Caleb Musili
Caleb Musili is a tech journalist and analyst at TechInKenya, where he investigates the intersection of economics, corporate business strategy, and public policy. Rather than just tracking product launches, Caleb specializes in looking behind the tech hype to analyze the market forces and regulatory frameworks driving the industry.
From questioning the actual business case behind the trillion-dollar AI boom to breaking down how tech giants reshape the open web for monetization, his deep-dives help readers understand the real-world economic machinery powering digital ecosystems. At TechInKenya, Caleb covers everything from early-stage African startups and digital product reviews to macro-level critiques of corporate finance and tech monopolies.
Latest Articles by Caleb Musili
Uber's African Retreat Deepens as Nigeria and Uganda Exits Coincide With Global Job Cuts
Uber Technologies has shut down its ride-hailing operations in Nigeria and Uganda, effective September 2, 2026, marking the fourth and fifth African market exits for the San Francisco based company in just over a year. The closures landed on the same day CEO Dara Khosrowshahi announced the company's largest round of layoffs since the COVID-19 pandemic, cutting approximately 3,300 jobs, or 10 percent of its global workforce
Meta Bricks Cameras on Thousands of AI Glasses in Crackdown on Covert Recording
Meta has confirmed that a mandatory software update has permanently disabled the cameras on thousands of its AI-powered glasses, after the company detected users tampering with the small recording indicator light built into the devices. The confirmation came on Tuesday, with Meta stating that the enforcement action affected less than one tenth of a percent of all Meta AI glasses sold globally.
Nairobi's Chapati Machine Finally Arrived. Here's What 2,000 an Hour Actually Means
Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja unveiled a chapati-making machine at Toi Primary Kitchen in Kibra this week, more than a year after President William Ruto first pledged to fund one for the Dishi na County school feeding programme. Sakaja said the machine can produce up to 2,000 chapatis per hour and will now be used to add chapati to the rotation of meals served under the programme, which currently reaches more than 324,000 learners across 230 public schools in Nairobi's 17 sub-counties.
Kenya's Startup Bill, Explained: What It Promises and Why Founders Are Divided
Kenya's tech ecosystem has spent nearly five years waiting for a single piece of legislation that could reshape how startups are funded, taxed, and protected. The Startup Bill, first introduced in the Senate in December 2021 by then Senator Johnson Sakaja, has now cleared both the Senate and the National Assembly and sits with President William Ruto awaiting his signature. Once assented to, it will become Kenya's first dedicated legal framework for startups, replacing an environment where entrepreneurs have had to rely on generic company law, tax codes, and intellectual property rules never designed with early-stage, high-risk ventures in mind.
Kenya Gets a "Responsible AI Governor," Days After Its Draft AI Policy Closed for Public Comment
Kenyan technology executive Michael Michie Kamau has been named the country's Responsible AI Governor by the Global Council for Responsible AI (GCRAI), an international network that describes itself as an independent authority on AI governance operating across more than 70 countries. The appointment, announced this week, places Kamau among a growing list of national "governors" the organisation has installed around the world, following recent appointments for Portugal and the Netherlands
Kenya Turns to France's IN Groupe for a Unified Digital Identity Platform, But the Trust Deficit Remains
Kenya has opened talks with French secure identity provider IN Groupe to build a national digital identity authentication platform that would let citizens access government and private sector services through a single, verified digital identity. The discussions, held between ICT and the Digital Economy Cabinet Secretary William Kabogo Gitau and an IN Groupe delegation led by Celine Gouveia, the company's Vice President for Sales and Business Development in Government Programs, mark the clearest signal yet that the ministry wants to consolidate Kenya's fragmented identity infrastructure under one authentication layer.
Google Offers Kenyan Students A Free Year of AI Plus, But It Is Not The Same Deal As Last Year
Google has opened a new round of its student AI subscription giveaway, and for university students in Kenya, the headline offer this time is a free 12-month subscription to Google AI Plus rather than the AI Pro tier that was handed out for free last year. The offer, detailed on Google's Gemini student hub at gemini.google/students and announced through Google's official blog, is open to new and returning students and requires identity verification through SheerID before activation. Registration is open until December 31, 2026.
Could Kenya's Cyber Café Crackdown Be a Preview of the End of Cheap Estate Wi-Fi?
Buried inside the Communications Authority of Kenya's new licensing conditions for cyber cafés is a single clause that has nothing to do with the identity checks and cybercrime concerns driving the headlines. Operators, the notice says, may not resell bulk or high-capacity internet connectivity to third parties without the regulator's explicit approval. On its own, the clause targets a narrow practice: cyber cafés and community payphone operators splitting a single wholesale line across multiple outlets to cut costs. But the same reselling model, run at far greater scale, is what keeps home internet affordable in low-income estates across Nairobi and beyond. Whether the CA's logic in this one clause eventually extends to that larger, informal market is not yet established, and the regulator has made no statement suggesting it will. What is established is that the enforcement machinery to do so already exists, and has been used before.
Why Airtel and Safaricom Are Quietly Shrinking Kenya's Cheap Data Bundles
Airtel Kenya cut the data allocations on all four of its Smarta bundles on August 18, 2026, without changing a single price. The flagship KES 1,500 monthly plan, which offered 90GB as recently as March, now carries 32GB, a reduction of 64 percent. The KES 1,000 plan fell from 45GB to 22GB, a cut of 51 percent. Both weekly tiers lost exactly half their data. Voice minutes and SMS allocations were cut even harder in some tiers, with on-net minutes on the KES 1,000 bundle falling from 3,000 to 700.
Sendwave and Wise Halt Kenya Transfers as Global Payment Firms Retreat From Grey-Listed Market
US remittance firm Sendwave and UK-based Wise have stopped cash transfer services for the majority of their Kenyan users from August, joining a growing list of global payment platforms pulling back from the East African market over money laundering compliance costs.