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TECNO Black Friday discounts: KES 25K off Phantom V Fold, KES 13K off Camon 30, KES 1,500 cashback on Camon 40, Spark 40, & more
TECNO Mobile Kenya has officially kicked off its Black Friday limited-time sale, offering substantial price cuts and cashback on some…
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Your Samsung Galaxy A or M phone reportedly has unremovable Israeli spyware
Samsung is facing online scrutiny after fresh claims accused AppCloud, a pre-installed system app on Galaxy A, M, and F…
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Jumia Is Winning a Rural War It Can’t Seem to Afford
Jumia's report claims rural victory, but shrinking margins reveal a two-front war. An analysis of Kenyan e-commerce.
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Vodacom and Starlink Partnership Expands African Broadband Access
Vodacom partners with Starlink for satellite broadband across Africa, targeting 260 million mobile and 120 million financial services users by…
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Safaricom aware of major Lipa na M-PESA bug in SIM Toolkit menu, fix in the works
For more than a year, I’ve been dealing with a strange but deeply inconvenient issue whenever I try to use…
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Safaricom Plans One Hour Fuliza Upgrade On 17 November 2025
Fuliza will undergo maintenance on 17 November, with intermittent service between 1 am and 2 am.
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Spotify Kenya Gets DMs, But It’s Not the Lossless Update We’re Waiting For
Spotify launches DMs in Kenya, adding bloat while users still wait for its high-fidelity lossless audio.
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Google is giving Kenyan university students 12 months of its most powerful AI for free
Google's Gemini Pro Plan is now in Kenya, offering students free 12-month access to its most advanced AI tools.
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Visa and Mojaloop have an AI-powered plan to stop instant payment fraud
Visa adds its AI anti-fraud tech to the Mojaloop platform to secure instant payments and boost financial inclusion.
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Apple’s Digital ID Puts Your Passport in Wallet for TSA, Plus iOS 26.2 Adds ‘Urgent’ Reminders
Apple launches Digital ID, putting U.S. passports in Wallet for TSA, and details new iOS 26.2 features.
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Amazon Fire TV blocks sideloaded live sports streaming apps as Google eases Android sideloading restrictions
Amazon is officially moving to shut down the golden age of cheap content streaming on its Fire TV devices. In…
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RCS is unlikely coming back in Kenya as Safaricom starts urging users to turn it off
For months, the status of Rich Communication Services (RCS) in Kenya and several other countries has been a frustrating mystery,…
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Chromecast with Google TV (4K) October update finally fixes live IPTV playback issue
After nearly a year of maddening video playback issues that crippled live TV streaming for countless users, the Chromecast with…
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Kenyan creators score big in 2025 TikTok Awards nominations: Here’s the full list
See the complete nominee list for the 2025 TikTok Awards Sub-Saharan Africa, featuring the continent's biggest and rising creators.
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ColorOS 16 lets you answer incoming calls & texts on your iPhone directly from your OPPO phone
OPPO has officially begun rolling out the Android 16-based ColorOS 16 update, and while the new AI features and performance…
