Year: 2026
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New Appointments
Bboxx Appoints New Managing Director for Nigeria
Bboxx, a data-driven platform providing essential services across Africa, has entered a new growth phase in Nigeria with the appointment…
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TRENDING
Google and African Partners Launch WAXAL to Map 21 Languages Into the AI Future
Google, in collaboration with a coalition of leading African research institutions, has announced the launch of WAXAL, a large-scale, openly…
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News
Tech Leaders Shift Focus From AI Hype to Practical Implementation at Ai Kenya Breakfast Summit
The third edition of the AI Kenya Industry Breakfast has concluded in Nairobi, signaling a growing shift among Kenyan enterprises…
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News
Kenyan Clean Cooking Startup KOKO Networks Abruptly Shuts Down Amid Carbon Credit Standoff
KOKO Networks, the Kenyan bioethanol cooking fuel provider, has ceased all operations effective immediately. The shutdown follows a protracted standoff…
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TRENDING
Airtel Money Processes $210 Billion Annually as 2026 IPO Nears
Airtel Africa has confirmed that the planned public listing of its mobile money unit is on schedule for the first…
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News
NCBA Sets Regional Record as First Bank to Achieve ISO Data Privacy Certification
NCBA Bank has set a new benchmark for data security in East and Central Africa, becoming the first lender in…
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News
Borrowing Became Easy, Getting Out of Debt Became Harder
Kenya’s financial inclusion story has been told so often it now risks becoming background noise. Accounts are easier to open.…
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News
African Founders Once Chased Equity at Any Cost, Now the Bank Is Calling First
A few years ago, African tech founders learned to talk in valuation multiples and future exits. Lately, the language has…
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News
Samsung Has a Launch Date in Mind for the Galaxy S26 Series
When a launch date surfaces before a company wants it public, the date does some of the talking on its…
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News
Before SpaceX Rings the Bell, Elon Musk Is Rearranging the Entire Board
The push to merge SpaceX with xAI reads differently once the calendar is taken seriously. Elon Musk is reportedly targeting…
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News
Abci-Nexus Spins Out Software Arm ‘Asopo’ to Power African Asset Financing
Abci-Nexus, a technology-enabled holding company, has announced the launch of Asopo Technologies, a new standalone software company designed to commercialize…
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News
Inside Canal Plus’s First Big Call on MultiChoice, and Why Showmax Took the Hit
Canal Plus did not hedge its language. Maxime Saada told analysts that Showmax was not a commercial success and confirmed…
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BUSINESS
Airtel Africa Profit More Than Doubles to $586M as Mobile Money IPO Looms
Airtel Africa has reported a significant surge in profitability for the period ended December 31, 2025, with profit after tax…
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News
Xiaomi Redefines Mid-Range Standards with the Launch of REDMI Note 15 Series in Kenya
Xiaomi has officially unveiled the REDMI Note 15 Series, marking a significant leap in mid-range smartphone engineering with the introduction…
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Gadgets
Wireless Dolby Atmos Soundbars: Enhanced Audio Experience for Every Occasion
The modern Kenyan consumes content in a variety of ways, and it reflects the modern, fast-paced lifestyle and a need…
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News
Samsung Galaxy Tab A11 Series is Redefining Education for Kenya’s Next Generation
Education in Kenya is undergoing a historic shift. As the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) moves into its next phase, the demand…
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Interviews
How Safaricom’s T4D Unit is Engineering Social Change
In the rapidly evolving landscape of African telecommunications, the phrase “Transforming Lives” is often seen on billboards and marketing collateral.…
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News
iPhone 16 Dominates 2025 Smartphone Sales While Fewer Models Carry the Market
The iPhone 16 ended 2025 as the world’s top-selling smartphone, not as a surprise but as evidence of a market…
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News
Konza’s Digital Ambition Has Reached the Point Where Treasury Steps Back
The plan to expand the Konza Data Centre has moved forward through Treasury’s PPP process with little public attention, shaped…
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TRENDING
Starlink Rivals Partner to Help Prevent Internet Blackouts In Africa
Spacecoin, the world’s first decentralized satellite internet network, has announced a partnership with the Midnight Foundation to explore the development…
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TRENDING
Tala Doubles Down on Trust and Technology to Reach 3 Billion Unbanked Adults
A new report backed by digital lender Tala has highlighted both a massive opportunity and a significant challenge in global…
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News
AI Is Moving Into the Core of Kenyan Firms, and That Is Where the Trouble Begins
Talk to enough executives in Nairobi boardrooms and a pattern emerges. Almost everyone wants to be counted among the companies…
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News
Google Is Making Stolen Android Phones Harder to Live With
Smartphone theft has never been about novelty. It follows money, resale value, and ease. For years, Android sat in an…
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News
Online Safety in Kenya Is Getting Harder to Ignore, Even for Regulators
Online safety in Kenya has stopped feeling like a specialist concern. It has crept into everyday conversation, the sort that…
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News
Backbase Report Reveals Mobile Now Drives 75% of African Banking Traffic
Backbase, a leader in AI-powered banking, in partnership with African Banker Magazine, has published the fourth edition of the Africa…
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News
Kenya’s Digital Government Is Growing Fast, and Cybersecurity Funding Is Racing to Keep Up
The European Union has committed Ksh 454 million(€3 million) to Kenya’s national cybersecurity ecosystem, and it comes at a very…
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CLOUD
Choosing a Data Centre Provider in East Africa: A Practical Guide for 2026
Governments and the private sector in East Africa alike are investing heavily in connectivity, cloud services, e-commerce, fintech and digital…
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News
Binance Champions Crypto Safety with Nationwide Campaign in Kenya
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has launched a new safety awareness campaign in Kenya, using the daily realities of boda-boda riders to…
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News
Huawei ICT Competition 2025-2026 Regional Final Bootcamp Training Kicks Off in Kenya
Huawei has officially kicked off the Huawei ICT Competition 2025/2026 Regional Final Bootcamp Training, bringing together 21 exceptional students selected…
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TRENDING
Coming Soon: A New Layer of Privacy Five Years in the Making
Our phones are our most personal space, but we use them in the least private places. On the bus, in…
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CLOUD
iXAfrica to Host Oracle Cloud Region in Nairobi, Kenya
iXAfrica Data Centre Limited has partnered with Oracle to host the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) region in Nairobi, Kenya iXAfrica…
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News
A Privacy Fight Spills Into Public and WhatsApp Answers by Narrowing the Gate
When WhatsApp began rolling out Strict Account Settings, the timing looked accidental only at first glance. The feature arrived during…
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TRENDING
I&M Bank’s FX Trading Platform Promises Instant Forex Settlement for Kenyan Businesses
For years, corporate treasury in Kenya operated on a dependency model. If a Finance Manager wanted to convert currencies, they…
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News
Mastercard Report Shows Digital Growth and New Trade Shifts Powers Kenya’s Economy
In its Economic Outlook 2026 Report, the Mastercard Economics Institute (MEI) has revealed how global policy changes that occurred in…
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News
The NSE Wants Retail Investors Back, History Is Not on Its Side
The Nairobi Securities Exchange wants more people to buy shares. Not companies or banks. Regular people. The kind who use…
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TRENDING
CAK Approves KCB Group’s Acquisition of Fintech Firm Riverbank Solutions
The Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) has formally approved KCB Group PLC’s acquisition of a 75% stake in the fintech…
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News
Visa and Oromia Bank Partner to Drive Digital Inclusivity for Ethiopians
Visa and Oromia Bank have announced a strategic partnership aimed at expanding access to Visa- branded prepaid solutions for the…
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CLOUD
Demos Kyriacou | Why Tier III Data Centres Are the Real Play for East Africa
East Africa’s digital economy is expanding at a rapid pace, driven by rising internet penetration, widespread mobile connectivity, and growing…
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BUSINESS
South Africa to Host World Economic Forum in 2027
South Africa has been selected to host the World Economic Forum (WEF) in April 2027, a move poised to catalyze…
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TechTrends Podcast
The TechTrends Podcast x Africa Tech Summit | How Fincra Is Rebuilding African Payments
Africa’s fintech story is often told through flashy consumer apps, billion-dollar valuations, and rapid user growth. But beneath all of…
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News
MENA FinTech Association Formally Constitutes Policy & Regulation Working Group
Following its high-profile debut at Investopia 2023, the MENA FinTech Association (MFTA) has officially announced the formal constitution of its…
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TRENDING
Safaricom Ownership Tightens Under Regulatory Watch
The Vodafone Safaricom merger is now formally under review by the East African Community Competition Authority, and the scrutiny reflects…
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News
Somewhere Between the Pitch Deck and the Balance Sheet, African Fintech Grew Up
African fintech no longer moves on promise alone. It moves on permission, arithmetic, and tolerance for risk. The shift is…
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News
Andela Acquires Woven to Boost AI-Ready Engineering Force
Andela has announced its acquisition of Woven, a leading technical assessment company dedicated to delivering AI-native talent and forward-deployed engineers…
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News
TikTok Survived the Ban Era by Changing Who Answers the Phone
The TikTok US business sale formalises a compromise that neither Washington nor Beijing ever described publicly but both have been…
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News
How NCBA Ended the Takeover Rumours Without Erasing Its Own Name
When NCBA’s board finally settled on Nedbank, it was not ending a bidding war so much as closing off a…
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TRENDING
Flutterwave Partners with Turnkey and Nuvion to Deploy Stablecoin Infrastructure
Flutterwave has announced the launch of stablecoin balances for its merchants and users. This strategic move, achieved through a collaboration…
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News
Paymentology Appoints Kesheni Moodley as Regional Director for Africa
Paymentology, the world’s leading global issuer-processor, has announced the appointment of Kesheni Moodley as its new Regional Director for Africa.…
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COLUMNS
Mark Mwaniki | Why 2026 Could Be a Breakout Year for Digital Trade in East Africa
For more than a decade, East Africa has been viewed as a region of unrealised potential, a future hub for…
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News
Sophos Launches Workspace Protection to Secure Hybrid Teams and Govern AI Usage
Cybersecurity firm Sophos has announced the launch of Sophos Workspace Protection. This new solution is designed to provide organizations with…
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News
Africa’s Agrifood Sector Eyes High-Tech Transformation, Report
Africa’s agrifood sector is entering a pivotal era of growth as scalable technologies and digital innovations begin to redefine productivity…
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News
South Africa’s Nedbank to Acquire Majority Stake in Kenya’s NCBA for $856 million
South African financial giant Nedbank Group Limited has issued a formal Notice of Intention to acquire a controlling 66% stake…
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News
LG Signature Smart Appliances Build Intelligence Into Habit
At CES 2026, LG Signature smart appliances arrived with a confidence that comes from subtraction. There is no attempt to…
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News
LG Signature Series 2026 Brings the Washer Dryer Combo Out of the Patience Economy
The all in one washer dryer has for years lived in a strange corner of the appliance world. It promised…
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News
The AI Race Is Running Into Walls It Cannot Code Around
The modern AI industry has lived on a simple assumption: progress would arrive faster if you fed models more data,…
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News
Gates and OpenAI Announce an AI Push for African Clinics at a Fragile Moment
The Gates Foundation and OpenAI have committed $50 million to deploy artificial intelligence tools across health care systems in Africa,…
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Startups
Chipper Cash Hits First Cash-Flow Positive Quarter
Chipper Cash, one of Africa’s leading cross-border payment platforms, has officially reached a historic financial turning point. CEO and Co-Founder…
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News
What Happens When Kenya’s Safest Money Meets Its Riskiest Borrowers
Kenyan SMEs operate in a narrow financial corridor. They generate revenue, hire staff, and survive shocks, yet credit repeatedly fails…
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News
Safaricom Is Repricing Broadband Around Real Life, Not the Billing Cycle
Safaricom plans to introduce tokenised Wi-Fi with hourly, daily, and weekly access. The move rests on a simple reading of…
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News
The Tax System is Getting Stricter About Where Invoices Come From
Tax invoices in Kenya are being forced to settle down. Under a new georeferencing policy, the Kenya Revenue Authority is…
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News
Google Can Afford to Say No to Ads in Gemini, for Now
Davos does strange things to conversations. People arrive sleep deprived, guarded, and oddly candid at the same time. In one…
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News
Microsoft and Zendawa Harness AI to Revolutionize Kenya’s Pharmacy Sector
Microsoft has partnered with Kenyan health-tech startup Zendawa to deploy a cutting-edge AI-powered platform. Built on Microsoft 365 Copilot, Power…
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News
OnePlus Is Being Taken Apart
The OnePlus brand dismantling is not a rumor circulating at the edges of the industry. It is an observable process…
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News
A Safaricom Sale, A Nervous Shilling, And A Central Bank Choosing Arithmetic Over Symbolism
Central banks rarely volunteer opinions on how governments should raise money. They police inflation, manage liquidity, and safeguard market confidence.…
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News
LG Came to CES With Brighter OLEDs and a Hard Look at Where TVs Are Used
LG came to this year’s CES with something more deliberate and revealing. The tech giant showcased a product line that…
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News
Motorcycles Came Back Quietly in 2025 and Watu Was Already Financing the Turn
Local asset fintech firm Watu has confirmed a significant recovery in motorcycle sales in 2025, reinforcing findings from the Kenya…
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TRENDING
Kenya Confirms Worldcoin Biometric Data Deleted
The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) has confirmed that Tools for Humanity, the organization behind the controversial Worldcoin…
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TRENDING
Paystack Marks 10th Anniversary with Shift to Holding Company and Group Profitability
Paystack, the fintech giant that has become the backbone of digital commerce in Africa, has announced a major structural evolution…
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News
Network International Digital Payments Partnership Targets Sudan’s Banking Infrastructure
Network International, a leading fintech company operating across the Middle East and Africa, has signed a strategic processing agreement with…
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Featured
How to Place Quick Sports Betting and Win
In today’s fast-paced world, decision-making speed is often the deciding factor for success. This rule applies one hundred percent to…
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News
Grok Didn’t Stop Making Undressing Images. X Just Decided Who Gets to Pay for Them
Early this month, X restricted Grok’s image generation to paying subscribers, steering users toward a $395 annual plan. The move…
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TRENDING
Inside the Plan to Let Government Offices Talk Without the Telcos Listening In
JamboTel exists, for now, as an intention more than a system. Treasury has put the idea on paper, tied it…
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News
In a Country Where Protest Lives Online, the Government Looks for a Way Back In
The National Communication Strategy leaves little doubt about how the State sees the digital space today. Officials believe the government…
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News
The Day the Cloud Hiccups is Never the Same Everywhere
Cloud outages now arrive as routine events in a system built at planetary scale. A misconfigured database, an automated rollback…
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News
The Chrome Bid That Wasn’t About Buying a Browser
When Perplexity submitted a $34.5 billion unsolicited offer for Google Chrome in August 2025, the timing mattered more than the…
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News
In the Race for Warner Bros. Discovery, the Real Fight Is With Regulators, Not Rivals
The bids circling Warner Bros. Discovery remain proposals, not outcomes. No merger has closed. No assets have moved. What exists…
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News
Telecoms Head Into The New Year Carrying Bigger Ambitions, Thinner Margins, And No Easy Place To Hide
The telecom industry enters the new year under strain that feels familiar but heavier. Economic expansion remains weak by historical…
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News
Cross-Border Deals are Slowing Down and no One is Pretending it is Temporary
Deal teams across Eastern and Southern Africa have learned to read the order of documents. Term sheets first, then diligence,…
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News
Everyone Sees The Views But Few See How Fragile Youtube Income Has Become In Kenya
The public image of online creation still leans toward freedom and upside. Work from anywhere. Publish often. Let the internet…
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News
Digital Loans Promised Access, Then Became The System Itself
Digital credit in Kenya has crossed a threshold where it no longer feels optional. With more than 3 million active…
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News
As Big Money Hesitates, the IFC Steps Back Into the Messy Middle of African Capital
When the International Finance Corporation commits equity capital, it usually does so with an unusually long memory. The institution tends…
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News
M-Pesa made paying faster, but it also made privacy easier to ignore
M-Pesa confirmation messages sit in a strange place in Kenya’s economic life. They are treated as proof, habitually displayed, sometimes…
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News
Nigeria is no longer debating artificial intelligence, it is trying to govern it
Nigeria’s push to legislate artificial intelligence reflects less a fascination with new tools than a mounting discomfort with how deeply…
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TRENDING
Safaricom Appoints Sylvia Anampiu to Lead Fixed Business
Safaricom has announced the appointment of Sylvia Anampiu as the Director of Fixed Business, signaling a major strategic shift as…
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BUSINESS
Capital.com Secures CMA License to Operate as Online Forex Broker in Kenya
Global fintech group, Capital.com, has been granted a license by the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) of Kenya to operate as…
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News
At 25, Wikipedia is Still Held Together by People Who Show Up and Refuse to Let Knowledge Break
Wikipedia, the world’s largest online encyclopaedia and one of the most visited websites globally, marks its 25th anniversary today. They’re…
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News
Ai Kenya Industry Breakfast 3.0 Set for January 29
As AI technologies continue to reshape the business landscape globally, Kenya is reinforcing its position at the forefront of enterprise…
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News
UK–Kenya Tech Hub Launches Startup 360 Connect to Boost Angel Investing
The UK–Kenya Tech Hub, in partnership with Viktoria Ventures, Anza Village, and POV, are launching Startup 360 Connect (#S360Connect), an…
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News
Msossi App Targets Food Waste With Discounted Near-Expiry Food in Kenya
Kenya’s first innovative food app, Msossi, is set to launch this month with the aim of connecting stores with consumers…
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Featured
How to get Freebets and Bonuses on ChezaGame Today
Kenyan betting fanatics are buzzing with excitement as ChezaGame, the latest online sports betting platform has rolled out some of…
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News
Starlink Breaks Up the Bill as Satellite Internet Runs Into Resistance in Kenya
Starlink’s new instalment plan for its portable mini kit is not a discount. The total cost barely moves. What changes…
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News
Mobile Money Still Runs the Country, Just Not Through the Counter Anymore
The small wooden counter at a mobile money kiosk still looks busy. Stickers on the glass promise speed and convenience.…
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BUSINESS
Kenyan Regulators Back Government’s Safaricom Stake Sale
Kenyan regulatory heads have formally endorsed the government’s plan to divest a 15% stake in Safaricom PLC to the Vodacom…
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News
Paystack Enters Nigeria’s Banking Sector with Acquisition of Ladder Microfinance Bank
Paystack, the Stripe-owned fintech leader, has officially entered Nigeria’s banking sector through the acquisition of Ladder Microfinance Bank. Announced on…
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News
Kenya’s Satellite Internet Market Is No Longer a One-Name Story
For years, satellite internet in Kenya sat at the edges of the connectivity map. It was used where fibre never…
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News
Uber Drops Visa Cards in Kenya Amid Payment Cost Squeeze
Open the Uber app in Kenya today and something ordinary is missing. Visa is gone. For a service built on…
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BUSINESS
Faulu Bank Increases Mobile Loan Limit to Ksh. 100,000 to Meet Rising Credit Demand
As Kenyan households continue to navigate persistent inflationary pressures and irregular cash flows, digital credit has emerged as a critical…
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Startups
Africa Tech Summit Nairobi: 12 Startups Selected for 2026 Investment Showcase
Africa Tech Summit Nairobi has officially unveiled the 12 African ventures selected to take center stage at its highly anticipated…
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BUSINESS
[Kenya] The Investment Numbers are Sliding, Employment is Not, and Nobody Agrees on What that Really Means
The Kenya investment slowdown has started to look less like a single bad year and more like a pattern that…
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News
Why Reliable After-Sales Support Like the LG Best Care Trailer Matters for the Modern Appliance Owner
When your fridge goes on the fritz, you face a dilemma familiar to many Kenyans. Should you call a local…
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News
Airtel Kenya Tries to Crack a Digital Credit Market Long Shaped by Fuliza
When Airtel Money Kenya says it wants a slice of the digital overdraft market, it is not entering open ground.…
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