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Meta Explored Buying Kalshi Before Building Its Own Prediction Market App
Meta explored a Kalshi acquisition before deciding to build its own prediction market platform, according to reports that offer a…
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TIDAL Tries a Different Approach to AI-Generated Music Royalties
Artificial intelligence has changed how music can be created. It is now beginning to change how streaming platforms decide who…
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How My OneApp Fits Into Safaricom’s Bigger Digital Strategy
When Safaricom introduced My OneApp, the conversation centred on replacing separate customer applications with a single platform. Customers immediately noticed…
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Women Account for 52% of Active Pochi Users as Adoption Accelerates
Women now account for more than half of all active Pochi la Biashara users, marking a significant milestone for one…
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Starlink’s Mobile Ambitions Could Find Their Biggest Test in Africa
SpaceX’s reported plans to sell Starlink mobile service directly to consumers in the United States may look like another chapter…
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WhatsApp Messages Are Becoming Part of Kenya’s Legal Evidence Trail
If you search for WhatsApp consent evidence, you will increasingly find that it is no longer just a question for…
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Kenyan Women Entrepreneurs Turn to Pochi to Keep Business Money Separate
For thousands of Kenyan women running small businesses, one of the biggest obstacles to business growth is no longer attracting…
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Why NTT DATA Is Bringing Cursor Into Enterprise Software Engineering
NTT DATA has entered into a strategic partnership with AI coding platform Cursor, a move aimed at accelerating enterprise software…
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The Business Case for Equity Bank’s Bulk Payment Service
Managing multiple payments has traditionally been one of the most time-consuming and error prone aspects of running a business. Whether…
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Kenya’s New Traffic Fines Move Many Drivers Out of Court
Kenya has begun implementing one of the most significant changes to road traffic enforcement in recent years, introducing a framework…
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Why Revolut Chose South Africa for Its First African Expansion
In March, British fintech giant Revolut applied for a U.S. national banking charter as part of an ambitious plan to…
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AI Becomes the Insurance Industry’s Next Test After Years of Digital Investment
Kenya’s insurance industry is increasingly looking to artificial intelligence as it searches for ways to improve efficiency, reduce losses and…
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Kenya Seeks Faster Recovery of Wrongly Sent Mobile Money
On June 24, the Interior Ministry’s National Computer and Cybercrime Coordination Committee announced plans to work more closely with banks…
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World Bank Warns of Stalling Recovery as Inflation Set to Climb Across Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa’s economic recovery is losing momentum, with the World Bank projecting growth will hold at 4.1 percent in 2026,…
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Starlink’s Namibia Setback Turns on a Familiar Question: Who Owns the Network?
Starlink’s effort to establish a formal presence in Namibia has suffered another setback after the Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia…
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Mwalimu National SACCO, NCBA Launch Salo Xpress to Transform Payroll Processing
Mwalimu National DT SACCO has partnered with NCBA Bank to launch Salo Xpress, a new digital payroll management solution aimed…
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The Kenya-US Health Data Deal Is Raising the Wrong Questions
In March this year, clinics across Kenya scrambled to account for an abrupt disruption in donor funding. Supply chains stalled.…
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A New Cybersecurity Agency Is Coming, but Kenya Already Has Several Cyber Institutions
Parliament approved the creation of a National Cybersecurity Agency, a new state corporation intended to coordinate Kenya’s response to digital…
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SpaceX Finds a New Audience as African Trading Platforms Broaden Their Reach
Less than a week after SpaceX completed what has been described as the largest initial public offering in market history,…
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My OneApp’s Latest Updates Suggest Safaricom Is Solving for Access First
On April 16, Safaricom publicly apologised to customers after the rollout of My OneApp left some users struggling to access…
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Millions of Impressions, Modest Payouts: The Reality of X Monetization in Kenya
X promised creators a new way to earn directly from their audiences. In Kenya, the offer attracted users willing to…
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Behind Konza’s New Technopolis Development Authority Name Is a Wider Mandate
Kenya’s flagship smart city agency is now operating under a new legal identity after the Konza Technopolis Development Authority officially…
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Parliament Sends Finance Bill 2026 to Ruto After Final Vote
The Finance Bill 2026 has cleared Parliament after lawmakers voted to approve the amended legislation, sending one of the government’s…
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Seacom Nairobi-Kampala Route Adds 30Tbps Growth Capacity
Seacom has launched a new Nairobi-Kampala route, adding a high-capacity terrestrial connection between Kenya and Uganda as demand for digital…
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KRA’s Search for Revenue Runs Into Parliamentary Resistance
Parliament has rejected several proposals that would have expanded KRA powers under Finance Bill 2026, preserving key taxpayer protections even…
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Cofek’s Court Challenge Adds Fresh Pressure to Finance Bill 2026 Debate
As Parliament moves closer to a final vote on the Finance Bill 2026, a court challenge from the Consumers Federation…
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Mobile Economy Adds $240bn to Africa’s GDP, GSMA
Mobile technologies and services contributed $240 billion to Africa’s economy in 2025, accounting for 7.8% of the continent’s GDP, according…
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The Money Behind Africa’s Music Success Is Still Slipping Through the Crack
Nigeria and Kenya are producing some of Africa’s most visible music success stories, yet both countries continue to lose substantial…
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What the Rology Ruling Reveals About Kenya’s Digital Health Future
The High Court’s decision to halt the operations of Rology Medical Kenya has become an early test of how Kenya…
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Why the Telkom Kenya Buyout Still Casts a Shadow Years Later
The Telkom Kenya Helios buyout was supposed to bring closure to a long-running ownership question surrounding one of the country’s…
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KURA Advances Nairobi Smart Traffic Project With New Sh10.8bn International Tender
Nairobi’s smart transport ambitions have entered a new phase after the Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) invited international bids for…
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Zachary Ochieng | The Next Frontier of UAE-Kenya Ties Isn’t Oil or Roads, It’s Algorithms
The recently concluded AI Everything Kenya x GITEX Kenya convened over 15,000 delegates in Nairobi, affirming that what Kenya and…
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Xceed365HR Bets on Agentic AI to Transform Enterprise HR
Xceed365HR, Africa’s leading indigenous enterprise HR software provider, has unveiled Version 3 (V3), which it describes as the continent’s first…
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Finance Bill 2026 Brings Revenue Ambitions Into Contact With Investor Concerns
Long-term investment decisions often depend on a simple assumption: the rules governing business operations will remain reasonably predictable. That assumption…
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African Startup Funding Remains Concentrated as Four Deals Account for Most of May 2026 Capital
The shape of African startup funding is becoming easier to identify than the monthly totals themselves. May 2026 produced 37…
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Kenya Ends New Hustler Fund Funding as Treasury Shifts Focus to NYOTA
Kenya will stop injecting new budget resources into the Hustler Fund from the 2026/27 financial year, marking a notable change…
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CBK Keeps Pressure on Bank Capital Even as Lending Picks Up
Kenyan lenders are being pushed to strengthen their balance sheets even as borrowing conditions ease and private-sector lending gathers pace.…
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Kenya’s 2026 Budget Expands the State’s Digital Reach
Kenya’s latest budget is not only a spending plan. It is a blueprint for how the government intends to track…
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How Digital Trust Shapes Welcome Bonuses on Kenyan Betting Platforms
A welcome bonus looks simple on the surface: register, deposit if required, then receive a starting offer. In Kenya’s mobile-first…
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Mbadi Announces New Planning Bill to Align Kenya’s Development and Budget Priorities
Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi has announced plans to introduce a Planning Bill in 2026 to strengthen Kenya’s national planning…
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BUSINESS
Nigeria’s Bumpa Launches in Kenya, Offering Digital Tools for MSME
Bumpa, a Nigerian business management platform for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), has officially entered the Kenyan market. The…
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The Capital Challenge That Caught Up With Kenya’s BNPL Industry
The administration of Lipa Later has reopened a question that has hovered over Africa’s startup sector for the past two…
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Kenyan Banks Are Expanding Their Footprint as Competition Moves Into New Territory
The race for size is becoming a defining feature of Kenya’s banking industry as lenders expand beyond their traditional customer…
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MTN Hands MoMo Upgrade to Ant International as Fintech Push Deepens
MTN Group is preparing a major upgrade of its mobile money business through a partnership with Ant International, a move…
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Apple Turns to Google as Siri Becomes the Center of Its AI Push
For years, Apple approached artificial intelligence with unusual caution. While rivals raced to release increasingly capable chatbots, Apple focused on…
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Kenya’s Debt Challenge Sits at the Heart of Treasury’s Budget Defence
Kenya’s National Treasury has defended the government’s latest budget direction, arguing that stronger domestic revenue collection remains central to efforts…
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Egypt’s Blnk Raises $37m to Deepen Point of Sale Credit for Consumers
Egyptian fintech Blnk has closed a combined $37.1 million in funding, comprising a $12.5 million Series A equity round and $24.6…
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Kenya to Sell eCitizen Government Data in New Digital Marketplace
The Kenyan government is preparing to monetise non-personal data collected through its eCitizen platform and other State systems, with plans…
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How an Automated Payment Collection System Can Help Your Business
In the current hectic digital economy, accuracy and speed are important success parameters for a business. Among the most neglected,…
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Kenya Turns Attention to Consumer Protection as Digital Economy Expands
The Competition Authority of Kenya is stepping up scrutiny of online markets as policymakers weigh how to protect consumers in…
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Kenya Overtakes Nigeria in FT’s Africa Fastest-Growing Companies Ranking
Kenya has edged past Nigeria in the Financial Times’ 2026 ranking of Africa’s fastest-growing companies, placing 17 firms on the…
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Kibo Africa Maps Out 10,000-Bike Electric Motorcycle Rollout in Kenya
Kibo Africa is preparing a large-scale rollout of electric motorcycles in Kenya, setting a target of 10,000 units on the…
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Government Seeks Real-Time Visibility Into Kenya’s Fast-Growing Betting Market
Kenya’s gambling regulator is preparing to connect betting companies, casinos and lottery operators to a central technology platform that would…
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MWC26 Kigali Postponed as GSMA Pulls Event From June Calendar
The GSMA has postponed MWC26 Kigali, its annual African technology and connectivity conference, less than two weeks before the event…
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WWDC 2026 Finds Apple Balancing a Siri Rebuild and a CEO Transition
Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference has often served as a preview of the software features that will shape its devices over…
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Samsung’s Galaxy A57 Expands AI Search, Editing, and Creator Workflows in the Mid-Range Market
Samsung Galaxy A57 was launched in the country early this month alongside the Galaxy A37 as the new entrants for…
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Governments Are Turning Africa’s Mobile Money Networks Into Tax Infrastructure
The next test for African fintech may not come from competition or funding conditions. It may come from treasury departments.…
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Kenya Seeks More Funds as FATF Scrutiny Raises Banking Pressure
Foreign payment checks facing Kenyan firms are becoming harder to ignore. Banks handling international settlements have tightened internal reviews on…
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EV Assemblers in Kenya Say New VAT Rules Could Reopen the Cost Problem
Transport operators who had started treating electric fleets as a realistic commercial option are recalculating acquisition costs after proposed tax…
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A SpaceX-Tesla Merger Would Tie More of Musk’s Empire Together
Wall Street has spent years trying to decide whether Tesla belongs in the car industry, the software sector, or the…
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Africa’s Data Centres Are Growing Around Finance Demand
Africa’s data centre expansion is increasingly being pulled into the orbit of financial services, with banks, insurers and mobile money…
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Google’s AI Recovery Is Taking Shape Through Ads, Android and Existing Reach
Google spent much of the past three years being described as the company that hesitated. That interpretation is becoming harder…
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Tanzania, The New Frontrunner In The Race For Critical Minerals
The electric vehicles filling our cities and the vast data centres powering the Artificial Intelligence (AI) revolution share one thing…
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Kenya’s Mobile Loan Strain Is Opening Space for Asset Financing
A growing share of Kenya’s lending industry is moving away from unsecured cash loans and into financing tied to physical…
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TRIFIC Bets on Dollar Rental Income as It Prepares NSE Listing
A Nairobi office block occupied by outsourcing and technology firms is being turned into a public investment product as Two…
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I&M Bank Opens NSE Trading for MTN After Heavy Investor Demand
Trading has started on I&M Bank’s first listed medium-term note at the Nairobi Securities Exchange, extending a recent pickup in…
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Sony’s Last Independent Bravia TVs Are Now on the Market
Sony Group Corp. has introduced a new round of premium Bravia televisions months before its home entertainment division enters a…
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My OneApp Now Supports Roaming and Rival Networks as Safaricom Widens Access
Safaricom has widened access to My OneApp by allowing customers to use the platform across rival mobile networks, Wi-Fi connections…
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West Africa’s First Hyperscale-Ready Data Centre Opens in Lagos
Kasi Cloud Datacenters has commissioned West Africa’s first hyperscale-ready, AI-capable data centre campus in Lekki, Lagos, marking a significant milestone…
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African Organisations Pivot to Unified Security Platforms, Genetec Report
Organisations across Africa are accelerating the shift from fragmented surveillance infrastructure to unified security platforms, according to new data from…
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ASUS Bets on Offline AI and Long-Term Partnerships as it Deepens Kenya Push
ASUS is expanding its commercial footprint in Kenya with a strategy built around offline artificial intelligence, SME-targeted products, and partnerships…
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From Blueprint to Build: Inside AfriQloud’s First Sovereign Deployments
The vision was the easy part. The harder question – the one development financiers, regulators, and infrastructure operators inevitably ask…
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KRA Finds New Revenue Stream in First-Time Taxpayers
The Kenya Revenue Authority says it has collected Sh7.8 billion from 97,000 individuals and businesses that had not previously paid…
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MTN CEO Says Africa’s Digital Payments Push Is Starting to Stretch Across Borders
Africa’s long expansion in mobile money services is creating the foundation for a broader digital finance system, according to Ralph…
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Google Expands AI Pro YouTube Bundle to Kenya
Google is widening the role of its paid AI subscriptions beyond chatbot access and cloud storage, adding YouTube Premium Lite…
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Android 17 Starts Closing Android’s Cross-Device Gap With Continue On
Google is expanding Android beyond the smartphone with Android 17, introducing a wave of consumer-facing features built around AI assistance,…
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DRC Adds Second ACIX Site as Local Internet Routing Push Grows
Internet traffic inside the Democratic Republic of the Congo will now move through multiple exchange locations in Kinshasa after the…
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BUSINESS
A Court Petition Lands Just After Adan Mohamed’s Move to KRA
A legal dispute has surfaced over the appointment of former Cabinet Secretary Adan Mohamed as commissioner general of the Kenya…
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Google’s New Workspace Push Is Really About Conversational Computing
Google used its I/O 2026 developer conference to outline a broader redesign of how people interact with Workspace, moving beyond…
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Google’s New Search Wants to Do More Than Point You to Links
Google is restructuring Search around artificial intelligence, replacing the familiar pattern of keyword queries and ranked links with persistent AI…
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TikTok Removes Over 820,000 Videos in Kenya in Q4 2025 Amid Push for Safer Online Community
Social media platform TikTok said on Tuesday that it removed 820,552 videos in Kenya during the fourth quarter of 2025…
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Why Mobile Betting Apps Are Changing How Kenyans Place Wagers in 2026
I’ve been tracking Kenya’s betting scene for 18 months, and the speed of change has caught me off guard. Mobile…
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Uganda Opens the Door to Starlink as Airtel Starts Direct-to-Cell Trials
Airtel Uganda has started testing Starlink’s direct-to-cell satellite network days after Ugandan regulators granted the satellite operator provisional approval to…
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Kenya Cuts Fresh Funding to the Hustler Fund After Four Years
Fresh state funding for the Hustler Fund will end in the next budget cycle after the National Treasury removed the…
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TECNO AI identified as Digital Economy Catalyst in Omdia Report
TECNO has released a commissioned study by technology research firm Omdia arguing that localised artificial intelligence built for African infrastructure…
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How KRA Is Using Technology to Pull Informal Traders Into the Tax Net
In Kenya’s older tax structure, the easiest people to monitor were salaried workers and registered companies with fixed addresses, accounting…
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Samsung Brings the Galaxy A57 and A37 Into a More AI-Driven Midrange Market
Samsung has officially launched the Galaxy A57 5G and Galaxy A37 5G to the Kenyan market, which extend several of…
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Kenya’s Siaya Nuclear Plan Is Turning Into a Debate About the Country’s Industrial Future
For years, Kenya’s development agenda has been defined by infrastructure built to move people and goods faster across the country:…
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African Women Are Building Businesses Through WhatsApp
Across Kenya and Nigeria, many small businesses no longer begin with a website, a storefront, or even a marketplace listing.…
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Kenya’s Regulators Are Starting to Treat Stablecoins Like Payments Infrastructure
Kenya’s financial regulators are moving toward a function-based approach to stablecoin oversight, with officials indicating that digital asset products could…
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Proparco Commits €300 Million to Back AXIAN’s Digital and Clean Energy Push Across Africa
French development finance institution Proparco has announced a EUR 300 million financing commitment to support AXIAN Group’s digital and energy…
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Kenya’s Push for More Tax Revenue Reaches Card Payments and Fintech Fees
Proposed tax measures contained in Kenya’s Finance Bill 2026 may increase the cost of handling digital transactions as authorities widen…
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Digital Literacy is Key to Unlocking Growth for Kenyan MSMEs
Micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) continue to play a significant role in Kenya’s economy, driving employment, innovation, and livelihoods…
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Airtel Africa Stake Increase Comes Amid IPO Delay
Bharti Airtel is increasing its ownership in Airtel Africa through an internal share transaction that reflects the growing importance of…
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Africa Turns to Electric Vehicles as Fuel Pressure Builds
African countries accelerated electric vehicle purchases in 2025 as pressure from global fuel markets pushed governments and transport operators to…
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AI Is Giving Rise to a New Breed of Business, Microsoft Report
Microsoft has released new findings on how AI is reshaping the way organizations operate. The research identifies a new category…
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Kabogo Says X Must Set Up Kenya Office in 90 Days
Kenya’s government has told social platform X to establish operations inside the country within the next three months as regulators…
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KNEC Wants Senior Schools Ready for Online Exams by 2027
The Kenya National Examinations Council(KNEC) will begin introducing computer-based assessments in senior schools from 2027, extending a digital testing model…
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Apple Plans Major iOS 27 Siri and Camera Redesign
Apple is preparing another major redesign of the iPhone software experience, with iOS 27 expected to introduce a rebuilt Siri…
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Bolt Raises Kenya Ride Fares by 6% Amid Rising Fuel Costs
Ride-hailing platform Bolt has increased fares in Kenya by six percent, citing sustained fuel price increases that have raised operating…
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EXCLUSIVE: BasiGo’s Charging Network Is Expanding Far Beyond Nairobi
The spread of electric buses across Kenya is increasingly being determined by where charging infrastructure exists, with towns outside Nairobi…
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