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Avocado Exporter Karakuta Files for NSE Listing as Exports Fall 60% and Market Posts Record Loss
Karakuta Fresh Produce, a Juja-based exporter of Hass and Fuerte avocados and fresh herbs, has appli...
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High Court Voids Safaricom's 15% Stake Sale to Vodacom, Reopening Kenya's Biggest Privatisation Deal
Kenya's High Court has nullified the government's sale of a 15 percent stake in Safaricom PLC to Vod...
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Murkomen Names Google AI Executive, Zetech Don to Cybersecurity Agency Board
Interior and National Administration Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has appointed Lorna A. Omo...
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Twiga Foods' Core Operating Entity Enters Statutory Administration After Years of Creditor Pressure
GT Flow Limited, the operating entity formerly known as Twiga Foods One Limited, has been placed und...
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Airtel Africa Winds Up Kenyan Wholesale Fibre Unit After Two Years of Zero Revenue
Airtel Africa has begun the formal liquidation of Airtel Kenya Telesonic Limited, the wholesale fibr...
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Google Rushes Out Chrome Patch After Hackers Exploit V8 Engine Flaw
Google has shipped an emergency security update for the desktop version of Chrome after confirming t...
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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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CA Proposes Six-Month Grace Period Before Telcos Can Recycle Dormant SIM Cards
The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has published draft procedural and technical safeguards g...
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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 th...
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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 Governo...
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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 id...
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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 ...
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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 o...
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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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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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KRA's New Cargo Declaration Rule Kicks In Today, With Blockchain Overhaul Waiting in the Wings
Kenya's ports entered a new regulatory regime on Monday, August 3, 2026, as the Kenya Revenue Author...
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Kenyan Freelancers Turn To Stablecoins And Direct Wallets As PayPal Freezes Squeeze Gig Income
Kenyan freelancers who built their livelihoods around PayPal are confronting a payments crisis. Sinc...
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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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Treasury Cuts Capital Requirements for Crypto Firms by Up to 40% After Industry Pressure
Kenya's National Treasury has slashed the minimum capital crypto firms need to operate legally in th...
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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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