Standard Bank Group and UnionPay International have expanded UnionPay e-commerce acceptance to nearly 900 merchants across Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The expansion enables participating businesses to accept secure online payments from UnionPay cardholders in local currency, US dollars or both, depending on market requirements. The capability is expected to…
MTN Nigeria has achieved ISO 28000:2022 certification for its Supply Chain Security Management System (SCSMS), becoming the first telecommunications company in Nigeria to attain the international certification. The ISO 28000:2022 standard provides organisations with a framework to identify, assess and mitigate security risks across their supply chain ecosystems. The certification recognises organisations that establish structured…
Senegal and The Gambia are moving to strengthen bilateral digital cooperation following a working visit by Senegal’s Minister of Telecommunications and Digital Affairs, Samba Diouf, to Banjul. The visit focused on operationalising a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the two countries covering telecommunications and digital development. Discussions with Gambian officials and technical teams reviewed…
Nutanix has announced the general availability of Nutanix Enterprise AI (NAI) 2.8 and Service Provider Central, alongside the upcoming release of Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) 2.19. The new capabilities are designed to help enterprises deploy and manage artificial intelligence, containerised applications and virtual machines through a more unified infrastructure environment without requiring organisations to rebuild…
TTCL and the Zanzibar Football Federation (ZFF) have signed a sponsorship and partnership agreement aimed at strengthening the use of technology and digital communications in the development of football in Zanzibar. The agreement was signed on August 30 at the Golden Tulip Hotel in Zanzibar and will support the introduction of e-ticketing services through TTCL’s…
Huawei has launched its Agentic AI Cloud and related artificial intelligence solutions in Nigeria, strengthening its focus on local cloud infrastructure and accelerating the adoption of AI agents across key sectors. The solutions were unveiled at the Huawei Nigeria AI & Cloud Summit in Lagos on August 27, bringing together government officials, industry stakeholders and…
Uganda has taken another step towards strengthening its digital entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem after Smart Africa, in collaboration with the Ministry of ICT and National Guidance, convened a national stakeholder validation workshop in Kampala. The workshop brought together public institutions, regulators, academia, entrepreneurs, innovation hubs and ecosystem support organisations to review findings from Uganda’s Digital…
NITDA has concluded its 2026 Kids Long Vacation Coding Bootcamp across Kano, Kwara, Jigawa and Gombe states, introducing children to coding, computational thinking, digital creativity and emerging technologies. The programme also focused on critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, persistence and problem-solving, with participants in the completed locations receiving certificates and gadgets in recognition of their achievements….
