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BUSINESS
I&M Bank Launches Digital Forex Platform to Simplify Forex Transactions for Businesses
I&M Bank Kenya on Wednesday announced the launch of I&M FX DIRECT, a new online foreign exchange platform aimed at…
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CYBER SECURITY
M-Tiba Breach Exposed 4.8 Million Records, Report Reveals 10-Day Detection Delay
A cyberattack on the Kenyan healthtech platform M-Tiba exposed the personal and medical information of nearly five million Kenyans, according…
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COLUMNS
Evid Sibi | The Future Of Public Service Delivery In Africa: Positioning AI As A Core State Capability
Over the past decade, Kenya has demonstrated the governance impact of large-scale digital transformation,expanding digital public services from 10 to…
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Airtel Money Moves Its Core to the Cloud as Africa’s Digital Finance Race Enters a New Phase
Airtel Africa has begun deploying a new cloud-native mobile money platform built by Comviva, marking a major step in its…
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Safaricom Learns the Hard Math of Expansion in Ethiopia as Growth Outruns Profit
Safaricom’s bet on Ethiopia has always been a long play. Two years after it entered the market, the company is…
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Kenya’s Financial Watchdogs See a Fragile Backbone in the Tech That Holds It All Together
Kenya’s top financial regulators have warned that the financial system’s growing reliance on a handful of large technology providers has…
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BUSINESS
Ziidi Fund Grows Tenfold, Crossing KES 15B in Assets
Ziidi Money Market Fund’s climb to KES 15.1 billion in assets under management marks a turning point in Kenya’s financial…
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Spotify’s Most Celebrated Ritual Returns Just as Its Soul Feels Under Algorithmic Pressure
Spotify Wrapped 2025 is nearly here, but the company has already lived through a year that tested its identity. Behind…
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Fuliza, Kamilisha, and the New Logic of Credit in Kenya’s Always-On Mobile Economy
Kenya’s appetite for quick credit has turned digital overdrafts into a financial mainstay. What began as a mobile money convenience…
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Beneath the Waves, a New Race for Africa’s Internet Future
The shore outside Mombasa looks ordinary enough — tide-churned, sun-glared, restless with trade wind. But just offshore, beneath the surface,…
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Instagram and X Compete to Crown the Internet’s New Tastemakers
The new badges on Instagram and X are not really new. They carry the same energy that once powered Favstar,…
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Apple Looks Past the Megapixel Race and Starts Asking What a Camera Should Actually See
Apple’s next lineup looks set to make its boldest photographic leap in years. Reports from JP Morgan analysts point to…
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Apple Pulls the Plug on the iPhone Air 2 as Thinness Loses Its Power
Apple’s grand experiment with thinness seems to have hit a wall. The iPhone Air, once teased as a statement of…
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Gadgets
Tecno 5.93mm Spark Slim Launches in Kenya
TECNO has officially launched the TECNO SPARK Slim in the Kenyan market, a device it claims is the world’s thinnest…
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TRENDING
Huawei Cloud Named Carrier Hybrid Cloud Leader in Sub-Saharan Africa
Huawei Cloud has been named the top ”Carrier Hybrid Cloud Leader” in Sub-Saharan Africa, according to a new white paper…
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Verto Deepens West African Presence with New Lagos Hub
Global B2B payments platform Verto has launched a new strategic office in Lagos, deepening its commitment to the Nigerian and…
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News
Kiambu Student, 20, Wins KES 1 Million in Safaricom’s Shangwe @25 Promotion
Safaricom has named 20-year-old Yvonne Wanjiku Kang’ara as the first KES 1 million winner in its ongoing “Shangwe @25″ consumer…
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94% of Kenyan Ride-Hailing Users View Service as Safer Than Other Transport
A new Safety Index report by Ipsos reveals that 94% of Kenyan ride-hailing users consider these services to be inherently…
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TRENDING
BasiGo Expands Charging Infrastructure with Three New Depots
BasiGo, a leading provider of electric bus solutions in Sub-Saharan Africa, has announced a significant expansion of its charging infrastructure…
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M-PESA Ethiopia Integrates with EthSwitch, Connects 15 Banks
M-PESA Ethiopia has announced the completion of its integration with EthSwitch, Ethiopia’s national payment network, in a significant move to…
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News
Samsung Galaxy A17 Sets New Standard for the Mid-Range
Samsung recently introduced the Galaxy A17 in Kenya, a new contender in its popular A-series that appears poised to redefine…
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BUSINESS
Former Nairobi Hilton Hotel Gets New Life as Tulivu Co-Working Space Launches
Nairobi’s iconic former Hilton Hotel building has been given a new lease on life with the official launch of Tulivu…
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News
OPPO Find X9 Pro vs iPhone 17 Pro: When Cameras Start to See Differently
The smartphone camera wars have stopped being about who has the most megapixels. They’re about how each brand interprets the…
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News
Elon Musk’s $1 Trillion Pay Package Forces a Reckoning Over Leadership, Risk, and Control
Tesla shareholders have handed Elon Musk the richest pay package ever proposed in corporate history — a deal that could,…
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News
Spotify’s Weekly Mini Wrapped Turns Listening Into a Ritual
Spotify has taken its most viral feature and made it a habit. The new Listening Stats tool compresses the spirit…
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News
Apple’s Liquid Glass Design in iOS 26 Redefines App Aesthetics
When Apple released iOS 26 in September, most attention centered on Liquid Glass — the new design language that seemed…
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GTA 6 Pushed to Late 2026 as Rockstar Seeks More Time to Finish Its Most Ambitious Game Yet
For the second time this year, Grand Theft Auto VI has been delayed. Take-Two Interactive confirmed that Rockstar’s long-awaited sequel…
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Weak Password, Weaker Defense: Lessons from the Louvre Heist
Even the world’s most guarded museum fell to a password anyone could guess. The breach tells a larger story about…
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TRENDING
Meta’s Scam Problem Is Bigger Than Anyone Knew
For years, Meta has sold itself as a company determined to connect people, not exploit them. Yet inside its own…
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News
When Health Advice Turns Promotional: The Ozempic Dilemma on Social Media
A recent X post by fitness influencer @Gachau_Njoroge, shows how blurred the line has become between education and marketing in…
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News
Your iPhone Just Got Smarter About Staying Safe: No More Manual Updates, Ever
For years, iPhone owners treated software updates as chores. Every patch came with a reminder, a delay, a debate about…
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Kenya Opens The Door For Crypto Firms To Trade Shares On Its Stock Exchange
Kenya’s Capital Markets Authority (CMA) is courting several global crypto firms to offer shares on the Nairobi Securities Exchange. If…
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Samsung Teases HDR10 Plus Advanced, Its Answer to Dolby Vision 2
Samsung isn’t backing down from Dolby. At a closed-door demo last week, the company previewed HDR10 Plus Advanced, a next-gen…
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News
How Kenya’s Software Engineers Are Changing the Country’s Tech Future
Kenya now ranks sixth in Africa for software engineering density, with about 1,095 developers per million people. On the surface,…
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News
iOS 26 Splits the iPhone Line Between Old and New
Apple’s latest iOS update isn’t just another download notice blinking on your screen. iOS 26 quietly narrows who gets to…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom Ethiopia Revenue Jumps 136%, but M-PESA Stalls
Safaricom Ethiopia has reported explosive 136% growth in its service revenue, which surged to KES 6.2 billion for the six…
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TRENDING
Safaricom’s Net Profit Surges 52.1% as Ethiopia Losses Narrow
Safaricom PLC has announced a 52.1% surge in its group net income to KES 42.8 billion for the six months…
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Samsung Galaxy Watch Antioxidant Tracking Opens a New Frontier for Everyday Health
It’s easy to forget that most health data is surface-level — a tally of steps, heartbeats, or hours of sleep.…
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French Investor Stoa Takes Minority Stake in Atlas Tower Kenya
The Competition Authority of Kenya has cleared French infrastructure investor Stoa’s $27 million acquisition of a minority stake in Atlas…
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Farm to Feed Raises $1.5 Million as Kenya Confronts the Cost of Wasted Food
Kenyan agritech startup Farm to Feed has raised $1.5 million in new capital to expand its network of smallholder farmers…
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The New Social Currency Isn’t Followers or Fame, It’s Knowing When to Stop Being Seen
For years, online life was a race toward visibility. Followers, likes, and reach shaped how people understood worth. Now, that…
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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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Canon R6 Mark III Finds the Balance Between Stills and Cinema
Canon’s unveiling of the EOS R6 Mark III alongside the RF 45 mm F1.2 STM in Dubai marked a measured…
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News
The Return of Load-Shedding Reveals a Power System That’s Been Running on Borrowed Time
President William Ruto’s recent admission that Kenya will ration electricity between 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. has forced a reckoning.…
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As Axian Takes Over Wananchi, the Balance of Power in East Africa’s Internet Market Begins to Tilt
Axian Telecom Fibre, known regionally as Yas, has completed the acquisition of a 99.63 percent stake in Wananchi Group, marking…
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Tanzania Internet Shutdowns Cost Economy Over $238 Million, Says Paradigm Initiative
Digital rights watchdog Paradigm Initiative (PIN) has condemned Tanzania’s recent election-period internet blackout and the continued suspension of X (formerly…
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Rwanda and Bboxx Launch Major 50,000-Kit Clean Cooking Program
The Government of Rwanda has partnered with the data-driven super platform Bboxx to distribute 50,000 affordable liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)…
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Axian Telecom Acquires Zuku Parent Company Wananchi Group
AXIAN Telecom on Wednesday announced it has finalized its acquisition of a 99.63% stake in Wananchi Group (Holdings) Ltd, the…
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LG Debuts Energy-Efficient Dishwashers in Kenya Amid Surge in Smart Home Demand
LG Electronics has unveiled a new line of high-performance dishwashers in Kenya, marking a strategic expansion of its smart home…
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Huawei Unveils Digital Blueprint to Modernize Kenya’s Energy Sector
Huawei has launched a comprehensive digital blueprint aimed at modernizing Kenya’s power sector, strengthening grid resilience, and accelerating the adoption…
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Equity Group and iamtheCODE Partner to Offer Free Digital and AI Skills to 600,000 African Youth
Equity Group Foundation (EGF) and iamtheCODE, the world’s first African-led global STEAMD movement, have launched a strategic partnership to empower…
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MultiChoice Slashes Decoder Prices in Kenya by up to 29%
MultiChoice Kenya, recently acquired by the French media conglomerate CANAL+, has announced aggressive price cuts on its hardware. The move…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom Launches ‘Shangwe @25’ Promotion as it Mark its 25th Anniversary
Safaricom has unveiled a nationwide promotion, ‘Shangwe @25’, to mark its 25th anniversary of operations in Kenya. The campaign, announced…
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CYBER SECURITY
Ransom Demands Double as Unknown Security Gaps Blamed for Nearly Half of Retail Cyberattacks
The retail sector is facing a severe and complex threat landscape, with nearly half (46%) of all ransomware incidents traced…
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How a Tax Tribunal Just Reshaped Kenya’s Digital Money Rail
Kenya’s payments infrastructure has always worked behind the scenes — a lattice of connections between banks, card networks, and mobile…
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ABSA Turns To Huawei For Private Cloud In African Banking Overhaul
When Absa decided to build a private cloud platform with Huawei, it wasn’t just a technology project. It was a…
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CMC Networks and Bridgepointe Forge a New Route for Enterprise Connectivity Across Africa and the Middle East
CMC Networks’ new partnership with Bridgepointe Technologies isn’t just another connectivity deal. It brings the infrastructure depth of one of…
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Medusa Cable Reaches Tunisia, Marking First African Landing in Major Europe-Africa Network
The Medusa submarine cable has reached African shores for the first time, landing in the Tunisian port city of Bizerte…
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Morocco’s Mobile Market Rebounds as Fibre Demand Accelerates
After a sluggish start, Morocco’s telecom sector is moving back into expansion. The second quarter brought a lift in mobile…
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MTN’s Data Overhaul Anchors Its Cloud Future on Microsoft Azure
MTN Group has completed one of its most ambitious internal transformations yet — the modernization of its Enterprise Value Analytics…
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The TechTrends Podcast | The State of Startup Funding in Africa in 2025 ft Andrew Fassnidge
Is Africa’s startup funding winter finally over? That’s the question we explored in a recent conversation with Andrew Fassnidge, Founder…
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Social Media
TikTok’s Video Takedowns in Kenya Surge to 592,000 in Q2 2025 Amid Regulatory Pressure
TikTok announced on Tuesday that it removed nearly 600,000 videos in Kenya during the second quarter of 2025 for violating…
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Gadgets
Tecno to Launch 5.93mm Spark Slim in Kenya
The Kenyan smartphone market is bracing for a new contender in design and engineering as Tecno Mobile confirms the imminent…
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BUSINESS
ARISE IIP Launches Multi-Billion Industrial Development Zone in Kenya
ARISE Integrated Industrial Platforms (ARISE IIP), a pan-African developer and operator of world-class integrated industrial zones, has officially established its…
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CLOUD
Wingu Africa and Africa Data Centres Forge Pan-African Digital Infrastructure Partnership
Wingu Africa, the provider of carrier-neutral, Tier III-standard data centres in East Africa, has entered a strategic partnership with Africa…
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News
5 Lessons to Be Learned from the World’s Top eCommerce Merchants
If you often shop online, then you probably know the biggest and most successful names in the eCommerce industry. They…
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Featured
Official site of 1win Ghana: eSports betting and express bonus guide
Online betting in Ghana is no longer just about traditional sports. Thanks to the rapid growth of eSports and innovative…
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TRENDING
KCB Group to Acquire Stake in Fintech Firm Pesapal, Marking Second Major Fintech Investment in 8 Months
KCB Group Plc has announced that it has signed a deal to acquire a minority stake in Pesapal Limited, a…
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CLOUD
AWS and OpenAI Announce $38 Billion Multi-Year Strategic Partnership
Amazon Web Services (AWS) and OpenAI have announced a multi-year, strategic partnership that provides AWS’s world-class infrastructure to run and…
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News
iOS 26 Hidden Features Show Apple Turning Its Attention to the Smallest Details That Matter Most
Apple’s newest update, iOS 26, arrived with fanfare around its redesign and AI-powered additions. But buried under the spectacle lies…
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News
How Kenya’s Internet Advertising Growth Became the Fastest in the World and What Comes Next
When PwC’s Africa Entertainment and Media Outlook landed this year, one figure stood out: Kenya’s internet advertising market is on…
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News
As Banking Goes Fully Digital, Kenya’s Lenders Return to the Ground to Rebuild Connection and Trust
The story begins with a phone. What started as a tool for calls and social chatter became the main gateway…
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News
High Court Draws a Digital Line in the Sand: No iTax, No Case — The Future of Kenya’s Tax Appeals Process Explained
The High Court’s latest tax ruling is less about one taxpayer’s billion-shilling dispute and more about where Kenya’s tax administration…
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News
Safaricom vs Airtel 5G Routers Compared: Speed, Reliability, and Real Value
If you pay the Kenyan average for home internet, this matters. Most households spend roughly 2,500 KES a month for…
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News
Samsung’s Galaxy S26 More Slim Tries to Prove That Thin Still Matters in a Market Obsessed With Power
Within Samsung’s design labs, engineers are pursuing a goal that once seemed off-limits: building Samsung Galaxy S26, a true flagship…
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News
Why Your Phone’s IP68 Waterproof Rating Isn’t the Guarantee You Think It Is
Phones now sell on toughness as much as on camera tricks. You will see IP67, IP68 or IPX8 stamped in…
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News
What the M-Shwari Outage Revealed About Kenya’s Reliance on Mobile Money and the Fragility Beneath It
For hours, M-Shwari users found themselves cut off from one of Kenya’s most familiar digital banking tools. The outage didn’t…
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News
Kim Kardashian’s Moon Landing Comment Revives a Familiar Battle Between Fame and Fact
On October 30, Pop Base shared a clip from The Kardashians that reignited a half-century-old argument. Kim Kardashian, referencing a…
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New Appointments
Safaricom Welcomes Back Stephen Chege as Group Chief External Affairs Officer
Kenya’s leading telco, Safaricom PLC on Friday announced the return of Stephen Chege, who rejoins the company as the Group…
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Featured
OdiBets Kenya Launches Aviator Studio
OdiBets, Kenya’s leading online betting platform, has unveiled Aviator Studio. According to a statement to newsrooms on Friday, October 31,…
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News
Jumia Kicks Off Black Friday 2025
Jumia Kenya has officially kicked off its flagship Black Friday campaign, running from October 31st to November 30th, 2025. This year’s…
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News
KRA’s X Account Hacked Amidst National Cybersecurity Week
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) official X account (formerly Twitter) has been compromised by unknown hackers. The compromised account’s handle has…
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TRENDING
Nigeria Finally Gets Its First MVNO, but the Real Question Is Whether the Market Will Let It Breathe
It took more than three years for Nigeria’s first MVNO to move from policy to reality. The regulator cleared the…
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News
How Samsung Is Reimagining Performance With The Galaxy S26 And Its New Exynos Chipset
When Samsung executives spoke during the 2025 earnings call, the most interesting detail wasn’t what they confirmed — it was…
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BUSINESS
Equity Group’s Profit After Tax Hit Ksh.54.1 Billion
Equity Group Holdings Plc has posted a strong financial performance for the third quarter of 2025, reporting a 32% rise…
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BUSINESS
Kenya’s Loan Rate Divide Is No Accident and the Numbers Behind It Tell a Rougher Truth About Banking
Kenya’s cost of credit portal, a public transparency tool run by the Kenya Bankers Association, has revealed just how uneven…
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News
Nvidia’s Investment in Cassava Hints at the Real Battle Ahead – Ownership of Africa’s Generative AI Economy
When Nvidia took a stake in Cassava Technologies this week, it wasn’t just another investment headline. It landed in a…
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News
Galaxy Z Fold 7 Anchors Google’s Android Security Study As Samsung Teases A Tri-Fold Future
In Google’s latest Android security report, one name surfaced alongside the Pixel 10 Pro and iPhone 17: the Galaxy Z…
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TRENDING
Safaricom Announces a KSh 30 Billion Initiative to Transform Education in Kenya
Safaricom, through the M-PESA Foundation, has unveiled a massive KES 30 billion education initiative aimed at revolutionizing learning and training…
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Social Media
The U.S. Says the TikTok Deal Is Done, Beijing Says It Will Work on It, That Gap Is the Story.
Beijing has said it will work with Washington to resolve outstanding issues around TikTok’s U.S. operations, linking the platform’s uncertain…
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News
CIO100 Awards and Symposium 2025 Set to Convene Africa’s Top Technology Leaders in Naivasha
The 17th edition of the CIO100 Awards & Symposium, one of Africa’s most influential technology gatherings, is set to take…
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TRENDING
Safaricom 5G Home Routers Now Available for Purchase in Naivas
Safaricom has announced a strategic partnership with retailer Naivas Supermarket to significantly expand the availability of its 5G home routers across…
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BUSINESS
EU Backed e-Phyto System Goes Live in Ethiopia
Ethiopian farmers and exporters can now apply for, receive, and send phytosanitary certificates entirely online following the successful launch of…
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News
Equity Bank Increases Walk-In Foreign Exchange Limit to USD 5,000
Equity Bank has announced an increase in its walk-in foreign exchange transaction limit across all branches, allowing customers to exchange…
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CYBER SECURITY
Ben Jacob: Deepfakes – The Next Human Vulnerability For Businesses?
Synthetic audio and video generation technologies, known as deepfakes, have reached a critical threshold. Once mostly limited to social media…
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News
Airtel Africa Foundation Partners with ITU to Boost Digital Skills in Rwanda
Airtel Africa Foundation has announced a new partnership with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to accelerate digital skills development and…
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News
AI Firm Galytix Announces Global Expansion Drive
Galytix, the leading Agentic Artificial Intelligence company for the banking and financial services industry, today announces a major global expansion…
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BUSINESS
Millions in Africa Turn to Online Trading Amid Economic Uncertainty
A quiet revolution is reshaping personal finance across Africa. From the markets of Lagos to the tech hubs of Nairobi,…
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BUSINESS
Understanding the Price Relationship Between Bitcoin and the US dollar (USD)
Introduction The highest price of Bitcoin in USD and its all-time low was recorded on 7 October 2025. The lowest…
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News
Internet Disrupted as Tanzania Holds Tense General Election
Internet connectivity was severely disrupted across Tanzania on Wednesday as the nation went to the polls for a general election,…
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News
GOMYCODE Launches Corporate AI Upskilling Program to Address Kenya’s Digital Skills Crisis
GOMYCODE Kenya has unveiled a new corporate training initiative aimed at helping companies strengthen their digital and AI capabilities, amid…
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