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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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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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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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As Parliament Circles Back to TikTok, Kenya Confronts the Limits of Regulation
The ban question is back in circulation, and debate over how Kenya should regulate TikTok is unfolding again in that…
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With Airtel Uganda’s Dividend Rise Matching Profit Growth, the Region’s Telecom Income Trade Gets Firmer
The Airtel Uganda dividend rise is not a marginal adjustment. The company has lifted its total payout to Sh0.41 per…
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The African Union Walks Into the AI Arena With Google at Its Side
When the African Union Commission signed its strategic partnership with Google to expand artificial intelligence across public administration, education and…
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Nigeria’s USSD Truce Closes One Chapter and Opens Another for Millions Without Smartphones
Nigeria’s USSD dispute is over, at least on paper. After 5 years of wrangling, commercial banks have cleared nearly ₦300bn…
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Nedbank Gets the Green Light and NCBA’s Future Tilts South
Last week, the Nedbank Group received what may prove the most politically delicate approval in its proposed acquisition of approximately…
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Huawei Kenya DigiTruck Graduates 200 Youth in Wajir East
Huawei Kenya, through its flagship DigiTruck programme, marked the graduation of 200 youth at the ICT Hall in Wajir East,…
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Uganda Pushes Electric Cooking to 20% of Homes by 2030 as Kenya Reworks a Carbon Market That Grew Too Fast
Uganda’s electric cooking conversation starts with a number that rarely makes headlines. Adoption is estimated at 2%. The government wants…
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Tanzania’s Digital State Hits a Wall in Arusha and the Message to Officials Is Simple: Enough
The Arusha eGovernment meeting was not staged as a technology fair. It opened as a reprimand. When Chief Secretary Moses…
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The Central Bank’s Law Review Puts Kenya’s Fintech Oversight Framework Under Strain
The CBK law review has arrived at an awkward moment for Kenya’s financial system. The Central Bank of Kenya is…
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A Deadline, 10 Applications, Zero Approvals and the Real Possibility That Uber and Bolt Could Go Dark
Could Uber and Bolt be banned in South Africa on 11 March 2026? The law leaves little room for ambiguity.…
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Nairobi Hosts the Connected Africa Summit 2026 as Governments Wrestle With Data Borders and Digital Trust
In late April, the Connected Africa Summit will convene in Nairobi with an ambition that sounds straightforward and proves anything…
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A Carbon Credit Dispute Leaves Koko Networks on the Block as PwC Invites Bids for Its Infrastructure
The Koko Networks collapse did not begin with empty fuel tanks or shuttered depots. It began with a missing document.…
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Kenya’s Crypto Regulation Faces Pressure as Investors Eye $47bn African Fintech Forecast
Kenya’s crypto regulation has reached an inflection point. For years, digital assets sat in an ambiguous corner of the financial…
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Kenya’s Retail Surge Deepens as M-Pesa Share Trading Expands NSE Access
Daily transactions at the Nairobi Securities Exchange climbed to 26,169 this week, up from 6,761 before February 4. The jump…
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Inside Google I/O 2026 Where Android Steps Back and AI Steps Forward
Google I/O 2026 arrives at a point where artificial intelligence defines the company’s direction rather than sitting alongside it. The…
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Microsoft-Powered AI App Auni Surpasses 3,500 Business Sign-ups in Three Months
Auni, an artificial intelligence-powered mini app developed by Nairobi-based startup Fastagger and integrated into Safaricom’s M-Pesa Business Super App, has…
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ICT Authority Appoints Jessy Kiveu Maruti as New CEO
The ICT Authority BoarD has announced the appointment of Jessy Kiveu Maruti as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO). The appointment,…
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Kenya Moves to Reform Spectrum Laws to Close Rural Digital Gap
Modernizing spectrum management could inject a massive Ksh 662 billion ($4.2 billion) into Kenya’s GDP by 2028. This is according…
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The Yaytseslav Scandal Exposes How Intimacy Became Monetized Content in Plain Sight
The story spread first through clips, then through argument. By the time officials reacted, the narrative had already hardened online.…
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Carbon Projects Enter A Stricter Approval Era As Kenya Formalizes Market Oversight
The upcoming launch of the Kenya National Carbon Registry lands at a moment when Kenya’s carbon market is no longer…
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Kenya Sets April 30 Starlink ID Verification Deadline
An email from Starlink landed in Kenyan inboxes with a firm instruction: complete identity verification in person by April 30,…
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Circle Gas Stakes Growth on Carbon Approval and Costly Bank Financing
Circle Gas is funding a clean cooking ambition with bank debt priced above 20 percent and a carbon strategy that…
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Sitoyo Lopokoiyit Steps Into Absa at a Decisive Moment for Retail Banking
When Sitoyo Lopokoiyit takes charge of Absa’s private and personal banking unit on April 1, 2026, he will be stepping…
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LG Introduces Locally Adaptive AI Smart Home Solutions for Africa at InnoFest 2026 MEA
LG Electronics (LG) is reinforcing its commitment to transforming everyday living across Africa and other emerging markets through AI-powered home solutions…
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KRA Wants Tax Compliance to Start at the Invoice, Not the Return
Tax compliance in Kenya is moving from periodic filing toward continuous verification. The Kenya Revenue Authority’s proposed Merchant Tax Compliance…
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From Bet Builder to Early Payouts: Why Chezagame Is the New Talk in the Kenyan betting industry
Kenya’s betting landscape is set for a major shake-up following the launch of Chezagame, a new betting platform that is…
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Fibre, Towers, and the Question Nobody Solved Yet
Kenya has spent years building the physical foundations of a connected economy. Fibre routes expanded alongside highways, mobile networks reached…
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Nigeria Stops Chasing the Fintech Moment and Starts Trying to Define It
Every fast-growing technology sector reaches a point where speed alone stops being an advantage. Growth exposes weak wiring. Rules lag…
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Small Instalments, Bigger Consequences In Kenya’s Smartphone Economy
In many parts of Nairobi, a smartphone sits at the centre of the workday. Orders arrive through it. Payments move…
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Kenya’s Banking Order Changed While Absa Stayed Profitable, and Now It Has to Catch Up
Absa is not entering Kenya. It never left. The institution now discussing acquisitions is the same lender that operated for…
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Rwanda Scales Zipline Partnership to Achieve Total National Coverage
The Government of Rwanda has signed a historic expansion agreement with Zipline to achieve full nationwide autonomous logistics coverage. The…
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Interview: Samsung’s Product Lead Ryan Mule on The Smartphone as an AI Platform
As the digital landscape across East Africa shifts from simple connectivity to proactive intelligence, the smartphone is undergoing its most…
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Kenyan Clean Cooking Startup KOKO Networks Abruptly Shuts Down Amid Carbon Credit Standoff
KOKO Networks, the Kenyan bioethanol cooking fuel provider, has ceased all operations effective immediately. The shutdown follows a protracted standoff…
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Konza’s Digital Ambition Has Reached the Point Where Treasury Steps Back
The plan to expand the Konza Data Centre has moved forward through Treasury’s PPP process with little public attention, shaped…
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AI Is Moving Into the Core of Kenyan Firms, and That Is Where the Trouble Begins
Talk to enough executives in Nairobi boardrooms and a pattern emerges. Almost everyone wants to be counted among the companies…
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Kenya’s Digital Government Is Growing Fast, and Cybersecurity Funding Is Racing to Keep Up
The European Union has committed Ksh 454 million(€3 million) to Kenya’s national cybersecurity ecosystem, and it comes at a very…
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Choosing a Data Centre Provider in East Africa: A Practical Guide for 2026
Governments and the private sector in East Africa alike are investing heavily in connectivity, cloud services, e-commerce, fintech and digital…
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I&M Bank’s FX Trading Platform Promises Instant Forex Settlement for Kenyan Businesses
For years, corporate treasury in Kenya operated on a dependency model. If a Finance Manager wanted to convert currencies, they…
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Demos Kyriacou | Why Tier III Data Centres Are the Real Play for East Africa
East Africa’s digital economy is expanding at a rapid pace, driven by rising internet penetration, widespread mobile connectivity, and growing…
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Somewhere Between the Pitch Deck and the Balance Sheet, African Fintech Grew Up
African fintech no longer moves on promise alone. It moves on permission, arithmetic, and tolerance for risk. The shift is…
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TikTok Survived the Ban Era by Changing Who Answers the Phone
The TikTok US business sale formalises a compromise that neither Washington nor Beijing ever described publicly but both have been…
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Sophos Launches Workspace Protection to Secure Hybrid Teams and Govern AI Usage
Cybersecurity firm Sophos has announced the launch of Sophos Workspace Protection. This new solution is designed to provide organizations with…
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LG Signature Smart Appliances Build Intelligence Into Habit
At CES 2026, LG Signature smart appliances arrived with a confidence that comes from subtraction. There is no attempt to…
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Gates and OpenAI Announce an AI Push for African Clinics at a Fragile Moment
The Gates Foundation and OpenAI have committed $50 million to deploy artificial intelligence tools across health care systems in Africa,…
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The Tax System is Getting Stricter About Where Invoices Come From
Tax invoices in Kenya are being forced to settle down. Under a new georeferencing policy, the Kenya Revenue Authority is…
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OnePlus Is Being Taken Apart
The OnePlus brand dismantling is not a rumor circulating at the edges of the industry. It is an observable process…
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Kenya Confirms Worldcoin Biometric Data Deleted
The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) has confirmed that Tools for Humanity, the organization behind the controversial Worldcoin…
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How to Place Quick Sports Betting and Win
In today’s fast-paced world, decision-making speed is often the deciding factor for success. This rule applies one hundred percent to…
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Grok Didn’t Stop Making Undressing Images. X Just Decided Who Gets to Pay for Them
Early this month, X restricted Grok’s image generation to paying subscribers, steering users toward a $395 annual plan. The move…
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Inside the Plan to Let Government Offices Talk Without the Telcos Listening In
JamboTel exists, for now, as an intention more than a system. Treasury has put the idea on paper, tied it…
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In a Country Where Protest Lives Online, the Government Looks for a Way Back In
The National Communication Strategy leaves little doubt about how the State sees the digital space today. Officials believe the government…
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The Day the Cloud Hiccups is Never the Same Everywhere
Cloud outages now arrive as routine events in a system built at planetary scale. A misconfigured database, an automated rollback…
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Cross-Border Deals are Slowing Down and no One is Pretending it is Temporary
Deal teams across Eastern and Southern Africa have learned to read the order of documents. Term sheets first, then diligence,…
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Digital Loans Promised Access, Then Became The System Itself
Digital credit in Kenya has crossed a threshold where it no longer feels optional. With more than 3 million active…
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Nigeria is no longer debating artificial intelligence, it is trying to govern it
Nigeria’s push to legislate artificial intelligence reflects less a fascination with new tools than a mounting discomfort with how deeply…
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Msossi App Targets Food Waste With Discounted Near-Expiry Food in Kenya
Kenya’s first innovative food app, Msossi, is set to launch this month with the aim of connecting stores with consumers…
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Starlink Breaks Up the Bill as Satellite Internet Runs Into Resistance in Kenya
Starlink’s new instalment plan for its portable mini kit is not a discount. The total cost barely moves. What changes…
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Paystack Enters Nigeria’s Banking Sector with Acquisition of Ladder Microfinance Bank
Paystack, the Stripe-owned fintech leader, has officially entered Nigeria’s banking sector through the acquisition of Ladder Microfinance Bank. Announced on…
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OPPO A6x Launches in Kenya With Battery at the Center
OPPO A6X has officially been launched in the country. Priced at around 16K and 20K for the base model with…
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The Quiet Slowdown Inside Kenya’s Electric Vehicle Rollout
On a weekday morning along Nairobi’s Outer Ring Road, electric buses sit longer than their diesel predecessors once did. They…
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Abuja-Based Defense Tech Startup Terra Industries Secures $11.75M Seed Round
Terra Industries, a Nigerian defense technology company specializing in autonomous systems, has announced the successful close of an $11.75 million…
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HealthTech Is Scaling in Kenya. The Healthcare System Is Not
On weekday mornings in Nairobi, hospital corridors fill early and thin slowly. Patients queue with paper files folded into plastic…
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KCSE Results Season Without the SMS Traffic Mobile Networks Once Counted On
Each January, the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education ( KCSE ) results released once arrived with a brief surge on…
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Kenya Built a Global Tax Trap for Big Tech. Washington Just Cut a Hole Through It
Kenya spent years aligning itself with a global tax rewrite that promised to bring digital multinationals into the revenue net.…
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Starlink Goes Dark in Uganda as Regulators Reassert Control Days Before the Vote
When Starlink terminals went dark across Uganda in early January, the explanation arrived quickly and carried a familiar bureaucratic weight.…
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Why Africa’s Next Phase of Connectivity Depends on More Than Coverage Maps
For more than a century, Africa’s communications networks have been built in uneven bursts. Lines arrived in ports before hinterlands.…
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Banks, Small Businesses, and the State Are Headed Back Into the Same Credit Experiment, Only at a Larger Scale
Kenya’s credit guarantee scheme is about to get much larger on paper. The National Treasury plans to raise seed capital…
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Uganda Tightens Its Grip on Satellite Internet Just as the Campaign Clock Runs Down
Uganda has seen administrative directives come and go, but some land differently because of timing and memory. The Uganda Revenue…
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Why Ruto Is Personally Backing Safaricom and Ethio Telecom’s Regional Expansion Push
When William Ruto and Abiy Ahmed stood together in Addis Ababa, the moment carried more weight than the polite language…
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Kenya’s US health deal hits a court wall, and Africa is paying attention
When Kenya signed a $2.5 billion health cooperation agreement with Washington this month, officials framed it as a vote of…
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The long courtship between big tech and trump’s second White House
Lobbying has never been polite, but it used to carry some embarrassment. Meetings stayed off calendars. Donations were explained away…
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Kenya sets Sh50m capital bar for cryptocurrency exchanges and wallets
Kenya is moving to formalise the cryptocurrency market by setting minimum capital thresholds for firms dealing in virtual assets, with…
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