Cybersecurity: How Africa could become the first line of defence in the global fight Most countries on the continent lack a comprehensive national cybersecurity strategy, which hampers effective defence and enforcement measures.
PRIME The convergence of social media and State surveillance in Kenya Amnesty documented more than 3,000 arrests, 83 enforced disappearances and at least 128 deaths linked to excessive force since 2024, a pattern that reveals how deeply digital and physical...
PRIME The boom and bust of Elon Musk’s Starlink in Kenya While Starlink’s early boom revealed Kenya’s appetite for high-speed internet that bypasses infrastructure bottlenecks, the bust exposed the structural demands associated with delivering that...
PRIME SMS spam surge sparks fears of personal data misuse by telcos Some of the alerts deduct airtime or mobile money balances without clear consent, while attempts to unsubscribe often lead to dead ends.
PRIME DNA storm in Kabogo SIM registration rules Analysts also question telecoms operators’ capability to handle huge volumes of such sensitive data.
Cloudflare glitch triggers global website access outages Web traffic on several major sites was disrupted globally on Tuesday afternoon following an unidentified issue affecting Cloudflare.
PRIME Local utility firms go digital in efficiency, transparency push The firms are leveraging digital tools to achieve operational efficiency by linking data management systems with customer accounts, allowing faster validation of consumption patterns and...
PRIME E-commerce firm Jumia leverages AI to slash 7pc of jobs Jumia’s US SEC disclosures show that 52.9 percent of its workforce as of December 2024 comprised marketplace operations and management employees, while logistics staff made up 40.4 percent.
PRIME DNA for SIM card: New CA regulations cause privacy jitters Service providers fear a double bind: the heavy cost of compliance on one side, and the potential erosion of subscriber trust on the other.
PRIME UK-based firm Cassava to deploy Kenya’s first rentable AI servers Currently, Kenyan data centres provide AI-ready infrastructure such as server racks and cooling systems, but none offer rentable GPUs that developers can access on demand.
PRIME How industry and TVETs are teaming up to bridge skills gap A 2020 Ministry of Labour survey found that more than half of firms in the informal sector struggle to find workers with essential technical skills, particularly in plumbing, electrical work and...
South Africa's Vodacom inks internet deal with Musk's Starlink Vodacom has been seeking to close connectivity gaps across the continent through low-earth orbit satellite technology which can help provide internet even in tough terrains.
PRIME Regulators flag financial institutions’ reliance on few technology providers This warning comes amid increased adoption of emerging technologies such as AI and mobile banking, as financial institutions seek to improve customer experience and curb risks like fraud and...
PRIME The Kenyan startup easing trade in Africa’s biggest bloc There are only 10 AfCFTA trading companies across the continent, and Real Sources is the official face of the continental trade bloc across nine countries.
Future of jobs: Employers rank ICT skills above all else Hiring teams reported that the historical advantage conferred by academic credentials is narrowing sharply, as technology continues to rapidly evolve and workplace tools become more specialised...
Rich Communication Services: The telco networks' second wind Rich Communication Services (RCS) has re-emerged as the telco comeback strategy, a modern, media-rich evolution of SMS. It is the long-promised upgrade that lets users exchange images, videos...
PRIME Kenya 6th among African countries with the most techies The rising generation of software engineers is shaping Kenya’s innovation narrative as the digital layer becomes central to payments, logistics, agriculture, retail, energy and health delivery...
PRIME Kenyan agritech startup Farm to Feed raises Sh194m growth capital The B2B platform connects smallholder farmers with businesses.
PRIME TikTok deletes over 590,000 videos from Kenya for violating content rules TikTok’s community guidelines prohibit any content that promotes violence, crime, hate speech, harassment, or abuse.
Tokenisation bias: How AI language gap raises digitisation cost African computational linguists have commenced research to correct the imbalance by building open-source language datasets and training models directly in local languages, as in the case of South...
PRIME Kenya’s demand for project talent among fastest-rising PMI estimates the sub-Saharan project management workforce at 2.6 million in 2025, but sees it rise to between 4.1 million and 4.6 million by 2035— a talent demand surge of up to 76.92 percent.
Varsities set to get Sh10bn AfDB funding for training The initiative will modernise 19 public universities by equipping them with advanced laboratories, updated teaching tools, and improved digital learning infrastructure.
PRIME Hacking attacks cross 100m amid mobile banking heist Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) data show that half of the Sh1.59 billion that was stolen from banks by hackers was through mobile banking.
PRIME Smartphones reshape banking as customers go mobile Over the past decade, mobile money usage has expanded sharply, with subscriptions rising from 27.7 million in June 2015 to 47.7 million in June 2025.
Focus on adoption gaps: Software developers worry over Buy Kenya, Build Kenya snubs Private sector actors have been playing an integral role in advancing the use of AI by investing in the development of tools that help to streamline work across key sectors such as manufacturing,...
