Safaricom Innovation Strategy 2026: AI, M-Pesa Expansion, and Kenya’s Startup Ecosystem Growth
Safaricom is investing $500 million in AI to enhance customer service, fraud prevention, and network optimization. M-Pesa has expanded to a full financial ecosystem with over 35 million active users and new features like Ziidi Trader for stock investments.
Cumulus HQ waives $1,000 cloud cost diagnostic fee for African startups
Cumulus HQ waives the $1,000 Cloud Cost & Architecture Diagnostic fee for qualified African startups. Many startups spend upwards of $15,000 monthly on AWS without understanding their inefficiencies.
Amazon Kuiper lands in Nigeria, but it isn’t chasing Starlink’s customers
Amazon's Project Kuiper is expected to launch in Nigeria in 2026, following regulatory approval from the Nigerian Communications Commission. Starlink has been operational in Nigeria since January 30, 2023, focusing on rapid subscriber growth with a plug-and-play model.
When Cloudflare sneezes, the Internet catches a cold: Why everything stops working when Cloudflare is down
AWS reported 17 million outage reports in 2025, making it the largest service outage. PlayStation experienced 3.9 million outage reports, ranking second in the global outages.
ChatGPT, X, others down in Nigeria as Cloudflare suffers outage
Cloudflare is experiencing technical problems that limit user accessibility to major websites. ChatGPT is currently displaying an error message related to Cloudflare's challenges.
