Apps
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Safaricom’s My OneApp now lets you send M-PESA money for free, but there’s a catch
Safaricom is ramping up its campaign to get customers onto My OneApp, and this time, it’s using one of the…
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Spotify Was the Exclusive Streaming Partner of Afro Nation Portugal 2026. Here’s What That Means for Fans
Afro Nation Portugal wrapped up in Portimão over the weekend. Through a new Spotify partnership, selected performances from the festival…
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Google Play Launches $1 Million Indie Games Fund for Africa: Who Qualifies and How to Apply
Google Play’s first Indie Games Fund for Africa offers 10 studios $50,000 to $200,000 in equity-free cash. Applications close 31…
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Safaricom warns Ziidi Trader users against fake website
Safaricom has issued an urgent warning to customers after discovering a fake website impersonating its fast-growing Ziidi Trader investment platform.…
- Interesting Reads
OnStream & other free streaming apps gone dark? Here’s where to find the best alternatives
If you’ve tried opening OnStream over the past few days, you’ve probably encountered the same frustrating screen: “OnStream couldn’t load.”…
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WhatsApp Username Reservations Are Open: Here’s How to Claim Yours
WhatsApp opens username reservations worldwide so you can message people without sharing your phone number. Some Kenyans are already seeing…
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Telegram is testing Communities to bring related group chats under one roof
Telegram has never been shy about borrowing good ideas and putting its own spin on them. Over the years, we’ve…
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Kenya Power finally pulls the plug on the old MyPower app
There are some apps that you keep on your phone long after they’ve been replaced. Not because you dislike the…
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These 20 premium Android games are now KES 15 or less on Google Play for a limited time
If you’ve ever wanted to build a premium Android gaming collection without spending a fortune, now might be your best…
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iOS 27 improves RCS messaging on Android, but it means little to Kenyans without RCS support
Apple has spent the last two years slowly closing the gap between iMessage and the rest of the messaging world…
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Inside My OneApp: Vodacom pushes M-PESA super app to 221 mini apps & 9.4 million users
Safaricom’s M-PESA has always evolved in layers. From simple person-to-person transfers and payments to becoming the backbone of Kenya’s mobile…
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Spotify says football podcast listening is surging across Africa. The World Cup explains much of it.
Spotify reports football podcast streams surging across Sub-Saharan Africa in June. We explain the numbers, the World Cup timing, and…
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Poll: Have you subscribed to WhatsApp Plus?
It has been a few weeks since Meta officially rolled out its premium subscription tier, WhatsApp Plus. If you open…
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How TikTok Is Positioning Itself as Kenya’s Football Second Screen Before AFCON 2027
TikTok's new sports data positions it as Kenya's football second screen, just as the World Cup runs and AFCON 2027…
- Best Lists
It’s not just ChatGPT: the AI tools worth knowing in 2026
Most Kenyans only know ChatGPT, but 2026 has dozens of generative AI tools for images, video, music, code and more.
