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The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has brought over 500 fuel stations onto its new digital tax system, called the eTIMS Fuel Module, since rolling it out in December 2025. That number sounds significant until you realize it’s only about 16%…
For nearly all Kenyans, every day seems like tax season nowadays. Just when you think you’ve given everything you can give to Caesar, KRA finds a new way to dip into your pockets. If you’ve been running a business, collecting rent, or…
It’s a safe assumption that any laws being quietly legislated regarding social media bans, restrictions, or controls have one target on the calendar, and that’s the 2027 General Elections. The recent push to regulate platforms like TikTok,…
Kenya’s Business Registration Service (BRS) has quietly done away with physical certificates. If you registered a company and expected a printed document to show up somewhere, it’s not coming. The certificate now lands in your email inbox,…
You know that Jacob Juma X account that seemingly has politically relevant posts depending on the prevailing situation despite the fact that Juma died in 2015? Ominous, right? Long after you’ve exited this mortal coil, your X page is still…
A Kenyan employment court has made a ruling that will make a lot of HR managers sit up. Removing an employee from workplace WhatsApp groups can constitute constructive dismissal and unlawful discrimination. The case involved Fidelis…
Progress doesn’t happen on its own. Behind every thriving business in Kenya, from the mandazi vendor who now accepts M-PESA to the logistics company tracking 200 trucks in real time, there’s infrastructure making it possible. Safaricom…
TikTok removed 580,000 videos posted in Kenya between July and September 2025 for breaking its content rules, and the vast majority were gone before a single user ever flagged them. According to the platform’s Q3 2025 Community Guidelines…
Running multiple Outlook accounts is now routine for many professionals. A marketing executive might juggle a corporate inbox, a consulting address, and a personal account. Founders often manage separate mailboxes for investor relations,…
In an announcement made on Friday evening, the ICT Authority has appointed Jessy Kiveu Maruti as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective February 16, 2026. Cabinet Secretary William Kabogo approved the appointment following a selection…
There’s a new super-villain in Hollywood, but this time they’re not in the blockbuster. What once needed actors, sets, and millions of dollars can now be reproduced with a two-line prompt. Yes, boys and girls, I’m talking about Seedance!…
Jumia just closed the fourth quarter of 2025 with numbers that suggest its brutal pivot toward profitability might actually work. The pan-African e-commerce platform posted $279.5 million in GMV (gross merchandise value – total value of…
The Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK) can no longer collect money from businesses and individuals who use music, following a series of court rulings that have shut down its operations. The High Court confirmed today that MCSK has…
People love to jump on online trends. You’ve probably come across or even participated in the ongoing ChatGPT caricature trend that has gone viral and sparked some divisive reactions online. If you’re not aware of what I’m talking about,…
Kenya has officially begun testing digital radio broadcasting. The Communications Authority of Kenya announced the activation of Kenya’s first trial Digital Sound Broadcasting (DSB) network in Nairobi. It is designed to address growing…
A few years ago, spotting an electric motorcycle in Nairobi or even Mombasa was rare. On most streets, EVs were almost nonexistent, and the idea of a battery-powered boda boda sounded distant if not downright improbable. Riders had little…
Kenyan traders don’t just trade charts, they trade time. A clean setup can work beautifully on a quiet morning, then fall apart minutes later when a rate statement hits the wires or a surprise inflation number drops. In Nairobi, Mombasa,…
Samsung will reveal the Galaxy S26 lineup on February 25 at 10am PT (9pm local time) during its Unpacked event in San Francisco. The presentation will stream live on YouTube, with new phones, potentially some wearables and earbuds, and…
Sitoyo Lopokoiyit, who serves as Managing Director of M-PESA Africa and Chief Financial Services Officer at Safaricom, was recently appointed as Chief Executive for Personal and Private Banking at Absa. At face value, it may seem like a…
Starlink customers in Kenya are now required to complete in-person identity verification by April 30, 2026, or risk service interruption. In a notice to users, the satellite internet provider said the requirement is in line with directives…
Social Health Authority (SHA), a Kenyan state corporation that manages the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF), has been deducting contributions directly from M-Pesa wallets without requiring a user PIN. This automated payment function,…
Netflix and Paramount Skydance are both vying for control of Warner Bros. Discovery in a bidding war. This battle is unfolding at a time when the streaming industry is under pressure to scale and control premium content. Its outcome could…
For many laptop enthusiasts, VAIO still evokes memories of sleek, stylish laptops from the early 2000s, machines that stood out as symbols of premium design and creative potential. Yet, over the past decade, VAIO has quietly transformed…
Sun King has officially entered the smartphone market with the launch of EZ 1. This will be the first Sun King-branded smartphone, manufactured locally at Sun King’s recently opened facility in Kenya. The company is applying the same…
