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The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has discontinued the placement of taxpayers on its infamous Special Table. Originally designed to target tax evaders and fraudsters, this blacklist has seen widespread misuse. Effectively, the authority…
In today’s competitive digital landscape, IT professionals must continuously upgrade their skills to remain relevant and valuable. Certifications have become one of the most effective ways to validate knowledge and demonstrate expertise to…
The Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) is selling its 54.08% controlling stake in Nation Media Group (NMG), East Africa’s largest media conglomerate, to a company called Taarifa Ltd., owned by Rostam Azizi, a Tanzanian…
TikTok has announced an additional $200,000 (~KES 25.8 million) in ad credits to support local organizations across Sub-Saharan Africa working on AI media literacy. This announcement came after the platform’s third annual Safer Internet…
Samsung just hit a milestone that no other TV maker has come close to: 20 consecutive years as the world’s best-selling television brand. The company has held the top spot globally since 2006, and in 2025, it commanded 29.1% of the entire…
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has launched body-worn cameras (bodycams) for its Customs and Border Control officers at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA). According to the authority, it marks a turning point in how KRA handles…
Jay Graber, the CEO who built Bluesky from a niche X alternative into a platform with 43 million users, is stepping down from the top job. The company announced yesterday that Graber will move into a newly created role as Chief Innovation…
CcHUB (short for Co-creation Hub) released its 2025 impact report, and although the numbers might be the focus, the more interesting story is in the method. The organization, which runs hubs in Lagos, Nairobi, Kigali, and Windhoek, reached…
In the middle of one of the world’s deadliest ongoing conflicts, a simple search for Sudan’s armed forces will surface a militia that US authorities have sanctioned and the United Nations has accused of mass atrocities. The company serving…
Senior iOS architect Oleg Pankiv reveals the blueprint for building scalable SDKs that reduce build time by 35% and prevent dependency nightmares in large-scale projects. When Apple officially released Swift 6, one of its most…
In recent years, sports betting has rapidly grown from a niche pastime into one of the fastest-expanding entertainment sectors in the country. With increased access to mobile internet, improved payment infrastructure, and a passionate fan…
Netflix has recently acquired InterPositive, an AI film-making startup founded by Ben Affleck. The deal is being framed as a win for creativity, a partnership between technology and film artistry, but it might be more complicated than…
The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) Instant Fines Traffic Management System is now live. Motorists on the wrong side of the law will receive traffic violation notifications on their mobile phones via text messages. “All…
When the Kenya Pipeline Company went public in January 2026, Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi stood before the cameras at the Nairobi Securities Exchange and called it a historic moment. This was Kenya’s first government-led IPO in 17…
Samsung‘s Galaxy S26 Ultra took home Best in Show at the 2026 GLOMO Awards during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, beating out products from over 3,000 exhibitors. The award, handed out annually by the GSMA and judged by more than 200…
M-PESA launched on March 6, 2007, as a basic mobile money transfer service built by Safaricom. 19 years later, Safaricom announced today that it has reached 40 million monthly active customers in Kenya. The service long outgrew its…
For years, two sections of Kenya’s Computer Misuse and Cybercrime Act sat on the books like a loaded gun pointed at anyone who dared publish something the wrong person didn’t like. Today, the Court of Appeal changed that. Sections 22 and…
The Ministry of Health has announced a partnership with Causal Foundry, a technology company specializing in adaptive intelligence for healthcare, to embed AI capabilities into the country’s community health system. The collaboration is…
For years, “affordable MacBook” was practically an oxymoron in Kenya. If you wanted Apple’s laptop, you were looking at starting prices north of KES 150,000, and that was on a good day, before factoring in import duties, VAT, and the…
Today, MultiChoice sent subscribers an email saying Showmax, the streaming service that had spent the better part of a decade trying to become Africa’s Netflix, is shutting down. No firm date yet or exact roadmap. Just a promise that…
TikTok has confirmed it will not introduce end-to-end encryption for direct messages on its platform. The company says the decision is deliberate, designed to keep users, especially younger ones, safe from harm. The announcement, reported…
For a few years, Sony tried something different. Instead of keeping its biggest games locked to PlayStation hardware, it started bringing them to PC, with The Last of Us, God of War, and Horizon all making the jump. The idea was ambitious:…
BasiGo has partnered with the School of the Nations to introduce electric school buses in Kenya. The school is the first in the country to make the switch, extending BasiGo’s work beyond its existing public transit operations. The buses…
Apple announced a new wave of MacBooks, debuting a refreshed MacBook Air with the M5 chip and new MacBook Pro models carrying the M5 Pro and M5 Max. All of them go up for preorder today and hit shelves on March 11. The headline story with…
