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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 Septemb...
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Jumia Kenya Posts Record Sh6.4 Billion Quarter as Fashion Sales Offset a Smartphone Slump
Jumia's Kenyan business recorded Sh6.4 billion ($49.7 million) in sales in the three months to June ...
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Kenya's Cyber Cafés Must Now ID Every Customer as New CA Rules Take Effect Friday
Anonymous browsing at Kenya's neighbourhood cyber cafés ends on Friday, August 14, 2026. New licensi...
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X and YouTube Just Rewrote How Creators Get Paid, and Publishers Are Reminded Who Really Owns the Platform
Two of the biggest distribution platforms for publishers announced sweeping changes to how they pay ...
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Nigeria Plots 24 New Refineries to Overtake US and Iran in Global Refining Race
According to a new report by US-based energy research firm Industrial Info Resources (IIR), cited by...
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Visa Names Anne Kinuthia-Otieno as Head of East Africa, Days After Airtel Money Exit
Visa has appointed Anne Kinuthia-Otieno as its new Vice President and Head of East Africa, effective...
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Airtel Money Kenya Loses the MD Who Took It From Also-Ran to Real Rival
Anne Kinuthia-Otieno has stepped down as Managing Director of Airtel Money Kenya, closing out nearly...
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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 inst...
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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 pr...
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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...
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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 w...
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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 ...
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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, al...
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Can You Copyright AI-Generated Work in Kenya? A New Tribunal Ruling Says No, Unless You Do This
The ruling came out of a dispute between Aryeh Movement Limited and Cynthia Beldina Akoth Okello, an...
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Why Data Compliance Is Becoming Kenya's New Startup Currency
On June 4, 2026, the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) issued a public notice urging...
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Kenya's Ride-Hailing Shake-Up: What a KES 500 Minimum Fare Could Really Mean for Drivers and Passengers
The Ministry of Roads and Transport, through the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA), is ...
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One Agency to Rule Them All: What the Kenya Intellectual Property Authority Bill Means for Tech Founders
If you have ever tried to protect a piece of software in Kenya, you already know the drill. You regi...
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Kenya's New Courier-Hailing Licence: Who Really Pays When Uber, Bolt, and Glovo Get a Bigger Bill?
The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has revised the country's Postal and Courier Market Struc...
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Kenya Raised Almost $1 Billion in Startup Funding. So Why Are Most Founders Still Broke?
Kenya closed 2025 as Africa's top startup funding destination, pulling in $984 million and overtakin...
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Launch Africa Just Sold Its Peach Payments Stake to 27four. Here Is Why That Matters More Than the Headline Suggests
Launch Africa first backed Peach Payments in its 2021 seed round, when the company was a small regio...
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