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Cloudflare Down: X (Twitter) and Major Websites Hit by Global Internet Outage
A massive Cloudflare outage has taken X (Twitter) and other major websites offline globally. Technicians are currently investigating the widespread…
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WhatsApp users can finally chat with users on other messaging apps
Meta has started rolling out a new feature that lets users exchange messages with contacts on select third-party messaging services…
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Safaricom’s Fintech 2.0 upgrade officially ends M-PESA maintenance downtimes
For M-PESA, a service that has become synonymous with the Kenyan economy, system downtime even for scheduled maintenance has always…
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Kenya’s fraud crisis is evolving: AI impersonation and account takeovers are the new normal
A new report details a massive spike in "vishing" and account creation fraud, with AI and social engineering fueling the…
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M-PESA is finally getting Tap-to-Pay, wallet sharing & AI fraud detection with major ‘Fintech 2.0’ upgrade
Safaricom is revamping its cornerstone mobile money platform, M-PESA, to meet the escalating demands of the modern digital economy. Group…
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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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Poll: How old is your current smartphone?
Smartphone makers are now pushing long-term software support harder than ever. Apple, Google and Samsung are leading the charge with…
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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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Katiba Shuleni 2026: Kenyans petitioning to make the Constitution a mandatory school subject; should Parliament act?
A Change.org petition to incorporate the Kenyan Constitution, 2010, into the national school curriculum as a mandatory, examinable subject is…
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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.
