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
Kenya Now Requires a One-Year Warranty on Every Phone and Laptop Sold, With Fines of at Least Sh500,000 for Vendors Who Skip It
Under new rules from the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA), every mobile phone, tablet, and laptop sold in the country must now carry a minimum one-year warranty and a return policy, and vendors who ignore this face fines starting at Sh500,000
From Research to Revenue: Why Kenyan Universities Struggle to Commercialize IP
Every semester, labs at the University of Nairobi, JKUAT, Strathmore, MUST, and dozens of other institutions produce prototypes with real commercial potential — AI-driven crop diagnostics, IoT water monitors, low-cost medical devices. Almost none of them reach a market.
Ruto Promises Free University Education for All — But the Bill Isn't Law, and the Timing Isn't Neutral
President William Ruto announced on July 21, 2026, that every student admitted to a public university or college will have their education fully funded by the state, scrapping the income-based financing model that has triggered lawsuits and campus unrest since 2023.
BasiGo and Rubis Energy Kenya Take EV Charging Beyond Nairobi
Kenya's electric vehicle infrastructure has been almost entirely confined to the capital since the industry took off. That changed this week. BasiGo, the country's leading electric bus maker, and Rubis Energy Kenya, a fuel retailer with more than 300 stations nationwide, have opened the first public fast-charging station outside Nairobi, with three more set to follow within days. For an industry whose growth has been capped by exactly this kind of infrastructure gap, the move signals that EV travel between Kenyan towns is becoming a practical option rather than a theoretical one.
Why Satellite Towns Stopped Being Nairobi's Affordable Escape
For most of the last decade, moving to a satellite town was the default answer for Nairobi buyers priced out of the city. That answer no longer holds up everywhere. In the first quarter of 2026, standalone house prices in most satellite towns fell, not because demand disappeared, but because the towns that absorbed it have quietly become almost as expensive to live in as the city they were meant to be an alternative to.
The Great Nairobi Divide: Why Houses Are Booming While Apartments Correct
Nairobi's property market is no longer one market. In the same quarter, standalone houses in suburbs like Lavington and Karen posted some of their strongest gains in years, while apartments in Westlands and Upper Hill kept sliding. For anyone buying, selling, or renting in the city, which side of that divide a property sits on now matters more than the address itself.
SCRYPT Brings Direct Shilling-to-Stablecoin Settlement to Kenya
Kenyan businesses that trade internationally have long faced the same bottleneck: to pay a supplier abroad, they first need US dollars, and dollars in the local banking system are often scarce, rationed, or expensive to access. Digital asset infrastructure provider SCRYPT has now built a direct bridge around that problem, launching a licensed settlement corridor that converts Kenyan shillings straight into stablecoins, and back, without a dollar detour in between.
Uber Is Buying Glovo's Parent Company. In Kenya, That Means One Firm Could Soon Own Two of the Three Biggest Delivery Apps
Uber has agreed to acquire German food-delivery group Delivery Hero for $14.8 billion, a deal that would bring Glovo, Kenya's most-used food and grocery delivery app, under the same ownership as Uber Eats. For Kenyan consumers, restaurants, and gig riders, the practical question is not the price tag in Berlin. It is what happens to competition in Nairobi once one company controls two of the country's three leading delivery platforms.
How Savo Store Is Rewiring the Way Kenyans Shop on Amazon
Savo Store, a Kenya-focused freight forwarding and procurement service, has built a business around removing that wall entirely, and its growing user base of young professionals, tech buyers, and small importers suggests it has found a real gap in the market.
Jumia's Long Road to Profit: Inside 13 Years of Losses and the Promise of a 2026 Breakeven
Jumia was founded in 2012 by Jeremy Hodara and Sacha Poignonnec, two former McKinsey consultants, alongside Tunde Kehinde and Raphael Kofi Afaedor, with early backing from Rocket Internet. It launched in Nigeria and expanded quickly, opening in Kenya in 2013 and eventually operating in 14 African countries at its peak. By 2016 it had become the continent's first unicorn, and in April 2019 it made history as the first African tech startup to list on the New York Stock Exchange, raising 196 million dollars.