Local Forecaster
Google Wallet now works in Kenya for loyalty cards and passes, but Google Pay tap to pay is still off.…
Bayern Munich and Ajax open Nairobi's new stadium on 5th January 2027. Tickets go on sale on 5th November online.
Independent stations told to stop buying fuel from oil companies that charge above EPRA's wholesale caps, with stock-outs already reported.
Safaricom dismissed 118 staff over fraud in the year to March and sent 14 cases to police, up from seven.
Safaricom CEO Peter Ndegwa says M-PESA's next phase is savings, investing and insurance. Most of it already exists inside M-PESA.
Microsoft is offering about 60,000 employees in Canada, India, the UK and the US a severance-equivalent exit
Safaricom launched Family Share: fibre and 750 minutes or 14 GB across up to five Safaricom numbers, KES 3,749 monthly.
INTERPOL's Operation Serengeti III arrested 1,462 cybercrime suspects in 21 countries and recovered USD 105 million, about KES 13.6 billion.
DStv Kenya's Sports package carries every Premier League and Champions League match for KES 3,000 a month from 5th November.
Snapchat users say a Robert Downey Jr. Specs advert interrupts chats and camera access, with a Skip button appearing later.
Benin, Ghana and Rwanda linked national ID systems and verified identity on made-up records. A controlled pilot targets early 2027.
World Bank wants governments to rent AI computing instead of building data centres, but names no countries, budget or date.
Google Meet's speech translation now covers 63 languages, including Swahili. Who can use it in Kenya, and what it costs.
Airbnb hosts generally can't ask guests to strip beds, wash dishes or take rubbish off-site on bookings from 20th November.
NCBA promises unchanged banking services as Nedbank's takeover moves towards settlement, with shareholder payments expected to begin in November 2026.













