TECHNOLOGY
Tanzania Has Built the Payment Rail. Now It Needs to Make TIPS the Default
Tanzania already operates domestic infrastructure capable of moving payments between banks, mobile m...
TECHNOLOGY
The AI Race Is Now a Political Contest and Africa Risks Becoming a Rule-Taker
The African Union adopted its Continental Artificial Intelligence Strategy in 2024. It calls for res...
TECHNOLOGY
Beyond Connectivity: The Critical Technology Infrastructure Africa Needs to Build
Africa’s digital economy needs dependable electricity, affordable computing, connected payment sys...
TECHNOLOGY
Tanzania Startup Association's 2025 Report: 1,307 Active Firms, 173,831 Jobs, and Three Structural Problems Standing Between Tanzania and Its USD 1 Trillion Economy.
The Tanzania Startup Ecosystem Status Report 2025, published by the Tanzania Startup Association in ...
TECHNOLOGY
How a Homegrown Commerce Platform is Transforming Tanzania’s Food Economy: The Story of JumlaJumla
JumlaJumla reflects a broader shift in the country’s startup landscape. Rather than chasing rapid ...
TECHNOLOGY
Russia Says It Will Launch Tanzania’s First Earth Observation Satellite in March 2027
Tanzania has signed a new space cooperation framework with Russia that could lead to the launch of i...
TECHNOLOGY
Microsoft Is Replacing Labour Costs With AI Investment: $175 Billion for AI, Buyouts for 60,000 Workers. Africa Is Already Feeling It
Microsoft is offering voluntary exits to about 60,000 employees while directing unprecedented capita...
TECHNOLOGY
Critical PHP Flaws Put Businesses And Millions Of Websites At Risk
PHP has released emergency fixes for two critical vulnerabilities capable of allowing unauthenticate...
TECHNOLOGY
Microsoft Moves to Close Nairobi Engineering Centre as Kenya Confronts Loss of High Value Tech Jobs
Microsoft is preparing to close its Africa Development Centre engineering operation in Nairobi as pa...
TECHNOLOGY
Tanzania Should Build Its Own Drone Manufacturing Industry
Mati Technologies, publicly identified in August 2026 as Tanzania's first indigenous agricultural dr...
TECHNOLOGY
Uber's Exit From Nigeria and Uganda Reveals the Real Problem With African Ride-Hailing
Uber ended operations in Nigeria and Uganda on 2 September 2026, following its exit from Côte d'Ivo...
TECHNOLOGY
Tanzania Has 58.9 Million Internet Subscriptions But Only 29.8 Million Smartphones. The Infrastructure Is Ready. The Devices Are Not.
Tanzania's TCRA Q1 2026 sector report confirms mobile connections at 111.9 million, a 4.6 percent qu...