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Africa Internet Summit Opens in Nairobi With Focus on Regional Cooperation
Nairobi is hosting the Africa Internet Summit 2026 (AIS’26), bringing together policymakers, regulators, technology experts, industry leaders, civil society organizations,…
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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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Instagram’s TV Push Arrives as Social Media and Television Converge
Instagram has expanded its television ambitions with the launch of Instagram for TV on Samsung smart televisions, bringing the service…
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Five Eyes Signals a New Era of AI Security Controls as Cyber Risks Accelerate
On Monday night, intelligence agencies from Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and New Zealand released a rare…
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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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M.P. Shah’s New Karen Centre Reflects a Wider Shift in Healthcare Growth
M.P. Shah Hospital recently launched the Hub Medical Centre at The Hub Karen, adding another location to a growing network…
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Mobile Money Subscriptions in Kenya Hit 53.4 Million
Kenya’s mobile money sector recorded strong growth in the third quarter of the 2025/26 financial year, with subscriptions rising from…
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Kenya’s Deal With Japan Puts More Than Vehicle Assembly on the Table
On June 22, President William Ruto witnessed the signing of a Sh22.1 billion financing agreement between Kenya and Japan’s Nippon…
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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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Apple’s Leadership Transition Is Already Taking Shape
WWDC 2026 was supposed to be about software. Apple unveiled a redesigned operating system, expanded Apple Intelligence and presented the…
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Why Meta Sees Kunal Shah as the Right Leader for WhatsApp’s Next Era
Meta’s decision to back Indian fintech company CRED and elevate founder Kunal Shah to lead WhatsApp says as much about…
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Payaza’s Shopaza Targets Africa’s E-Commerce Gap
Payaza has launched Shopaza, a new artificial intelligence-driven e-commerce platform designed to help businesses expand beyond local markets and participate…
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Airtel Money and ChildFund Back Schools Serving Learners With Disabilities
More than 2,000 learners, including children with visual and hearing impairments, are set to benefit from a new inclusive education…
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Africa’s Fast-Rising 5G Market Is Starting to Look Beyond Connectivity
Sub-Saharan Africa is on track to become the world’s fastest-growing 5G market over the next five years, fueled by rising…
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Startups
Spiro Secures $55M Additional Backing from Chinese Investor NewTrails Capital
Spiro, one of Africa’s leading electric motorcycle and battery-swapping companies has secured an additional $55 million equity investment from NewTrails…
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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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Football Drives TikTok Engagement in Kenya as Platform Hits 6.5 Million Sports Videos
TikTok has cemented itself as the leading platform for sports entertainment and football culture in Sub-Saharan Africa and beyond, with…
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KCB Opens Its Agency Network to Airtel Money Customers Nationwide
Airtel Money customers can now deposit and withdraw cash at more than 22,000 KCB Bank agents across Kenya following a…
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Kenya in Talks with OpenAI to Host East Africa’s First AI Academy
Kenya is in discussions with OpenAI to establish Nairobi as the home of the first OpenAI Academy initiative in Eastern…
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15 African AI Startups Graduate from Google for Startups Accelerator, Raise $1.1M Average
Fifteen AI-focused startups from eight African countries have completed the Google for Startups Accelerator Africa programme, with 60% of the…
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Mombasa Strengthens Position as a Leading MICE Destination
Mombasa is gaining renewed prominence as a regional hub for Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions (MICE) following the hosting of…
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Ghana and Tanzania Compare Notes on the Future of Satellite Regulation
The National Communications Authority (NCA) of Ghana has hosted a delegation from the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) on a…
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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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Starlink’s Kenya Growth Story Is Running Into a Capacity Problem
For much of the past two years, the story of Starlink in Kenya was straightforward. Subscriber numbers climbed rapidly, satellite…
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TRIFIC’s Dollar REIT Heads to the NSE After Drawing Strong Demand
The TRIFIC Green USD I-REIT has attracted more investor demand than its fundraising target, providing one of the clearest indications…
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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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Why Absa Believes More Growth Will Come From Kenya
When Absa Group announced plans to spend Sh30.9 billion to raise its ownership in Absa Bank Kenya from 68.5 percent…
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Parliament Rejects Smartphone Tax Overhaul and Preserves Existing Rules
The National Assembly has rejected a proposal to raise the Kenya smartphone tax from 10 percent to 25 percent, dealing…
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MPs Reject VAT on M-Pesa Transfers as Digital Payments Become Mainstream
Kenyan lawmakers have moved to preserve the M-Pesa VAT exemption proposed under the Finance Bill 2026, shielding mobile money transfers…
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Kenya, EU Deepen Digital Transformation Partnership
Kenya’s State Department for ICT and the Digital Economy has held a strategic engagement with a delegation from the European…
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Kenya’s Mobile Money Growth Is Moving Beyond New Users
Mobile money penetration in Kenya has crossed a threshold that changes how growth in the sector is measured. The latest…
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Kenya’s 5G Data Usage Is Rising Faster Than Subscriber Growth
Kenya’s 5G data usage is beginning to reveal a different story from the one usually told through subscriber numbers. The…
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Kenya’s Telecom Market Grew but the Rankings Barely Changed
Kenya’s telecom market share figures changed little during a quarter that produced one of the largest subscriber increases seen in…
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Kenya Added Nearly 200,000 Fixed Internet Connections in One Quarter
A growing share of Kenya’s internet traffic is being carried through fixed connections. The latest Communications Authority sector statistics show…
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Kenya’s Mobile Growth Continues as SMS Slips Further
Kenya’s mobile subscriptions climbed to 84.1 million during the third quarter of the 2025/26 financial year, according to new figures…
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AURA, Glovo Kenya Partner on Rider Safety
AURA, a life-saving technology platform focused on making emergency response services more accessible and affordable, has announced a new partnership…
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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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Family Bank Steps Onto the NSE as Its Shareholder Structure Changes
The upcoming Family Bank NSE listing will do more than add another banking counter to the Nairobi Securities Exchange. It…
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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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BFSI Week 2026: African Banks Urged to Focus AI on Value, Security
Financial institutions across Africa must focus on business value, cyber resilience and leadership if they are to successfully harness the…
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How Kenya’s Sports Betting Market Is Reshaping Digital Payment Innovation
I’ve been tracking Kenya’s fintech evolution for seven years. There’s a pattern nobody discusses—sports betting platforms are quietly morphing into…
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CFAO Mobility Launches The Toyota bZ4X EV in Kenya
CFAO Mobility Kenya has unveiled the Toyota bZ4X, marking the Japanese automaker’s first fully electric vehicle to enter the Kenyan…
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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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The Final Stretch of the Finance Bill 2026 Debate Is Bringing New Challenges Into View
Kenya’s Finance Bill 2026 has entered a critical stage in Parliament after the National Assembly’s Departmental Committee on Finance and…
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Standard Bank Sets Its Sights on Kenya’s Top Banking Spot
Kenya’s banking hierarchy is facing a new challenge. Standard Bank says it wants to become the country’s largest lender by…
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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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Diaspora Money Is Paying More of Kenya’s Household Bills Than Previously Known
Kenya diaspora remittances are increasingly being used to pay for food, education and healthcare, according to a landmark household survey…
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Spiro Wants More of Its Electric Motorcycles Built in Africa
Spiro’s plan to manufacture most of its electric vehicle components in Africa marks an important shift in the continent’s emerging…
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Starlink’s Speed Advantage Is Starting to Pressure Africa’s Broadband Providers
Starlink broadband speeds in Africa are now outperforming most terrestrial internet providers across the continent, according to new data from…
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NTT DATA Expands Salesforce Services as Kenya’s AI Push Gains Pace
NTT DATA has announced the expansion of its Salesforce services across East Africa, aimed at enhancing customer engagement, data management,…
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Bharti Airtel Wins Shareholder Backing to Increase Airtel Africa Stake
Bharti Airtel has secured overwhelming shareholder backing for a transaction that will significantly increase its ownership of Airtel Africa, a…
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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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Kenya Ranks 6th in Africa’s Digital Rights and Inclusion Index
Kenya has been ranked sixth in the latest report on the state of digital rights and inclusion across the continent.…
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PawaPay Hits Three Billion Transactions, Doubling Daily Payment Volumes
PawaPay has processed three billion successful mobile money transactions through its platform, underscoring the rapid growth of digital payments across…
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Bharat Thakrar Built WPP Scangroup. He No Longer Controls Its Fate
The vote itself was never really in doubt. When shareholders of WPP Scangroup gathered for their annual general meeting, Bharat…
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Ripple Acquires Stake in Nigerian Fintech Flutterwave Valuing Company at $3.2bn
Flutterwave has secured a strategic investment from Ripple as part of its Series E fundraising round, in a deal that…
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Apple Adds SynthID as AI Editing Expands in iOS 27
Apple wants people to know when artificial intelligence played a role in creating a photo. As the company rolls out…
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AXIAN Telecom Acquires €170 Million EBRD Loan To Expand Africa Operations
AXIAN Telecom is strengthening its investment to support network expansion and digital infrastructure investments across its markets, in Kenya and…
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How to Verify Your Device and Software Information on a Samsung Galaxy
When registering or verifying your Samsung Care+ coverage, you will often need to confirm your specific serial number (IMEI), and…
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Nigeria Rewrites Its Telecom Policy for the First Time Since 2000
Nigeria is rewriting the foundational policy document that shaped its entire telecommunications sector, as the country’s regulator moves to modernise…
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Visa Partners with BAKE Awards to Boost Financial Access for Kenya’s Content Creators
Visa has announced a strategic partnership with the Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE) for the 10th annual BAKE Awards, positioning…
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What the Samsung Galaxy A57 and Galaxy A37 Reveal About Smartphone Value in 2026
Samsung’s latest A-series devices, the Samsung Galaxy A57 and Galaxy A37, were launched in Kenya at a time when smartphone…
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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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Airtel Africa Foundation Invests $6.2 Million in First Year, Connecting 3,296 Schools Across 13 Markets
The Airtel Africa Foundation has reported investing $6.2 million across education, financial inclusion, digital inclusion, and environmental sustainability programmes during…
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ASUS Thinks the 2026 Zenbook DUO Is Ready for More Than Early Adopters
Asus recently launched the 2026 ZenBook DUO, which is their latest version of it’s dual screen laptop and it’s a…
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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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Kenya Airways Investor Hunt Becomes a Test of Nairobi’s Hub Ambitions
Kenya Airways’ search for a strategic investor is often framed as a rescue mission for an airline weighed down by…
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New Isinya–Konza Transmission Line Strengthens Konza Technopolis
Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (KETRACO) has switched the Isinya–Konza transmission line and the Konza substation, marking a significant step in…
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Why Pin Up Casino Is a Top Trending Choice for Players
The landscape of digital entertainment is shifting rapidly, with modern gaming platforms prioritizing immersive user experiences, technological innovation, and instant…
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African Health Systems Turn to AI as Outbreak Monitoring Demands Rise
African governments are facing a difficult arithmetic problem. Disease surveillance remains expensive. Public health staffing is under pressure. International development…
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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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Blue Pearl’s Java Upgrade Offers a Glimpse of IBM Bob’s Enterprise Ambitions
As enterprises search for faster ways to modernize ageing software systems, IBM is using a South African customer project to…
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EU Invests €37 Million into Blue-Raman Cable Project to Enhance East Africa’s Global Connectivity
Speaking after talks with Henna Virkkunen, European Commission Executive Vice President, in Brussels, President William Ruto said the EU-backed cable…
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Why Digital Lending Is Becoming a Lifeline for Kenya’s SMEs
Limited access to financing continues to be one of the biggest constraints facing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Kenya,…
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Global Airlines Gain a New Route Into African Payments Through Kora
Kora, a leading payment infrastructure platform, has joined the International Air Transport Association Financial Gateway (IFG), enabling global airlines to…
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24,000 Applications Later, Africa’s Business Heroes Reveals Its Top 100
Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH), the flagship philanthropic programme of the Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Philanthropy, has announced its 2026…
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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 Digital Growth Plans Draw Fresh Investment From Europe
Kenya’s push to position itself as a regional digital gateway gained fresh momentum in Brussels after securing new European Union-backed…
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Kenya’s ICT Budget Falls Despite Digital Expansion Plans
Kenya’s ICT sector is entering the new financial year with a smaller budget but no shortage of ambition. Treasury has…
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Rwanda’s Drone Experiment Is Becoming Zipline’s Africa Playbook
A decade after drone deliveries were first entered into African healthcare systems, the industry’s next growth challenge may be arriving…
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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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Andela CEO on AI, Talent and the Future of Software Development in Africa
Andela, the global remote technology talent marketplace, has set an ambitious target to train 15,000 AI-fluent developers by the end…
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The Fibre Revolution Bringing Full-Speed Internet Home
For many people using home Wi-Fi, internet access can fluctuate depending on their location in the house. The signal seems…
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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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Simba Corp’s Latest Investment Reflects a Larger Manufacturing Bet on Electric Mobility
Kenya’s electric vehicle industry is entering a phase where production infrastructure is expanding faster than private consumer demand. Manufacturers, assemblers,…
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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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Visa and OpenAI Move to Build the Payment Layer for AI Commerce
Visa and OpenAI are working together on infrastructure designed to let artificial intelligence systems carry out purchases and payments within…
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810 Million Women Still Offline as Mobile Gender Gap Persists, GSMA Warns
Women in low- and middle-income countries remain 12% less likely than men to use mobile internet, leaving 810 million unconnected,…
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CYBER SECURITY
The New Reality of Enterprise Security: Scaling Resilience Amid Complexity
Large enterprises face a cybersecurity mismatch: rising AI-powered attacks and Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) outpace understaffed teams. Fragmented tools create…
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Visa Study Reveals That 89% of Kenyans Use AI in Shopping, With Trust Driving Checkout Behaviour
Visa has published its annual Stay Secure study in Kenya, highlighting how artificial intelligence and social commerce are reshaping digital…
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Cloud Technology Is Helping Bring Better MRI Scans to Rural Uganda
Researchers from Spain and Uganda are using cloud computing to improve the quality of MRI scans produced by ultra-low-field systems,…
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Gov’t Begins Distribution of Digital Learning Devices for JSS Schools
The Kenyan government has begun rolling out laptops and 65-inch interactive smart boards to 10,382 Junior Secondary Schools nationwide on…
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Uber Turns to Logistics Expansion With Kenya Courier Licence Bid
Uber is seeking regulatory approval to expand into Kenya’s parcel delivery sector, a move that would place the ride-hailing company…
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