Latest technology stories from across Kenya.
Google and its OEM partner Samsung launched the Circle to Search feature earlier this year which is available on the Pixel and Galaxy devices. This feature is now accessible on iPhones as well. Circle to Search feature is a new way to…
Google has opened applications for the 2024 cohort of its Hustle Academy. Google Hustle Academy is a program that seeks to accelerate the growth of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) across Sub-Saharan Africa. In the 2024 Cohort,…
The Kenyan government has formed a special unit inside the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) to track threats against bloggers who express themselves online. The Cabinet Secretary of Interior, Kithure Kindiki, informed senators…
The Government has announced the latest steps it’s taking to protect bloggers from both online threats and physical violence. While addressing the Senate Plenary yesterday, the Interior CS, Kithure Kindiki revealed the establishment of a…
Launched in late January this year, the Samsung Galaxy S24 is the base model in the flagship S24 series by the South Korean tech giant. It fills the compact flagship segment in the smartphone market and still packs a lot of power and…
Apple took to the stage on Tuesday this week to present to the world its new line of iPad Air and iPad Pro tablets which hadn’t seen a new upgrade since October 2022. So, it must have been an exciting time for users of the tablets. As…
Paymentology, a global issuer-processor, announced its partnership with Diamond Trust Bank (DTB), a tier one East African commercial banking franchise. DTB and Paymentology are partnering to provide a combined Cards-as-a-Service (CaaS)…
Check Point has unveiled its 2024 Cloud Security Report. The report exposes a critical surge in cloud security incidents, marking a significant increase from 24% in 2023 to 61% in 2024 (a 154% increase), highlighting the escalating…
Kenya’s biggest mobile money platform is working to simplify sending money home for Kenyans abroad. M-Pesa is working on a feature to enable direct global remittance to its customers. The feature will be part of M-Pesa Global. It will…
The Board of Safaricom Investment Co-operative has appointed Churchill Winstone Ochieng’ as the new Chief Executive Officer. Churchill brings on board over 25 years of experience in leadership, cash flow management, corporate development…
Google has officially unveiled the Pixel 8a a week ahead of its annual developer conference, Google I/O. Similar to the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro, the latest mid-range also comes with Google’s promise of 7 years of software updates.…
Apple took to the stage once again to announce and launch some of their new products during their May event dubbed “Let Loose”. This event was headlined by their new iPad line of tablets that will now see some interesting upgrades…
Hilda Moraa, founder and CEO of fintech startup, Pezesha, has been appointed as the eTrade Women Advocate for the English-speaking Africa region to the UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The award-winning entrepreneur will serve as an…
Semiconductor maker, MediaTek has officially launched its latest flagship chipset, the Dimensity 9300+ which is set to compete with the industry’s best like the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip. The new processor is set to generate higher…
Google has recently been making moves that suggest an aggressive move away from the traditional Google Fit Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). This was made even clearer this week when the company fully detailed how the “Google Fit…
After years of waiting, Amazon’s marketplace in South Africa has officially gone live. There has not been any fanfare for this launch but the platform is offering buyers free delivery on their first purchase. According to Mybroadband,…
Popular AI startup, OpenAI, is teaming up with Stack Overflow in a new partnership that seeks to improve ChatGPT’s technical knowledge. By using Stack Overflow’s vast developer content, OpenAI aims to improve its AI foundational models’…
IBM has announced that the availability of its software portfolio is expanding to 18 countries in AWS Marketplace, a digital catalog with thousands of software listings from independent software vendors (ISVs) that make it easy to find,…
Infinix has been trying to crack into the premium midrange space with its slew of devices in the past few years with the Zero and Note lineup. They recently launched the Note 40 series and we got our hands on the Infinix Note 40 Pro 4G.…
Google has released the list of the participants in its first Generative AI (GenAI) Cohort. 21 non-profits have been selected with 2 of them based in Kenya. The organizations will have access to the $20 million in funding that Google is…
Amazon has gone live in South Africa. The global tech company with a focus on digital streaming, e-commerce and cloud computing has launched its dedicated marketplace platform in South Africa. The firm will offer direct delivery and on…
Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) Prize Competition, a philanthropic initiative sponsored by the Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Philanthropy, has announced that it is extending its deadline for 2024 entries from May 19 to June 9 to…
The United Kingdom‘s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has allegedly suffered a massive data breach following a recent cyberattack campaign by state-sponsored hackers. There are reports that personal records including the names and bank statements…
The past few weeks have been eventful in Nigeria’s cryptocurrency space following the recent government crackdown on cryptocurrency exchanges. The recent directive aimed at identifying and blocking cryptocurrency trading accounts has…
