Latest technology stories from across Kenya.
Spiro has announced the successful close of a $270 million funding round. The milestone includes a newly finalized $55 million investment from NewTrails Capital, a Chinese growth-stage investment firm focused on emerging markets, with…
East Africa finance ministers spent the second week of June talking about digital superhighways and the fourth industrial revolution. However, the actual budget numbers revealed a completely different narrative. A CIO Africa report, The…
Will Cathcart is out as head of WhatsApp after seven years, and Meta is bringing in Kunal Shah, the founder of Indian fintech startup Cred, to replace him. Zuckerberg made the announcement on Monday, framing Shah as someone with a “builder…
The Africa Internet Summit 2026 (AIS’26) has officially opened in Nairobi, convening key stakeholders from across the continent for what is widely regarded as Africa’s premier multistakeholder Internet and ICT event. The summit has drawn…
Automation testing only pays off when the grid behind it is fast, scalable, and dependable. The Automation Testing Cloud delivers exactly that. It is one of the products within the platform now called TestMu AI, and LambdaTest Automation…
Absa Bank has announced a strategic partnership with Google’s Hustle Academy to deliver comprehensive business training and financial support to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across Kenya over the next 12 months. The programme…
Westcon-Comstor has announced a strategic investment and financing agreement with global growth investor General Atlantic. The deal brings General Atlantic in as a minority equity investor and long-term financing partner. The transaction…
By Carolyne Nekesa – General Manager- Marketing at Minet Kenya When I first discovered ChatGPT, I was genuinely amazed by what it could do with minimal instruction. This was around the beginning of 2025, and I remember being unable to get…
Kenya will host the Fourth Summit on Responsible Artificial Intelligence in the Military Domain in Nairobi on April 7–8, 2027. The announcement was made on June 19, 2026, in Geneva during a conference hosted by the United Nations Institute…
Safaricom has pushed out a new update to My OneApp, and the headline feature is zero-rated access. Starting with Android version 5.1.9 and iOS version 5.1.7, users can open and use the app without eating into their data bundles. You still…
The Communications Authority of Kenya released its sector statistics for Q3 of the 2025/2026 financial year (January to March 2026), revealing that Kenya now has 84.1 million active mobile subscriptions, up 7.4% from the previous quarter.…
John Ternus will assume the role of Apple CEO on September 1, succeeding Tim Cook after more than a decade of leadership. While Cook leaves behind a company known for unmatched operational efficiency and record-breaking profits, Ternus…
The decision on how to develop your next mobile product can be the difference between success and failure. As companies frantically try to reach the “mobile-first” consumer, the debate over “in-house vs. outsourcing” on iOS app development…
Kenyan startups were among the standout participants as 15 AI-focused ventures from across Africa graduated from the Google for Startups Accelerator Africa. The 2026 cohort drew startups from Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda, Tanzania,…
KRA has announced extended working hours for its service centers and contact points to assist taxpayers in filing their annual returns before the June 30, 2026 deadline. This is to provide ample support and convenience as the crucial…
MultiChoice-owned DStv continues to hemorrhage subscribers in the Kenyan market. Its decoder-reliant segment closed 2025 with 270,503 subscribers, with this number dropping to 248,053 by the end of March 2026. This loss of 22,450…
If you have tried to use Claude recently and found it unresponsive, you are not alone. Recently, a growing number of users have taken to social media and community forums to report that Claude is “down” again. Users describe a frustrating…
African countries have been challenged to address existing infrastructure gaps as the continent emerges as the next Artificial Intelligence (AI) frontier. According to Schneider Electric Vice President for Secure Power Sub-Saharan Africa…
Kenya’s growth in mobile money penetration has led to more mobile money agents, with the number of mobile agents growing to 602,470. This represents a growth of 20.2% in 3 months, up from the previous total of 501,399 agents. Safaricom’s…
Seacom has launched a new high-capacity terrestrial network route between Nairobi and Kampala. The new route links key infrastructure hubs in Nairobi, Kisumu and Kampala. It will create a more resilient and scalable pathway for data…
Kenya’s total active internet bandwidth grew by 16.4%, reaching over 28,130 Gbps. Between January and March 2026, SEACOM was the major contributor to this jump in bandwidth. SEACOM, the undersea cable provider, raised its active capacity…
The Africa Internet Summit 2026 (AIS’26), Africa’s premier Internet industry gathering, will take place in Nairobi from 22–26 June 2026, bringing together Internet leaders, policymakers and technical experts at a pivotal moment for the…
A new study released by Visa reveals that artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming deeply embedded in how consumers discover and shop for products in Kenya. The findings come from Visa’s latest Stay Secure report, conducted by Wakefield…
Creation of custom policies, full system configuration portability, in-depth audit of the control plane cluster and supply chain attack prevention – the new release of Kaspersky’s security solution for containerised environments…
