Latest technology stories from across Kenya.
Airtel Kenya has entered the home fiber internet market, rolling out what it calls Xstream Fiber service with four pricing tiers and coverage already being deployed in select parts of the country. The move ends years of the telco sitting…
Following the successful deployment of thermal management solutions at its Marrakech and Settat data centres, leading Moroccan telecommunications provider Inwi has once again relied on Vertiv, this time to support expansion at its…
NTT DATA has announced the launch of NTT DATA Software Defined Infrastructure (SDI) Services Agent, a conversational agentic service experience for enterprise infrastructure. Embedded within NTT DATA’s SDI Services, this multi-agent system…
The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF), the nonprofit behind Stellar, the high-performance network for near-instant, low-cost cross-border payments and asset tokenisation, which consistently holds a top-30 position by market…
Young sustainability innovators have secured institutional backing from Strathmore University and Absa Kenya Foundation to scale their innovations beyond creations at the Grand Finale of the 2025/2026 #MyLittleBigThing Sustainability…
Uganda’s latest immigration and cybercrime sweep has exposed what appears to be a tightly run scam operation inside a Kampala apartment complex, with authorities saying they recovered computers and information technology (IT) equipment.…
Axis Communications has shared details of its partnership with iXAfrica, East Africa’s largest hyperscale, carrier-neutral data centre, through the brand’s latest customer success story. The story explores how iXAfrica set out to build a…
Kenya has launched an ICT Authority Interoperability Framework aimed at pushing the country’s disconnected government systems to communicate, with Deputy President Kithure Kindiki framing the move as a prerequisite for continental digital…
At a closed-door leadership session at the Connected Africa Summit in Nairobi, something quietly changed in how African policymakers are thinking about the continent’s digital future. For years, the conversation has been about harmonizing…
WhatsApp is developing a native cloud backup service that would let users store their chat histories directly on WhatsApp’s servers, rather than relying on Google Drive or iCloud. The feature was spotted by WABetaInfo, a tracker that…
Stakeholders in the stablecoin and blockchain ecosystem are expected to converge in Nairobi to discuss ways of advancing stablecoins as means of payment. During the the 4th Kenya Blockchain and Crypto Conference (KBCC 2026) slated for next…
Kenya has marked a major milestone in digital inclusion and education with the official launch of the Mukuru Digital Classroom at New Mukuru Primary School. The initiative, unveiled as part of the Connected Africa Summit 2026, highlights…
The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has announced a major change to aircraft radio licensing, saying the move is meant to improve compliance and safety in the aviation sector. Under the new system, the expiry date of aircraft radio…
The world was stunned when Sebastian Sawe finally did what was considered impossible by becoming the first human to complete a 42 km marathon in under 2 hours. To beat the previous record and stop the clock at 1:59:30, he did so while…
The financial system of the globe is at an inflection point in 2026. Digital wallets have certainly shifted away from alternative modalities of payment to become the main financial interfaces of the global economy. This is a structural…
Regulatory signals from Pakistan, Japan and the United States are converging toward tighter and more structured oversight of digital assets. Pakistan is moving toward a formal virtual assets framework aimed at defining how digital asset…
It seems that the European Commission has run out of patience with Meta, and the consequences for WhatsApp are starting to stack up in ways that go beyond a regulatory disagreement. To understand why the European Commission is now in a…
The question hanging over the Connected Africa Summit (CAS2026) as it opens in Nairobi today is not whether Africa can build a digital economy but whether 54 countries can build one together. Africa’s digital progress over the past decade…
As Kenya invests heavily in key economic growth and national resilience drivers, from digital infrastructure and AI factories to hyperscale data centres and green industrialisation, the country is set for increased international attention…
Chinese-made humanoid robots are rapidly expanding their presence overseas, becoming a new symbol of China’s technological prowess. At the beginning of this year, AgiBot, a leading Chinese robotics firm, opened its first overseas…
Education in Kilifi County has received a major boost following the rollout of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) training initiative targeting teachers and learners, including those in remote parts of the county. The training initiative,…
Ahead of the official launch of the Kenya AI for Disability Project, members of the media were invited to a special media tour at the Kenya Institute of Special Education (KISE) in Kasarani on Friday, bringing together government leaders,…
The world’s biggest prediction markets are processing billions of dollars a week. Kenya, a country that has turned speculation into a national pastime, may be next in line. The country is, by almost any measure, one of the world’s most…
vivo is about to launch the V70 FE in Kenya, and the company has shared enough details to get a clear picture of what the phone is all about. The headline spec is a 200-megapixel main camera with optical image stabilization. That’s a lot…
