Technology News and Trends I CIO Africa

I&M Bank and Visa partner for new card offering

ByJeanette Oloo March 7, 2018August 1, 2018

4 min read

I&M Bank has partnered with Visa Kenya to launch the I&M Bank Visa Infinite Credit Card and the I&M Visa…

Featured | Innovation | Kenya | News

#NIW2018: Kenya’s first ever satellite to be launched into space this May

ByBaraka Jefwa March 7, 2018March 7, 2018

3 min read

A Kenyan made satellite; developed by engineers from the University of Nairobi (UoN) is finally set to be launched in…

Featured | Industry News | Main story

Confirmed: Windows 10 S will evolve into a ‘mode’ of Windows 10 in 2019

ByMark Hachman | Senior Editor PC World March 7, 2018March 7, 2018

3 min read

Reports that Windows 10 S will become a “mode” of Windows 10 were confirmed Tuesday night by Microsoft’s Joe Belfiore,…

Data Centre | Featured | Industry News | News

Tech giants spent nearly $75B on hyper-scale infrastructure last year

BySamira Sarraf | ARNnet March 7, 2018March 7, 2018

2 min read

The capital expenditure (capex) of hyper-scale cloud operators came to US$75 billion for 2017, with US$22 billion in the fourth…

Digital Payments | Industry News | Innovation

Mastercard acquires Oltio to accelerate digital payments adoption in MEA

ByStaff Writer March 7, 2018

2 min read

Mastercard has completed its acquisition of mobile payments technology company Oltio from Standard Bank Group. The acquisition builds on Mastercard’s…

Digital Transformation | Featured | Main story | Product Reviews

Everything You Can Do, I Can Do Better: Comparing The Google Home’s Assistant To Amazon Echo’s Alexa

ByFergus Halliday | PC World Australia March 7, 2018

21 min read

With both Amazon’s Echo range and the Google Home competing for prime real estate in the burgeoning smart speaker market,…

Industry News | Innovation | Main story

Agriculture based start-ups dominate pangea’s application list

ByStaff Writer March 7, 2018

3 min read

Pangea, an international start-up accelerator, has closed its application platform recording a total of 403 applications. Agriculture was the largest…