Flutterwave has announced a strategic partnership with Tempo to introduce stablecoin-based settlement options for cross-border payments across the continent.  Flutterwave will integrate Tempo as a settlement network across both its consumer remittance product, Send App and its enterprise solution, Flutterwave for Business. Cross-border payments in Africa remain expensive and slow. Remittance fees to Sub-Saharan Africa [...] The post Flutterwave Partners with Tempo to Facilitate Stablecoin Settlement for Cross-Border Payments Across Africa appeared first on TechArena.

Africa’s esports industry is showing strong signs of rapid expansion, with the Carry1st Africa Cup 2026 returning as the continent’s largest competitive Call of Duty: Mobile tournament and a key qualifier for the global championship stage. According to the organisers, the previous edition of the tournament reached more than 57 million people, drew over 20,000 [...] The post Carry1st Africa Cup Signals Rapid Rise of Africa’s Esports Industry appeared first on TechArena.

Vertiv has announced progress on a production-grade digital twin capability for Vertiv SmartRun integrated in the NVIDIA Omniverse DSX Blueprint, advancing the company’s roadmap to make AI factory infrastructure more configurable, repeatable, and simulation-ready. As AI deployments scale to higher densities and larger capacities, data centres need a faster, more reliable way to turn each generation of [...] The post Vertiv Advances AI Factory Digital Twin with NVIDIA Omniverse DSX Blueprint Integration appeared first on TechArena.

MoneyGram has launched MGUSD, a native US dollar stablecoin. This is designed to power its global payments infrastructure and expand access to digital dollar-based financial services for cross-border money transfers. The stablecoin will serve as the foundation of MoneyGram’s blockchain-based payments stack. It will enable users to hold, send and convert dollar-denominated balances through a [...] The post MoneyGram Launches MGUSD Stablecoin to Power Global Payments Network appeared first on TechArena.

By Veerakumar Natarajan, Country Head, Zoho Kenya Advanced technology does not automatically create better businesses. More often, it introduces greater complexity. Across Kenya’s private sector, organisations are managing growing layers of disconnected applications, duplicated workflows, and siloed data environments that quietly erode productivity and slow innovation. Finance operates on one system, sales on another, customer [...] The post Beyond the wires: why unification is the final frontier of Kenya’s digital masterplan appeared first on TechArena.

A new global Kaspersky Security Services report ‘Anatomy of a Cyber World’* reveals a blind spot in enterprise Security Operations Centers (SOCs): while performance is typically measured by detection and response speed, organisations rarely assess whether they’re detecting the right threats. Large portions of collected telemetry don’t enter real-time detection pipelines, creating hidden gaps that [...] The post Addressing the 57% blind spot: Kaspersky reports on the aspects of SOC effectiveness to consider appeared first on TechArena.

By Tunde Abagun, Sales Lead for West, East and Central Africa, Nutanix The first wave of enterprise AI is maturing. Organisations across Africa and beyond rushed into AI projects over the last two years, and most of them did what was easiest: they did it in the cloud. An AWS subscription here, an Azure instance [...] The post Is On-Premises the New Cloud for AI? Why the Future of Enterprise Intelligence Is Hybrid appeared first on TechArena.

Binance is calling for greater user awareness across Africa as adoption of digital assets continues to gain pace across the continent. Africa is fast becoming one of the most active regions globally for cryptocurrency use, with individuals and businesses increasingly turning to digital assets for more efficient payments, improved access to financial services, and greater [...] The post Binance Urges Greater Crypto Awareness as Ponzi Schemes Rise Across Africa appeared first on TechArena.

Recent distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks targeting South African internet infrastructure providers, web hosting companies and connectivity services reflect a broader escalation in both the scale and sophistication of cyberthreats facing the country’s digital economy, according to NETSCOUT. The warning follows a wave of high-profile local incidents that reportedly disrupted hosting providers, ISPs and internet infrastructure [...] The post South Africa Ranked Among Top Global Targets for DDoS Attacks as Threats Intensify — NETSCOUT appeared first on TechArena.

Buying Airtel airtime is now easier because you can top up directly from M-Pesa using Pesapal Paybill number 220220. This is one of the most-used Paybill numbers for Airtel airtime purchases and is ideal when you need a fast, reliable way to stay connected. You do not need to visit a shop, buy a scratch card, [...] The post Easy Way to Buy Airtel Airtime from M-Pesa Using Paybill 220220 appeared first on TechArena.