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Averie Walsh
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Averie Walsh
I report on the technology trends reshaping business across Africa, from AI adoption and fintech innovation to cybersecurity threats and enterprise infrastructure. My focus is on telling the story behind the data: what these shifts mean for organisations on the ground, not just the global headlines. If it's changing how African businesses operate, I'm covering it.
WSO2 Agent Manager Brings Sovereign AI Governance to Enterprise Agent Sprawl
WSO2 today announced the general availability of WSO2 Agent Manager, an open control plane that governs AI agents across any framework, model, or deployment, helping enterprises put agents in production with confidence and regain control of agent sprawl. Fully open…
How edge intelligence and AI mobility are reshaping Africa’s next digital economy
For years, artificial intelligence has largely been associated with hyperscale data centres and cloud computing environments. But the next phase of AI innovation is moving much closer to where decisions need to happen at the edge of the network. This…
Closing South Africa’s Healthcare Data Gap
When patients move, their healthcare data should move with them A patient in an underserved community may begin their care at a local clinic, be referred to a district hospital, have tests processed elsewhere, and later need specialist treatment or…
Ventures Platform closes Fund II at $84M amid global venture slowdown
Ventures Platform, Africa’s leading seed-stage fund, has announced the final close of its second institutional fund – VP Pan-African Fund II (VP PAF II)– at $84 million, exceeding its original target of $75 million. Achieved just three years after the…
AVEVA announces appointment of new Chief Revenue Officer, Brock Ballard from 1 October 2026
AVEVA, a global leader in industrial software, today announced the appointment of Brock Ballard as Chief Revenue Officer effective 1 October 2026. Brock joins the team from Bentley Systems following an extensive recruitment process led by AVEVA; he will succeed…
MTN Group advances Africa’s AI-ready digital infrastructure ecosystem through strategic partnership
Artificial intelligence is reshaping industries, economies and societies at an unprecedented speed. As demand for cloud computing, AI workloads and data-intensive digital services accelerates, access to resilient, scalable and locally hosted digital infrastructure will become increasingly critical to Africa’s competitiveness…
Kenya Built a Currency Control While It May Not Need One
EBC Financial Group notes that Kenya’s new virtual asset regulations created a restriction on local access to foreign dollar-linked stablecoins before the shilling came under pressure, giving the Central Bank of Kenya a way to limit that access if demand…
Microsoft announces East Africa Country Lead
Microsoft has announced the appointment of Angela Nganga as the Country Lead for East Africa. A long-standing member of the Microsoft Middle East and Africa (Emerging Markets) leadership team, she brings extensive experience in government engagement, strategic business development, stakeholder…
