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The Double-Edged Sword of Digital Lending: How Mobile Loan Apps Are Making and Breaking Kenya's Small Businesses
The scale of Kenya's digital lending ecosystem is staggering. As of April 2026, the Central Bank of ...
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Kenya Has the Most Expensive Diesel in East Africa. Here Is Why, and Who Is Responsible.
Following EPRA's latest review, which took effect on May 15, 2026, super petrol in Nairobi now retai...
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The Airtel Rebellion: How Kenya's Underdog Is Attacking Safaricom Where It Hurts Most
For nearly two decades, the Kenyan telecommunications landscape has been defined by a single entity:...
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Can TrashBot Solve the Nairobi Waste Crisis — Without Destroying the Economy Built Around It?
Every morning, an estimated 3,000 to 4,000 tonnes of waste is generated across Kenya. Half of it (ro...
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How to Register a Limited Company in Kenya in 2026 (Step-by-Step eCitizen Guide)
Registering a private limited company in Kenya costs between Ksh 10,650 and Ksh 15,000 in government...
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How to Register a Sole Proprietorship in Kenya in 2026 (Step-by-Step eCitizen Guide)
Registering a sole proprietorship in Kenya costs less than Ksh 1,000, takes about an hour of your ti...
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KRA Needs to Collect Ksh 245 Billion Every Month Until June. That Is Why They Are Coming for Everyone.
If KRA has felt unusually aggressive in 2026 ( the automated validation system, the Special Table cr...
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KRA Is Now Checking Every Figure You File in Real Time. Here Is What That Means for Kenyan Businesses and Freelancers.
For years, filing a tax return in Kenya was largely an exercise in trust. You declared your income, ...
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Parliament Has Approved the Partial Sale of Safaricom to Vodacom. Here Is What It Actually Means for You.
Kenya's Parliament has cleared the way for the government to sell 15% of its stake in Safaricom to S...
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KRA Admits Its Business Blacklist Punished Innocent Companies. Removal Begins Tomorrow — But Big Questions Remain.
In a rare public admission, the Kenya Revenue Authority has acknowledged that its VAT Special Table ...
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The 5% Meta Withheld From Your Payout Is Not Your Final Tax Bill. Here Is What Kenyan Creators Actually Owe.
Since January 2026, Meta has been deducting 5% from every payout to Kenyan content creators before t...
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Nvidia Just Made $68 Billion in Three Months. Here Is Why That Number Matters for Kenya.
On Wednesday night, Nvidia reported quarterly revenue of $68.1 billion, a figure so large it require...
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The NSE Wants to Be a Tech Exchange. It Has Tried This Before.
Why the Nairobi Securities Exchange is struggling to court the Silicon Savannah. We analyze the prop...
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The Fire Horse Effect: Why Kenya's 60-Day Supply Chain Disruption Could Be Worse in 2026
Tomorrow marks the beginning of Chinese New Year 2026, but this is not just any ordinary celebration...
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The Stock Market is Now in Your M-Pesa: How Ziidi Trader is Democratizing Kenyan Capital Markets
Ziidi Trader is a new feature embedded directly into the M-Pesa app that allows users to trade share...
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Local Assembly or Global Surplus Offloading? The Uncomfortable Truth Behind Kenya's KSh 320M EV Plant
Rideence plans to assemble 152 electric vehicles by the end of February 2026, 132 Henrey electric ta...
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The Global Smartphone Inequality: Why Kenya Pays More for Less (And the Math That Proves It)
Over six hours, the TechInKenya.com team investigated manufacturing costs, tax structures, shipping ...
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The KCSE Results Gamble: Why Kenya Can't Decide If Public Information Should Be Free
As the 2025 KCSE results approach, Kenya faces a familiar question: Will checking your exam results ...
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From 14 Days to 90 Seconds: Is SoilPal Pro the End of the Traditional Soil Lab in Kenya?
SoilPal pro, a 105g device claims to do in 90 seconds what used to take two weeks of soil testing.
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The Great RAM Crisis: Why Your Next Phone Might Be a "Downgrade" in Disguise
A global shortage—driven by the AI boom—is making memory so expensive that a single 64GB stick of RA...
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