Future of labour: Tech skills driving jobs growth in 2025 Technology-related roles that will drive the fastest jobs growth in percentage terms will include Big Data specialists, Fintech Engineers, AI and Machine Learning specialists as well as Software...
PRIME Individuals most targeted by Kenyan cybercriminals Attacks towards people and society organisations peaked from mid-July and August 2024 crossing over 60 percent, among the highest mitigated traffic in the year.
PRIME Internet disruption: Regulator mum as ISP price wars spill into the new year Starlink’s disruptive presence has sparked resistance from fixed Internet providers, who claim its ‘below-market’ rates threaten their viability.
PRIME How Starlink Kenya entry led to faster data speeds Time spent online and engagement with other web-facilitated services have also significantly risen since the beginning of the year, pointing to a surge in Internet usage and related activities in...
PRIME State requests to Google for content takedown fall 79pc Data from the tech giant's transparency report shows that the Kenyan government’s requests between January and June last year were chiefly driven by defamation and fraud concerns.
Creative economy: How to monetise and structure your digital assets Creatives can make a lot of money from their works if they use innovative monetisation strategies.
PRIME CA flags illegal internet service providers in Kenya Regulator says most of these illegal ISPs use technologies on licence-free frequency bands intended for industrial, scientific, and medical applications.
2024: Social media power on politics, governance hit climax The anti-tax protests in Kenya drove the usage of other social media apps to record levels, with data from the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) showing that internet accessibility levels...
CA moves to ring-fence mid-level telco jobs for locals CA in its latest review of the telecommunications market structure, has proposed as part of a set of measures developed to guide the licensing of telecommunications technical personnel.
PRIME Wave of tech start up shutdowns persists amid funding drought This year’s shutdowns come after a flurry of startup collapses witnessed in the past two years.
PRIME Uber drivers ditch own app plan in favour of a members’ sacco Talk of setting up a driver-owned app has been dropped in favour of forming a sacco akin to that of matatus.
Researchers mull teaching AI models how to ‘forget’ Users in many practical applications want AI models to fulfil specific roles rather than be jacks-of-all-trades.
Why Kiswahili content moderation is nightmare for social media giants Tech companies use classifiers and language models to moderate and detect harmful content for low-resource languages.
PRIME Divorced, separated women have highest phone ownership Divorced and separated women own phones more than their married counterparts.
Fintech startup Leja says processed Sh259bn MSME transactions in 2024 Leja is a cash management and bookkeeping mobile application that enables micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to manage their financial transactions
SHA, Finance Bill top Google’s most popular searches in 2024 The tech giant’s ‘Year in Search’ list reveals the most popular trends that have captured the interest of Kenyans over the past 12 months.
Battle of the ISPs: Starlink sustains price cuts despite local firms' outcry Starlink’s pricing strategy has unsettled local market players including Safaricom, Airtel Kenya, and JTL, all of whom have fired protest letters to the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA).
PRIME Ruto eyes 24/7 services on e-Citizen with AI addition The government has in recent years been moving services to an online portal, the e-Citizen, in a bid to improve efficiency and seal loopholes for bribery and other forms of corruption.
Fraudulent calls, SMS top list of consumer complaints to CA The CA is mandated to protect consumers from poor service by operators and it monitors quality delivered by telecom firms to ensure their standards meet the set parameters.
Facebook, WhatsApp fertile grounds fuelling online GBV A study revealed that female students are disproportionately impacted, with 64.4 percent of them having experienced at least one type of online violence, compared to 35.5 percent of male students.
Democratising internet: New domain name system promises greater visibility Top-level domains are the suffixes that form the last part of a domain name and they appear after the dot.
Bluesky: The app bringing old Twitter back to life Bluesky’s rising popularity has coincided with mounting dissatisfaction over changes to X since its acquisition by Elon Musk in 2022.
PRIME Crypto exchange platform Coinbase eyes Kenya foothold Coinbase chief on visit to Nairobi says talks are underway eyeing co-operation with M-Pesa.
Kenya to go after foreign data privacy violators Data Protection Commissioner Immaculate Kassait said Kenya is seeking to enter into Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) with other countries on data protection.
To be book smart: App fuels reading culture among Kenya's children Designed for children aged three to 12, the app provides access to thousands of age-appropriate books and reading materials.
