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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.
Capitec Limited Name Change: What It Means for SA’s Banking Future
South Africa’s largest bank by customer numbers has a new name. Capitec Bank Holdings Limited officially became Capitec Limited on 1 August 2026. Shareholders approved the change at the Annual General Meeting on 31 July. The South African Reserve Bank’s…
How the DRC Is Using Mobile Phone Data to Fight Ebola
The DRC is using anonymised phone records to map how people travel during its largest Ebola outbreak. Here is how the method works, where it flagged risks early and why coverage gaps still limit the fight against the Bundibugyo virus.
Bank Zero Turns a Profit as It Gains 500,000 Mukuru Customers
Bank Zero broke even in August 2026 as about 500,000 Mukuru customers began moving onto its platform. Here is what the milestone means for you and how alliance banking and new lending plans shape Bank Zero profitability and expansion.
R4.54B in a Week: Who Is Paying for Africa’s Fibre Build-Out?
In one week, Washington committed more than R4bn to African networks. The money flows into undersea cables, backbone fibre and data centres. We look at who is paying, what they expect in return and why broadband internet in South Africa still stops at the suburbs.
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…
