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KRA has announced extended working hours for its service centers and contact points to assist taxpayers in filing their annual returns before the June 30, 2026 deadline. This is to provide ample support and convenience as the crucial…
MultiChoice-owned DStv continues to hemorrhage subscribers in the Kenyan market. Its decoder-reliant segment closed 2025 with 270,503 subscribers, with this number dropping to 248,053 by the end of March 2026. This loss of 22,450…
If you have tried to use Claude recently and found it unresponsive, you are not alone. Recently, a growing number of users have taken to social media and community forums to report that Claude is “down” again. Users describe a frustrating…
Kenya’s growth in mobile money penetration has led to more mobile money agents, with the number of mobile agents growing to 602,470. This represents a growth of 20.2% in 3 months, up from the previous total of 501,399 agents. Safaricom’s…
Kenya’s total active internet bandwidth grew by 16.4%, reaching over 28,130 Gbps. Between January and March 2026, SEACOM was the major contributor to this jump in bandwidth. SEACOM, the undersea cable provider, raised its active capacity…
When SpaceX debuted on public markets in June 2026 at a $2.1 trillion valuation, the largest IPO in history, it was not just a space company listing its shares. It was a signal that the AI era has entered a new phase, one where the biggest…
Huduma Kenya and NTSA have announced a Smart DL (Driving License) enrollment exercise at the Huduma Center Kimilili, running from June 15 to 19, 2026. This means people in Kimilili and the wider Bungoma County can now sign up for the new…
Toyota has launched its first fully electric vehicle in Kenya, the bZ4X, through CFAO Mobility Kenya. The launch took place today at the CFAO Mobility Toyota Showroom along Uhuru Highway and marks the brand’s entry into the country’s…
The gap just closed between asking an AI for a recommendation and actually buying something. Visa has embedded its payment network inside ChatGPT, empowering the chatbot to independently shop and complete transactions on behalf of users.…
It was meant to be Meta’s entry into the agentic AI race. Instead, the $2 billion acquisition of Manus has turned into a slow unraveling, involving six months of delays, two exit bans, and a direct order from Beijing to complete the deal.…
The UK has moved from weighing its options to making a call as Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced that Britain will ban children under 16 from using social media. He described it as a big moment for the country and pledged to fight back…
Millions of Kenyan residents who visit Huduma Centres across the nation are currently not being served as per the norm. This is because Huduma Kenya services went offline today, June 15, 2026, due to a power outage at the government…
The Kenyan government plans to install CCTV surveillance cameras in Nairobi and five other towns: Mombasa, Nakuru, Nyeri, Kisumu, and Eldoret. The cameras will be connected to command centers for real-time monitoring. Ministry of Interior…
On June 10, 2026, the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) officially made motor vehicle logbooks paperless with the eLogbook, a step that was hailed as crucial in ending corruption and bureaucratic frustration often associated…
Technology giant Google is filing a lawsuit aimed at stopping a cybercriminal group named Outside Enterprise. The group allegedly uses artificial intelligence (AI), including Gemini, to run scams. Google claims the group, made up of…
SpaceX officially became a public company on Friday, June 12. The stock was priced at $135 a share Thursday evening, then opened trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker SPCX at $150, a jump of about 11%. By midday it had climbed as high as…
Elon Musk has crossed a line no one else in human history has reached. After SpaceX went public on the Nasdaq earlier today, his net worth pushed past one trillion dollars, making him the first person ever to hit that number. The IPO…
If you’ve been in IT long enough, you already know the drill. The reality that has become a part of the job is where a vendor gets acquired, prices shoot up, and even the most meticulously planned infrastructure budget may need to be…
Every 4 years, the world’s most sophisticated forecasting machines turn their attention to a football tournament. For the 2026 FIFA World Cup, five distinct prediction frameworks have published their verdicts, each arriving at their…
Every generation gets the social media network that fits how it lives. For Gen Z and Gen Alpha, that might not be a photo grid or a video scroll; it could be a home screen widget quietly showing what your best friend is listening to right…
The makers of iPhones, Apple, and the London Metropolitan Police (Met Police) have been testing a kill switch feature that renders stolen iPhones unusable. So far, the two institutions have had great success. To stop thieves from reusing…
The 2026/27 budget statement clarified that Kenya will keep the June 30 tax return deadline, with different dates for salaried employees and nil return filers. This clarity comes after the draft Finance Bill 2026 seemed to suggest a new…
The FIFA World Cup 2026, set to kick off across the United States, Canada, and Mexico, is not just the largest edition of football’s flagship tournament. Tonight’s opening match between Mexico and South Africa at the Estadio Azteca, a…
Looking at today’s budget reading from a tech point of view, the phone levy and the M-Pesa VAT are getting most of the attention today, but Kenya’s 2026/27 budget reaches further into the tech sector than those two measures suggest. Here…
