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How Microsoft’s Africa Development Centre went from a USD 100 million promise to closing its doors in Nairobi
Microsoft's Africa Development Centre promised USD 100m (about KES 13bn) and 500 engineers. Here's what it built in Nairobi and…
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Microsoft to let go of employees at its Africa Development Centre in Nairobi
Microsoft says proposed job cuts have hit its engineering team in Kenya. It hasn't said whether its Africa Development Centre…
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Google opens Googlebook pre-orders, with five Android laptops from $899
Google's first Googlebooks are on pre-order from $899. We compare all five with the MacBook Neo, MacBook Air and Windows.
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Android apps that use too much memory lose Play Store visibility from 2027
Google Play will penalise Android apps that use too much memory from February 2027, and require sign-in restoration from April.
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Claude Opus 5 is here at half the price of Anthropic’s best model. Here is what actually changed
Anthropic launched Claude Opus 5 at $5 and $25 per million tokens. Benchmarks, the tests it loses, Kenyan pricing explained.
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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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Google Play seeks feedback from Kenyan devs on app publishing & verification challenges
Over the past few years, Google has significantly tightened its Play Console developer verification requirements to improve user trust and…
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WWDC 2026: A New Siri and Tim Cook’s Last Keynote as CEO
Apple's WWDC 2026 keynote is June 8. Expect iOS 27, a Gemini-powered Siri overhaul, and likely Tim Cook's final keynote
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Google I/O Extended 2026 returns to Nairobi on June 20 after one year hiatus
After a one-year hiatus, the Google Developer Group (GDG) Nairobi has announced the return of Google I/O Extended Nairobi 2026…
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Safaricom FY26: Mobile Data Just Overtook Voice for the First Time. Is This Really a Tech Company Yet?
Mobile data hit 42.1% of connectivity revenue, voice fell to 41.3%. Fixed broadband grew 12.2%. AI is in production. But…
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Africa Is Building More Developers Than Anywhere Else. Women Are Still Being Left Behind.
BCG says Africa's developer base is growing 21% a year. Women are largely missing from that growth. Kenya is a…
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Safaricom’s My OneApp is officially here: Inside the M-PESA and MySafaricom merger
We’ve been tracking Safaricom’s ambition to build a true super app since last year, and following a quiet rollout of…
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Safaricom Decode 4.0 Opens in Nairobi, Framing 2026 as Kenya’s Year of AI
Safaricom's Decode 4.0 summit opened in Nairobi on 31 March. Three days of AI, a major M-Pesa overhaul, and 100,000…
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Safaricom’s M-Pesa Daraja 3.0 sandbox issues spur community-built local alternative
Safaricom unveiled Daraja 3.0 in November 2025, the latest iteration of its M-Pesa API platform. The launch was accompanied by…
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Safaricom Daraja 3.0: The Cloud-Native Leap to 12,000 TPS
Safaricom launches Daraja 3.0 with 12k TPS and native AI, transforming M-PESA into a scalable, cloud-native fintech operating system
