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Kenyan Media Previews AI for Disability Project Ahead of Official Launch
Ahead of the official launch of the Kenya AI for Disability Project, members of the media were invited to a…
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Kenya Google Search Data Reveals Massive Shift to AI Technical Mastery
Google has released new search trend data revealing a significant shift in how Kenyans are using technology to learn, upskill,…
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BUSINESS
Kenya Airways Tees Off Partnership with Njoroge Kibugu to Drive Kenya’s Sports Tourism
Kenya Airways has unveiled a strategic partnership with Kenyan professional golfer Njoroge Kibugu, marking a deliberate move to elevate Kenya’s…
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Vivo Set to Launch V70 FE in Kenya – A 200 MP AI Travel Portrait Smartphone
vivo has officially teased the upcoming vivo V70 FE, a smartphone positioned squarely at socially active users who live to…
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BasiGo Starts Assembling Electric Vans(Ma3e) in Kenya With AVA
BasiGo has begun assembling electric vans in Kenya, marking the first local production of its Ma3e model as the company…
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vivo V70 with 50 MP ZEISS Super Telephoto Is Now Officially on Sale in Kenya
The vivo V70 is now available in Kenya , bringing 50 MP ZEISS Super Telephoto precision to users ready to…
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Kenyan Startup Zerobionic Selected in Qualcomm’s 2026 Make in Africa Cohort
A Kenyan startup has earned continental recognition after being named among ten innovators selected for the 2026 cohort of Qualcomm’s…
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Claw Phones Are Coming to Kenya: TECNO’s EllaClaw Is Leading the Change
TECNO Mobile is set to redefine what smartphones can do for everyday users in Kenya and across emerging markets, with…
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Kenya Maps Out Smart Cities Plan at Africa Urban Forum
Kenya used the Africa Urban Forum 2026 to outline how it plans to build smarter cities through digital infrastructure, with…
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Safaricom Decode 4.0 Puts Focus on AI Talent Gap in Kenya
Safaricom hosted the fourth edition of its annual technology summit, Decode 4.0 today, centering on the practical application of artificial…
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Kenya’s Digital Ambition Takes Centre Stage as Decode 4.0 Summit Kicks Off in Nairobi
Kenya’s push to cement its position as a regional technology powerhouse gathered momentum today with the opening of the three-day…
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At Decode 4.0, the Work of Building Kenya’s AI Backbone Comes Into View
The next leap for Kenya’s economy will not be defined by physical infrastructure alone, but by a sophisticated layer of…
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Kenya Tourism Board, Visa and Kenya Airways Launch Discounted Travel Campaign
The Kenya Tourism Board has partnered with Visa and Kenya Airways to roll out a new travel campaign offering discounted…
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A 50 MP Front Camera and 4K Video Capability Define the vivo V70 Set to Launch in Kenya
The vivo V70 is set to officially launch in the Kenyan market, positioned as a camera-centric sub-flagship starting at KSH…
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Safaricom’s Decode 4.0 “Made of Kenya Edition” Kicks Off March 31
Safaricom’s annual engineering summit, Decode 4.0, kicks off next week. Tagged the “Made of Kenya Edition,” the summit opens its…
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Prashant Byndoor | Why Kenya’s Payments Systems Are Under Pressure in 2026
Rising transaction volumes, tighter regulation and growing competition are placing new demands on banks and cooperative lenders across Kenya and…
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High-Growth Firms Drive 80% of Kenya’s Tech Jobs, New Study Finds
A new study has revealed the outsized economic role played by high-growth companies in Kenya, finding that tech and tech-enabled…
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Africa Powers Global Mobile Money Milestone as Industry Hits $2 Trillion
The world’s mobile money industry reached $2 trillion in annual transaction volume in 2025, and Africa can claim much of…
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Airtel Africa and SpaceX Complete Starlink Mobile Testing in Kenya
Airtel Africa and SpaceX have announced the successful testing of data and messaging services using Starlink Mobile in Kenya. The…
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BUSINESS
Equity Named Africa’s Strongest Banking Brand and Kenya’s Most Valuable Brand
Equity has extended its lead in the brand stakes, emerging as Africa’s strongest banking brand and Kenya’s most valuable brand…
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Inside Kenya’s AI and Connectivity Plans as Global Partners Move In
There is a number that keeps surfacing in Nairobi’s tech policy circles. $5 billion. It is the price tag attached…
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Bolt Report Highlights Economic Gains for Drivers in Kenya’s Gig Economy
On-demand mobility platform Bolt has released its flagship Gig Economy Report in partnership with Ipsos, revealing the growing role of…
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Kenya Convenes Piracy Forum as Losses Hit KES 92 Billion
In Nairobi this week, the conversation about piracy moved past general concern and into operational detail. The Ministry of Information,…
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Kenya’s Electric Motorbike Surge Is Starting to Run Through Bolt
Spend a few minutes at a busy junction in Nairobi and it does not take long for the motorcycle economy…
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Kenya and Ghana Explore SME Growth and Trade Opportunities
Oya Microcredit Limited Kenya, hosted Ghana’s High Commissioner to Kenya, Paul Evans Aidoo, for a media engagement and strategic visit…
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Liquid Kenya CEO on How the Company is Building Africa’s AI-Ready Future
As Africa undergoes a rapid technological evolution, the transition from legacy systems to cutting-edge digital ecosystems is no longer just…
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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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Huawei and Konza Launch AI-Powered BPO at Siaya Digital Hub
Huawei and the Konza Technopolis Development Authority have launched an AI-powered contact center platform at the Siaya Community Digital Hub,…
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BUSINESS
M-Pesa at 19: How Kenya’s Mobile Money Pioneer Reshaped Payments and Everyday Finance
M-Pesa at 19 years after its launch shows how a simple mobile money transfer tool evolved into the core infrastructure…
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BUSINESS
Absa Bank Kenya Posts 10% Profit Growth, Raises Dividends
Absa Bank Kenya PLC has reported a 10% growth in profit after tax to Kshs. 22.9 billion for the financial…
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TECNO Kenya Shifts Focus to Authentic Stories with #CAMON50SEESYOU Campaign
TECNO Kenya is taking a decidedly human turn with the launch of its latest campaign, #CAMON50SEESYOU campaign. This initiative marks…
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Kenya’s KES 30 Billion Cybercrime Crisis and the Road Ahead
Cybercrime is no longer just an IT problem; it has evolved into a national crisis. Rapidly expanding across Kenya, it…
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Airtel Kenya Targets Doubling Customer Service Footprint by End of Year
Airtel Kenya is aggressively expanding its physical presence with a bold plan to double its customer service footprint across the…
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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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Ruto to Charter Kenya Advanced Institute of Science and Technology at Konza Technopolis
William Ruto announced that the government will issue a charter to the Kenya Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, the…
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AUI Global Partners with Konza to Improve AI Leadership in Kenya
The Konza Technopolis Development Authority (KoTDA) has officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with AUI Global, a prominent leader…
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Samsung Galaxy S26 Series Price in Kenya: Full Breakdown of S26, S26 Plus and S26 Ultra Models
Samsung launched its flagship smartphone series, the Galaxy S26 series, this week during their first Unpacked event of the year.…
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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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Kenya Names Naphtaly Rono as FRC Director-General Amid FATF Scrutiny
Kenya has a new figure overseeing the country’s financial intelligence system, and the timing is awkward. Nairobi is still under…
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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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Mobile Money, Trade Flows and the Scramble to Measure Kenya’s Economy Faster
There is always a lag in official truth. In Kenya’s case, it runs at least 3 months long. Quarterly GDP…
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Connecting Kenya’s Digital Services to M-PESA
Most Kenyans do not think about what happens behind the scenes when they pay for something online, settle a hospital…
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Konza Technopolis Adds ACTS Research Hub as Kenya’s Science City Enters a More Demanding Phase
When the African Centre for Technology Studies broke ground on a 2.1-acre parcel inside Konza Technopolis on Friday, the ceremony…
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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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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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Sh5.28 Billion in Nyota Youth Fund Grants Meets Kenya’s Harsh SME Survival Rate
The Nyota youth fund is built on an admission that would trouble any commercial lender. Of the 120,000 youth-run enterprises…
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How Rack Hospitality Is Pulling Kenyan Restaurants Into Pesapal’s Orbit
Rack Hospitality is being introduced as restaurant software. In practice, it is infrastructure. Built by Drift Consult and embedded with…
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Mogo Kenya Taps Sh800m and Expands Its Reach Into Kenya’s Two Wheel Workforce
Mogo Kenya’s funding has entered a new phase. The company has secured Sh800m from I&M Bank and Ecobank and is…
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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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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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CYBER SECURITY
Smartcomply Enters Kenyan Market with High-Level Cybersecurity Forum in Nairobi
Smartcomply, an African-built digital trust and cybersecurity technology company, will host The Secure Horizon Executive Breakfast on 26 February 2026…
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The Future of Kenyan Radio May Depend on Who Controls the Multiplex
Nairobi’s airwaves are crowded in a way most listeners never see. The FM dial, fixed between 87.5 and 108.0 MHz,…
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The Money Keeps Coming, Just Not for Everyone, as Clean Energy Firms Pull Ahead in Kenya’s Startup Race
Venture capital tends to carry a story about expansion. More deals, more founders, more ideas entering the market. Yet the…
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Kenya’s Data Gold Rush: How Social Media And AI Labor Are Exposing Citizens’ Privacy
Kenya’s progressive advancement in the mobile money ecosystem, extensive fibre optic connectivity, and a growing tech startup culture has solidified…
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Visa and I&M Bank Partner to Accelerate Digital Payments in Kenya
I&M Bank Limited and Visa have announced the signing of an agreement aimed at strengthening digital payment infrastructure and expanding…
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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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Gadgets
Why Home Appliances with AI are a Strategic Investment for Kenyan Homes
What if your home could fight back? Against rising costs, unpredictable power and the daily drain on your time and…
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Political Speech Sits at the Center of Kenya’s Dispute With Google
Google rejected 61.9 percent of content takedown requests from Kenya in the six months to June, declining 26 of 42…
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Zuku’s Court Trouble Opens a View Into the Strain Beneath Kenya’s Race to Wire Its Cities
A Sh46.9 million insolvency demand rarely threatens to topple a telecommunications operator on its own. The amount is modest by…
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Why Safety Is Now as Important as Connectivity for Kenyan Enterprises
For more than a decade, connectivity has powered Kenya’s economic transformation. Mobile money, cloud platforms, e-commerce, and remote work have…
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The Ransomware Problem Kenya Struggles to Measure
Kenya’s cybercrime losses are usually reduced to a single number. Last year, the estimate crossed Sh30 billion, a figure that…
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LG Positions Africa as Key Growth Frontier for AI-Powered Smart Home Expansion
LG Electronics (LG) has identified Africa as a key growth frontier for its AI-enabled innovations as it accelerates expansion across…
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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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Social Media
Kenyan Creators Earn Over KSh 47 Million as TikTok for Business Turns One
One year after TikTok for Business officially launched in Kenya, the platform has revealed that over 200 Kenyan creators have…
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Tech Leaders Shift Focus From AI Hype to Practical Implementation at Ai Kenya Breakfast Summit
The third edition of the AI Kenya Industry Breakfast has concluded in Nairobi, signaling a growing shift among Kenyan enterprises…
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Xiaomi Redefines Mid-Range Standards with the Launch of REDMI Note 15 Series in Kenya
Xiaomi has officially unveiled the REDMI Note 15 Series, marking a significant leap in mid-range smartphone engineering with the introduction…
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Samsung Galaxy Tab A11 Series is Redefining Education for Kenya’s Next Generation
Education in Kenya is undergoing a historic shift. As the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) moves into its next phase, the demand…
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Online Safety in Kenya Is Getting Harder to Ignore, Even for Regulators
Online safety in Kenya has stopped feeling like a specialist concern. It has crept into everyday conversation, the sort that…
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Binance Champions Crypto Safety with Nationwide Campaign in Kenya
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has launched a new safety awareness campaign in Kenya, using the daily realities of boda-boda riders to…
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iXAfrica to Host Oracle Cloud Region in Nairobi, Kenya
iXAfrica Data Centre Limited has partnered with Oracle to host the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) region in Nairobi, Kenya iXAfrica…
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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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South Africa’s Nedbank to Acquire Majority Stake in Kenya’s NCBA for $856 million
South African financial giant Nedbank Group Limited has issued a formal Notice of Intention to acquire a controlling 66% stake…
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Microsoft and Zendawa Harness AI to Revolutionize Kenya’s Pharmacy Sector
Microsoft has partnered with Kenyan health-tech startup Zendawa to deploy a cutting-edge AI-powered platform. Built on Microsoft 365 Copilot, Power…
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Ai Kenya Industry Breakfast 3.0 Set for January 29
As AI technologies continue to reshape the business landscape globally, Kenya is reinforcing its position at the forefront of enterprise…
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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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Uber Drops Visa Cards in Kenya Amid Payment Cost Squeeze
Open the Uber app in Kenya today and something ordinary is missing. Visa is gone. For a service built on…
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Airtel Kenya Tries to Crack a Digital Credit Market Long Shaped by Fuliza
When Airtel Money Kenya says it wants a slice of the digital overdraft market, it is not entering open ground.…
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Microsoft Kenya Country Manager Phyllis Migwi Exits After Three Years
Microsoft Kenya Country Manager Phyllis Migwi has announced her departure from the tech giant, following her three-and-a-half-year tenure leading the…
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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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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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BUSINESS
Kenya’s Electricity Generation Rises Slightly as Peak Demand and Imports Keep the Grid Tight
The increase shows up quietly in the data, without the kind of inflection that demands immediate explanation. Between July and…
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Kenya and Huawei Eye Strategic Pact to Boost Public Sector Digital Skills
The Kenya School of Government (KSG) and Huawei Kenya have initiated talks to establish a strategic partnership aimed at accelerating…
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How Everyday Phone Use Became the Centre of Kenya’s Online Buying Culture
Kenya’s e-commerce economy no longer gathers around a browser window. It unfolds inside phones, often without a homepage ever loading.…
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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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Featured
Crash Games, Aviator and the Evolution of Casino Jackpots in Kenya
What happens when you combine Kenya’s world-leading fintech infrastructure with cutting-edge gaming technology? You get an explosion of crash games,…
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How Airtel Money is evolving to meet the daily financial needs of Kenyans
As of late 2025, Airtel Money has transitioned from being just a backup option to a formidable financial partner for…
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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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Safaricom grew into a tech power as its foreign owners learned to step back
Safaricom is often discussed as a stock, a dividend story, or a political proxy. That framing misses what the company…
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Gadgets
TECNO launches MEGAPAD SE in Kenya
TECNO has officially announced the launch of the MEGAPAD SE in Kenya. Positioned as a flagship AI tablet, the device…
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Canon expands ‘World Unseen’ initiative to Kenya in push to save coral reefs
Canon Central and North Africa (CCNA) has expanded its global conservation initiative, The World Unseen, into East Africa, partnering with…
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NTT DATA ramps up Starlink rollout in Kenya, targets 1,000 enterprise sites across Africa
Global technology services leader NTT DATA is accelerating the deployment of Starlink-powered connectivity services across Africa, aiming to deploy over…
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Neeraj Pradhan appointed as CEO of Liquid Intelligent Technologies Kenya
Liquid Intelligent Technologies (Liquid), a business of Cassava Technologies, has officially appointed Neeraj Pradhan as the Chief Executive Officer of…
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Kenya’s tech leap 2025: AI, diplomacy and infrastructure transforming the industry
There is a good reason Kenya is recognised as the Silicon Savannah of Africa. It’s a befitting nickname for a…
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Is the Huawei Watch GT 6 the best smartwatch in Kenya?
Following the success of its predecessors, the Huawei Watch GT 6 has officially landed in the Kenyan market. Positioned as…
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Kenya’s 149% mobile penetration and the competitive frontier behind it
Kenya’s mobile penetration has reached a striking 149 per cent, with SIM registrations climbing past 78 million by the end…
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The Huawei MatePad 11.5 could be the best mid-range tablet in Kenya right now
I have been using the Huawei MatePad 11.5 for about a week now, and honestly, if you are looking for…
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From rural Kenya to Africa’s Business Heroes: The story of BuuPass through the lens of co-founder Wyclife Omondi
Wyclife Omondi’s journey to the Top 10 finalists at the 2025 Africa’s Business Heroes Edition is rooted in a deeply…
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AWS launches Agentic AI tools as Kenyan firms brace for autonomous shift in 2026
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has signaled a major evolution in enterprise technology, unveiling a suite of Agentic AI tools at…
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Bolt and Gebeya Partner to Cut Transport Costs for Service Professionals in Kenya and Ghana
Ride-hailing platform Bolt has announced a strategic partnership with Pan-African talent tech company Gebeya. The collaboration aims to reduce mobility…
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