Latest technology stories from across Kenya.
ARC Ride is ready to take its battery-swapping model beyond Nairobi after securing $33.3 million in funding. This is one of the highest amounts raised in the EV space in Kenya recently. The funding will be used to expand ARC Ride’s…
YouTube terminations sit at the harsh end of the account termination spectrum, since a channel that’s been pulled down loses its videos, comments, playlists, and subscriber count all at once, and the owning Google account gets locked out…
Kenya and Finland are strengthening cooperation on artificial intelligence and emerging technologies as the two countries prepare to engage in high-level discussions at the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York. Kenya’s Special…
OpenAI boss Sam Altman thinks people should have more faith in his company and others like it to do the right thing when it comes to artificial intelligence (AI) development amid rising public concerns about all the risks. “The world…
The government’s sale of a 15% stake in Safaricom to Vodacom has been thrown back into uncertainty after the High Court declared the transaction unlawful, invalid, and without legal effect. The case was brought by four petitioners, veteran…
Meta says it will begin reporting child safety cases directly to Indian authorities, following a BBC Eye investigation into paid advertisements promoting child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on its platforms. The investigation, published in…
Madica has announced five new investments in African startups. With these investments, it has announced the expansion of its portfolio into Algeria and Cameroon for the first time. The new investments span four markets and sectors…
Kisumu Governor Anyang’ Nyong’o has proposed legislation to phase out petrol-powered motorcycles in Kenyan cities, eventually extending the shift to electric bikes across the country. The proposal has a clear environmental case. Petrol…
Sanlam Allianz General Insurance (Kenya) Limited posted strong results in 2025, with profit after tax up 21 per cent on the previous year, crediting the agents, bancassurance partners and brokers honoured at its Annual Excellence Awards…
By Adil El Youssefi, Senior Vice President and Global Head of Colocation at Africa Data Centres Somewhere in Africa, a CIO is reporting to the board that the organisation’s cloud migration is complete. Applications have moved, workloads…
Stablecoins are becoming part of the bigger conversation about how money moves across borders. Unlike cryptocurrencies, which are often used for trading and speculation, stablecoins are designed to maintain a stable value. They are usually…
US President Donald Trump has said fears about the safety of AI are a “hoax”, as he criticised calls to have more guardrails for the fast-moving technology. It comes after Jack Clark, a co-founder of AI giant Anthropic, said that a “kill…
Airtel Africa is winding up Airtel Kenya Telesonic Limited, its wholesale fiber and internet subsidiary in Kenya, just two years after launching it. The company’s own financial statements, filed for the year ended 31 December 2025, confirm…
Meta has partnered with African AI accelerator This Is Digital to launch AI Academy Kenya, a new capacity-building programme aimed at equipping Kenyan students, developers, startups, small business owners and professionals with practical…
Meta has partnered with African AI accelerator This Is Digital to launch AI Academy Kenya, a flagship capacity-building programme aimed at equipping Kenyan students, developers, startups, small business owners and career professionals with…
GT Flow Limited, the company formerly known as Twiga Foods One Limited, has been placed under statutory administration in Kenya. The move marks one of the most biggest setbacks yet for a startup that was once held up as a model for…
Travel is no longer about staying in one place. From weekend getaways across Europe to business trips through Asia and multi-country adventures across Latin America, today’s journeys can take you across several borders. That’s why Kwetu…
Artificial Intelligence (AI) research firm behind the popular Claude chatbot, Anthropic, has shut down Kenyan AI-driven propaganda campaign that praises government, while attacking opposition. It says a “single domestic actor” used its…
Apple’s first folding iPhone, dubbed iPhone Duo, comes with a price tag that starts at $1,999, and a big reason for that jump has now come into focus. According to leaker Instant Digital, posting on the Chinese platform Weibo, Samsung…
Anthropic says it has identified and disrupted attempts to use its AI model for “malicious activity” which could support the development of biological weapons. The findings, made in the firm’s recent threat intelligence report, is the…
The new partnership involving Jamaican-owned JN Money Services and fintech company, WapiPay, headquartered in Kenya, is being positioned as more than a commercial arrangement, with officials pointing to its potential to strengthen links…
Anthropic, the US company behind the Claude AI model, has revealed that a Kenyan operator used its technology to mass-produce political content designed to look like genuine public opinion ahead of the 2027 General Election. The company…
Yesterday, Anthropic released a 154-page threat intelligence report detailing how criminals, spies, and propagandists tried to weaponize Claude between December 2025 and August 2026. It covers seven categories: cyberattacks, propaganda,…
Keeping costs under control can make a big difference for small businesses. Safaricom’s Pata More Popote Ulipo campaign introduces additional value across services that many businesses already use. These include Pochi la Biashara and Lipa…
