Abdi Mohamed, the Chief Executive Officer of Absa Bank Kenya, will step down on 30 June 2026. The bank's Board has appointed Chief Financial Officer Yusuf Omari as the interim leader, pending regulatory approval.

• Abdi Mohamed served as CEO for three years and has been with Absa Group for three decades.
• Abdi Mohamed, Yusuf Omari, and Absa Bank Kenya are the key entities involved.
• The leadership change occurs as Absa Group seeks to increase its ownership in Absa Bank Kenya to 85% through a Sh31 billion share acquisition offer.

Telegram is testing a new feature called Communities, designed to consolidate multiple related group chats into a single, organized structure.

• The feature allows for the creation of a central hub for independent group chats centered around a common theme, project, or organization.
• Telegram aims to provide a more organized chat experience, drawing parallels to Discord's server structure.
• Administrators will have control over community settings, including naming, profile pictures, and whether members can add new groups.
• An optional "Show as One Chat" toggle will allow admins to visually combine all community chats into a single entry in users' chat lists.

Binance's newly launched tokenized U.S. stocks, known as bStocks, have achieved $100 million in assets under management within just 15 days of their debut.

• Binance experienced an 18x increase in bStocks holdings, jumping from $5.6 million on Day 1 to over $100 million.
• Emerging markets drove 58% of trading volume, indicating significant global demand beyond traditional financial hubs.
• Nearly 47% of bStocks trading activity occurred outside traditional market hours, highlighting the appeal of 24/7 trading.

Deloitte, IBM, and Red Hat have partnered to bolster enterprise software supply chain security against sophisticated cyber threats, particularly those amplified by AI.

• The collaboration integrates Deloitte's cyber risk management and automation expertise with IBM and Red Hat's Lightwell initiative, an enterprise open source security solution.
• The partnership aims to address the rapid acceleration of cyber threats, including zero-day vulnerabilities, enabled by frontier AI models.
• Key aspects of the collaboration include enhanced visibility, contextual prioritization of threats, and machine-speed remediation of vulnerabilities to minimize disruption.