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Social Media
This new Facebook feature will Use Artificial Intelligence to Describe Photos to Blind Users
Artificial Intelligence is a technology that is growing very fast and with this growth it seems to be helping people…
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Reviews
Review: Infinix ZERO 3, the camera Hero
Infinix Zero 3 is the latest smartphone from Infinix Mobility that is priding itself in the emerging smartphone market. It…
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Gadgets
Infinix Zero 3 Now in Kenya, featuring a 20.7MP Camera
The hotly anticipated Infinix Zero 3 is now available in Kenya. The Smartphone was launched at a colorful event on…
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Reviews
Infinix Note 2 Unboxing and Photos
It is probably one of the coolest gadgets one would wish to have right now in town; I am talking…
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Airtel Kenya’s #FaceOfKenya campaign Promotes Upcoming Photographers
Airtel Kenya has been working with with top Instagrammers; Asif Khan , Mutua Matheka and Sarah Waiswa, to use the…
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Gadgets
New iPhone 6s and 6s Plus to come with 3D touch screen technology
Apple has unveiled its iPhone 6s and 6s Plus that come with a new 3D touch screen. At a special…
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Facebook bans photos of Europe’s refugee crisis
Facebook has banned the photos of the Europe’s refugee crisis that saw last week, approximately 150 bodies of migrant refugees…
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Social Media
Instagram now supports Landscape and Portrait photo Formats
Instagram will now allow users to upload portrait and landscape photos and video in addition to the Square format that…
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Gadgets
Leaked photo of the Upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note 5
On August 13th Samsung will be holding the Samsung Unpacked event in New York at 11am Eastern (8am Pacific) and…
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Startups
DEMO Africa 30 Technology Start-ups list for 2015 released
DEMO Africa has today released a list of the thirty technology start-ups from across Africa that will pitch at the…
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Reviews
Product Review: Microsoft Lumia 535
Introduction: One of the most “what if” questions came to pass in 2013, when Microsoft announced the buyout of the Nokia…
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Reports: Google set to Unveil New Web Photo Service
Google might just be launching an online picture sharing and storage service that will no longer be part of the Google+…
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Reviews
Product Review: Hands on with the Microsoft Lumia 532 Dual Sim
Way back before Nokia was acquired by Microsoft, Nokia held a legacy for a long time, especially for the build…
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Reviews
Hands On with the Infinix Hot; The Unboxing and Review
This is the Infinix Hot as you’ve never seen it or even held it, the Unboxing and First Impressions from…
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Interviews
Interview: Data centres consuming up to 3% of all global energy production
Data centres have for years been known to be excessive consumers of power, consuming up to 3% of all global…
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Social Media
Facebook Will ‘Auto Enhance’ Your Photos—Unless You Turn It Off
Facebook has begun automatically enhancing photos that users upload from the recently updated iOS app. What does that mean? If…
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Gadgets
Hands on with the new Nokia 130
Microsoft announced the launch of its latest addition to Nokia 130,the latest addition to its phone range, the Nokia 130.…
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Social Media
Twitter aquires Twitpic domain and photo archive
Image sharing service Twitpic says that it has reached an agreement with Twitter, to give the microblogging service the Twitpic…
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News
Surface Pro 3 to be available in 25 Other countries on August 28th
Surface Pro 3, and it is set to arrive in 25 more countries this month, Microsoft has announced. This means that…
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News
Microsoft releases the Lumia 530 single and Lumia 530 Dual SIM
Microsoft has announced the release of a new range of its Lumia smartphone – the Nokia Lumia 530 and Lumia 530…
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Sony Unveils the Xperia C3 selfie smartphone
By Nixon Kanali Heard of a Selfie smartphone? Well Sony Mobile Communications has something for you. The company has introduced Xperia™ C3, the…
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Lumia 930 to be available in the UK on 17 July
By Nixon Kanali, Nokias’ flagship Lumia series smartphone the Lumia 930 running Microsoft’s new Windows Phone mobile operating system will be available…
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Photography lovers, Be excited: the Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-RX100 III is real
There’s a reason we all need the new Sony Cyber-shot RX100 III camera: our bodies have become too precious…
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News
Hands-on with the newn Nokia’s new Lumia 930
Nokia has Announced yet Another Lumia: The Lumia 930 With a 5-inch display has a…
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News
Twitter adds photo tagging and multiple photo uploads
Rated as the fastest growing micro-blogging site, Twitter has released two new features. In a move that is similar to…
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Apps
An app that Organizes Your Smartphone Photos Into Albums With Just A Swipe, Tidy
There is a new application in the market called Tidy. Tidy has been developed by Covworks , a web and app development…
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Gadgets
The Infinix S2 with Dual Front Cameras Coming on April 10th
It’s that time of the year that you would expect so much noise on the internet about Infinix Mobile launching…
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Reviews
The Infinix X-Band: When fashion meets technology.
A couple of weeks ago I told you about Infinix Mobility officially entering into the smartwatch market. The company announced…
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BUSINESS
Jumia launches 2nd white paper on mobile trends, announces start of Mobile Week
Online retailer, Jumia yesterday announced the start of Jumia Mobile week. The company has partnered with smartphone manufacturing companies; Infinix,…
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News
15 million customers later, Safaricom Ethiopia must turn rapid growth into a commercially sustainable business
Safaricom Ethiopia’s profitability has become the more important question now that the operator has passed 15 million 90-day active subscribers.…
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News
Kenya’s M&A lead is being driven by billion-dollar ambitions in banking and regional expansion
Kenya leads Africa in mergers and acquisitions by deal value after companies and investors struck $1.44 billion (KSh186.4 billion) worth…
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Children are using AI for homework. What should parents teach?
As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly part of children’s schoolwork, parents are being urged to teach them how to use AI…
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Samsung’s Galaxy A27 gets more right than wrong, even if one buying dilemma never quite disappears
The Galaxy A27 is the kind of smartphone that becomes easier to understand after a few days than it is…
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Kenya’s 18% ride-hailing commission cap falls as court challenges government’s regulatory approach
Kenya’s ride-hailing commission cap is facing a major reset after the High Court blocked enforcement of the 18% ceiling imposed…
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Samsung’s Galaxy A27 feels familiar at first, but the smarter upgrades become clearer with time
Samsung’s Galaxy A27 doesn’t announce itself with a dramatic redesign. Put it next to last year’s model and the family…
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Samsung Galaxy S26 FE arrives with One UI 9 and a sharper focus on everyday flagship value
Samsung has positioned the Galaxy S26 FE as a curated flagship offering, bringing the core strengths of its S-series camera…
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B Lab Africa opens seventh SME programme as sustainability becomes a bigger business priority
B Lab Africa has opened applications for the seventh cohort of its Resilient Sustainable Business (RSB) Programme, a nine-week initiative…
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Kenya’s content creators challenge 5% withholding tax ahead of YouTube rollout
Kenya’s Digital Content Creators Association is urging the National Treasury and the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) to halt collection of…
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CBK clears Nedbank’s 66% NCBA acquisition as the South African bank prepares to take control
The Central Bank of Kenya has approved Nedbank Group Limited’s acquisition of up to 66 percent of NCBA Group, taking…
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OPay weighs NGX listing as its $4 billion IPO plans draw closer
OPay’s planned IPO could be heading in a more complicated direction than a straightforward US listing. The Nigerian fintech, which…
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Samsung’s latest Fan Edition arrives with a new chip and a bigger AI focus
Samsung has officially unveiled the Galaxy S26 FE, bringing a new 3nm Exynos 2500 chipset, Android 17 and One UI…
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Google pushes Gemini deeper into banking as AI takes on financial research and risk
Google Cloud has launched Gemini Enterprise for Financial Services, a new AI platform aimed at helping banks and capital markets…
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Kenya’s electricity reserve margin falls sharply, raising rationing concerns
Kenya electricity rationing risk is rising as the gap between available generation and peak demand narrows, leaving the country with…
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News
Apple confirms September 9 iPhone event as foldable iPhone nears debut
Apple has set September 9 for its next major iPhone event, confirming the date for a presentation that is expected…
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Samsung Galaxy A27 performance feels solid, with battery life to match
Samsung’s Galaxy A27 5G feels most convincing when you use it the way most people actually use a phone: jumping…
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Kenya Airways grows revenue despite lower capacity as fuel costs and losses weigh on its turnaround
Kenya Airways delivered a stronger first half on the commercial side, generating KSh81.3 billion in revenue in the six months…
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Samsung’s Galaxy A27 keeps its cool across PUBG, COD Mobile and Free Fire
Samsung’s decision to replace Exynos with the Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 in the Galaxy A27 raises a practical question for…
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Which AI features actually come to the Samsung Galaxy A27 5G?
Samsung wants the Galaxy A27 5G to feel like more than an affordable 5G phone. The company has pushed what…
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How Absa is using fintech partnerships to strengthen customer relationships across Africa
A generation that grew up sending money instantly, investing from a phone, and expecting services to work without friction is…
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News
Apple’s leaked camera-equipped AirPods put Visual Intelligence into your ears
Apple’s camera-equipped AirPods appear to have slipped into public view through Apple’s own software, offering one of the clearest looks…
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Africa Blockchain Festival lands in Nairobi as Kenya’s crypto rules take shape
The Africa Blockchain Festival will bring founders, investors, regulators and developers to Nairobi from October 15 to 17, but the…
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Samsung’s foldable roadmap points to five Galaxy Z devices in 2027
Samsung’s 2027 foldable lineup could become the company’s biggest Galaxy Z portfolio yet if a new supply-chain leak proves accurate.…
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COLUMNS
Sylvia Ilahuka | There’s an app for that: Justice tech in Africa
The world over, justice is difficult to access due to socioeconomic disparities and systemic gaps. Justice-oriented civil society efforts have…
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Android doesn’t have an iPhone problem. It has an identity problem
When the iPhone 18 series arrives, Apple will once again dominate the smartphone conversation. The September launch is expected to…
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iPhone 18 series: What Apple’s 2026–27 lineup is shaping up to be
Apple’s iPhone 18 series is shaping up to be one of the company’s most unusual iPhone generations, not because every…
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Kenya clarifies cyber café rules as browsing history tracking is ruled out
The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has clarified that cyber cafés will not have to keep customers’ browsing history under…
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Spotify draws a line around AI artist identities as streaming platforms debate discovery, royalties and trust
Spotify is introducing an AI Persona label for artist profiles that do not represent a real person, putting a new…
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Yasemin Bedir takes Mastercard’s EEMEA helm as mobile money and fintech reshape African payments
Mastercard has appointed Yasemin Bedir as President of its Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (EEMEA) region, putting the nearly…
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Fake streaming sites turn interest in The Odyssey into a phishing trap
People searching for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey should be careful about where they enter their personal or payment information. Cybercriminals…
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More security tools are creating a bigger challenge for enterprise cybersecurity teams
Security teams can accumulate a surprising number of tools in the effort to protect an enterprise. One platform may monitor…
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YouTube raises the cost of entering its monetization program for new creators
YouTube is making its monetization requirements substantially harder for new creators, doubling the watch-time threshold for long-form content and raising…
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Spotify tests podcast ad skip button for Premium users as listening experience evolves
Spotify is testing a new podcast ad skip button that allows some Premium subscribers to move past advertisements, sponsorship messages…
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NSE plans first AI-focused ETF as Kenya broadens investment options
The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) is preparing to launch an AI-focused exchange-traded fund before the end of 2026, potentially giving…
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TRENDING
Harnessing AI in cybersecurity: Ways companies can stay ahead of AI-driven threats
While cybersecurity companies leverage Artificial Intelligence (AI) to enhance threat detection, cybercriminals are weaponising the same technology for automated phishing…
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Google-backed Taara expands wireless optical communication to speed up enterprise internet in Nigeria
Businesses in Nigeria are gaining faster access to high-speed internet as Taara, a graduate of X, Google’s Moonshot Factory, expands…
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Beyond Starlink: What SpaceX’s mobile network means for Africa
SpaceX’s mobile network ambitions are becoming much clearer after the company publicly confirmed that it intends to build ground-based telecommunications…
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Cloud9’s Chpter acquisition reveals a bigger plan for business banking in Africa
Cloud9’s acquisition of Chpter gives a clearer view of how the Kenyan fintech wants to compete: by placing banking and…
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Featured
Basketball’s expanding influence in West Africa
Basketball has moved from the sidelines to the center of conversation across West Africa. Football still commands the largest audience,…
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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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News
SA fintech TurnStay processes $60.5m in travel payments in six months
TurnStay, a South African fintech that helps African travel businesses collect payments from international guests, has processed more than R1…
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Airtel’s Nxtra data centre in Kenya on track for July 2027
Airtel has set a new completion target of July 2027 for its Nxtra data centre in Tatu City, pushing back…
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Samsung’s One UI Rebuild Could Be Good News for Galaxy A Series Smartphone Users
Samsung may be preparing one of the most significant software changes in the history of One UI, and if reports…
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What Users Should Check Before Installing Mobile Apps From The Web
Banking, shopping, travel, entertainment, and communication, are just a few of the things that mobile apps can be used for,…
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Samsung May Be Preparing Its Biggest Flagship Lineup Yet for 2027
Samsung’s 2027 flagship lineup could be the company’s most ambitious premium smartphone release yet if a new report proves accurate.…
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Nairobi Game Studio Ubuntu Universe Lands EdTech Fellowship Backing for Offline Learning App
Ubuntu Universe Limited, a Nairobi game studio behind the offline-first learning app Soraha, has been selected for the fourth cohort…
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Gadgets
TECNO POVA Launches “Own Your Move” Platform in Kenya
TECNO POVA officially launched its new brand platform, “Own Your Move,” in Kenya, celebrating ambitious and independent-minded consumers who are…
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News
Customer Trust Begins With Responsible Data Protection
You probably think about your personal data when an app asks for permission to access your contacts or location. What…
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Kenya Drafts New Rules on Pay and Mental Health for AI Workers
Kenya has unveiled a draft policy that would introduce new labour protections for thousands of people working behind artificial intelligence…
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After OnePlus, Another Smartphone Brand Could Be Pulling Back
Just two months after officially entering Kenya and outlining plans to expand across East and West Africa, Nothing finds itself…
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Cregis Expands into Africa to Meet Rising Demand for Enterprise Digital Asset Infrastructure
Enterprise digital asset infrastructure provider, Cregis has expanded its operations into Africa as it seeks to tap into the continent’s…
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SBM Bank Kenya Profit Surges 171pc on Lower NPLs
SBM Bank Kenya’s profit before tax jumped 171 percent to Sh548 million in the half-year ended June 2026, helped by…
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TRENDING
I&M Bank, Mastercard Launch Mastercard World Elite Metal Credit Card in Kenya
I&M Bank has expanded its premium banking portfolio with the introduction of the Mastercard World Elite metal credit card, targeting…
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News
Kenya’s Competition Watchdog Is Preparing for the Age of AI Markets
Kenya is preparing for a new era of AI competition regulation as the Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) responds to…
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News
Treasury Puts the Digital Economy Among Kenya’s Top Budget Priorities
Kenya’s digital economy budget agenda has received fresh backing after the National Treasury identified digital transformation as one of its…
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News
Kenya Wants New Competition Rules for Uber, Bolt and Other Digital Platforms
Kenya’s Competition (Amendment) Bill, 2026 could reshape how some of the country’s largest digital platforms are regulated, moving competition enforcement…
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Fhulu Badugela’s Exit Adds Another Leadership Change to Canal+’s MultiChoice Integration
Fhulu Badugela will step down as Chief Executive Officer of Pay-TV for Rest of Africa at Canal+ at the end…
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News
TM Roh Shrugs Off Apple’s Foldable iPhone as Samsung Looks Beyond Firsts
Samsung’s latest foldable lineup isn’t simply an annual refresh. The Galaxy Z Fold 8 represents the biggest change to the…
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News
Starlink Reaches Seychelles as Africa Expansion Hits 28 Markets
Seychellois households and businesses can now subscribe to Starlink, adding a new satellite-based internet service to the country’s telecommunications market…
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News
How the Mid-Range Smartphone Is Becoming the Smartest Choice for Consumers
Not too long ago, buying a mid-range smartphone meant accepting compromises. You settled for a decent camera instead of a…
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News
Zoho, KNCCI Partner to Accelerate Digital Transformation for SMEs in Kenya
Zoho has partnered with the Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KNCCI) to expand digital transformation among small and…
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News
TikTok Removes Over 800,000 Videos in Kenya
TikTok removed 884,591 videos in Kenya during the first quarter of 2026 for violating its Community Guidelines, according to the…
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New Appointments
WayaWaya Appoints Banking Veteran Raj Singh to Board to Drive Expansion
Nairobi-based fintech WayaWaya has appointed veteran banking executive Raj Singh as Non-Executive Director and Adviser to the Board as it…
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Africa AI Governance Index Flags Continent-Wide Policy Gap
A new continental benchmark has found that African states are moving faster to write AI strategies than to fund, staff…
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M-PESA Ethiopia Brings Gebeya’s AI Tools to Its Mini App Platform
M-PESA Ethiopia has expanded its digital services by partnering with Gebeya Inc. the Ethiopian technology company to introduce AI powered…
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Why Africa’s Digital Infrastructure Debate Is Moving Beyond Connectivity
A new policy paper from Economic Research Southern Africa makes an argument that deserves a wider African audience than the South African…
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TRENDING
Payments Certainty, Not Technology, Africa’s Biggest Fintech Gap – Verto Exec
Africa’s payments infrastructure is largely in place, but businesses still lack certainty over cost, speed and settlement, according to Mark…
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News
Mobile Internet Use Surpasses PCs as Kaspersky Warns of Mobile Data Security
A new global survey conducted by Kaspersky revealed that smartphones have overtaken personal computers (PCs) as the primary way of…
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TRENDING
M-KOPA Reaches 10 Million Customers Across Africa
M-KOPA has surpassed 10 million customers across Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa, marking a major milestone for the…
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News
Hustler Fund Adds Bonga Points Repayments in Bid to Boost Loan Collections
Hustler Fund borrowers can now use Safaricom Bonga Points to repay State-backed loans, giving the government another way to recover…
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News
The Sh115 Million Crypto Freeze That Shows Kenya’s New AML Rules in Action
A network of shell companies, international remittance services, intermediary bank accounts and cryptocurrency wallets has placed two Kenyans at the…
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News
Kenya’s New Device Warranty Rules Reach Beyond Authorised Retailers
The next time you buy a smartphone, tablet or laptop in Kenya, the warranty attached to it may no longer…
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