Kenyan technology publication covering consumer technology, telecoms, digital services, startups, reviews and practical guides.
Some changes attract attention immediately. Most do not. A pricing adjustment here, a new product there, customers searching for different alternatives, suppliers reacting a few weeks later. On their own, those developments rarely say…
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) is rolling out a blockchain-based trade system aimed at cutting the paperwork and delays that have long slowed cargo through Kenyan ports and border points. The new platform is called the Trade Logistics…
Visa has hired Anne Kinuthia-Otieno as its new Vice President and Head of East Africa, just days after she stepped down as managing director of Airtel Money Kenya. She starts the new role on August 4 and will be based in Nairobi,…
Safaricom shareholders just approved the biggest dividend in the company’s history. At today’s Annual General Meeting, they signed off on a final dividend of KES 1.15 per share for the financial year ended March 31, 2026, bringing the…
Most couples know, at some level, that small moments matter more than grand gestures. A squeeze of the hand before a difficult conversation, noticing when a partner is overwhelmed without being told, or laughing at something nobody else…
The IEBC has released a statement critiquing media coverage of the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026, calling it a misrepresentation of what the Bill actually does. Compared with the reporting, the Commission’s response clearly…
Thousands of Kenyans woke up today to a second inconvenience layered on top of Wednesday night’s blackout, which knocked out power across Nairobi, the Coast, Mt. Kenya, and parts of the Central Rift. Attempts to buy Kenya Power prepaid…
Microsoft is done spreading its AI tools across a dozen different products. During the company’s earnings call on Wednesday, CEO Satya Nadella confirmed that Microsoft is building a single app that pulls together Copilot chat, GitHub…
Modern technologies make our lives easier: voice assistants carry out commands, algorithms recommend content, and banking apps analyze spending habits. However, as mobile applications become smarter, users are paying more attention to how…
Kenya’s Senate is once again considering a proposal to strip the IEBC of the duty to stream polling station results live as they’re announced. The Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026, co-sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Aaron Cheruiyot…
The High Court has stopped the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) from impounding imported vehicles that dealers haven’t yet registered, at least for now. Dealers get a fresh 60-day window to comply before NTSA can move against…
Meta spent much of 2025 fighting off the narrative that it had fallen behind in AI, after a rocky Llama 4 launch and a costly reshuffle of its research division. Now, with the damage sufficiently repaired, its chief executive has returned…
Kenya’s clean-cooking market has spent 2026 relearning how fragile its subsidized fuel model was. When the country’s dominant bioethanol network shut down at the end of January after losing government authorization for the carbon credits…
After drafting an email, Gmail gives you a short grace period after hitting send in case you spot a mistake. By default it’s only 5 seconds, but you can stretch that up to 30 seconds. Here’s how to change it and why it’s worth doing. What…
The regulations giving effect to the Gambling Control Act, 2025 were published in the Kenya Gazette on 30 June 2026, as Supplement No. 162. Most coverage went to operator fees and player protections. The provision that matters to Kenya’s…
Apple just killed its iPhone Upgrade Program and replaced it with something bigger. Starting this week, you can lease an iPhone, Apple Watch, Mac, or iPad instead of buying it outright, through a new partnership with Klarna. How It Works…
Bingo Technologies has opened pre-orders for the Bingo E2, an electric vehicle designed specifically for ride-hailing and delivery drivers in Kenya. The Bingo E2 targets a problem that has kept EVs out of reach for many drivers in cities…
Kenya has spent the better part of a year building toward the draft Kenya Artificial Intelligence and Other Emerging Technologies Policy 2026, and the document now sits in public hands. The State Department for ICT and Digital Economy,…
X has finally turned its long-promised payments feature into a real product. On July 27, 2026, X Money went live in the United States, starting with Premium and Premium+ subscribers. It is not just another way to send cash to someone; X is…
Anne Kinuthia-Otieno has left her job as managing director of Airtel Money Kenya, ending a run of nearly five years at the head of the company. She announced the move herself on LinkedIn on Saturday, July 25, 2026, saying she was moving on…
Premium wins on the thing that matters, since real, active TikTok followers from services like Buzzoid, Twicsy, Rushmax and iDigic stay on your profile, while the cheapest bot dumps drop off within days. Here is the blunt version. “Cheap”…
A Chinese company that makes RAM chips just pulled off one of the wildest first days of trading anyone has seen in years. ChangXin Memory Technologies, known as CXMT, listed on Shanghai’s STAR Market on Monday, and its stock price shot up…
In September 2015, a small fleet of Google’s imaging equipment rolled quietly into the Samburu National Reserve in northern Kenya. It involved 360-degree cameras capturing acacia trees, elephants, and the wide red earth of one of Africa’s…
A US court has approved a $1.5 billion settlement from Anthropic in what is considered the largest copyright infringement case involving AI. The case began in 2024 when authors Andrea Bartz, Kirk Wallace Johnson, and Charles Graeber filed…
