AS financial services increasingly move towards digital platforms, savings and credit cooperative societies (SACCOs) across Africa face growing pressure to modernise their operations, strengthen accountability and develop services that respond to the needs of a younger generation. For millions of people who depend on cooperatives to save money, access loans and finance economic activities, the…
REDMI Note 17 Series. For years, the REDMI Note Series has continued to push the boundaries of what consumers can expect from a smartphone, bringing premium technologies, powerful performance and high-quality experiences to more users around the world. Now, REDMI Note is preparing to take another major step forward. On 8 October 2026, Xiaomi will…
AI giant launches ‘dots’ to rival Meta’s Muse and Google’s Gemini Spark. Published On 30 Sep 202630 Sep 2026 OpenAI has launched an “always-on” personal AI assistant designed to manage tasks ranging from restaurant bookings to website design. The AI giant’s release of “dots” on Tuesday marked the latest addition to the growing field of virtual…
Private dinner will be the first one-on-one meeting between the two men, according to reports. By Agence France Presse and Reuters Published On 28 Sep 202628 Sep 2026 Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is set to dine one-on-one with US President Donald Trump at the White House. The meeting on Sunday evening, confirmed by Trump, comes…
For African governments, the significance of China’s humanoid-robotics programme is not that robots may one day appear on African battlefields. It is a diagnostic case of how a dual-use technology can move from commercial deployment to military relevance faster than the institutions responsible for assessing and governing it can adapt. Africa’s stake is therefore not…
Kigali, Rwanda — Africa is emerging as the world’s fastest-growing technology market, with its innovation ecosystem attracting increasing global investment. The European Investment Bank’s recent €40 million commitment to the sector underscores this growing confidence. However, this surge in technological innovation has yet to address some of the continent’s most persistent challenges – hunger, food…
Sitting in her Vienna office ahead of a pivotal UN gathering in Abu Dhabi, Monica Juma is focused on a simple reality: crime has evolved faster than many of the institutions designed to combat it. Criminal networks now move money, goods and information across borders at lightning speed, exploiting everything from new technologies to global…
Voice assistants, smart-speakers, and voice-assisted systems are becoming increasingly popular in the modern workplace. However, this increasingly popular wave of voice-activated accessibility is creating a whole new privacy vulnerability for the organisation. A 2025 review on Privacy in Speech Technology found that voice interfaces can hear conversations occurring in the same acoustic space and can…
Matthew Farquhar, CFP, Executive Director at SureStart. (Picture: Supplied) Most insurance distribution models scale the traditional way; more customers mean more staff – more brokers, more back-office support staff and a larger claims team. SureStart, an authorised financial services provider (FSP 47233), an independent digital insurance broker and embedded insurance expert, has taken a different…
DCX and Liteon Announcing a Strategic Partnership LITEON Technology (2301.TW) today announced a strategic investment in DCX POLSKA Sp. z o.o. (“DCX Liquid Cooling Systems”), a Warsaw, Poland-based provider of advanced liquid cooling systems for AI and High-Performance Computing (HPC) data centers. Upon closing of the transaction, LITEON will hold approximately 25% equity ownership in…
