Saving for December from September: what KES 5,000, then 7,500, then 10,000 in a money market fund looks like by January
Save KES 5,000, 7,500 and 10,000 from September into a money market fund and here is what January looks like.
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Huawei Mate 90 series launches with five phones, here’s everything about each
Huawei has launched five Mate 90 phones, from USD 890. Bigger batteries than the Mate 80, wireless charging cut from 80W to 50W on the Pro and up, and no word yet on a launch outside China
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Starlink is looking for hosts to sell hourly and weekly internet passes
Starlink wants interested parties to host paid internet passes. Prices, host pay and launch countries are unpublished.
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POCO C95 Pro Vs Redmi 17C 5G: bigger battery or 5G?
POCO C95 Pro: 7,500mAh, no 5G, about KES 40,800. Redmi 17C 5G: 5G, about KES 29,100
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Telcos must send government emergency texts to all phone users, even those who opted out
Safaricom, Airtel Kenya, Telkom Kenya and Jamii Telecommunications must deliver the texts whatever a customer’s opt-out or Do Not Disturb settings.
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Apple is changing Full Disk Access on Mac: safer from AI agents, but backup apps may feel it
Apple will add clearer Full Disk Access consent on Mac against AI agents. Backup apps may feel it. No date.
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Kenya funds study to launch space rockets from Kipini
Kenya has funded a study into a Kipini spaceport, but the amount, the advisor and the exact site are unpublished.
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CBK raises licensed lenders’ annual fee to KES 500,000 from KES 20,000
CBK raises a licensed lender’s annual fee from KES 20,000 to KES 500,000, with a KES 1 million late penalty.
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Galaxy Buds On are official: what Samsung’s clip-on earbuds do and what they cost
Galaxy Buds On clip-on earbuds cost KRW 299,000 (about KES 28,700) in South Korea from 27th October.
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Three in four Kenyans say social media is good for democracy, a 37-country survey finds
In a 37-country Pew survey, 75% of Kenyans call social media good for democracy, fourth highest and steady since 2023.
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Windows 11 24H2 Home and Pro lose security updates from 13th October
Windows 11 24H2 Home and Pro lose security updates on 13th October. Enrolled Windows 10 PCs keep them until 2027.
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Galaxy Tab S12+ launches in Kenya from KES 176,000, Ultra from KES 203,200
Samsung’s Galaxy Tab S12+ and Ultra have Kenyan prices listed from KES 176,000, ahead of an expected October sales launch
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Airtel Money is worth USD 7 billion at its IPO price, and starts trading in London on 14th October
Airtel Money set its London IPO price at GBP 1.96 a share, valuing it at USD 7 billion. Kenyans can’t join.
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Choosing the Right Approach to Healthcare Billing Oversight
Medical practices lose revenue every year when billing errors, compliance gaps, and slow reimbursement cycles go unaddressed. Left unattended, these issues rarely erupt all at once; instead, they accumulate through denied claims, missed…
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Nearly half of people on a video call with Tavus’s Griffin AI thought they were talking to a human
Tavus says 26 of 54 people took its Griffin AI for a real person on a live one-minute video call.
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Samsung Galaxy S26, S26+ and S26 Ultra now cost USD 100 more as memory prices rise
Galaxy S26 prices rose in the US and Korea on 1st October 2026 as memory costs doubled. Kenya is next.
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KRA stops passenger from Dubai with 40 undeclared iPhone 18 Pro phones at JKIA
KRA says it stopped a passenger from Dubai at JKIA with 40 undeclared iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max phones, worth KES 8.2 million.
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You can now Tap or Scan and Go with M-PESA at Pesapal machines
Safaricom and Pesapal roll out M-PESA tap and dynamic QR payments on Pesapal card machines. Customers still enter a PIN
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Galaxy S26 Series starts getting Android 17 in Kenya
Samsung has started sending Android 17 to the Galaxy S26 Series in Kenya.
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Equity Bank outage hits Kenya and Rwanda with no cause or restoration time given
Equity Bank has posted outage notices in Kenya and Rwanda but has not given a cause or a restoration time.
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Stanbic Bank is bringing Ne-Yo to Nairobi on Mashujaa Day, and Gold tickets cost KES 15,000
Stanbic Bank is title sponsor of Ne-Yo’s Nairobi concert on Mashujaa Day, 20th October 2026. Gold tickets cost KES 15,000.
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WhatsApp Business Platform charges start today, but the first 1,000 replies are free
Meta’s WhatsApp Business Platform starts charging Kenyan firms for replies on 1st October 2026, after 1,000 free messages per number.
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Google is so back! Gemini 4 Argon is its first top-tier AI model since February
Gemini 4 Argon tops most of Google’s benchmarks and matches OpenAI on independent tests, but public access has no date.
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Seven Kenyan women-led startups receive KES 9 million in grants
Seven Kenyan women-led startups receive KES 9 million in grants after Strathmore’s Women in Tech accelerator. Meet all seven winners.
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