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Twelve Kenyan startups have been selected for Cohort 4 of the Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship, launched in Nairobi on July 23, 2026. The program, run by iHub, is shifting how it picks companies. Where the first three cohorts backed…
Productivity apps live on the same devices that constantly compete for your attention. Most try to solve the problem with timers and to-do lists, relying on you to stay disciplined even when distractions are only a tap away. Forest takes a…
Google has introduced a new way to get into your account: recording a short selfie video of yourself. The feature joins passwords, passkeys, and recovery contacts as another option for proving you are who you say you are, and it reflects a…
Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have today raided two premises in Kajiado County alleged to be hubs for the production of explicit content. In the first operation, the police raided a house in the Rimpa…
For years, drivers on apps like Uber and Bolt have complained about the same thing: fares keep dropping, commissions stay high, and there is little they can do about it. The apps set the rules through algorithms, and drivers either accept…
Samsung has opened pre-orders in Kenya for its newest foldable phones: the Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra, Galaxy Z Fold8, and Galaxy Z Flip8. All three run on a new version of Samsung’s software, One UI 9, which brings changes aimed less at flashy…
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has announced two developments that push Kenya’s criminal justice system closer to global standards. The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) received an ANSI National Accreditation…
TikTok has released its Community Guidelines Enforcement Report for the first quarter of 2026. Between January and March, the platform removed 884,591 videos in Kenya for breaching its Community Guidelines. That is close to 10,000 videos…
Kenyans who owe money on their Hustler Fund loans have a new way to clear their debt: Safaricom’s Bonga Points. The Financial Inclusion Fund, better known as the Hustler Fund, has started texting borrowers to let them know they can use…
Kenya’s electronics market is getting a rulebook overhaul, and if you’ve ever bought a phone that broke down two months later with no one to call, this is worth paying attention to. The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has rewritten…
Image by pvproductions on Magnific There is a cost to a bloated web page that rarely appears in any analytics dashboard. Every unnecessary megabyte a site sends is a megabyte somebody paid for, and in a market where most people reach the…
For most Kenyan small businesses, the internet starts with a WhatsApp Business account or an Instagram page. Sales get tracked in a notebook or a chat thread, invoices go out only when someone remembers to write one, and customer records…
Kenyan motorists got some good news this week. The Senate has annulled three sets of traffic regulations that the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) rolled out earlier this year, meaning none of them can now be enforced. The…
Sending money from one bank to another in Kenya is about to get a lot cheaper for a lot more people. The number of banks and microfinance institutions offering discounted PesaLink fees has grown to 19, nearly double the count from just two…
President William Ruto has promised full government funding for every Kenyan student who passes their exams and earns a university or college placement, regardless of household income. The president also added that paying anything on top…
The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has introduced a mandatory license for anyone importing or wholesaling communications equipment in the country. The new Communications Equipment Distributor (CED) License takes effect immediately…
Kenya’s Competition Authority (CAK) just released its annual report for the 2024/25 financial year, and buried inside the usual numbers on mergers and fines is a quieter story about technology changing how markets are policed and how they…
Australia is preparing what could become one of the toughest AI regulatory regimes in the world. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced that mandatory national standards are coming, targeting two things AI companies have mostly gotten…
The July 16 Ol Kalou by-election was marred by violence that left journalists assaulted, voters teargassed, and armed men roaming polling stations in unmarked SUVs. Nation Media Group confirmed that NTV cameraman George Kieru was tasered…
Esther Waititu is stepping down as Safaricom‘s Chief Financial Services Officer, with her last day set for July 31, 2026. She joined the company in 2023 after spending more than a decade in banking, including senior roles at KCB Group and…
Spain lifted the World Cup on Sunday night at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, beating Argentina 1-0 after a goal from substitute Ferran Torres in the second period of extra time. Spain won its second title, its first since 2010, at a…
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey opened on July 17 and immediately became the biggest launch of his career, pulling in $120.5 million domestically and $257.8 million worldwide over its first weekend. That beats The Dark Knight Rises, The…
Spain is world champion again. La Roja beat Argentina 1-0 in the FIFA 2026 World Cup final on Sunday at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, claiming the country’s first title since 2010 and capping off a tournament in which the team never lost…
Safaricom has landed a contract to supply fiber internet to homes built under Kenya’s Affordable Housing Program, putting the telco in a strong position as thousands of new low-cost units come online across the country. The first rollout…
