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Kenyans charged up 8.4 million kilowatt-hours of electricity to power electric vehicles in 2025, nearly triple the 2.9 million kWh consumed the previous year. The 188% surge indicates that electric motorcycles, bikes, and cars are moving…
Ziidi Trader is a new mini-app inside M-PESA that lets you buy and sell shares on the Nairobi Securities Exchange directly from your phone. No paperwork, no separate brokerage account needed, and you can start with as little as one share.…
Absa Group is bringing in new blood at the executive level, hiring Sitoyo Lopokoiyit from Safaricom’s M-PESA to run its Personal and Private Banking division while promoting two internal executives to beefed-up governance roles.…
YouTube is once again leaning into generative AI, and this time, it’s coming for how you discover music. The platform has begun rolling out an AI-powered playlist generator for YouTube Premium and YouTube Music Premium subscribers on iOS…
The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA), in partnership with Mtoto News International, held a children’s town hall at St. Luke’s ACK Kenyatta Church. The townhall marked the 2026 Safer Internet Day celebrations. The event brought…
When February rolls in and the Njaanuary tribulations are past, there’s a natural vibe shift with love in the air. Love gets louder, wallets get nervous, and romance is suddenly everyone’s business. It’s the season of lovebirds, grand…
Brazil is preparing to enact one of the most comprehensive digital child-protection laws in the world. Known officially as Statute No. 15.211/25, or the Digital ECA, it is set to come into force on March 17, 2026, and will cast a wide net…
A new fiber-optic route has officially gone live in East Africa, creating a direct land connection between Mombasa and Goma. The project was built by the pan-African network provider Paratus Group. The fiber-optic line runs through Kenya,…
Discord is flipping the script on age verification. Starting in March, the platform will treat every single user as a teenager by default. If you want access to age-restricted servers and adult content, you’ll need to prove you’re actually…
Last night, as the Seattle Seahawks clinched a 29-13 victory over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LX, a fact that will likely be forgotten by next week, the real winner of the evening was arguably Bad Bunny. The Puerto Rican…
YouTube Music is putting lyrics behind a paywall for free users. After testing this since September, the company is now rolling out the restriction widely across different regions. Free accounts get five lyric views before hitting the…
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has reinstated the filing of nil returns after a brief suspension in January, but taxpayers shouldn’t celebrate just yet. Starting April 1, 2026, when Kenyans file their 2025 income tax returns, every nil…
Social media, in its ideal form, can be a good place for information sourcing. Whether it’s a news update, catching up with the latest trends, memes or the occasional hot tea that wasn’t meant to reach the group chat but somehow did.…
Here’s the frustrating reality most YouTubers live with decent views, positive comments, reasonable watch time, and a subscriber count that barely budges. People watched. They just didn’t subscribe. And the reason is almost never what…
A closer look at Pin Up casino: latest games, bonuses, and mobile play Scrolling through casino sites can feel like déjà vu. Same promises, same layouts, same buzzwords. Still, every now and then an online casino platform feels… different,…
Twitter (or what the cool kids call “X”) is not just a playground for keyboard warriors. Sometimes you get some interesting ideas, like Patrick Kiunyu’s pitch to have your M-Pesa PIN “lie” for you. Let’s say you’re sitting in traffic when…
M-Shwari just overhauled how it tracks and recovers loans by implementing a system where your debt follows your National ID, not your phone number. The mobile lending platform has closed what was apparently a popular loophole in its terms…
On January 20, 2026, the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) confirmed the final deletion of all biometric data harvested from Kenyan citizens by Tools for Humanity, the entity behind Worldcoin. For many in Kenya’s tech…
Kenya’s broadcasting industry is caught between two worlds. Traditional radio and TV still command massive audiences, but the digital shift is catching up. A new report from Communications Authority tracking media consumption from mid-2024…
For Spotify fans and book lovers, the company is adding a couple of new features that suggest it is taking books more seriously as part of its platform. Spotify began offering audiobooks in 2022, expanding beyond music and podcasts. This…
The global shift toward electric vehicles (EVs) is gaining momentum, and Kenya is leading the way in Africa, thanks to the recently launched National Electric Mobility Policy. This policy appears to be a well-considered response to…
Safaricom has announced an interim dividend of KES 0.85 per share for the financial year ending March 31, 2026, following a board meeting on February 4. The payout will go to shareholders registered by the close of business on February 25,…
GitHub has added Anthropic’s Claude and OpenAI‘s Codex as coding agents you can use directly inside the platform. Unlike implementations where chat interfaces are bolted onto the side, these agents work where your code actually lives: in…
In an effort to optimize voter registration ahead of the 2027 general elections, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has unveiled plans for a digital voter pre-registration platform. The system is intended to…
