Raenest, a Nigerian cross-border payments company offering multicurrency accounts for freelancers and businesses, has launched its services in India and the Philippines.

In the past two years, Equinix has moved beyond the cable landing itself. It has built a modular cable landing station, rolled out roughly 250 kilometres of new terrestrial fibre linking Akwa Ibom to Rivers State

The service is targeted at African companies that have raised under $1 million and need focused, fast-turnaround communications support.

In recent years, Nigeria has quietly become one of Africa’s most active retail trading markets. What began as interest in forex and crypto speculation has evolved into something more structured: a growing number of Nigerian traders are now pursuing a prop trading career through international prop firms. The appeal is obvious. Instead of risking personal […] The post Prop Trading Career in Nigeria: Market Reality, Income Potential, and Long-Term Outlook appeared first on Tech In Africa.

In recent years, global ecommerce giants such as Shein and Temu have aggressively pursued market share in Africa. Their low prices and vast product assortments have captured attention — but for local retailers, the rise of these entrants presents both a challenge and an opportunity. The reality is clear: competing head-to-head on price with global […]

Africa hosts an estimated US$29.5 trillion in mine-site mineral value, representing about 20% of global mineral wealth, yet captures only a fraction of the economic value embedded in this endowment, according to a new study released today by Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) Of this total, US$8.6 trillion remains undeveloped, reflecting an under-explored continent where fragmented […] The post Africa Must Rewire US$29.5 Trillion Mineral Endowment Around Industry, Infrastructure and Demand, Africa Finance Corporation Study Say appeared first on Tech In Africa.

Mobile money has reshaped how millions of Africans send, receive, and store value. Yet for many users, access to online payments beyond local ecosystems has remained out of reach. In Senegal, however, that barrier is beginning to ease. Wave Mobile Money has officially launched a Visa virtual card, integrated directly into the Wave app, in […] The post Wave, Visa and Ecobank Senegal launch virtual card to expand online payments appeared first on Tech In Africa.

Sedna Africa has successfully delivered and commissioned the digital network infrastructure enabling autonomous drilling at First Quantum Minerals’ Sentinel Mine in Kalumbila. The project forms part of First Quantum’s broader strategy to modernize operations, improve safety and increase productivity as the company works toward its long-term copper production targets. Sedna Africa was responsible for supplying, […]

The loudest conversations in tech right now are about intelligence. Bigger models. Faster inference. Products that can reason, write, search, and act. But beneath the excitement sits a quieter crisis, one that doesn’t show up in demos or keynote slides. As software systems become more autonomous, the real bottleneck is no longer capability. It is […] The post Amid the AI boom, Ijeoma Eti Is Solving the Harder Problem Everyone Is Ignoring: Infrastructure Trust, Security, and Compliance appeared first on Tech In Africa.

Africa’s digital landscape is evolving fast. Smartphone penetration is rising, data costs are falling, and users are no longer satisfied with surface-level interactions. They want spaces that feel safe, relevant, and reflective of who they are. In other words, trust and community are becoming competitive differentiators in a way that global tech trends often overlook. […] The post Why Trust and Community Will Define the Next Wave of African Social Platforms appeared first on Tech In Africa.

In a landmark moment for South Africa’s telecommunications sector, Vuma, the Maziv-owned trailblazer of high-speed fibre-to-the-home, is ecstatic to announce that it has officially surpassed the one million subscriber milestone. What started as a grassroots project in the streets of Parkhurst has surged into a nationwide digital revolution. Today, Vuma stands as a titan of […]

 Veeam® Software has announced two senior appointments in its South African business as it continues to invest in local market growth and partner engagement.    Tracy Lona joins Veeam as Territory Manager for South Africa’s commercial business.  She brings more than 25 years of enterprise technology sales experience, with a track record of building markets and high-performing teams across Sub-Saharan […]

Nothing illustrates Nigeria’s growing dependence on the Internet more than how much people now spend on data. Between 2024 and 2025, national data spending jumped 171.41% to ₦7.62 trillion ($5.58 billion)

Best Budget Smartphones Nigeria 2024: Top Picks Under ₦200,000 A practical guide to the best budget smartphones in Nigeria for 2024, focusing on battery life, display quality, and real-world value. Recommended picks include the itel Power 70 for battery, Redmi Note 12/13 for balanced performance, and Tecno POVA 6 Neo for budget gaming. TechCity

The agentic era has arrived, and while businesses know they must keep pace with rapid change, not all businesses have the tools to start. Today, Mastercard is announcing a suite of services to help customers take actionable steps to integrate agentic AI into their daily operations and accelerate toward this next frontier.  Mastercard Agent Suite […]

Niger’s Zamani Telecom Chooses Hayo as its Exclusive Partner for A2P Monetisation and SMS Firewall Hayo’s SMS Firewall solution detects and blocks A2P SMS traffic that is being terminated into Zamani’s home network… TechCity

Research centre sets out to build ‘cognitive’ cities of the future A new research centre based at the University of Glasgow is setting out to develop the ‘cognitive’ cities… TechCity

PowerX, the provider of AI optimization software for the telco tower industry, announced the expansion of its data intelligence platform with the launch of PowerX AI Maintenance.  The new product optimizes tower infrastructure maintenance operations, improves first-time fix rates, and reduces OpEx, underpinned by AI-optimized workflows and scheduling, mobile workforce management, and real-time analytics. This makes PowerX the only end-to-end platform purpose-built for TowerCo operations from upstream monitoring to downstream execution in the field.  PowerX AI Maintenance addresses these challenges […]

Bloomwit Releases 2026 Visibility Report for African SMEs, Highlighting Critical PR Gaps Constraining Business Growth Bloomwit, Africa’s leading  PR and communications agency and academy, has released its 2026 Visibility Report for African SMEs, shining a… TechCity

MetaTrader 4 keeps showing up in South African trading circles for a simple reason: it still fits how many traders actually work. Newer platforms arrive with fresh layouts, extra modules, and deeper integrations. Yet plenty of active traders stick with MT4 because it solves the daily job with less friction. This endurance comes from practical […]

Those signal bars on your phone? They’re practically meaningless. Behind that icon sits a sprawling mess of cell towers, spectrum licenses the carriers paid billions for, and infrastructure that varies wildly depending on where you’re standing. AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile control most of the market. A handful of regional players hang on. The technical reality […]

Imagine walking into your local store and paying with a cryptocurrency that always equals one rand — no wild swings, no speculation, just self‑sovereign certainty. A digital token that settles faster than today’s banking rails and at a fraction of the cost. That’s the promise of stablecoins — digital assets built for stability in a […]

Onafriq Nigeria Payments Ltd, a CBN licenced payment service provider, partners with The Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) to pilot the continent’s first wallet-based outbound payments from Nigeria to Ghana – fully in Naira and instant, without relying on hard currency conversion, in partnership with Banks and Mobile Money Operators.  The pilot service, approved […]

As cloud environments expand and consumption becomes more dynamic, financial predictability starts to slip. Budgets feel less reliable, forecasts need constant revision, and leadership confidence begins to erode, often before anyone can clearly explain why. These moments are rarely isolated incidents. They’re early warning signs that cloud spend is outpacing an organisation’s ability to predict […]

Cybersecurity has shifted decisively from an IT concern to a core business risk, and South African organisations are feeling this change acutely. The World Economic Forum’s Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2026 in collaboration with Accenture, highlights a global environment where cyber risk is intensifying in scale, complexity and impact. Over the past year, these pressures have […]

Global AI-first cloud communications platform Infobip, celebrating two decades of innovation globally and over 15 years of continuous operation in South Africa, predicts an imminent and seismic shift in brand-consumer engagement. Moving away from the current application-to-person (A2P) messaging, Infobip forecasts a widespread shift to an agent-to-person model, eventually leading to a fully autonomous agent-to-agent […]

Business funding platform Lula has entered into a strategic collaboration with Payfast by Network, enabling Payfast merchants to access fast, flexible funding directly within their payments environment. The collaboration brings Lula’s embedded funding solutions to Payfast’s extensive e-commerce merchant base, supporting digitally enabled SMEs with capital that is contextual, data-driven and aligned to real trading activity. For […]

As Africa’s digital economy continues to scale, demand for AI and digital skills is accelerating across the continent. Yet women remain underrepresented in technology-driven roles, despite growing participation and strong early adoption. Absa, in partnership with Microsoft Elevate and Women in Tech (WiT), is extending the ElevateHer AI Program across 9 African markets. Following its […]

Space42 (ADX: SPACE42), the UAE-based AI-powered SpaceTech company with global operations, has announced the commercial rollout of its next-generation mobile communications satellite, Thuraya-4, in South Africa. The launch marks Space42’s first operational presence in the country and a significant milestone in expanding secure, reliable satellite connectivity across one of Africa’s most advanced digital markets. The […]

Redtech, a technology company backed by Heirs Holdings, today announced it processed $20.6 billion (₦30 trillion) in total transactions over the 2025 financial year.  This is over 100% year-on-year growth from ₦12 trillion in 2024, placing the company among the highest-volume processors in Nigeria. The milestone was driven by strong growth across its payment platform, […]

MyProperty, an independent property portal in South Africa and Namibia, has announced its expansion into the broader African market with the launch of MyProperty Africa, a next-generation property platform built to put estate agents and consumers first. The rollout marks a major milestone for the independently owned portal, which has operated for over two decades […]

A new Kaspersky review reveals how cybercriminals revived and refined phishing techniques to target individuals and businesses in 2025, including calendar-based attacks, voice message deceptions and sophisticated multi-factor authentication (MFA) bypass schemes. The findings emphasise the critical need for user vigilance, employee training and advanced email protection solutions to counter these persistent threats moving forward. […]

In today's edition: Airtel is launching a new subsea cable || South Africa launches service to combat payment fraud || Kenya officially goes green

We aren't solving the climate crisis with carbon math because climate action now looks like compliance work.

CarPlay to Support Third-Party AI Chatbots: What You Need to Know Apple is reportedly opening up Apple CarPlay to third-party AI chatbot apps like ChatGPT, Claude, and Google Gemini.… TechCity

iOS 26.3 and 26.4: Everything We Know So Far Apple is currently finalizing two significant updates to the iPhone experience. While iOS 26.3 focuses on system utilities… TechCity