Latest technology stories from across Kenya.
The Capital Markets Authority has exempted Vodafone Kenya Limited from making a mandatory takeover offer for Safaricom PLC. On paper, this transaction should have required Vodafone Kenya to make an offer for every remaining Safaricom share…
Kenya’s appetite for imported tech gadgets is growing far faster than its ability to sell its own tech abroad, and April 2026 numbers make that gap impossible to ignore. Exports of ICT equipment more than doubled in a single month,…
Technopolis Development Authority (formerly Konza Technopolis Development Authority) graduated 2,700 youth participants in a five-day hybrid learning program dubbed The Jitume Digital Media Tools Sensitization workshop. The program…
Airtel Kenya has appointed Djibril Tobe as its new Managing Director. He is succeeding Ashish Malhotra, who is taking up a new role as Chief Executive Officer for Africa at Indus Towers. Tobe brings more than two decades of experience…
Open Startup has unveiled The Science Road, a new strategic direction aimed at accelerating science, deep technology and research-led innovation across Africa by helping promising ventures transition from research into globally competitive…
Stanbic Kenya Foundation, in partnership with Microsoft, Pathways Technologies and Konza Technopolis, has supported the rollout of the Microsoft Elevate AI National Skilling Initiative across four counties. 152 participants have been…
The Anti-Counterfeit Authority has called on Kenya’s innovators, researchers and technology developers to actively partner with them in building next-generation tools to combat counterfeiting and protect intellectual property. Speaking at…
Kenya is intensifying its efforts to bolster digital resilience as government agencies, industry leaders, and cybersecurity experts gather in Naivasha for the 6th Annual Information Security Management Systems (ISMS) Conference. Jointly…
WhatsApp is soon to roll out a feature that has been a mainstay on Telegram: usernames. For those unfamiliar, this will mean that you can chat and save a contact without either of you having to share your phone numbers. This will help…
WhatsApp is set to let people chat without having to reveal their phone number – by exchanging unique usernames instead. It will be rolled out globally to the platform’s three billion account holders over the next few months, the platform…
Safaricom’s fixed internet market share has grown to 35.5% and its fibre subscriber base has reached 941,501 customers, according to the latest sector statistics released by the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA). The telco added more…
3 of the largest RAM chip makers in the world are facing a lawsuit in the United States of America (USA). Plaintiffs have named Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and Micron Technology in a new class action lawsuit filed in a California…
Deloitte, IBM and Red Hat have announced a strategic collaboration aimed at helping enterprises strengthen the security of their software supply chains. The partnership brings Deloitte on board as an integration collaborator for Lightwell,…
Absa Bank Kenya Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Abdi Mohamed will step down from the role effective 30 June 2026. The bank’s Board announced Monday that Mohamed is leaving to pursue other career opportunities after serving as…
Recently, the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) launched a mandatory vehicle inspection program set to begin July 1, 2026, and within days it was already in court, partially walked back, and surrounded by misinformation. Here…
The NTSA vehicle inspection rules are headed for another fight in court. Lawyer Charles Mugane has filed a High Court petition against the Traffic (Motor Vehicle Inspection) Rules, 2026, arguing the National Transport and Safety Authority…
Binance launched bStocks, tokenized 1:1 U.S. securities that trade 24/7, convert instantly for free, and can be withdrawn to a self-custody crypto wallet. In 15 days, bStocks holdings on the platform have crossed $100 million in assets, an…
The BRICS Digital Centre of Excellence for Smart Grids and Energy Storage (BRICS DCoE) was officially unveiled at the 11th meeting of the group’s energy ministers in Gurugram, Haryana, India. This was reported by ANI, a partner of TV…
KRA wants every taxpayer who has not filed their 2025 income tax return to stop procrastinating. The deadline is midnight on Tuesday, 30th June 2026, and KRA has made it clear there is no extension coming this year. This matters because of…
Kenya is exploring potential collaboration with Anthropic to examine how frontier AI can be applied to address key national development priorities. These include education, healthcare, agriculture and language diversity. The discussions…
Mastercard has expanded its global lifestyle platform, Priceless.com, to Africa, giving cardholders access to curated travel experiences across nine destinations as the company looks to tap into growing demand for experiential tourism on…
Microsoft has extended its Windows 10 Extended Security Updates (ESU) program by another year, pushing the new end date to October 12, 2027. The company made almost no noise about it, slipping the change into two previously published…
WhatsApp is adding a warning screen that shows up before you even open a conversation with an unknown number. The feature was spotted by WABetaInfo and is currently rolling out to beta users on Android and iOS. The way it works is the…
Kenya’s e-Citizen platform is impressive by regional standards. Over 22,000 government services, 14 million registered users, and somewhere between KES 750 million and KES 1 billion flowing through it every single day. The platform handles…
