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Kenya and Ethiopia tighten military alliance

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Kenya and Ethiopia have agreed to joint military operations along the Moyale-Marsabit-Turkana corridor and LAPSSET, deepening their Defence Cooperation Agreement…

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Burundi Just Got Its Biggest Internet Rollout in a Decade. 400,000 People Are About to Get Connected.

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Lumitel Burundi has signed a $10 million contract to bring high-speed internet to 86 hills across 14 provinces, connecting 400,000…

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Kenya Has 2 AI-Ready Data Centres. South Africa Has 5. The Gap Is Now a Crisis.

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Kenya's Special Envoy for Technology Philip Thigo used the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona to issue a direct appeal for…

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Kenya Loses $230 Million to Cybercrime in a single quarter. Cybergame 2026 is the answer

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Africaspoint Editorial

Kenya's Ministry of ICT has launched the 2nd edition of CyberGame Kenya, a ten-week national competition running until May 9…

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Airtel Zambia joins the $1bn club

Airtel Networks Zambia Plc crossed US$1 billion in market capitalisation on the Lusaka Securities Exchange…

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Spiro bets on batteries, not motorcycles

Spiro co-founder Gagan Gupta told TechCabal that batteries and energy infrastructure, not motorcycles, drive the…

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Tanzania self-funds its $24bn budget

Tanzania's Finance Minister Khamis Mussa presented the Tsh62.33 trillion ($24 billion) 2026/27 budget on June…

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Cardoso wins Central Bank of the Year

Nigeria's Central Bank was named Central Bank of the Year 2026 at the Central Banking…

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Kenya Airports Authority Shuts Down Adani Comeback Talk as JKIA Tender Goes Public

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East African Leaders Meet to Launch a Single Customs Bond and a $232m Debt Crisis

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Safaricom’s Ziidi Puts the Nairobi Stock Exchange in Every Kenyan’s Pocket

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Kenya Secures Fuel Supply as Hormuz Crisis Deepens

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