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COLUMNS
Sam Malonza | Why Trust Is Becoming Kenyan Fintech’s Most Important Currency
Kenya’s fintech sector is entering a more demanding chapter and the issue defining it is no longer simply innovation, speed…
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BUSINESS
Family Bank Posts 55% Profit Jump as Assets Cross KES 200 Billion Mark
Family Bank Group has reported a 55.4 per cent jump in profit after tax to KES 5.4 billion for the…
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Koko Networks Unravels, Leaving Creditors with Losses Near Sh22 Billion
Creditors of the collapsed clean cooking start-up Koko Networks are currently staring at a massive financial hole, facing losses totaling…
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News
NCBA Expands Through Fuliza and Digital Loans as Usage Intensifies
NCBA Group recorded a 20.2 percent digital loans profit growth to reach Sh8.9 billion in the year ending December 2025.…
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As Transactions Climb, Africa’s Mobile Money Market Reaches $1.4 Trillion
The African mobile money market reached a valuation of $1.4 trillion in 2025, according to a new report from the…
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Gadgets
Oppo Find N6 Leans on a New 3D Liquid Printed Display to Deal With the Foldable Crease Problem
Oppo has officially launched the Find N6 foldable phone, introducing a display manufacturing technique designed to remove the tactile and…
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Gadgets
Samsung Thins the Frame and Raises the Ceiling With the Galaxy A57 and A37
Samsung has refreshed its mid-range lineup with the introduction of the Samsung Galaxy A57 5G and A37 5G. These devices…
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News
Ethio Telecom’s Green Energy Push with Ascot Energy Focuses on Rural Network Stability
Ethio Telecom has entered a strategic collaboration with the Italian firm Ascot Energy to integrate advanced green energy technologies into…
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BUSINESS
Gopal Vittal Set to Take Airtel Africa Chair as Sunil Mittal Steps Down
Airtel Africa PLC has announced that its founding chair, Sunil Bharti Mittal, will retire from the board in July 2026.…
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News
Credit Bank Cuts Tender Delays with Five-Minute Online Bid Bonds
Credit Bank has launched a digital platform that reduces the time required for businesses to secure Credit Bank online bid…
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Gadgets
A 50 MP Front Camera and 4K Video Capability Define the vivo V70 Set to Launch in Kenya
The vivo V70 is set to officially launch in the Kenyan market, positioned as a camera-centric sub-flagship starting at KSH…
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News
Neal Mohan’s Case for YouTube as the Creator Economy’s Center of Gravity
In the volatile landscape of digital media, a new power dynamic has solidified. YouTube CEO Neal Mohan has articulated a…
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COLUMNS
Jyoti Ball | Most AI Investments Fail, Here’s What the Winners Get Right
Generative AI is not just another wave of innovation, it marks a turning point in how knowledge, creativity, and decision-making…
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News
Isiolo Innovator Wins Red Bull Basement Kenya Finals, Heads to Silicon Valley
A 23-year-old innovator from Isiolo County has won the Red Bull Basement Kenya National Finals with an AI platform designed…
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News
CA Kenya Cleared to Revoke Standard Group Licenses by Tribunal
The Communications and Multimedia Appeals Tribunal has upheld the Standard Group license revocation Kenya case, allowing the Communications Authority of…
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News
Visa Intelligent Authorization Now Available to Help Acquirers Upgrade Payment Infrastructure
Visa has rolled out Visa Intelligent Authorization in Kenya, a new feature on its Visa Acceptance Platform aimed at simplifying…
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Startups
Moniepoint Acquires a Controlling Stake in Kenya’s Sumac Microfinance Bank
Nigeria’s fintech Moniepoint has completed its acquisition of a 78% stake in Sumac Microfinance Bank, establishing a regulated entry into…
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BUSINESS
Glovo Academy Returns to Nairobi for 7th Edition, Training SMBs on Digital Growth Tools
Glovo held the seventh edition of its Glovo Academy in Nairobi on Wednesday, March 18, bringing together small and medium-sized…
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BUSINESS
NCBA Group Posts KES 23.4 Billion Profit, Launches New Ubuntu Strategy as Nedbank Deal Nears
NCBA Group PLC has reported a profit after tax of KES 23.4 billion for the full year 2025, marking a…
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TRENDING
Safaricom’s Decode 4.0 “Made of Kenya Edition” Kicks Off March 31
Safaricom’s annual engineering summit, Decode 4.0, kicks off next week. Tagged the “Made of Kenya Edition,” the summit opens its…
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COLUMNS
Prashant Byndoor | Why Kenya’s Payments Systems Are Under Pressure in 2026
Rising transaction volumes, tighter regulation and growing competition are placing new demands on banks and cooperative lenders across Kenya and…
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News
How Telecoms and Fintechs are Redrawing Africa’s Financial Map
In Africa, banks have long controlled the financial system, dictating how money is stored, moved, and accessed. Today, that power…
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News
I&M Group Posts 22% Profit Growth, Eyes East African Expansion
I&M Group PLC has reported a strong financial performance for the year ending December 31, 2025, with Profit Before Tax…
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TRENDING
High-Growth Firms Drive 80% of Kenya’s Tech Jobs, New Study Finds
A new study has revealed the outsized economic role played by high-growth companies in Kenya, finding that tech and tech-enabled…
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News
Samsung Galaxy A57 Settles Into a Tighter Midrange Market
There is a certain familiarity to the new Samsung Galaxy A57 5G. Pick it up, turn it over, and it…
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News
Breaking the Silos: The Next Frontier of Kenya’s Digital Payment Ecosystem
On paper, Kenya looks settled. Financial inclusion sits at about 94%. Accounts are everywhere. Wallets, bank logins, agent networks, all…
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News
Retail Investor Access Is Rising at NSE but Kenya’s Market Feels Distant to Many
There is a number that refuses to move in Kenya’s capital markets. About 3,000,000 accounts sit on the books of…
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News
Connectivity vs. Capability: The Tension at the Heart of Digital Inclusion
In Nairobi, it is no longer remarkable to pay for tea with a phone. What still catches attention is how…
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News
Banks, Telcos and the Real Work of Financial Inclusion
In Kenya, the interface tends to get the attention. A payment goes through in seconds. A loan arrives before the…
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News
M-Pesa Captures 60% of Trades as Retail Participation Jumps
At some point, a payments tool stops being just a payments tool. It becomes the place where money sits, moves,…
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News
Investors Turn to Kenya’s Expanding Fintech Market
“All M-Pesas are born here,” said John Wenwa, who leads Invest Kenya and is overseeing this year’s Kenya International Investment…
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TRENDING
Africa Powers Global Mobile Money Milestone as Industry Hits $2 Trillion
The world’s mobile money industry reached $2 trillion in annual transaction volume in 2025, and Africa can claim much of…
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BUSINESS
Equity Group Bets on AI to Power Growth as Digital Transactions Hit 98.2%
Equity Group is accelerating its transition into an artificial intelligence-driven financial services provider, betting on AI to power its next…
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News
Infinix NOTE 60 Pro and the Quiet Utility of an Active-Matrix LED Display
The most visible part of the Infinix NOTE 60 Pro is not the 6.78-inch front panel, but the interactive LED…
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News
Infinix NOTE 60 Pro in Kenya: Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 Powers a Creator-First Midrange
The launch of the Infinix NOTE 60 Pro in Kenya earlier today signals a departure from the brand’s traditional reliance…
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News
Pesalink Signals a New Phase for Kenya’s Digital Payments System
Kenya’s payments story has long been told through a single number: more than 90% of adults are financially included. It…
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TRENDING
Pochi la Biashara and P2P Point to Different Timelines in M-PESA’s Privacy Rollout
Starting today, Safaricom switched on data minimization for M-PESA peer-to-peer transfers. The change is visible immediately: masked phone numbers, shortened…
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BUSINESS
Why More Traders from African Regions Are Choosing Global Brokers for Forex Trading
In the past, forex trading was mainly viewed as a specialized, niche financial activity in Africa. However, that all has…
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News
As M-PESA Masks Numbers, Transaction Codes Take Over Payment Proof
On most days, the message that settles a payment is no longer a voice call, a handshake, or even a…
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News
Airtel Africa and SpaceX Complete Starlink Mobile Testing in Kenya
Airtel Africa and SpaceX have announced the successful testing of data and messaging services using Starlink Mobile in Kenya. The…
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News
Ericsson Appoints Siseko Ngxola as Country Head of South Africa
Ericsson has announced the appointment of Siseko Ngxola as Head of Ericsson South Africa. According to the company, the appointment…
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BUSINESS
Equity Named Africa’s Strongest Banking Brand and Kenya’s Most Valuable Brand
Equity has extended its lead in the brand stakes, emerging as Africa’s strongest banking brand and Kenya’s most valuable brand…
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News
Samsung Unveils Next-Gen HBM4E Memory and Deepens NVIDIA Partnership at GTC 2026
Samsung Electronics took center stage at NVIDIA’s GTC 2026 conference in San Jose this week, unveiling its most advanced memory…
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News
Infinix Launches NOTE 60 Pro in Kenya With a Display on the Back Panel
Infinix has officially launched the NOTE 60 Pro in Kenya, introducing what the brand describes as a new category of…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom’s M-Pesa Update Masks Phone Numbers and Ends an Era of Open Customer Data
The digital footprints left behind after a simple 500-shilling transfer are about to shrink. Starting Tuesday, 24 March 2026, Safaricom…
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News
An AI Law With Teeth at Home and Blind Spots Abroad
Kenya’s proposed Artificial Intelligence Bill, 2026 places a regulator at the centre of a fast-moving sector. It sets rules, defines…
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TRENDING
Mobile Number Ruling in Kenya Complicates Telco Operations
On March 19, 2026, the High Court placed a mobile number in the same legal space as personal data. Justice…
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News
Stablecoins Took Off in Kenya Now Regulators Are Closing In on the Details
Kenya’s new stablecoin regulations do not ban or even slow the market. They force it into view. Under draft rules…
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News
Inside Kenya’s AI and Connectivity Plans as Global Partners Move In
There is a number that keeps surfacing in Nairobi’s tech policy circles. $5 billion. It is the price tag attached…
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News
Cellulant Appoints Darren Makarem as CFO to Drive African Payments Expansion
African payments technology company Cellulant has named Darren Makarem as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), bolstering its executive bench…
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Bolt Report Highlights Economic Gains for Drivers in Kenya’s Gig Economy
On-demand mobility platform Bolt has released its flagship Gig Economy Report in partnership with Ipsos, revealing the growing role of…
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New Appointments
AVEVA Appoints Khaled Salah as VP for Africa in Regional Growth Push
Industrial software company AVEVA has appointed Khaled Salah as Vice President of Africa, tasking him with accelerating the company’s growth…
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News
Showmax to Shut Down at the End of March
There is something unusual about how Showmax is ending. Subscriptions close on 31 March 2026. Renewals stop on 1 April…
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News
Beyond Nairobi, BasiGo’s Electric Bus Expansion Begins to Stretch Across Kenya
For a while, the logic held inside Nairobi. Dense routes. Predictable passenger flows. Charging points within reach. An electric bus…
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BUSINESS
Kenyans Turn to Digital Credit as Cost of Living Bites, Tala Report Finds
More Kenyans are tightening their financial habits in response to a difficult economic environment, with savings, digital credit, and entrepreneurship…
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BUSINESS
Equity Group Posts Record KSh75.5 Billion Profit in FY2025, Up 55%
Equity Group Holdings has reported the highest profit after tax in Kenya’s corporate history, with earnings rising 55% to KSh75.5…
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EU and Kenya Move Deeper Into Digital Systems Design With New Strategic Dialogue
Fifty years is a long time in diplomacy. Long enough for habits to form, for language to settle into routine.…
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BUSINESS
Kenya Holds Line on 15% Tax for US Firms
Tax policy often feels like an abstract exercise until the invoices start to arrive. For Kenya, the global minimum tax…
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News
TECNO Brings AI-Powered CAMON 50 Series and Lamborghini Partnership to Kenya from MWC 2026
TECNO has used the Mobile World Congress 2026 (MWC) stage in Barcelona to unveil its latest smartphone lineup and a…
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PalmPay’s Purple Woman Program Tackles Nigeria’s Tech Gender Gap
Nigeria’s digital economy is growing at a striking pace; fintech alone recorded 70% growth in a single year, but women…
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TRENDING
Kibaba Fund Brings Global Exposure Closer, but Not Simpler
Kenyan retail portfolios have tended to circle the same terrain for years. Treasury bills, SACCO shares, a piece of land…
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News
Technology is Rewriting the Playbook for Grassroots Football in Kenya
The launch of the SportPesa League has introduced a technology-driven framework that is gradually turning community football in Kenya into…
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News
Kenya Moves To Put A Name And A Face To AI Power As New Bill Hands One Office Wide Authority
A single office, backed by law and tied to the presidency, now sits at the core of Kenya’s emerging approach…
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News
Kenya Convenes Piracy Forum as Losses Hit KES 92 Billion
In Nairobi this week, the conversation about piracy moved past general concern and into operational detail. The Ministry of Information,…
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News
Kenya’s Electric Motorbike Surge Is Starting to Run Through Bolt
Spend a few minutes at a busy junction in Nairobi and it does not take long for the motorcycle economy…
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News
Wingu Africa Appoints Prasad Acharya as Tanzania Sales Director to Drive Regional Expansion
Wingu Africa, East Africa’s leading carrier-neutral data centre operator, has named Prasad Acharya as Director of Sales for Tanzania. He…
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News
How AI Writing And Editing Tools Are Transforming Digital Content Creation
Have you ever thought about how people create so much digital content every single day? From blogs and social posts…
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News
M-Pesa Tanzania Launches Africa’s First Mobile Money Tap-to-Pay Feature
M-Pesa users in Tanzania can now pay by simply tapping their Android phones at Visa-enabled terminals, no physical card required.…
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News
Hustler Fund Data Is Building a Nationwide Credit Map and Banks Like KCB Are Already Using It
Kenya’s most political lending program is turning into something else entirely. The Hustler Fund was built as a retail credit…
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News
IFC Places $25M Bet on Lightrock’s Africa Fund in Nairobi
The decision by the International Finance Corporation to anchor a $200 million investment fund managed from Nairobi reads like a…
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News
Kenya Tries a Faster Route to Block Pirate Streams Across the Internet
Kenya is preparing a far more aggressive legal response to digital piracy. The proposal sits inside the Copyright and Related…
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News
Nairobi’s Long Bet on Becoming a Financial Hub Begins to Attract Actual Capital
For most of its short life, the Nairobi International Financial Centre existed more on paper than in practice. The project…
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News
Kenya’s New Taxi Fare Policy: Can the State Beat the App?
Kenya’s taxi industry has never had a settled rhythm. Prices rise and fall on phone screens, drivers hop between apps,…
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News
Orange Builds Its Africa Strategy Around the Max It Super App
Telecom operators once measured success in towers, spectrum licences and subscriber counts. Increasingly, the fight sits elsewhere. It sits inside…
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TRENDING
MTN Passes 300 Million Subscribers as Africa’s Data Appetite Grows
The headline number looks simple enough. MTN now counts 307 million voice subscribers across its markets. Profit has returned. Data…
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BUSINESS
A Few Thousand Shillings at a Time, Kenyans Are Walking Into the Stock Market Through M-Pesa
The Nairobi Securities Exchange has spent years searching for retail investors. It found them in a place few people in…
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News
WaveX Becomes First Reseller Partner at LINX Internet Exchanges Kenya Sites
Kenyan internet service provider WaveX has been announced as the first official reseller partner at both LINX Nairobi and LINX…
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News
Preventing the Breach: Why Companies Should Turn to Proactive Cybersecurity
Cyberattacks against companies are rising at an alarming rate, causing financial losses and exposing sensitive data to hackers. Despite the…
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News
Genetec Launches Cloud-Managed Security Appliance Built for Enterprise Scale
Genetec has unveiled the Cloudlink 2210, a new cloud-managed appliance aimed at large enterprises looking to modernise their physical security…
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TRENDING
Telecom AI Meets Mobile Money in Safaricom–Indosat Deal
The Safaricom–Indosat partnership brings together two operators that arrived at the digital economy from different directions. Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (IOH)…
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News
Southern Africa Starts Lowering Mobile Roaming Costs Under SADC One Network Area
In the past, crossing a border in Southern Africa meant an immediate jolt to a mobile phone bill. A short…
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TRENDING
The Canal+ Strategy Taking Shape After Showmax
The French media group Canal+ ended 2025 with 42.3 million subscribers worldwide, a figure that tells two different stories depending…
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News
Kenya and Ghana Explore SME Growth and Trade Opportunities
Oya Microcredit Limited Kenya, hosted Ghana’s High Commissioner to Kenya, Paul Evans Aidoo, for a media engagement and strategic visit…
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TRENDING
From Cell on Wheels to Smart Sensors, Safaricom Brings Connectivity to the 2026 Safari Rally
The Safari Rally Kenya has long been associated with the image of raw endurance. Cars pound through volcanic dust. And…
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News
Iladho Galgallo Returns to Marsabit to Encourage Girls in STEM Through Safaricom Mentorship
The road to Marsabit tests a lot of drivers thanks to how long it takes to reach there. It’s dusty,…
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News
WhatsApp Banking Begins Taking Shape Across Southern Africa
For many people across Southern Africa, financial life already runs through a phone screen. Messages arrive. Payments get discussed. Remittances…
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Interviews
How LG Is Turning AI Into Everyday Value for East African Homes
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become one of the most talked-about technologies in the world. From global tech conferences to policy…
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COLUMNS
Allan Juma | Why Threat Intelligence is a Compliance Imperative for Kenya’s Financial Sector
Kenya’s financial sector operates in one of the most dynamic digital economies in Africa. This economy, according to GSMA, will…
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Gadgets
LG Debuts Puricare Aeromini, A Compact Purifier Built For Small Homes
LG Electronics (LG) has introduced the LG PuriCare AeroMini, a small air purifier designed to keep indoor air clean while…
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TRENDING
The 2026 Middle East Regional Conflict Freezes a Critical Segment of the 2Africa Cable
The 2Africa submarine cable, the largest subsea internet network ever attempted, has run into the realities of maritime conflict. Construction…
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Featured
Zoza na Odibets App: Get Paid Just for Betting on the Odibets App
Sports betting enthusiasts in Kenya have yet another reason to download the Odibets App, after Odibets unveiled an exciting new…
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News
M-TIBA Parent CarePay Group Announces Leadership Changes
CarePay Group, the parent company of the pioneering health-tech platform M-TIBA, has announced a strategic leadership transition. Moses G. Kuria…
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News
How Online Tools Help Writers Create Clearer And More Accurate Content
Have you ever written something and later felt that it could sound clearer or more polished? Many writers experience this…
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TRENDING
Liquid Kenya CEO on How the Company is Building Africa’s AI-Ready Future
As Africa undergoes a rapid technological evolution, the transition from legacy systems to cutting-edge digital ecosystems is no longer just…
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News
Samsung Marks Historic 20-Year Reign as World’s No. 1 TV Brand
Samsung Electronics has officially marked two decades as the undisputed leader of the global television industry. According to the latest…
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News
Western Union Expands Digital Remittance Access in South Africa Through Sasai Fintech Partnership
Western Union and Sasai Fintech, a subsidiary of Cassava Technologies, have launched a new international money transfer mobile application designed…
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News
Liquid C2 Partners with CyberCoach to Strengthen Digital Security for African Businesses
Liquid C2, a subsidiary of Cassava Technologies, has announced a new partnership with CyberCoach, a privacy-first AI-driven cybersecurity training and…
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News
Samsung Galaxy S26 Series and Galaxy Buds 4 Series Now Available Worldwide
Samsung Electronics has announced the global availability of the Samsung Galaxy S26 series alongside the new Samsung Galaxy Buds4 lineup.…
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News
South African AI startup Yazi Secures First Institutional Funding at $1.6M Valuation
Yazi, a South African AI-native research startup, has officially closed its first institutional funding round, valuing the company at R30…
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BUSINESS
KCB Group’s Net Proft Jumps 11pc to KShs. 68.4 Billion
KCB Group PLC has signalled a massive win for its digital-first strategy, posting a KSh 68.4 billion profit after tax…
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News
The Invisible AI Layer Now Organizing Parts of Africa’s Public Health Systems
Technology stories often unfold in laboratories or startup accelerators. Healthcare systems operate somewhere very different: crowded clinics, delayed ambulances, and…
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