedness Data Exchange (PDX), a platform designed to strengthen health emergency preparedness and public health intelligence. According to the WHO African Region, the platform is now live in the country, marking a step…
Nigeria’s National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), in partnership with Cisco, has convened the English West and Central Africa Instructor Safari Conference 2026 in Abuja to strengthen digital skills development and prepare learners for the future of work. Held at the UBEC Digital Resource Centre, the conference brought together instructors, partners and stakeholders to explore…
Airtel Uganda has welcomed Buremba Senior Secondary School in Kazo District to the Airtel Africa Foundation’s Adopt A School Programme, extending digital learning support to 719 learners and 23 teachers. Under the programme, the school received a refurbished computer laboratory, 10 desktop computers and a high-speed internet connection. The initiative also included improvements to the…
Yellow Card has won Gold in the Diamond category at the 2026 Money Awards, marking its second consecutive win at the fintech awards. According to Money20/20, the Diamond category is the awards’ highest honour, recognising transformative achievements in global financial technology. Yellow Card previously won the Grand Prix in the Payments category in 2025. The…
Nigeria’s National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has launched the National Digital Literacy Dashboard to track digital literacy initiatives, strengthen coordination among training providers and support data-driven policy decisions. Over the past three years, the dashboard has recorded 2,769,512 reported digital literacy training achievements from 252 active reporting organisations. Its coverage spans all 774 local…
Nokia, T-Mobile and NVIDIA have completed what they describe as the world’s first AI-RAN call at a commercial cell site in Bellevue, Washington, advancing efforts to integrate artificial intelligence into radio access networks. The call was conducted over T-Mobile’s live production network using Nokia’s Massive MIMO radio, 5G anyRAN software and server infrastructure powered by…
