Latest technology stories from across Kenya.
Samsung‘s Galaxy S26 Ultra took home Best in Show at the 2026 GLOMO Awards during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, beating out products from over 3,000 exhibitors. The award, handed out annually by the GSMA and judged by more than 200…
M-PESA launched on March 6, 2007, as a basic mobile money transfer service built by Safaricom. 19 years later, Safaricom announced today that it has reached 40 million monthly active customers in Kenya. The service long outgrew its…
For years, two sections of Kenya’s Computer Misuse and Cybercrime Act sat on the books like a loaded gun pointed at anyone who dared publish something the wrong person didn’t like. Today, the Court of Appeal changed that. Sections 22 and…
Google has today announced it is expanding its AI-powered search capabilities to support 13 African languages, including Kiswahili. The update introduces larger language support for AI Overviews and AI Mode. Google said the languages…
The Ministry of Health has announced a partnership with Causal Foundry, a technology company specializing in adaptive intelligence for healthcare, to embed AI capabilities into the country’s community health system. The collaboration is…
For years, “affordable MacBook” was practically an oxymoron in Kenya. If you wanted Apple’s laptop, you were looking at starting prices north of KES 150,000, and that was on a good day, before factoring in import duties, VAT, and the…
Today, MultiChoice sent subscribers an email saying Showmax, the streaming service that had spent the better part of a decade trying to become Africa’s Netflix, is shutting down. No firm date yet or exact roadmap. Just a promise that…
Nearly one in four identity verification attempts rejected in East Africa last year were flagged for suspected fraud, according to new data from digital identity company Smile ID. Out of these, document manipulation emerged as the dominant…
TikTok has confirmed it will not introduce end-to-end encryption for direct messages on its platform. The company says the decision is deliberate, designed to keep users, especially younger ones, safe from harm. The announcement, reported…
By Zoho Country Head – Veerakumar Natarajan, (Kenya) Editor’s Note: This article is part of TechArena Executive Insights, a curated series featuring perspectives from industry leaders across Africa’s digital economy. The views expressed…
NETSCOUT has released its second half of the year 2025 Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Threat Intelligence Report, revealing sophisticated attacker collaboration, resilient botnets, and compromised IoT infrastructure that drove more…
BasiGo has partnered with the School of the Nations to introduce electric school buses in Kenya. The school is the first in the country to make the switch, extending BasiGo’s work beyond its existing public transit operations. The buses…
Kenyan electric mobility manufacturer Roam has launched Roam Explorer, an AI-enabled vehicle intelligence platform designed to help fleet operators monitor electric vehicles in real time across Africa. The companu has also confirmed to…
As dark clouds gather over the skyline, a familiar question echoes in many homes; will the laundry dry today? The rainy season has a way of disrupting routines, leaving clothes damp for days and laundry baskets overflowing. But what if…
Absa Bank recorded a 10% growth in profit after tax for the year ended December 31, 2025 reaching KSh 22.9 billion. Total revenue stood at KSh 61.4 billion. This reflects on the pressure on net interest income which declined 6% during the…
When Johnson Gituma talks about financial empowerment, his conviction is grounded not in theory, but in lived experience. As Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Flexpay, Gituma is helping reshape how Africans access goods and…
Apple announced a new wave of MacBooks, debuting a refreshed MacBook Air with the M5 chip and new MacBook Pro models carrying the M5 Pro and M5 Max. All of them go up for preorder today and hit shelves on March 11. The headline story with…
By Dion Harvey, Regional General Manager at Red Hat Sub-Saharan Africa Editor’s Note: This article is part of TechArena Executive Insights, a curated series featuring perspectives from industry leaders across Africa’s digital economy. The…
Kenya’s currency may not always dominate global market headlines, but when oil shock hits the world economy, the Kenyan shilling can come under very real pressure. That is exactly what makes the current Iran oil crisis so important for…
Three seconds. That’s all it takes to load a well-built casino app with a garbage connection. Try loading a Western gambling app under the same conditions and you’ll be staring at animated logos for half a minute wondering if the thing…
Cassava Technologies has announced the launch of Cassava Autonomous Network, an AI-powered solution designed to optimise mobile Radio Access Networks (RAN) across the continent. The solution is powered by NVIDIA AI infrastructure, NVIDIA…
Earlier this morning at Nairobi’s Utalii Hotel, Kenya’s communications regulator sat down with telecom operators to discuss a problem that has quietly cost the country a lot of money: nobody has a reliable, shared map of where Kenya’s…
On TikTok, views are one of the most important signals that determine how far a video can travel across the platform. For creators, influencers, and businesses, gaining more TikTok views is not just about popularity it directly affects how…
Weeks after Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg took the stand, fresh details from the courtroom are sharpening the focus on what could become one of the most consequential tech trials in recent years. On February 18, 2026, Zuckerberg…
