Young Kenyan lawyer picked for global digital talent programme The GCYLP targets those aged 18-28 who receive mentorship and financial support in their projects to use digital technology to drive community development over one year.
Pastoralists get the short end of stick in Kenya’s digital drive Digital divide continues to grow in many parts of Africa. In Kenya, men are more likely than women to use the internet and some communities are more left out than others.
Investment in tech expats, research hits record Sh21bn The growth in expenditure on research services came at a time when the overall expenditure on services declined 7.9 percent to Sh172.2 billion, driven chiefly by reduced expenditures on financial...
Tapping the power of AI in disrupting luxury industry The impact of integrating AI into different sectors has been both lauded and criticised, and the luxury sector is no exception.
Safaricom records highest ever data traffic for streaming Euro finals Data traffic streaming as Spain faced England in Berlin hit 3.96 petabytes (3,961 terabytes), the highest since the firm was established over 20 years ago.
Explainer: What caused the global cyber outage? A global tech failure disrupted operations across multiple industries.
Airlines, media, telecoms hit by global cyber outage Airlines across the United States, Asia and Europe, including major carriers such as Ryanair, Delta and Air India, said they had either faced delays or disruption.
Walkie-talkie app posts record downloads in Kenya during GenZ protests A spot check shows that the app has registered over 100 million downloads on Google Play Store.
Agriculture dominates AI use cases in Kenya, report shows Farmers given data-driven advice that seeks to help them optimise productivity.
April phone, laptop imports hit Sh4.9bn The latest data from KNBS reveals that imports of the devices more than doubled from the Sh2.4 billion recorded in March this year.
Records management: The understated pillar for digital transformation Economies that have engendered digitalised services, the world over, have realised tremendous growth in citizen access to services, transparency, accountability, cost efficiency, protection of...
WhatsApp’s new feature to transcribe voice chats The upgrade is poised to offer convenience to users who receive lengthy voice notes, allowing them to quickly read the transcriptions instead of listening to the entire audio message.
Kenya e-trade giants sweat under glare of social media Small time traders are rapidly eating into the market that was traditionally preserved for these e-commerce giants, thanks to social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram.
UN body warns Kenya against blanket ban on used gadgets The agency has cited Kenya—alongside Uganda and Ghana—as countries in Africa that have reportedly prohibited imports of digitalisation-related waste, including second-hand items.
ICT Authority revives push to accredit all service providers The regulator is seeking to compel all service providers in the industry to register even as it also seeks additional powers to oversee the ICT sector.
Anti-brands activism: How marketing teams can walk the tightrope safely Analysts say brands will increasingly be caught in the struggle between the citizenry and their governance authorities and knowing how best to navigate the minefield is crucial to their survival.
ICT sector records first growth fall since Covid Data shows that the sector has been on a consistently accelerated year-on-year rise since March 2021 when growth stood at 5.1 percent before rising to 8.1 percent during a similar period in 2022.
Kenya in Africa’s top list of most breached e-accounts Over the past decade, breaches in Kenya totalled 2.2 million with 4,035 incidents occurring per 100,000 people.
PRIME How firms can ride on X Spaces to net masses For the longest time, whenever Kenyan marketers wanted to engage masses on social media platforms, they have relied on uploading posts.
Naivety: Do you have this innovators’ superpower? I fondly remember an opportunity in telecommunications where a local telco was struggling with the implementation of service and risked going over budget and being out of allocated time.
Normal speeds restored on Seacom Internet cable Seacom has restored normal services on its Internet cable that lost capacity on Tuesday.
Kenyans dump 600,000 feature phones in just three months Smartphone penetration first overtook that of feature phones in the Kenyan market last September.
Internet services disrupted as Kenyans stage anti-tax protests Global internet governance and cybersecurity tracking organisation NetBlocks on Tuesday confirmed they had detected “a major network disruption” in Kenya.
PRIME Digital activism: Delicate balance in public officials' right to privacy Since early last week, Kenya's MPs have been inundated by phone calls, SMS and WhatsApp messages from Kenyans.