Digital Inclusion
Focused on bridging the digital divide and promoting digital inclusion in Kenya, Africa and across the Globe.
- Opinion
Kenyaโs 16% smartphone decline should worry policymakers more than brands
Kenyaโs smartphone market just delivered one of the clearest warnings yet about what happens when devices become too expensive for…
- News
Africaโs Q1 2026 smartphone market grew 3%, but affordability is starting to crack the foundation
Africaโs smartphone market is still growing, but the latest numbers from Omdia suggest the continent may be approaching a difficult…
- News
How Finance Bill 2026 could finally make smartphones cheaper in Kenya
When news first broke that the Finance Bill 2026 proposes new taxes on digital services and payments, many Kenyans immediately…
- News
Nairobi forum lays out what Africa actually needs to own its AI future, not just consume it
Nairobi forum hosted by AITHOS argued Africa must move from AI adoption to ownership, with ethics, infrastructure, and local data…
- News
X Now Caps Free Users at 50 Posts and 200 Replies a Day. Is This Censorship by Paywall?
Twitter/X has capped free accounts at 50 posts and 200 replies daily, pushing heavy users toward paid Premium subscriptions.
- Opinion
Posta Kenya is Closing 125 Post Offices. Here’s Why It Can’t Recover.
Posta Kenya is closing 125 of 625 post offices to save KES 1 billion, as couriers eat its courier business.
- News
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,…
- News
World Bank Pumps KES 58 Billion Into Northern Kenya’s First Major Fiber Optic Corridor
World Bank approves KES 58 billion to lay 1,270 km of fiber optic cable across Northern Kenya's Isiolo-Mandera corridor.
- Startups
Qualcomm Picks Kenyan Assistive Robotics Startup Zerobionic for 2026 Make in Africa Programme
Kenyan startup Zerobionic selected for Qualcomm's 2026 Make in Africa cohort, building AI-powered sign language robots from recycled plastic.
- Interesting Reads
A Global Study Just Ranked Kenya’s Internet Freedom at 52 Out of 100. Here’s What That Means.
Kenya scored the same as the UK on internet freedom: 52 out of 100. A new 171-country study by Cloudwards…
- News
Savanna Fibre is promising 100Mbps internet in Kenya for KES 2,000
As someone who relies heavily on a stable home internet connection to get literally any work done, my relationship with…
- Interesting Reads
Kenya Mobile Money: We Already Ran the Experiment. It’s Time to Act on the Results.
Kenya's 2020 free mobile money experiment added 2.8 million users. The data is clear. It's time to go back.
- Opinion
Kenya’s 7-second broadcast delay won’t stop hate speech. It will just make it easier to silence the news.
Kenya's MCK is enforcing a mandatory 7-second broadcast delay. The tech can't stop hate speech. But it can silence inconvenient…
- Opinion
The Informal Economy Went Digital โ And Nobody’s Calling It That
Africa's gig economy didn't create new jobs โ it digitised the informal sector. The Ipsos data reframes what "future of…
- Interesting Reads
Africa’s Ride-Hailing Boom Has a 97% Male Problem
Kenyaโs ride-hailing sector has a 97% male dominance. Beyond the app, structural barriers are locking women out of a billion-dollar…
