Bolt launched Bolt Plus in Kenya this morning. For KSh 280 a month, or KSh 899 a year, subscribers get 10% cashback on rides, credited to their Bolt Balance, free delivery on eligible Bolt Food and retail orders worth up to KSh 200 an order, priority driver matching, faster food

Mastercard yesterday the 12th October 2026 published a white paper titled Africa’s Digital Defense Race. It is among the first outputs of the Africa Cybersecurity Center of Excellence that the company launched in Johannesburg in June, it runs to 33 pages, and it draws on a full year of Mastercard’s

Yesterday, Monday the 12th October 2026, engineers at Microsoft’s Africa Development Centre (ADC) in Westlands were reportedly told that the centre is closing. CIO Africa broke the story, citing an employee. Microsoft has not used the word closure. Its statement says only that “proposed changes” tied to its global restructuring