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How AI Is Driving Financial Inclusion Across Africa
FinTech
June 5, 2025•4 min read

How AI Is Driving Financial Inclusion Across Africa

Across Africa, millions remain unbanked, not by choice, but by circumstance. Traditional banking never quite reached the last mile. But today, AI is turning the tide. From voice-enabled banking in local dialects to alternative credit scoring using mobile data, artificial intelligence is redefining what financial inclusion looks like. At iWorld Africa, we’re not just watching this transformation, we’re building it.

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Eliud Njoroge
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How Generative AI is Reshaping African Workplaces: Insights from the Front Lines
Artificial Intelligence
Jun 5, 2025•4 min read

How Generative AI is Reshaping African Workplaces: Insights from the Front Lines

Generative AI is no longer a distant promise—it’s actively transforming how African businesses operate, solve problems, and scale. Drawing from real-world insights and experiences across the continent, this article explores how AI is enhancing productivity, reshaping skills, and unlocking localized innovation. With a careful balance of opportunity and responsibility, African companies are beginning to lead their own AI revolutions, quietly, powerfully, and on their own terms.

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Eliud Njoroge
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Cybersecurity in the Cloud Era: Global Threats with Local Consequences
FinTech
Jun 17, 2025•22 min read

Cybersecurity in the Cloud Era: Global Threats with Local Consequences

The cloud has become the digital backbone for businesses from Silicon Valley to Nairobi. It fuels innovation, slashes costs, and lets even the smallest start-ups dream big. But behind this promise lurks a harsh reality: every cloud service is a potential entry point for cyber attackers, and these attackers think globally while we too often defend locally.

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Eliud Njoroge
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How AI Is Reshaping African Businesses: Real-World Use Cases in 2025
Artificial Intelligence
Jun 11, 2025•15 min read

How AI Is Reshaping African Businesses: Real-World Use Cases in 2025

In 2025, AI is not just a tech buzzword in Africa—it’s a game changer. From Kenyan farms using drone-powered crop diagnostics to Nigerian banks deploying fraud detection models trained on local transaction behavior, African businesses are turning AI into a competitive advantage. This isn’t about copying the West—it’s about solving African problems with African intelligence.

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Eliud Njoroge
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Multi‑Cloud vs. Single Cloud: Best Fit for African Startups?
Cloud
Jun 10, 2025•17 min read

Multi‑Cloud vs. Single Cloud: Best Fit for African Startups?

For African startups, the cloud isn’t just infrastructure — it’s insurance. In a continent where connectivity can be unpredictable and regulations evolve fast, choosing between a single cloud provider and a multi-cloud approach isn’t just a technical decision — it’s a strategic one. In this deep-dive, we explore the trade-offs between simplicity and scalability, cost and resilience, compliance and innovation. Whether you’re building a lean MVP in Nairobi or scaling a cross-border fintech from Lagos to Cape Town, your cloud strategy could define your growth curve. Drawing from real case studies, expert architecture tips, and lessons from advising top African startups, we unpack the critical question: Multi‑Cloud vs. Single Cloud — what’s the best fit for your African startup?

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Eliud Njoroge
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How the World Bank’s $100M Deal with Raxio Will Power Africa’s Data Centres
Artificial Intelligence
Jun 9, 2025•5 min read

How the World Bank’s $100M Deal with Raxio Will Power Africa’s Data Centres

“This isn’t just about servers or storage. It’s about sovereignty, scale, and survival in a connected economy.” In April 2025, the IFC’s $100 million investment in Raxio Group sent a clear message: Africa is no longer content to be digitally dependent. With less than 1% of global data centre capacity but a rapidly growing mobile-first economy, the continent is poised for a breakthrough—and local infrastructure is the keystone. At iWorld Afric, we’ve felt the pain of building in an underpowered digital landscape—latency delays, compliance hurdles, security blind spots. But we’ve also seen what’s possible. With local data centres finally becoming a reality, we’re entering a new era where African innovation can be hosted at home, served at speed, and scaled without constraint. This investment isn’t just timely—it’s transformational. And for those of us building the future, it’s the foundation we’ve been waiting for.

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Eliud Njoroge
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