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Safaricom Is Working Behind the Scenes to Keep Telecom Towers Running During Fuel Pressure
Safaricom is privately coordinating with oil marketers to keep diesel flowing to base stations as Kenya's fuel supply tightens.
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AirDrop Is Coming to Most Android Phones Later This Year β But the Catch Is Your Chipset
Google is bringing AirDrop support to OPPO, OnePlus, Vivo, Xiaomi and Honor phones in 2026, with a QR-code option live…
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iPhone 18 Pro: What’s Actually Changing, and What Buyers Will and Won’t Get
iPhone 18 Pro brings 2nm A20 chip, variable aperture camera, satellite 5G. Kenyan buyers get the chip and camera, not…
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Google teams up with Meta to fix Instagram’s long-running Android camera problem
Google partners with Meta to bring Ultra HDR, Night Sight and stabilisation to Instagram on flagship Android 17 phones.
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Google unveils the Googlebook: a premium AI laptop built on Android, launching this fall
Google's new Android-powered Googlebook laptop launches this fall from Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP and Lenovo. Here's everything confirmed so far.
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Diesel Hits KES 242.92 As EPRA Pushes Pump Prices To Historic Highs
Diesel rises KES 46.29 and petrol KES 16.65 in EPRA's May cycle, setting record Kenyan pump prices amid Hormuz crisis
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TECNO is building a “Camon Slim” with a 7000mAh battery and 60W charging, certifications confirm
TECNO Camon Slim with model number CN6c clears FCC and TΓV certifications, revealing 7000mAh battery and 60W charging support.
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Safaricom ordered to pay KES 1.4 billion to the innovator behind M-PESA Go’s idea, plus a permanent royalty on M-PESA revenue
Safaricom must pay Kenyan innovator Peter Muoki KES 1.4 billion plus indefinite royalties for copyright infringement in building M-PESA Go.
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Apple Launches Tap to Pay on iPhone in South Africa. Kenya Still Locked Out
Apple's Tap to Pay on iPhone is now live in South Africa with Yoco and iStore Pay. Kenya still waits.
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Bolt raises Kenya ride fares by 6% after fuel price hike
Bolt has increased Kenya fares by 6% to cushion drivers after rising fuel prices pushed up operating costs.
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Kenyaβs HewaSafi Wins Africa Earth Prize for Farm-Waste Vehicle Filter
Kenyan teenagers win Africa Earth Prize for HewaSafi, a low-cost exhaust filter using maize, coconut waste and algae.
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Kenya Airways and Rubis Plan Africaβs First Dedicated SAF Refinery in Nairobi
Kenya Airways and Rubis plan a Nairobi SAF refinery using local waste feedstocks to cut aviation emissions and imports.
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ICANN Opens 2026 Window for New Internet Domain Extensions, and Kenyan Businesses Can Apply
For the first time in 13 years, ICANN is letting organisations apply to run their own slice of the internet,…
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KCB is the latest, and largest, bank to join Pesalink’s industry-wide flat KES 20 pricing. Transfers under KES 1,000 are now free.
KCB joins Pesalink's flat KES 20 pricing for transfers above KES 1,000, with smaller sends free, pressuring rivals.
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It Wasn’t Just the Grid. Microsoft Asked Kenya for a Cheque the Government Couldn’t Write.
Bloomberg reports Microsoft and G42 asked Kenya to guarantee annual capacity payments. The government couldn't, and the talks broke down.
