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Period tracking apps have quietly become one of the more crowded corners of health tech, with most competitors racing to add AI insights, wellness coaching, and subscription paywalls that feel more like a lifestyle platform than a…
By Ethan Brooks — Editorial Contributor | Social Media Growth & Content Strategy Every few months, a Kenyan creator crosses the YouTube monetization line and the screenshot does its rounds: the acceptance email, the first AdSense payment,…
Less than a week after the rollout of Muse Image, its first image-generation AI model, Meta has removed it from Instagram. This decision has come after widespread backlash, with privacy and AI-generated porn images of celebrities among the…
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) collected KES 2.844 trillion in the financial year ending June 2026, a 10.6% jump that outpaces the 6.8% growth recorded the year before. On the surface, this is a win for KRA, which has spent years…
Meta recently launched Muse Image, its in-house AI image generator. The feature has now rolled out on Instagram, and it is important to understand how your content can be used. Basically, this tool automatically lets anyone create AI…
The introduction of live casino has transformed the face of online gambling, making it feel more like a human experience. Players were able to observe a live dealer, a live table, and a sense of a casino floor – rather than spinning a…
Google is rolling out updated Play Store Terms of Service on July 29, 2026, and the changes land squarely on three things Android users rarely think about until something goes wrong: The first addition spells out what many users have long…
For years, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has faced questions about the processes for clearing, disqualifying, or reinstating candidates in the weeks leading up to a general election. The Commission has finally…
Kenyan car owners could soon face another yearly requirement on top of insurance and licensing: a compulsory emissions test. The proposal comes from the Environmental Management and Co-ordination (Amendment) Bill, 2026, sponsored by…
Elon Musk’s AI company doesn’t go by xAI anymore. Following SpaceX’s acquisition of xAI back in February, the company has now rebranded as SpaceXAI, complete with a new logo and a new X handle. Musk said back in May that this was the plan…
Creating marketing visuals is now part of daily operations for many businesses. Product launches, social media updates, online promotions, and website content all require fresh images. For small businesses without in-house designers,…
KOKO Networks is now formally shopping around the technology that once fueled 1.5 million Kenyan kitchens. A public notice filed by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), acting as administrator and liquidator for the collapsed clean cooking…
Starting this year, Kenyan families will have a formal way to stop a relative from betting or gambling, even if that relative doesn’t want to stop. New regulations gazetted on June 30, 2026, called the Gambling Control (Conduct of Gambling…
Safaricom shareholders will vote on fourteen special resolutions at the company’s Annual General Meeting on July 31, 2026. The changes rewrite the Articles of Association to match a new ownership reality. Vodafone Kenya Limited, the…
The more engaging features are offered, the better: this is the thought of almost every casino operator globally when looking for casino platforms to integrate. Those features can be in the form of gamification tools, game content, or…
Starlink has run out of room in some of Kenya’s busiest counties. New customers trying to sign up in Nairobi, Kiambu, Mombasa, Machakos, Murang’a, Kirinyaga, and Kwale are no longer able to place an order. Instead, the company’s website…
Meta has released Muse Image, the first image generation model built by Meta Superintelligence Labs, the AI division Mark Zuckerberg set up after the company fell behind competitors like Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic. The tool is now live…
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has begun a routine upgrade of its ICT systems, a move that will temporarily lock out members of the public from key digital voter services. In a public notice dated July 7, 2026,…
The government has decided that Kenya cannot wait for AI to cause a crisis before regulating it. Over the past year, three separate tracks have converged, including a dedicated Artificial Intelligence Bill, a national strategy document,…
Netflix built its entire reputation on knowing what people want to watch before they know it themselves. That is the pitch behind the recommendation engine, the data science teams, and the constant talk of “engagement.” So it is worth…
The Folarin Balogun red card turned into one of the biggest storylines of the 2026 World Cup before a ball was even kicked in the USA vs Belgium last-16 match, and the reaction online and in the stands split almost entirely along national…
Microsoft is cutting about 4,800 jobs, roughly 2.1% of its global workforce, as the new fiscal year begins. The cuts land hardest on two parts of the company: the commercial sales business and the Xbox gaming division. Xbox is taking the…
Top Hollywood studios, Disney, Universal, and Warner Bros. Discovery, are in a court battle with Midjourney over copyright infringement. The studios say the AI image tool generates pictures of their protected characters, including IPs like…
Kenya has changed what counts as a royalty for tax purposes, and that change touches a lot of everyday business costs. If your business pays for cloud software, digital tools, or card processing services from a foreign company, you are…
