OPPO confirms the Find X10 Pro Max will launch globally on MediaTek’s 2nm Dimensity 9600 Pro
OPPO confirms the Find X10 Pro Max launches globally with MediaTek’s 2nm Dimensity 9600 Pro. China launch on 22 September.
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The iQOO 16 gets the best screen Samsung has made, a year before any Galaxy does
The iQOO 16 gets Samsung’s brightest phone panel yet, 2K at 165Hz, months before any Galaxy phone will get it.
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Apple is adding Apple TV and Apple Arcade to iCloud+ in Kenya at no extra cost
Apple TV and Apple Arcade join every iCloud+ plan in Kenya this month, with the 50GB tier still $0.99 monthly.
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Xiaomi Pad 9, Pad 9 Pro and Pad 9 Pro Max: every spec and price
Every Xiaomi Pad 9 specification and price, from KES 57,900 to KES 152,500, with all three tablets compared in full.
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Airtel is closing its Kenyan wholesale fibre company after two years and no revenue
Airtel Africa is winding up Airtel Kenya Telesonic, its wholesale fibre unit, after two years with no revenue at all.
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Twiga Foods is in administration, 16 months after the leaked plan we published
Kenyan startup Twiga Foods is under administration after raising $185.4 million. An administrator now runs GT Flow Limited, formerly Twiga Foods One.
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MPs find gaps in the rules for the KES 340 billion fund built from the Safaricom sale
Parliament wants the investment policy for Kenya’s KES 340 billion National Infrastructure Fund rewritten before the first projects get money.
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Co-op Bank’s ELA lends women KES 10 million unsecured
Co-op Bank’s ELA gives women a 0.5% rate discount, a maternity repayment break and unsecured loans to KES 10 million
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Safaricom Ethiopia passes 15 million subscribers five years after getting its licence
Safaricom Ethiopia passed 15 million subscribers, but its network build has flattened and breakeven is still targeted for March 2027.
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iOS 27 arrives today, and it makes old iPhones much faster
Apple releases iOS 27 on Monday 14 September. Apps open 30% faster, photos load 70% faster, AirDrop moves 80% faster.
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The US iPhone 18 Pro Max is the only one without Apple’s C2 modem
Apple’s C2 modem ships in every iPhone 18 Pro Max except the American one, which keeps a Qualcomm chip instead.
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Honor is selling two different tablets called the MagicPad 4
Honor opened MagicPad 4 reservations in China for a 12.1-inch tablet that differs sharply from the 12.3-inch OLED global version.
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KRA is taking the customs system offline for 12 hours today
KRA shuts Kenya’s iCMS customs system from 06:00 to 18:00 today. No entries, duty payments or cargo releases until evening.
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OnePlus 16 leak claims a 200MP main camera and a 9,000mAh battery
OnePlus 16 leak claims a 200MP main camera and 9,000mAh battery, with an October China launch and uncertain global release.
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Galaxy A18 LTE leaks in full: same A17 hardware, €100 more
Galaxy A18 LTE specs leak through a retailer page: Helio G99, 90Hz OLED, 5,000mAh, 25W charging, and a €299 price.
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Replacing a Mate XT 2 screen costs 40 per cent of the phone
Huawei charges CNY 7,999, about KES 154,200, to replace a Mate XT 2 screen if you surrender the old one.
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Galaxy Buds On leak shows Samsung’s first clip-on, open-ear earbuds
Leaked renders show the Galaxy Buds On, Samsung’s first clip-on open-ear earbuds, with auto volume, head gestures and no ANC.
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YouTube now lets you lock your account on a shared TV with a four-digit code
YouTube account lock puts a four-digit code on your profile on a shared TV. Here is how to enable it.
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Google Password Manager, 1Password, Bitwarden and Dashlane can now hand your logins to each other
Android can now move passwords and passkeys between password managers on the same phone, with no unencrypted export file needed.
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Gemini desktop app arrives on Windows 10 and 11
Google’s Gemini desktop app now installs free on Windows 10 and 11. How to get it and what it adds.
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Yusuf Omari confirmed as Absa Bank Kenya CEO after 17 years as finance chief
Absa Bank Kenya confirmed Yusuf Omari as Managing Director and CEO from 10 September 2026, after 17 years as CFO.
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Samsung’s Galaxy SmartTag 3 clears certification: new design, same $30 price
The Galaxy SmartTag 3 cleared radio certification in South Korea at the end of August under model number EI-T5900. That clearance is normally one of the last steps before a product goes on sale. Leaked press renders and a retail listing…
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Honor is bolting a 500mm lens onto the Magic 9 Pro Max
Honor launches the Magic 9 series on 28 September with dual 200MP ARRI cameras and a new 500mm clip-on lens.
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Anthropic caught a Kenyan bot farm using Claude to praise Energy Cabinet Secretary
Anthropic removed an account using Claude to mass-produce fake grassroots tweets praising a Kenyan Cabinet Secretary before the 2027 election.
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