Opinion
Insightful commentary, opinion and personal viewpoints on the latest trends, products, and issues in the tech world. Expect bold takes and thoughtful analysis.
-
BasiGo’s Bold Bet: Can Scheduled Electric Buses Tame Nairobi’s Chaotic Transit?
How BasiGo's scheduled electric buses and innovative Jenga partnership model aim to formalize Nairobi's chaotic matatu transit system.
-
Kenya Pipeline Company IPO Extended Amid Dismal Demand and SMS Spam
Kenya's failing Pipeline IPO faces a massive retail boycott, forcing the state to use unprecedented SMS spam to drive subscriptions.
-
The KPC IPO SMS spam reeks of government desperation
Something unusual is happening on Kenyan phones. Over the past few days, I’ve received multiple SMS alerts urging me to…
-
The Silicon Savannah’s Blind Spot: Building Data Centers on Broken Privacy
Kenya leads Africa’s data centre market, yet weak regulations and AI labour exploitation leave citizens vulnerable to severe privacy breaches.
-
How a ‘Russian Creator’ Weaponised Wearables Against African Women
Russian creator faces charges in Kenya and Ghana for secretly recording and monetising intimate videos of women using smart glasses.
-
Buy those Safaricom & Airtel 5G home routers now, b/c a global memory crisis is pushing prices up
Safaricom and Airtel are locked in a quiet but aggressive war for your living room. Not through fiber trenches or…
-
CA Kenya’s phone type approval register is a hot mess, and here’s how to clean it up
The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has been making headlines recently, cracking the whip on 21 mobile phone brands that…
-
The New Antivirus is Critical Thinking: Safer Internet Day 2026
Safer Internet Day 2026 shifts from basic safety to AI readiness, emphasizing critical thinking, media literacy, and collective digital responsibility.
-
The Problem With Subscription-Based Fitness Tech
Subscription fitness tech creates problems like "bricking" hardware, cloud-dependency risks, paywalled safety features, and massive electronic waste, shifting ownership to…
-
How trading platforms are evolving for Kenyan users
Kenyan trading platforms now prioritise mobile responsiveness, enhanced security, and M-Pesa integration to cater to 42 million connected smartphones.
-
The KES 5 Billion Gamble: Why Your New Green Plate Might Not Save You Money
Kenya launches green number plates and e-mobility policy, but personal electric cars miss key tax breaks. Here is the reality.
-
I’ve finally ditched Google Chrome for Firefox for this one HUGE reason
For years now, we’ve been told that AI is inevitable. That it’s “enhancing” our experience. That it’s making the web…
-
Matatus vs Boda Boda Strike: “We Want A Monopoly on Bad Behaviour”
Why the Nairobi strike is a tragedy of irony. Matatu owners aren't fighting for road safety; they are fighting Boda…
-
Opinion: The “Global” Smartphone Top 10 is an echo chamber, and Africa isn’t listening
Every year, Counterpoint Research drops the list of the top 10 best-selling smartphones globally. And every year, looking at it…
-
Is OnePlus shutting down?
In Swahili wisdom, there is a saying that never fails to hold water in the corporate world: “Lisemwalo lipo, na…
