Binance has appointed Sammy Mutua as its new General Manager for Africa, signaling a strategic focus on the continent's digital asset landscape.

• Sammy Mutua, with over two decades of experience in African financial services, previously held senior roles at M-Pesa Africa, Visa Sub-Saharan Africa, and Letshego Group.
• His new role will involve collaborating with regulators, industry players, and institutional partners to foster sustainable digital asset ecosystems and build trust.
• Mutua emphasized Africa's potential, driven by innovation and demand for efficient financial systems, and highlighted the importance of aligning digital asset development with local realities.

vivo is breaking new ground by including Kenya, Egypt, and Tanzania in its Android 17 Beta Program for the vivo X300 Pro, a rare opportunity for African users to test upcoming Android features.

• This initiative marks a significant shift, as such beta programs have historically been limited to regions outside of Africa.
• The vivo X300 Pro (W20) model, sold locally in Kenya, Tanzania, and Egypt, is officially supported for this beta.
• The program has seen releases including a Developer Preview (based on Android 17 Beta 2) on April 8, 2026, and Android 17 Beta 3 on May 14, 2026.

Meta is globally rolling out its strictest teen content controls to Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger, making the "13+" setting the default for teen accounts. The company is also testing a new feature on Instagram to limit repetitive content in teen feeds.

• The "13+" setting, modeled on movie age ratings, filters content related to violence, sexual themes, and self-harm.
• This global rollout follows legal defeats for Meta earlier this year, including a $375 million penalty in New Mexico and a $6 million award in Los Angeles concerning platform design's impact on young users.
• For Kenyan readers, this update aligns with the Communications Authority of Kenya's October 2025 deadline for enforcing child online safety guidelines, ensuring Kenyan teens are automatically included in these stricter defaults.