KCB Fired 94 Staff for Fraud Since 2024. Strong Discipline, or a Warning Sign?
KCB has fired 94 staff over fraud in two years (60 in 2025, 34 in 2024). The bank says its controls are working. Critics say it’s a red flag.
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The Real Problem Behind NTSA’s Plate Backlog Isn’t Production. It’s Where Your Money Goes
The backlog is the symptom. NTSA says 60% of its revenue goes to Treasury, so it cannot pay suppliers. Its proposed cure, privatisation, comes with its own fight.
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SpaceX is buying Cursor for $60 billion. The rocket company is now an AI company in all but name.
SpaceX is buying Cursor maker Anysphere for $60 billion in stock, days after its record IPO. Here is what it means.
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Kenya’s Digital Rights Score Went Up in 2025. The Year Behind It Was Far Messier
Kenya’s Londa 2025 digital rights score rose to 37 of 60 and 7th in Africa, despite arrests, shutdowns and data breaches.
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Stanbic’s parent is bankrolling Dangote’s $50bn refinery listing. Here is why Kenya should pay attention.
Standard Bank, parent of Kenya’s Stanbic, will lead Dangote’s $50bn refinery IPO while Dangote eyes a multi-billion-dollar Mombasa refinery next.
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Kenya’s Record Food Imports Put the Shilling’s Dollar Cushion in Focus
Kenya’s food import bill hit a record KES 81.6 billion as Saudi remittances fell, raising questions about the shilling’s support.
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Ask Gemini in Chrome arrives in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa
Google is bringing Ask Gemini in Chrome to Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa, marking a notable expansion of its AI-powered browser experience into more African markets. The company says the update is part of a broader effort to make Chrome…
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Could NTSA’s 1,000 new road cameras be used to track stolen cars?
Why can NTSA cameras instantly catch you speeding and fine you but not track a stolen car on the streets of Nairobi? That’s the question coming from the recent Blankets and Wine Kasarani incident where a vehicle was brazenly stolen from…
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Gemini Go Brings Google’s AI Assistant to Kenya’s Cheapest Phones
Google’s Gemini Go replaces Assistant on Android Go phones with 2GB RAM, reaching Kenya’s cheapest devices. Here is what changes.
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We Made Songs With Gemini. They Came Back With Stock Music Watermarks
AI-generated Gemini songs containing stock music watermark phrases point to unlicensed preview tracks in Google’s Lyria training data.
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Why one report says Africa’s phone market is growing and another says it is shrinking
The gap between Counterpoint’s “MEA” and Omdia’s “Africa” is the whole story. One figure includes a Middle East hit by conflict. The other does not.
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NCBA Shareholders Have Until 10 July to Decide on Nedbank
NCBA shareholders can tender at KES 105 until 10 July. Here’s the premium, the cash-versus-Nedbank-shares choice, and what’s still pending.
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Android 17 Beta: List of all non-Google devices that have received the update
Google’s push to make Android 17 its most ambitious cross-device and large-screen OS is charging forward. Following the major announcements at Google I/O 2026, the beta program continues to expand its footprint. Google has officially…
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From hype to proof: what Africa’s 2026 business shift means for Kenyan tech
TheBoardroom Africa’s 2026 report says African business is trading growth stories for provable performance. We unpack what it means for Kenya.
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YouTube’s Gemini-powered ‘Ask YouTube’ search expands to smart TVs
Just a month after launching its experimental Ask YouTube feature for desktop users, Google is now bringing this powerful conversational search directly to the biggest screen in your house. Starting this week, Ask YouTube is officially…
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Spiro acquires UK engineer Coexlion, picks Nairobi for its first African R&D base
Spiro acquires UK engineering firm Coexlion and plans Africa’s first electric motorcycle R&D centre in Nairobi to localise design.
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Tanzania Just Got the PayPal–M-PESA Service Kenyans Have Used Since 2018
Tanzania catches up to Kenya as Vodacom and PayPal open a direct bridge between the M-PESA Super App and PayPal wallets.
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I&M Bank Teams Up With Google to Give Its MSME Customers Free AI Training
The bank is offering eligible business customers free access to Google’s Hustle Academy, the AI and digital skills programme that has trained more than 18,000 businesses across Sub-Saharan Africa.
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KMRC’s KES 3 Billion Green Bond Lists on the NSE
KMRC listed a KES 3 billion sustainability bond on the NSE, oversubscribed 312.8%, funding green and social home loans across Kenya.
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Two Rivers TRIFIC opens KES 4.8bn dollar REIT: what it means
Centum’s TRIFIC has opened a KES 4.8bn dollar-denominated green REIT from KES 129,000. We explain the structure, yield and risks.
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China-Africa Trade Hits $275 Billion as Africa Repays More Than It Borrows
A 2026 Boston University and AERC report finds China–Africa trade hit a record $275 billion, but Africa now repays Beijing more than it borrows.
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I&M Group Posts KES 5 Billion Q1 2026 Profit as Bad Loans Fall 33%
I&M Group’s Q1 2026 profit rose 19% to KES 5 billion, with bad loans down 33% and customers up 42%.
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The New “Royalty” Rule That Could Tax Visa, Mastercard and Every Card Swipe in Kenya
In December 2025, Kenya’s highest court handed banks a win they had chased for over a decade. The Supreme Court ruled that the fees banks pay to Visa, Mastercard and each other to process card payments are not taxable as royalties or as…
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Why Your M-Pesa Fees Could Rise on 1 July: The 16% VAT Proposal Explained
The Finance Bill 2026 rewrites the law a High Court used to rule payment provider fees are tax-exempt. If it passes, paybills, tills and transfers cost more from 1 July.
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