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Treasury wants to slap a 16% VAT on the country’s 42 licensed payment service providers, a list that includes M-Pesa, Airtel Money, Pesapal, and Kenswitch. The proposal is tucked into the Finance Bill 2026, and it has set off a quiet but…
Arsenal, the English Premier League football club, has a new shirt sleeve sponsor. The current league leaders have inked a deal with Deel, a payroll and human resources SaaS platform. “Deel’s logo will appear on the left sleeve of our…
BITmarkets announced the launch of its peer-to-peer (P2P) trading feature, allowing users to buy and sell USDT directly with one another — bypassing traditional banking intermediaries. The service offers a competitive and transparent fee…
Kenya’s electric vehicle ambitions may have a tax problem. The Finance Bill 2026, currently before Parliament, proposes moving electric bicycles, electric buses, lithium-ion batteries, and solar batteries from zero-rated to exempt VAT…
Infinix has launched the Smart 20 in Kenya, and it comes with a clear focus on three things: calls that work in noisy environments, a body that can survive serious drops, and a battery that gets through a full day. At less than KES 13,000…
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) is back with the same message, but sharper consequences attached. Ahead of today’s by-elections in Emurua Dikirr, Porro Ward, and Endo Ward, the commission issued a fresh reminder…
For decades, if you wanted to buy electricity in Kenya, you bought it from Kenya Power. That’s over now. The government has gazetted the Energy (Electricity Market, Bulk Supply, and Open Access) Regulations of 2026, which allow power…
After what was a busy week for Kenya’s capital, the Africa Forward Summit has finally wrapped up, with France and African heads of state adopting a sweeping declaration that covers everything from security and agriculture to debt reform…
The National government is spending KES 1.18 billion next financial year to roll out AI-powered traffic lights and surveillance cameras across Nairobi, a nearly tenfold increase from the current KES 116.1 million allocation. The goal is to…
The National Treasury has published a public notice inviting Kenyans to comment on the Draft Public Finance Management (e-Citizen System Management) Regulations, 2026, the same regulations that would introduce a tiered convenience fee on…
Sometime in the next 18 months, Kenyan politics will enter one of its most turbulent and most watched periods. Coalitions will shift and impeachment drama will simmer or resurface. The question of who runs in the 2027 elections and on…
Two names under the Palahala Media Group umbrella are in the running for this year’s Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE) Awards, with Techweez and Gearhaus both earning nominations in the 10th annual edition of the awards. Public voting…
You open YouTube on your TV to watch something, but before the video even starts, you sit through a 30-second ad you cannot skip. Then, mid-video, another one, and when you pause to grab a snack, a “Pause Ad” comes to your screen like it…
KCB Bank has moved to simplify and lower the cost of sending money between bank accounts, announcing a flat fee of KES 20 on all Pesalink transactions above KES 1,000 up to KES 999,999. Transfers below KES 1,000 will now go through at no…
President William Ruto has signed into law the Technopolis Bill, which parliament passed, creating a legal framework for designated technology and innovation zones in the country. The law replaces the Konza Technopolis Development…
If you have ever tapped a phone number inside a Google search result to call a business, that call may soon be recorded and listened to by Google’s software. A policy update taking effect on July 1, 2026, makes call recording the default…
Growing on Instagram keeps getting harder. Creators, businesses, and influencers post thousands of pieces of content every day. All of them want more visibility, better engagement, and bigger audiences. But organic reach has shrunk,…
When President William Ruto visited Washington in May 2024, he came back with a headline-grabbing announcement: Microsoft and UAE-based AI firm G42 would invest $1 billion to build a massive geothermal-powered data center about 100 km…
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has moved to calm nerves over its mobile money monitoring plans, making clear that it has no interest in tracking what you send your mum or split with friends for lunch. Speaking at a Meru Citizen…
In the past 7 years, the average amount Kenyans borrow from Fuliza has decreased by KES 404.8, which represents a 65% reduction. According to Safaricom, the average amount borrowed by Kenyans (ticket size) was KES 622.7 in FY20 and dropped…
Airtel Africa will not be listing its mobile money business in the first half of 2026 as planned. Airtel Money, the group’s mobile financial services arm operating across 14 African markets and processing over $210 billion in transactions…
Never thought I’d become this person. I write about tech stuff normally—mobile money scams in Kenya, startup data breaches, that kind of thing. But my buddy got his account locked with $340 trapped inside and I couldn’t stop thinking about…
Megapari has announced a new partnership with Ghanaian football legend Asamoah Gyan, who is joining the company as its global brand ambassador. The collaboration brings together one of Africa’s most recognisable football figures and an…
Picture two people starting a company together with a handshake agreement that the work will always benefit the public. Now imagine one of them watching as that company quietly becomes one of the world’s most valuable. That, in the…
