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TechAfrica News Aug 18, 2026

Ghana Cyber Security Authority Fines EY Ghana GH¢360,000 for Unlicensed Services

Ghana’s Cyber Security Authority (CSA)  has imposed an administrative penalty of GH¢360,000 on Ernst & Young (EY) Ghana for providing regulated cybersecurity services without a .........
TechAfrica News Aug 18, 2026

Airtel Malawi Awards First 25 Tech Scholarships to Students Across 17 Districts

Airtel Malawi  has announced the first 25 beneficiaries of the Airtel Nzeru Fund Tech Scholarship, a programme funded by the Airtel Africa Foundation to support .........
TechAfrica News Aug 18, 2026

Mukuru Launches Card in Botswana with Access Bank and Visa

Mukuru  has officially launched its Mukuru Card in Botswana through a partnership with Access Bank Botswana and Visa, expanding the financial services available to customers .........
TechAfrica News Aug 18, 2026

Mozambique Explores AI’s Role in Driving Cultural and Creative Economy

Mozambique is exploring how artificial intelligence can support the growth of its cultural and creative economy while protecting cultural identity, intellectual property and creators’ rights. .........
TechAfrica News Aug 18, 2026

Safaricom Ethiopia Switches On 16 New 4G Sites in Southern Ethiopia

Safaricom Ethiopia  has switched on 16 new 4G network sites across Southern Ethiopia, expanding digital connectivity to towns where its network was previously unavailable. The .........
TechAfrica News Aug 18, 2026

Mozambique Presents National AI Strategy Proposal to Vodacom

Mozambique’s National Institute of Information and Communication Technologies (INTIC)  has presented key elements of the proposed National Artificial Intelligence Strategy to Vodacom Mozambique  as part .........
TechAfrica News Aug 18, 2026

Standard Bank Shifts from AI Adoption to Building an AI-Enabled Organisation

Standard Bank Group  is entering a new phase of its artificial intelligence strategy, shifting from experimenting with individual AI tools to embedding the technology as .........
TechAfrica News Aug 18, 2026

Fortinet Acquires Virtue AI to Strengthen Agentic AI Security

Fortinet  has acquired Virtue AI,  an AI security company specialising in AI runtime protection, automated AI validation and security for autonomous AI systems. The acquisition .........
TechAfrica News Aug 18, 2026

Kuwait Launches ‘Arqami’ Service to Help Users Track Registered Mobile Lines

The Communications and Information Technology Authority (CITC)  in Kuwait has launched the “Arqami” service through the Unified Government Application for E-Services, Sahel, in collaboration with .........
TechAfrica News Aug 18, 2026

Safaricom Ethiopia Expands 4G Network to Six Southern Ethiopia Towns

Safaricom Ethiopia  has expanded its 4G network to Sawla, Selam Ber, Basketo, Leha, Beto and surrounding towns in the Southern Ethiopia region, extending mobile connectivity .........
TechAfrica News Aug 18, 2026

Nigeria Launches Centralised Gateway Portal for Government Services

The Federal Government of Nigeria has launched services.gov.ng, a centralised digital gateway designed to provide citizens and businesses with a single point of access to .........
TechAfrica News Aug 18, 2026

NCC Leases Digital Industrial Park to Enugu Government for 15 Years

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)  and the Enugu State Government have signed a 15-year lease agreement covering the commission’s Digital Industrial Park and Learning Centre .........
TechAfrica News Aug 18, 2026

BEAC Launches SYSTAC 2 to Modernise CEMAC’s Retail Payments Infrastructure

The Bank of Central African States (BEAC)  has launched SYSTAC 2, a new payment infrastructure platform designed to modernise retail payment processing across the Central .........
TechAfrica News Aug 18, 2026

Afriex Strengthens Cross-Border Payments Infrastructure with New GIB Partnership

Afriex,  a cross-border payments infrastructure company processing more than $600 million in annual payment volume, has announced a new sponsor and settlement banking partnership with .........
TechAfrica News Aug 18, 2026

Exits MENA Acquires Avanz Capital Egypt to Expand Private Capital Platform

Exits MENA,  the region’s first investment platform and advisory firm focusing on startups and SMEs, announced the signing of a multi-seven-figure transaction in partnership with .........
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