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Countdown To GreenShift previewed what's coming at GreenShift Forum 2026 — green financing, carbon markets, e-mobility, ESG.
Register now for Oct 22 - techtrendsmedia.co.ke/greens…
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JUST IN: Nedbank completes 66pc NCBA takeover after regulatory nod techtrendske.co.ke/2026/10/1…
Pesapal is expanding RACK with Drift Consult, bringing sales tracking, inventory management and payment processing together for retailers, restaurants and bars.
The partnership builds on an existing relationship. techtrendske.co.ke/2026/10/1…
Samsung’s next midrange phones could take different camera routes: the Galaxy A58 may retain the A57’s camera resolutions, while the A38 is tipped for a 12MP ultrawide upgrade.
techtrendske.co.ke/2026/10/1…
Stanbic Kenya Foundation and GIZ have graduated 351 entrepreneurs under a programme supporting SMEs, green business practices and job creation across 10 Kenyan counties.
Women made up 85% of the graduating cohort.
econews.co.ke/2026/10/19/sta…
Equity Bank Uganda reports UGX 37.6 billion in green loans, alongside clean-energy sales, tree planting and plans to expand climate-smart agriculture financing. econews.co.ke/2026/10/19/equ…
Econet InfraCo says it has cut diesel costs by 30% using AI to optimise generator use across its tower operations, a costly challenge for telecom infrastructure providers facing unreliable grid power.
econews.co.ke/2026/10/19/eco…
Mastercard and Moovn have signed a five-year deal to expand prepaid cards, digital wallets, merchant payments and cross-border transfers across East Africa, with Pay Local rolling out in Kenya and Tanzania. techtrendske.co.ke/2026/10/1…
Africa’s digital infrastructure is expanding, but data centres alone won’t connect fragmented systems.
Hans van Linschoten argues that a shared, open cloud platform layer is the missing piece. techtrendske.co.ke/2026/10/1…
Kenya has climbed to fifth in Africa’s financial markets ranking as NSE trading surges and dollar-denominated listings broaden investment options.
Weak market depth and pension development remain challenges. techtrendske.co.ke/2026/10/1…
Bolt Plus, Uber One and Glovo Prime are competing for Kenya’s everyday spending, with annual pricing and delivery benefits designed to keep customers using the same platforms. techtrendske.co.ke/2026/10/1…
Kenya’s average money market fund return has fallen to 9.3% from 9.9% a year ago, while special funds are growing faster as investors seek higher yields and broader investment options. techtrendske.co.ke/2026/10/1…
Dell and NTT Data are targeting Kenyan SMEs with smaller AI servers that let businesses run selected workloads on-site, offering more control over sensitive data without building large computing facilities. techtrendske.co.ke/2026/10/1…
Investors linked to Musalia Mudavadi and Issa Timamy have agreed to pay Sh3 billion for Absa’s stakes in two Kenyan insurers, revisiting a sale made to Barclays Africa in 2015.
techtrendske.co.ke/2026/10/1…
Security isn't a feature bolted onto digital payments it’s the foundation they stand on.
With 48% of Kenyan consumers expecting regulators to lead the charge against online fraud, how are platforms keeping up?
techtrendske.co.ke/2026/10/1…
.@neurallabs and Me-Nasoma just bagged $5,000 each + Meta ads credit at the AI Academy Kenya Pitchathon in Nairobi. Next stop: Istanbul for Meta’s Regional AI Summit.
Local innovation is moving fast. Catch the full story here techtrendske.co.ke/2026/10/1…
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We had a security breach last night related to a large scale distillation attack that impacted 1.4% of OpenCode Console users
We have notified them all this morning via email. If you did not get an email you were not impacted, it was a subset of users who had external providers linked
The incident is ongoing so we cannot share more details at this point but we are working with Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google to remediate
Bank of India Uganda has launched its first debit cards through Interswitch’s Verve scheme, connecting customers to more than 800 ATMs and 20,000 merchant locations across the country.
techtrends.ug/2026/10/16/ban…
Ethiopia has joined PAPSS, extending Africa’s cross-border payments network.
The next step is getting financial institutions connected so businesses can use the system for regional transactions.
techtrendske.co.ke/2026/10/1…
Nairobi is going electric, quietly. Who’s financing the switch? Find out on the E-Mobility track at the GreenShift Forum, 22 Oct, Hyatt Place
6 days to go: register via the link in bio.
#GreenShiftForum #EMobility #NairobiEvents
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🏆 Entries for the Africa Tech Summit Awards are open
The second edition celebrates the founders and innovators building the technology that’s moving Africa forward, and we want to see what you’ve been working on.
Apply now: africatechsummit.com/awards/
