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Apr 21, 2026 at 09:28AM
The operator swept download, upload, latency, browsing and streaming in the nPerf barometer for April 2025 to March 2026. Airtel's upload speeds did improve, but download actually got worse.
Apr 21, 2026 at 07:56AM
Meta rolls out WhatsApp ads in Kenya inside Status and Channels. How targeting works, why now, and what Kenyan users should expect.
Apr 21, 2026 at 07:34AM
Wall Street banks warn the Kenya shilling is Africa's most vulnerable currency. Here is what a weaker KES means for tech
Apr 21, 2026 at 07:17AM
From Jobs to Cook to Ternus: Apple Begins a New Era With Its Hardware Chief as CEO
Apr 21, 2026 at 07:10AM
How the logic behind M-Shwari's Lock Savings is quietly engineering better saving habits for a generation of young Kenyan professionals.
Apr 20, 2026 at 12:36PM
TCL Africa hosted a watch party at Nairobi's Redroom during Arsenal vs Man City, showcasing its new SQD Mini-LED TVs.
Apr 20, 2026 at 10:51AM
Lua, the AI agent startup built by Money254 and Paystack alumni, raises $5.8M led by Norrsken22 for global expansion.
Apr 20, 2026 at 10:36AM
eMarketer projects Meta will earn $243B in 2026 ad revenue, finally overtaking Google after 26 years of dominance.
Apr 20, 2026 at 10:25AM
OnePlus is answering Backbone and Razer Kishi with a first-party gamepad that makes the Ace 6 Ultra feel like a proper handheld.
Apr 20, 2026 at 10:15AM
Samsung SmartThings now helps caregivers check on ageing parents and expands Now Brief briefings to Samsung TVs and smart fridges.
Apr 17, 2026 at 11:13AM
Kenya’s pawaIT launches KONVERSATIONS, an Africa-first AI platform built on Google’s Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience for enterprise customer support.
Apr 16, 2026 at 04:22PM
Safaricom apologises for My OneApp rollout failures but offers no timeline, no rollback, and no concrete fixes for users.
Apr 16, 2026 at 02:25PM
YouTube now lets all users set Shorts feed limits to zero minutes, but the setting is dismissible, not absolute.
Apr 16, 2026 at 02:20PM
Meta has ended a major contract with Sama's Nairobi office. 1,108 employees now face redundancy under Kenya's labour law.
Apr 15, 2026 at 07:49PM
Two Legal Notices, two EPRA releases, two sets of prices, one day. Kenya's fuel market just had its most confusing 24 hours in history.
Apr 15, 2026 at 07:48AM
Craft Silicon’s TouristTap Now an Authorised Payment Option at Kenya’s Parks, Hotels and Attractions
Craft Silicon’s TouristTap approved across Kenya’s Parks and Hotels. Card to Till payments, refer all commissions and 24 hour support included.
Apr 14, 2026 at 07:00PM
The government cut VAT from 16% to 13% and deployed KES 6.2 billion from the stabilisation fund. It was not enough.
Apr 14, 2026 at 01:16PM
Honor X9d review: two days on a single charge, slim design, solid performance. Battery life that shames some flagships.
Apr 14, 2026 at 12:31PM
The gap between how Bitcoin is actually used in places like Kibera and how regulators plan to govern it is the central tension heading into June's summit.
Apr 14, 2026 at 09:32AM
The Communications Authority of Kenya’s latest Quality of Service report for FY 2024-2025 gives us the usual headline verdict on the country’s mobile operators: Safaricom came out on top, Airtel followed, and Telkom trailed badly. On paper, that sounds useful enough for consumers trying to decide which network deserves their money. But once you read …
Apr 14, 2026 at 08:38AM
After recently reviewing the broader state of Kenya’s digital economy in 2025, we went back through all four Communications Authority of Kenya sector statistics reports for 2025 to identify one specific battleground: voice calls. And the numbers tell an interesting story. Safaricom remains the dominant force by a wide margin, but Airtel steadily ate into …
Apr 14, 2026 at 07:20AM
Safaricom handed Airtel Kenya one of the clearest competitive openings the local telecom market has seen in a long time. Then Airtel did what Airtel usually does in Kenya: hesitate, whisper, and arrive when the moment had already started slipping away. When Safaricom rolled out My OneApp, the promise was simple enough. One app for …
Apr 13, 2026 at 08:46PM
The Algiers Declaration commits African governments to sovereign cloud, local data centres, and continental infrastructure integration by 2030.
Apr 13, 2026 at 08:38PM
CS Mbadi announces Kenya will buy 3,000 locally assembled EVs as Middle East conflict disrupts global oil supply.
Apr 13, 2026 at 08:32PM
The Communications Authority has replaced the old KES 1.6 million satellite licence with a new framework that could cost operators nearly 28 times more, reshape competition, and determine whether Starlink's direct-to-cell ambitions take off in Kenya.
Apr 13, 2026 at 08:26PM
IDC confirms Samsung's seventh year atop gaming monitors. Shrinking margins suggest rivals are catching up quickly.
Apr 13, 2026 at 12:21PM
The Kenya Space Agency's ClimCam payload reaches orbit, marking a milestone in African space technology collaboration.
Apr 13, 2026 at 11:57AM
TECNO's EllaClaw, built on the open-source OpenClaw framework, brings autonomous AI agent capabilities to budget smartphones in Kenya.
Apr 13, 2026 at 11:51AM
Cheche electric motorcycle and battery-swapping network go live in Nairobi as Autopax targets boda boda fleet operators.
Apr 13, 2026 at 11:40AM
MyMurang'a app lets residents handle permits, licences, bursaries, and county payments from their phones. Public launch April 18.
Apr 13, 2026 at 11:19AM
World Bank approves KES 58 billion to lay 1,270 km of fiber optic cable across Northern Kenya's Isiolo-Mandera corridor.
Apr 13, 2026 at 10:16AM
It has been less than two weeks since Safaricom launched the revamped My OneApp on April 2nd, but the telco’s development team is already pushing out updates at breakneck speed. The app originally debuted as version 5.1.0. Less than a week later, around April 7th and 8th, it picked up a quick update to v5.1.1. …
Apr 13, 2026 at 09:06AM
Mobile money hit 98%, smartphones overtook feature phones, and 5G users doubled their data appetite across 2025.
Apr 13, 2026 at 08:49AM
The Huawei Pura X Max launches April 20 as a wide foldable phone. Apple's version arrives months later. Spot the difference.
Apr 13, 2026 at 07:04AM
Safaricom’s new My OneApp was supposed to make things easier by bringing together MySafaricom and M-PESA in one place. Instead, the rollout has been messy from the start. Safaricom already admitted that the app is having issues, and we’ve highlighted why “My OneApp” feels like the wrong name for a product built on Safaricom and …
Apr 11, 2026 at 09:22PM
Samsung's memory chip division is generating more quarterly profit than Amazon or Meta make as entire companies.
Apr 11, 2026 at 09:13PM
TECNO has confirmed which phones get HiOS 16 based on Android 16, and exactly when the rollout begins in 2026.
Apr 11, 2026 at 09:02PM
Infinix confirms XOS 16 rollout timeline for 2026. Check which phones are getting the Android 16 update and when.
Apr 11, 2026 at 08:54PM
Safaricom's My OneApp merger was inevitable. The shambolic rollout was not. An opinion on Kenya's most consequential app launch yet.
Apr 11, 2026 at 08:39PM
Apple's first foldable iPhone may launch as "iPhone Ultra" — here is everything leaked about the 2026 iPhone lineup.