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Nedbank completes 66pc NCBA takeover after regulatory nod
South Africa’s Nedbank Group has completed its acquisition of a 66 per cent controlling stake in NCBA Group, making the…
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Neural Labs, Me-Nasoma win Meta AI pitch contest in Nairobi
Kenyan startups Neural Labs Africa and Me-Nasoma have won the inaugural AI Academy Kenya Pitchathon, taking home $5,000 each in…
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Meta picks 10 Kenyan AI startups for Nairobi pitch contest
Ten Kenyan startups building on Meta’s artificial intelligence tools will compete for funding and a slot at a global AI…
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Sterling, Cascador launch $200m Nigerian SME loan fund
Nigerian lender Sterling Bank and growth-stage investor Cascador have launched a $200 million fund to help small and medium-sized enterprises…
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Bolt launches Sh280 subscription with ride cashback
Ride-hailing firm Bolt has launched a monthly subscription in Kenya that gives frequent users cashback on rides, free food delivery…
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New data body targets 10,000 professionals in Kenya
Kenya has a new professional body for data practitioners, which plans to train more than 10,000 data professionals over the…
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Her Startup opens second cohort for African women founders
Women-led tech startups across Africa have until October 26 to apply for the second cohort of Her Startup, an accelerator…
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Spotify brings audiobooks to Kenya at Sh489 a month
Spotify has launched audiobooks in Kenya with more than 350,000 titles, adding books to the music and podcasts its users…
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Safaricom cybersecurity summit puts AI at centre of cyber defence
Safaricom has called for cybersecurity to be built into digital services from the outset, as AI fuels a new wave…
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Seven in 10 Kenyans off track for retirement, study says
Seven in 10 Kenyans say they are not on course for a comfortable retirement, with household costs, irregular incomes and…
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CA moves to tighten satellite internet licensing
Satellite internet providers operating in Kenya face a new set of licensing and spectrum rules after the Communications Authority of…
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Kenya gazettes Access to Information Policy 2026
Kenya has formally published its Access to Information (ATI) Policy, 2026, setting out a national framework for how citizens can…
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CYBER SECURITY
Cyberattacks on African firms rise faster than global average
Cyberattacks on African organisations grew faster than the global average over the past decade. Hackers are increasingly targeting the continent’s…
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Crypto firm wants Kenya to delay virtual asset licensing to 2027
A Nairobi-based digital assets firm has asked the government to push back the rollout of Kenya’s virtual asset licensing regime…
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Ugandan fintech MAM Telecom lands $250,000 grant
Ugandan payments infrastructure startup MAM Telecom Ltd has secured a $250,000 (about Sh32 million) grant from a South African businessman…
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Airtel Africa adds 3,250 sites and 3,200km of fibre in a year
Over the past year, Airtel Africa says it has added more than 3,250 network sites and 3,200 kilometres of fibre.…
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Roam raises local parts in e-bikes to 40pc
Electric motorcycle maker Roam has raised the share of locally made parts in its Roam Air model to 40 percent,…
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Cassava Technologies rehires Dan Kwach to lead AI data centre push
Cassava Technologies has rehired former Africa Data Centres (ADC) East Africa managing director Dan Kwach to lead its artificial intelligence…
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Safaricom launches Sharia-compliant money market fund on M-Pesa
Safaricom has launched a Sharia-compliant money market fund on M-Pesa. The move is a bid to pull more Muslim and…
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BUSINESS
Ex-Absa boss Abdi Mohamed officially takes over at I&M Bank
Former Absa Bank Kenya chief executive Abdi Mohamed has officially taken over as the head of I&M Bank Kenya after…
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Samsung Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra, Galaxy Tab S12+ With 3nm Processors, Up to 14.6-Inch AMOLED Displays Launched: Price, Specifications
Samsung Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra and Galaxy Tab S12+ have officially been launched in Kenya. The new flagship tablets from…
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Airtel Money puts Sh37m into Marigat schools
Airtel Money Kenya and ChildFund have started construction of classrooms, toilets and water facilities worth Sh37 million at two schools…
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BUSINESS
Airtel Money prices London IPO at $7bn valuation
Airtel Money has priced its London initial public offering (IPO) at about $2.60 (£1.96) per share, valuing the mobile money…
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Kenyan banks’ sovereign debt exposure caps profit gains, says Moody’s
Kenyan banks’ heavy holdings of government debt will continue to cap their credit strength despite rising profits and a sharp…
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Safaricom, Pesapal bring M-Pesa tap-to-pay to shop tills
Safaricom has partnered with payments firm Pesapal to roll out tap-to-pay and dynamic QR code payments for M-Pesa at shop…
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CBK licenses 29 more digital lenders
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has licensed an additional 29 digital credit providers (DCPs), bringing the total number of…
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Kenyans eye Dangote refinery shares via NSE listing
Kenyan investors could soon buy into the Dangote refinery’s initial public offering (IPO) through the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE), under…
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How Airtel Money turned agents, cashback and interoperability into a Kenya growth strategy
In a market long described as a one-horse race, Airtel Money has been gaining ground without much noise. Four years…
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Gadgets
Samsung Care+ cuts screen repair costs across East Africa
Samsung is expanding access to Care+, a service plan that allows owners of eligible Galaxy smartphones in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda…
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Inside I&M Bank’s push to go ‘digital fast’
Every month, about 25,000 people open an I&M Bank account without filling in a form. They need only a national…
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BUSINESS
Absa launches all-in-one app in push for digital customers
Absa Bank Kenya has launched a digital platform that bundles banking, savings, investments, loans and lifestyle services into a single…
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Tecno wins two IFA innovation awards for modular phone, mini PC
Smartphone maker Tecno has won two awards at this month’s IFA 2026 consumer electronics trade show in Berlin for a…
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Latitude59 opens Nairobi pitch contest for African startups
Estonian startup event Latitude59 has opened applications for its 2026 Kenya pitch competition, offering early-stage African founders a shot at…
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Yellow Card hires ex-Monzo executive Ross Everett as group CFO
Stablecoin payments firm Yellow Card has appointed former Monzo Bank finance executive Ross Everett as its group Chief Financial Officer…
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KPC fellowship lands jobs for 30pc of first tech cohort
Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) says 30 percent of the first cohort of its youth technology fellowship have secured jobs, as…
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State plans unified platform to link government systems
The government is building a unified operations platform to link public institutions’ systems through secure application programming interfaces (APIs), as…
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Bolt, Kenya Red Cross to train 500 boda riders in first aid
Ride-hailing firm Bolt has partnered with the Kenya Red Cross to train more than 500 boda boda riders in first…
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Airtel Money gains ground as Kenya’s mobile money base tops 54m
Kenya’s mobile money subscriptions reached 54.0 million by June 2026, growing 13.2 per cent year-on-year and pushing mobile money penetration…
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Google trains Kenyan Gen-Z creators, students on Gemini AI tools
Google hosted a hands-on workshop at its Nairobi office, locally dubbed Tutunge na Gemini, targeting Gen Z creators, media professionals…
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Vertiv, Pinnacle ICT in distribution deal to expand data infrastructure reach in Southern Africa
Vertiv, a global provider of critical digital infrastructure, has announced a distribution partnership with Pinnacle ICT, extending the availability of…
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BUSINESS
Absa Kenya, Vivo Energy sign MOU to finance Shell dealers
Absa Bank Kenya PLC and Vivo Energy Kenya, the company that distributes and markets Shell products and services in the…
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GSMA warns of AI divide as 3.4 billion remain offline
The GSMA has warned that the world risks a new divide between AI “haves” and “have-nots” unless urgent action is…
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Apple adds Apple TV, Arcade to iCloud+ in Kenya at no extra cost
Apple has expanded its iCloud+ subscription in Kenya to include Apple TV and Apple Arcade at no additional cost, marking…
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Equity Bank accelerates push to link local SMEs to global markets
Kenyan commercial banks are shifting their lending strategies from traditional primary production toward value addition, aiming to plug local small…
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KRA waives penalties, interest over iTax portal downtime
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) will waive penalties and interest accrued by taxpayers as a result of intermittent downtime on…
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PAPSS targets faster adoption as transaction volumes jump 1,000pc
The Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) says it is entering a new growth phase after transaction volumes across its…
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Safaricom, Vodacom respond after High Court nullifies stake sale
Safaricom PLC has confirmed the High Court’s ruling nullifying the government’s sale of its 15 per cent stake to Vodacom,…
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Kenya floats tender for national fibre backbone, cross-border links
Kenya’s ICT Authority (ICTA) has issued an international tender for the extension of the country’s national fibre backbone and cross-border…
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WSO2 launches open platform to rein in enterprise AI agent sprawl
Technology firm WSO2 has announced the general availability of Agent Manager, an open control plane built to govern artificial intelligence…
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BUSINESS
High Court nullifies Safaricom’s 15pc stake sale to Vodacom
Kenya’s High Court has declared the government’s sale of a 15 per cent stake in Safaricom PLC to Vodacom Group…
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Twiga Foods placed under administration
Templar Field Limited, formerly known as Twiga Foods Limited, and GT Flow Limited, formerly Twiga Foods One Limited, have been…
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Michael Mutiga Confirmed as Stanbic Bank Kenya CEO as lender builds on strong H1
Michael Mutiga has been confirmed as Chief Executive of Stanbic Bank Kenya after the appointment received the necessary regulatory approvals…
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Technopolis Development Authority Board fully constituted under new Act
The Technopolis Development Authority Board has been fully constituted, with the appointment of three new members completing its composition under…
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Anthropic flags Kenya in global AI misuse report ahead of 2027 vote
Kenya has been named in a new global threat intelligence report by AI company Anthropic, which says a pro-government operator…
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BUSINESS
Absa Bank Kenya names Yusuf Omari as CEO
Absa Bank Kenya has appointed Yusuf Omari as its Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer with immediate effect, confirming him…
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Vodacom, Fast Fibre push for wider East Africa digital reach
Vodacom Tanzania and Fast Fibre executives have called for closer regional coordination on regulation, tax and infrastructure investment to accelerate…
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Kenyans among world’s heaviest AI users, survey shows
Kenya has emerged as one of the world’s most active adopters of artificial intelligence, with 87% of citizens surveyed using…
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Interview: Liquid bets on AI as next growth frontier for Africa’s fibre network
Liquid Intelligent Technologies Kenya is repositioning itself beyond its legacy as a connectivity provider, pushing to layer AI, cloud and…
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NEC Africa appoints Phillip Nganga as new East Africa Regional Manager
NEC Africa has appointed Phillip Nganga as Regional Manager for East Africa, giving him overall responsibility for the performance and…
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Saviynt names Kamel Heus regional sales VP for Middle East, Africa
Saviynt, a provider of identity security solutions, has appointed Kamel Heus as Vice President of Sales for the Middle East…
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Kenya reaffirms digital investment push at ITW Africa
Kenya has reaffirmed its commitment to accelerating digital transformation through stronger public-private partnerships, infrastructure investment and supportive policy frameworks. The…
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Kenya coast gets first fully protected submarine cable system as LuLu launches
A coalition of infrastructure and investment firms has unveiled the LuLu Coastal Cable System, the first fully protected submarine cable…
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Paratus expands East Africa connectivity ahead of ITW Africa
Pan-African telecommunications provider Paratus Group is expanding its East Africa footprint through new fibre infrastructure, satellite services and cross-border network…
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CA proposes standalone data centre licence
The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has opened a public consultation process on a proposal to introduce a standalone licence…
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Safaricom Ethiopia crosses 15m subscribers at five-year mark
Safaricom Ethiopia has surpassed 15 million 90-day active subscribers, marking five years since the Ethiopian government awarded it a full-service…
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Data centre giant Vertiv acquires US microgrid specialist in $1.45bn cash deal
Vertiv has agreed to acquire UtilityInnovation Group, a US microgrid and power systems firm, for approximately $1.45 billion in cash,…
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WIOCC secures $300m from AFC, Vision Invest for Africa digital push
Africa’s carrier-neutral digital infrastructure platform WIOCC Group has signed a Shareholder Subscription Agreement with Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) and Vision…
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BUSINESS
Kenya Airways acting CEO George Kamal resigns
Kenya Airways has announced the departure of Capt. George Kamal from his role as Acting Group Managing Director and Chief…
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Kenya among eight countries set to join Digital Cooperation Organization
The Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO) has approved the candidature of eight new countries, including Kenya, to join the organization as…
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MoMo Payment Service Bank appoints Bode Abifarin as CEO and MD
MoMo Payment Service Bank (MoMo PSB), the fintech subsidiary of MTN Nigeria licensed by the Central Bank of Nigeria to…
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Yellow Card partners with Tranzmit to power USA-Nigeria stablecoin payment corridor
Yellow Card, a licensed stablecoin infrastructure provider for emerging markets, has announced that Tranzmit Payment Services, a subsidiary of Tranzmit…
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Microsoft names Angela Nganga East Africa lead
Microsoft has appointed Angela Nganga as its Country Lead for East Africa, placing her in charge of the technology giant’s…
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Publishers push AI firms for revenue sharing
News publishers and industry operators have called on artificial intelligence companies to develop revenue-sharing arrangements with publishers whose journalism is…
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Ventures Platform closes $84m Pan-African Fund II
Africa’s leading seed-stage fund, Ventures Platform, has closed its second institutional fund at $84 million (Sh1.3 billion), beating its original…
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Bolt, Mombasa launch licensing drive for 400 riders
Bolt, the on-demand mobility platform, and the County Government of Mombasa have launched the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) Licensing…
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Startups
TechMoran launches StartupEast Conference & Awards
TechMoran, a pioneer African technology and startup media company, has launched the StartupEast Conference & Awards, a new platform designed…
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MTN Group posts $7.18bn H1 revenue, record margin
MTN Group has reported record margins for the first half of 2026, with service revenue, earnings and capital spend all…
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BUSINESS
SBM Bank opens 34th branch in Nanyuki
SBM Bank Kenya has launched its 34th branch in Nanyuki Town, at the Peak Place Building, marking its formal entry…
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Paratus Uganda first to launch Starlink service
Paratus Uganda has become the first internet service provider in the country to launch Starlink’s low earth orbit (LEO) satellite…
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SUN Mobility launches battery swapping network in Kenya
SUN Mobility has launched an open-architecture battery swapping network in Kenya, in partnership with Vivo Energy, positioning the country as…
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AWS to spend $1 billion putting AI engineers inside customer teams
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced that it is investing $1 billion in a new team that will place thousands…
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Nairobians reject ride-hailing minimum fare
A new survey by TIFA Research has found that 59 percent of ride-hailing users in Nairobi oppose the government’s proposed…
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Visa partners _able, Onafriq to expand credit access in Africa
Visa has partnered with credit infrastructure firm _able and pan-African payments company Onafriq to expand the Visa Flex Credential across…
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80pc of Malawians remain offline despite network coverage, GSMA finds
Expanding mobile internet access could unlock new opportunities for millions of Malawians in education, financial services and digital public services,…
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Comsol enters SA wholesale 5G home broadband market with new backers
Comsol, a South African fixed wireless connectivity and private network operator, is entering the home broadband market as a wholesale…
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MTN, Vodacom face zero-rating deadline in South Africa
South Africa’s major mobile network operators, including MTN, Vodacom and Cell C, have until January 15, 2027 to make the…
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WSO2 opens first Africa office in Johannesburg
WSO2, a global enterprise digital infrastructure firm generating more than $100 million (Sh12.9 billion) in annual recurring revenue, has opened…
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NCBA cuts Pesalink fees, joins 19 other banks in flat KES 20 pricing
NCBA Bank has revised its Pesalink pricing on the NCBA NOW App, offering free interbank transfers of up to Kshs…
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Absa Bank Kenya posts Kshs 10.5bn half-year profit on deposit, asset growth
Absa Bank Kenya PLC has posted a profit after tax of Kshs 10.5 billion for the half-year ended June 30,…
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CLOUD
Kenya and AWS build on Konza partnership with new cloud and digital skills push
Kenya and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are deepening their partnership on cloud computing, artificial intelligence and digital skills after the…
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Startups
New platform maps Kenya’s startup, investment and policy ecosystem
An independent digital intelligence platform has launched to give a single, continuously updated view of Kenya’s innovation ecosystem, bringing together…
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Kenya courts Chinese telecom giant Guodong for digital infrastructure push
The Principal Secretary for the State Department for ICT and the Digital Economy, Eng. John Tanui, has received a delegation…
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Safaricom names Vodacom Executives Cassim, Mbungela to board
Safaricom Plc has appointed two senior Vodacom Group executives, Mariam Cassim and Matimba Mbungela, as Non-Executive Directors effective August 13,…
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Kenya tops world in AI adoption, new global report shows
Kenya has emerged as the world’s most AI-engaged nation, with nearly all of its online adults now using artificial intelligence…
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BUSINESS
Sanlam Allianz Kenya net profit up fourfold to Sh124.6 million
Sanlam Allianz Holdings (Kenya) Plc has posted a net profit of Sh124.6 million for the half-year ended June, up from…
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IMF warns local stablecoins could deepen dollarisation risk
The International Monetary Fund has warned that stablecoins issued in local currencies, often pitched as a defence against dollarisation, could…
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BUSINESS
Agentic AI set to reshape financial fraud in Kenya, BCG warns
Kenyan banks have a narrow window to build defences against a new generation of AI-driven financial fraud before criminals gain…
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TVS Motor enters Kenya with launch of iQube electric scooter
Indian two-wheeler manufacturer TVS Motor Company has launched its iQube electric scooter in Kenya, marking its first entry into the…
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BUSINESS
EABL profit jumps 49pc on strong revenue growth in full year 2026
East African Breweries PLC (EABL) has reported a 49 percent jump in profit after tax for the year ended June…
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Canal+ wins exclusive UEFA club football rights in Sub-Saharan Africa to 2031
Canal+ has secured the exclusive rights, in all languages, to all UEFA Men’s Club competitions across Sub-Saharan Africa for four…
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BUSINESS
African Marketplace Dubai returns October 2026 for second edition
African Marketplace (AMP), the pan-continental trade and cultural platform spotlighting export-ready brands from Africa and the Caribbean, is returning to…
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