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Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has replaced its Commissioner General, Humphrey Wattanga, in an abrupt leadership change that comes at a delicate moment for the government’s revenue drive. In a statement on Wednesday, the tax agency said its board would not renew Wattanga’s contract, sending him on terminal leave with immediate effect and bringing to a close a tenure closely tied to President William Ruto’s push to tighten tax compliance. The board, chaired by Ndiritu Muriithi, offered no reasons for the decision but praised Wattanga for “dedicated service and leadership,” citing his role in organisational restructuring reforms at the authority. Dr Lilian Nyawanda, currently Commissioner of Customs and Border Control, has been appointed acting Commissioner General pending a competitive recruitment process. “The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) Board informs the public that it will not be renewing Mr. Humphrey Wattanga’s Contract of Service as Commissioner General,” the KRA board said in a statement. “Consequently, and in accordance with his Contract of Service, he is proceeding on terminal leave effective immediately.” A technocrat exits under pressure Wattanga, a Harvard-trained tax expert who took office in 2023, was brought in to fix underperforming tax collection, one of Kenya’s most persistent fiscal challenges, amid rising public debt. His appointment signalled a shift toward data-driven enforcement and internal restructuring at KRA. He pushed through changes aimed at streamlining operations and improving efficiency, particularly in customs, a key revenue stream vulnerable to leakage. But his tenure also coincided with mounting political and economic pressure on the authority. The government has leaned heavily on KRA to finance an ambitious budget, even as businesses and households grapple with high taxes, sluggish growth, and rising living costs. In recent months, the taxman has faced criticism from the private sector over aggressive enforcement tactics, while missing some revenue targets has sharpened scrutiny from the National Treasury and Parliament. The appointment of Nyawanda suggests a preference for continuity from within KRA’s senior ranks. As head of customs and border control, she oversees one of the authority’s most critical and complex departments, responsible for a significant share of tax revenues and trade facilitation. Her interim leadership will be closely watched for signals on whether KRA will maintain its current enforcement posture or change amid growing concerns over the tax burden on businesses.
Read MoreZazu, a pan-African digital bank that serves small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), has partnered with Visa to launch a digital business account for Moroccan entrepreneurs and small businesses. The partnership embeds Visa into Zazu’s rebundled financial operating system for SMEs that offers the core utility of a bank, including accounts, cards, and transfers. Zazu can now issue Visa Business cards to Moroccan SMEs while plugging into its global payments infrastructure. The partnership comes four months after Zazu raised $1 million in pre-seed funding to support its rollout in South Africa and Morocco and lay the foundation for broader pan-African expansion. “Too many entrepreneurs waste time chasing their advisor, navigating overly complex interfaces, or disputing surprise fees. Zazu simplifies their day-to-day banking,” said Germain Bahri, co-founder of Zazu. “What this unlocks is the ability for us to issue Visa business cards to SMEs across Morocco and build a complete expense management layer around them,” The new digital business account is designed to collapse separate tools into one. A business can open an account online through know-your-customer (KYC) checks, access a dashboard that combines invoicing and payment links, and immediately begin issuing cards for team expenses. The company claimed payments made through invoices or links are automatically reconciled, giving businesses real-time visibility of inflows and outflows without needing separate systems. Zazu said it allows companies to issue multiple business cards across teams, each with its own limits and controls, which can be tracked in real time. The company said it has onboarded over 300 businesses into this ecosystem, including AI recruitment platform Jobzyn, Auto24, an online marketplace for buying and selling cars in South Africa, and Moroccan proptech startup, Yakeey. Founded in 2024 by Rinse Jacobs and Germain Bahri, Zazu is positioning itself as a “Mercury-style” banking experience for Africa, built around Application Programming Interface (API)-driven integrations to connect with finance tools, such as bookkeeping, tax management, payroll, and cap-table management. The company is built on a partnership with Chari, a Moroccan fintech that provides access to technological infrastructure, a payment licence, and market expertise. Zazu is backed by international investment funds, notably Plug and Play, Bell Ventures, and Ryad Ventures, as well as business angels from Solarisbank, Qonto, and Paymentology, alongside recognised figures from the Moroccan ecosystem: Ismael Belkhayat (Chari), Mohamed Benmansour (Binga / Nuitée), and Youssef Koun (Wonderful & Co.).
Read MoreMedia King Group, a Croatian smart public WiFi provider, is setting its sights on Nigeria, one of Africa’s most challenging connectivity markets, to test a new public WiFi model that could reshape how cities stay online. Founded in 2017 by Darko Kraljević, the company has spent nearly a decade building what it calls a “smart WiFi” system designed to fix a familiar problem: networks that buckle under heavy demand. Now, through a local partnership led by Nigerian entrepreneur and film producer Charles Okpaleke, Media King is preparing its first large-scale African rollout, with Nigeria as the launchpad for a broader continental push. “We don’t want to just be local in Nigeria,” Kraljević told TechCabal in April 2026. “Nigeria will be the starting point for the entire African market.” Media King is betting that a cloud-managed WiFi architecture can succeed where earlier public access efforts have stalled. Big Tech-backed initiatives, including Meta, Google, and Microsoft-linked deployments via Tizeti, have all struggled to make free public WiFi viable at scale in Nigeria. Unlike earlier attempts to “blanket” areas with standard Wi-Fi protocols, which struggled with Nigeria’s high user density and power instability, Media King’s approach rethinks the architecture. Instead of relying on access points that both connect users and process traffic, it shifts the heavy lifting, traffic management, routing, and bandwidth allocation into the cloud. The company claims that the approach makes networks cheaper to deploy, easier to scale, and more resilient in high-density environments where demand typically overwhelms infrastructure. Traditional systems rely on access points that both connect users and handle computing tasks. But as more users pile on, those systems quickly overload, leading to the familiar experience of slow speeds or complete failure in crowded areas like airports, malls, or city squares. Media King shifts that computing burden away from the hardware into a centralised cloud-based system. In Kraljević’s telling, access points become little more than “antennas,” while the heavy lifting, traffic management, bandwidth allocation, and routing are handled remotely and dynamically. The result, he claims, is a network that can support an unlimited number of concurrent users without degrading performance. Instead of rationing bandwidth equally, the system allocates resources in real time, prioritising users with heavier data needs while maintaining overall stability. That promise has already been tested in Croatia, where Media King was born and deployed what was described as Europe’s fastest public WiFi network along Split’s busy waterfront. The system has since been used in shopping malls, public transport systems, hospitals, and government buildings, often in high-density environments where conventional networks struggle. For the Nigerian partners, the appeal lies not just in the technology but in its potential to succeed where previous public WiFi efforts in the country have failed. “The challenge was that existing infrastructure couldn’t reliably deliver quality service,” said Afam Anyika, CEO of Media King Nigeria. “With 60–70% of budgets going into infrastructure, we’ve partnered with Media King Global to cut upfront costs while still rolling out our systems nationwide.” Nigeria has seen multiple attempts at public connectivity, from government-backed initiatives to experiments by global tech giants. Still, most have struggled with sustainability, high infrastructure costs, and poor service quality. In many cases, networks deteriorated quickly or failed to scale beyond pilot phases. “The real issue has always been that traditional infrastructure cannot meet real-world demand,” said Anyika. “Even when you solve for access, the quality drops as more people connect.” Media King believes its model addresses both the technical and commercial challenges. By partnering locally, the company avoids the heavy upfront costs typically associated with infrastructure deployment, instead focusing on operations, workforce development, and market expansion. Crucially, the service will be free for end users, a non-negotiable, according to Kraljević. “It must be free, because someone else pays,” he said. That “someone” is expected to come from a mix of advertisers, government use cases, and data-driven services built on top of the network. Media King’s platform includes an integrated digital layer that turns each WiFi hotspot into a communication and advertising channel. When users connect, they can be directed to targeted content, public service announcements, or brand campaigns. Beyond advertising, the system also offers anonymised data insights, such as foot traffic and dwell time, to help businesses and governments make decisions about urban planning, service delivery, and customer engagement. The company says it has already deployed the model in Croatia, where its network supported public health messaging during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is now exploring similar use cases in Nigeria, spanning education, healthcare, and local government services. However, expanding into Nigeria comes with notable execution risks, particularly on the regulatory front. As of 2026, the introduction of the Internet Code of Practice has tightened oversight, clearly defining the obligations of Internet Access Service Providers, including those offering public WiFi hotspots. Under NCC guidelines, commercial or public WiFi is no longer plug-and-play—operators must obtain a valid ISP licence, typically renewable every five years, and register each hotspot location with the Commission. Media King, however, maintains that it does not require additional licencing because it operates on existing public WiFi frequencies and partners with local internet service providers. The company also plans to fully localise its deployment, from data infrastructure to operational teams, to reduce latency and better align with regulatory expectations. Initial rollouts are expected later this year to target high-density urban areas and underserved communities with limited broadband access. In some cases, the company says it could combine its system with satellite connectivity, such as Starlink, to extend coverage to remote locations without traditional fibre infrastructure. For now, the focus is on getting the first deployments off the ground. The company says it is already in discussions with government and private sector partners, with early rollouts expected this year. “We spent years proving this system works,” Kraljević said. “Now we are ready to take it global, and Africa starts with Nigeria.”
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