Education
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- How To/ Explained
How to check the 2025 KJSEA results & Senior School placement online & via SMS — plus key announcement details
With the Ministry of Education officially releasing the 2025 Kenya Junior School Education Assessment (KJSEA) results, thousands of parents and…
- News
Why AI could break education and why coding isn’t the answer
70% of Kenyans fear AI in schools, but a new report says human mentorship, not coding, is the real future.
- News
Samsung’s new JKUAT partnership aims to fix Kenya’s glaring AI skills gap, 80 students at a time
Samsung and JKUAT launch the Innovation Campus to train 80 students annually in AI and IoT, targeting Kenya’s skills gap.
- Startups
Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship: Inside the Women-Led Revolution of Cohort 3
US $3.6M invested. 36 startups supported. Here's how Mastercard EdTech Fellowship Cohort 3 is driving gender equity and AI innovation…
- Interesting Reads
The Great Tech Migration: Computing degrees drive 74% surge in UK visas
New data reveals a 74% surge in Kenyan students entering UK universities, driven by a massive demand for computing degrees.
- Interesting Reads
Microsoft is teaching AI to speak Dholuo and Kikuyu, Starting with Kenyan Farmers
Microsoft's Project Gecko uses Small Language Models to bring vernacular, video-based AI tools to Kenyan farmers, bridging the digital divide
- Polls
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…
- News
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.
- News
Safaricom is pumping KES 30 billion into a plan to digitally overhaul 600 Kenyan schools
Safaricom's M-PESA Foundation is investing KES 30 billion to digitally upgrade 600+ schools and fund 10,000 scholarships in Kenya.
- Opinion
Kenya Wants to Regulate Influencers Like China. Here’s Why That’s a Terrible Idea.
A Kenyan MP wants to copy China's law requiring influencers to have degrees. This op-ed explains why it threatens free…
- News
Kenyan university lands Interledger grant to push open-payment tech
Interledger Foundation gives Kenyan university USIU-Africa a grant to boost fintech education and open-payment tech for financial inclusion.
- News
Maseno University is getting a KES 120 million tech hub, courtesy of the M-Pesa Foundation
M-Pesa Foundation is investing KES 120 million in a new innovation hub at Maseno University to boost students' digital skills.
- News
Google gives university students in six African countries 12 months of Google AI Pro at no cost
From research to presentations, Gemini 2.5 Pro, Deep Research, NotebookLM, and Veo 3 are now free for students in six…
- News
Airtel Kenya zero-rates Kenya Education Cloud and Elimika, expanding access to CBC learning
Airtel zero-rates KICD’s Education Cloud and Elimika, expanding free CBC content and teacher training across Kenya.
- News
UN-backed coding camps are building Kenya’s next generation of female tech leaders
A UN-backed initiative trains young Kenyan women in coding, helping them land tech jobs and launch their own ventures.
