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Opera Mini AI Integration Brings Free AI Tools to Africa’s Mobile Users
Opera Mini AI integration is now live in the browser app as the company moves to make AI more accessible.…
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Opera MiniPay crosses 1 million users in Africa
Opera has announced that its MiniPay wallet has surpassed 1 million users across Nigeria, Kenya, and Ghana. Launched in September…
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Opera Mini gets major update and fully revamped design
Opera has today launched Opera Mini 50, with features such as data compression technology, a download manager with offline file sharing capabilities,…
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Opera Mini and Mdundo are partnering to provide free downloadable music in nine African countries.
Opera and Mdundo, an African music sharing platform have entered into a new partnership to provide free downloadable music in…
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Opera Mini browser now has an offline file sharing feature
Opera Mini browser users will now be able to transfer images, videos and audio files between nearby devices using their…
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Opera rolls out new Opera Mini iOS for iPhone users
The developers behind the popular Opera Mini web browser have released a new version of Opera mini browser for iOS…
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Opera Mini unveils Victor Moses as its Brand Ambassador, announces plans to invest $100 million USD in Africa
Opera has unveiled Chelsea starter and Nigerian national team star player Victor Moses as its brand ambassador in Africa. This…
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Opera introduces bitcoin mining protection script on its mobile browsers
Cryptocurrencies, like Bitcoin, have become a hot topic and, with their surge in value, so has the mining for new…
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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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Identy.io Scales African Operations to Bridge the Digital Identity Gap
Digital identity infrastructure provider Identy.io has announced an expansion of its African operations, positioning itself to address one of the…
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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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Apple and Google’s Uneasy Alliance: How Gemini Slipped Into Siri’s Bloodstream
Apple’s plan to pay roughly $1 billion a year for access to Google’s Gemini model is more than a technical…
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GSMA, African Mobile Operators Partner for Affordable 4G Smartphones
The GSMA, in collaboration with six of Africa’s largest mobile operators, Airtel, Axian Telecom, Ethio Telecom, MTN, Orange, and Vodacom,…
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Tunisia’s Digital Transformation: 138 Projects Using AI and Open Data to Rebuild Public Administration
For years, Tunisia has spoken of modernising its bureaucracy, but progress has often been halting. Ministries ran on outdated systems,…
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The Global Race for EV Battery Metals Is Pushing Mining Beyond Land and Into the Depths of the Pacific Ocean
The hum of an electric vehicle gliding past Nairobi’s matatus and motorbikes feels like a glimpse into the future: cleaner…
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Google Cloud Powers Meta’s AI Expansion While Apple Eyes Gemini AI for Siri
Apple is reportedly exploring a collaboration with Google to integrate its Gemini AI into a future iteration of Siri, signaling…
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Inside Google’s Gemini Strategy: How One AI Architect Is Changing Everything
When Google named Koray Kavukcuoglu as its first Chief AI Architect, the move barely registered outside tech circles. But inside…
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Startups
Twiga Foods Temporarily Pauses Nairobi Operations
Twiga Foods, the Kenyan agri-tech and food distribution company, has announced a temporary operational pause in its Nairobi operations. The…
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Opera AI browser Neon Automates Web Tasks, Even While You’re Asleep
Opera is taking a bold step toward the future of web interaction with Neon, an ambitious new browser designed to…
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Jumia Shutting Down its Operations in Tunisia and South Africa
Jumia, once regarded as Africa’s leading e-commerce platform, is shutting down its operations in both Tunisia and South Africa. The…
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Copia fails to raise funding, enters into administration
Copia Global, the Kenyan last-mile delivery and eCommerce platform has entered administration. The Company has hired Makenzi Muthusi and Julius…
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Bolt expands operations into DRC
Bolt has announced the launch of its services in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). With limited availability of private…
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Kenyan logistics startup Sendy confirms insolvency and goes into administration
Kenyan logistics startup Sendy has gone into administration and appointed Peter Kahi of PKF Consulting Limited to oversee its operations.…
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African Climate Tech Startup Amini Raises $2 million
Amini, an early-stage company focused on solving Africa’s environmental data gap through Artificial Intelligence and satellite technology, has raised $2M…
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Copia suspends its recently established Uganda operations
A few months after opening new facilities in Uganda, Copia now says it’s suspending its operations in the country. The…
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BUSINESS
Sendy partners with residential minimarts in credit finance and fulfillment scheme
Kenyan logistics startup Sendy has teamed with Mini Marts to enable retail commerce at the micro-level. The startup is using…
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Opera is celebrating 15 years of connecting Africa to the Internet with a massive data giveaway
To celebrate its 15th year on the continent Opera has announced that it will be running a massive data giveaway…
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Raccoon stealer uses Telegram, adds cryptomining and cryptocurrency theft, Sophos Report
A new report by security leader Sophos has revealed a raccoon stealer disguised as pirated software that grabs cryptocurrencies and…
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Orange Mali and German Cooperation inaugurate 4th Orange Digital Center in Africa and the Middle East
Orange and the German Cooperation are inaugurating, an Orange Digital Center in Bamako, an ecosystem entirely dedicated to the development…
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GPE Appoints Anwar Soussa To Lead Safaricom-Led Consortium Operations in Ethiopia
The Global Partnership for Ethiopia (GPE) on Monday appointed Mr. Anwar Soussa as the Managing Director (MD) of the Operating…
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Most Kenyan MSMEs Operating Within ICT, Agricultural Sectors, Survey
ICT and Agriculture are the leading host sectors for Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) in Kenya, the 2021 MSMEs…
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Ministry of ICT Launches AJIRA Digital Club at Egerton University
The Kenya government through the Ministry of ICT has launched AJIRA Digital Club at the Egerton University. The clubs are…
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Opera launches interest-based social Clubs in its chat service, Hype
Opera has launched Hype Clubs, public and interest-based group chats in Hype, the new chat service built into the Opera Mini web…
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Industrialization Ministry launches Startup Savanna, a business acceleration programme for local early-stage startups
The Kenyan Ministry of Industrialization, Trade and Enterprise Development (MoITED) has launched Startup Savanna, a business acceleration programme that will…
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Opera adds new features including link previews and GIF support to its chat service Hype
Opera is adding new features including built-in meme creator, link previews and GIF support to Hype, its new chat service…
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Opera introduces Opera News Lite for devices with limited storage
Opera has today launched a smaller version of its Opera News application. Know as Opera News Lite, the app has designed…
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#IFA2019: TCL Mini LED TV Wins Home Theater Gold Award
TCL one of the leading players in the global TV industry has received the “Home Theater Gold Award” for its…
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ICT Operations Manager Job – Tuskys
Purpose The job holder will be responsible for the Overall ICT operations within the Organization. Oversees the management of the ICT…
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Nokia showcases 5G potential in Nigeria, reiterates commitment to supporting operators and enterprises
Nokia has showcased how 5G technology can transform the way people live and work as well as enhance the industrial…
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Government wants multinationals with local operations to produce their ads locally
The government wants multinationals firms with local operations to produce their adverts locally or pay a premium or tax to…
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Whatsapp Now Available on KaiOS; a Feature Phone Operating System
KaiOS is a feature phone OS that has been a Google side mobile OS for a while now. KaiOS features…
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[Column] Building the Intelligent Telco Enterprise – Growth opportunities for African telecoms operators
While the telco industry may have seen its traditional revenue streams decline further in 2018, thanks in part to the…
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Avic International, Education ministry partner to launch Season 5 of Africa Tech Challenge
AVIC International in partnership with the Ministry of Education today launched the 5th edition of the Africa Tech Challenge which…
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Kenya’s mSurvey expands its operations to Nigeria
Kenya’s mobile-first consumer experience platform mSurvey has expanded its operations in Nigeria. The move comes as the Kenya-based company seeks…
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Opera avails its News App in Africa
Opera Software has announced the official launch of Opera News, a new AI-powered app which enables people to access their favorite news…
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Opera’s new Kenyan office to serve as East Africa’s hub
Opera, the developer of popular Opera Mini and Opera browsers, have set an office in Kenya. Techweez reports that the…
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Opera’s newsreader service exceeds 100 million monthly active user mark
The number of monthly active users of Opera’s newsreader service has exceeded 100 million as of November 2017, Opera has…
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Opera releases State of Mobile Web Report 2016, reaches 100 million users in Africa
Ghanaians, Kenyans, Seychellois and Mauritians are the highest data users with an average usage of over 160MB/month. This is according…
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How to choose the best betting operator that suits your needs
A couple of weeks ago, I did an article on why online sports betting is becoming so popular in Kenya.…
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UC Browser for mobile launching in Kenya, targets Opera directly
UC Browser, China’s largest mobile browser is launching in Kenya. With a 20 percent global market share (as of February…
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Worldreader and Opera Software Partnership Reaches 5 Million Readers in Africa via Mobile Phones
Barely four months into their partnership Worldreader, a global nonprofit dedicated to improving literacy in the developing world through digital…
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Mobile operators fail to meet QoS standards
All mobile phone operators failed to meet the Quality of Service (QoS) targets set by the regulator, Communications Authority of…
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Telecom operators will have to find better, smarter ways to serve a data-hungry population throughout Africa
Coupled to this, cellular phones are now even more accessible to the general population than they ever have been,…
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IBM Opens IT Security Operations Center in Costa Rica
IBM celebrated its 10 year anniversary on Wednesday in Costa Rica with the opening of its latest Security Operations Center…
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Africa Tech Summit Awards 2025 Winners Announced
Africa Tech Summit Awards announced the 2025 winners, recognising the leading entrepreneurs and ventures shaping the tech industry across the…
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Nokia 220 4G Officially Announced, Supports HD-calling and has Facebook and Twitter Pre-installed
HMD Global yesterday announced two new phones; Nokia 220 4G and Nokia 105(2019). From the names, you can tell these…
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Report: Africans spent more than 4 million hours reading online in 2018
African mobile users have spent more than 4 million hours reading books on their mobile phones in 2018. This is…
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MWC2017: The Nokia 3310 is here, complete with a colour screen and Internet access
Yes, the Nokia 3310 is finally here. The device has been launched at the 2017 Mobile World Conference in Barcelona,…
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Microsoft introduces the Nokia 216 and Nokia 216 feature phones in Kenya
Microsoft has today introduced two new devices, Nokia 216 and Nokia 216 Dual SIM into the Kenyan market. The two…
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China’s UC Browser is here, this is what they are bringing to the Kenyan market
Last month we told you about UC Browser, China’s largest mobile browser launching in Kenya. With a 20 percent global…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Africa’s Creator Economy Is Learning the Discipline of Infrastructure
Scroll through African social media and the surface story still looks familiar. Viral clips, influencer partnerships, short bursts of fame.…
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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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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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African Digital Commerce Is Taking Shape Inside Message Threads Rather Than the Online Stores People Expected
WhatsApp is becoming Africa’s commerce infrastructure. Across cities and smaller towns from Lagos to Nairobi, thousands of merchants run daily…
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Africa’s Renewable Energy Investment Still Far From $100B Annual Target
Africa’s renewable energy investment has accelerated over the past few years. The numbers tell a story of momentum, yet they…
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Across Africa, Carbon Credits Are Turning Into a State Asset
A carbon credit once moved through the voluntary market with little government presence. A project developer secured land, issued credits…
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Nedbank’s Ecobank Loss Drives NCBA Deal Strategy
Nedbank Group is restructuring its African expansion through a proposed acquisition of a 66 percent controlling stake in NCBA Group.…
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Treasury Backs Sh2bn Konza Facility as Tax Authority Expands Its Digital Backbone
The KRA data recovery site at Konza Technopolis is a Sh2bn public investment approved in Kenya’s supplementary budget for the…
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MTN Zambia Connects a Smartphone to Starlink Satellites in a First Field Test
The MTN Zambia Starlink Direct to Cell partnership integrates terrestrial mobile spectrum with a low Earth orbit satellite network to…
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Kenya’s Communications Authority Takes a Closer Look at the Airtel–Starlink Direct-to-Cell Plan
The Airtel–Starlink direct-to-cell partnership is under review by the Communications Authority of Kenya as regulators assess whether satellite signals could…
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How the NTSA Instant Fines System Works in Kenya
The NTSA Instant Fines Management System is a digital enforcement platform introduced by the National Transport and Safety Authority in…
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BUSINESS
M-Pesa at 19: How Kenya’s Mobile Money Pioneer Reshaped Payments and Everyday Finance
M-Pesa at 19 years after its launch shows how a simple mobile money transfer tool evolved into the core infrastructure…
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Kanessa Muluneh | The Art of Scaling Startups: Why Marketing Is the Missing Growth Engine
Early-stage founders are conditioned by accelerators, investors, and peers to focus on three things: product, operations, and fundraising. These are…
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Kenya Extends Its Reach Into Rural Care Through Artificial Intelligence
Kenya’s AI integration into community health systems will embed algorithmic decision tools into frontline primary care under the Ministry of…
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The State Is Betting Sh5.28 Billion That 120,000 Young Businesses Will Survive
Nyota initiative funding has risen to Sh4.8bn after the National Treasury increased allocations in a mini-budget that tripled beneficiaries to…
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BUSINESS
Banks Push Back After CBK Orders Rate Changes
The CBK lending rate order requires commercial banks in Kenya to immediately adjust lending rates following changes to the Central…
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How M-PESA Optimization is Localizing Liquidity for Kenyan Traders
For years, participating in the global forex market meant playing by the rules of the US dollar and the SWIFT…
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Amazon’s Kuiper Eyes Kenya as Satellite Internet Race Widens
Kenya’s internet infrastructure has long been described through cables and towers. Fibre routes snake out of coastal landing stations. Mobile…
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Trust as Currency: Protecting Kenya’s Digital Economy from Growing Fraud
There was a time when fraud was mainly a bank’s problem. A suspicious transaction would be flagged, an account frozen,…
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Kenya Cuts Mobile Termination Rates as Safaricom Faces Revenue Dip
In the language of telecom regulation, the phrase sounds bureaucratic. A few cents trimmed from the cost operators charge each…
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Britam’s BetaLab Builds an AI Lane for Minor Accident Claims
Motor insurance in Kenya has long moved at a rhythm drivers know too well. A crash happens. Photographs are taken.…
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Kenya’s Influencers Face a New Reality Under Data Privacy Enforcement
Social media in Kenya has long carried the feel of an informal public square. Screenshots travel fast, accusations spread even…
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Kenya’s Digital Lending Boom Runs Into a Harder Regulatory Edge
The conversation around Kenya’s digital credit regulation has been building for years, but the tone inside government has changed. What…
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A New Global Index Places Kenya Near the Top of Africa’s Innovation Economy, Though the Foundations Still Look Uneven
A new ranking has placed Kenya among the most innovation-ready economies on the continent, trailing only South Africa. On paper,…
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A Solar Showroom Opens in Nairobi, but the Real Story Is the Rising Cost of Electricity
Inside the mall corridors of Sarit Centre, a new space invites visitors to handle solar panels, inspect inverters and walk…
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Samsung’s New Galaxy Buds Chase Better Sound While Turning Your Earbuds Into a Small AI Terminal
When Samsung unveils a new smartphone generation, the spotlight usually stays fixed on the devices. Screens get larger. Cameras gain…
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Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra Shows How AI Features Are Starting to Run the Smartphone
The modern smartphone has sort of reached a plateau. Hardware improvements are incremental, minus the jolt they once carried. Cameras…
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HumanCoop Selects Identy.io Deploys Offline Biometrics for Undocumented Patients in North Africa
Humanitarian organisation HumanCoop has partnered with identity technology firm Identy.io to roll out facial biometric verification tools aimed at improving…
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