Internet
Discussing the vast world of the Internet: trends, technology, security, and accessibility issues.
- News
US “ghost student” fraud charges allege college aid was diverted to Kenya
US prosecutors charge five over alleged ghost student aid fraud involving stolen American identities, Kenyan associates and seized cryptocurrency funds.
- Business
Safaricom fired 118 staff over fraud and sent 14 cases to the police
Safaricom dismissed 118 staff over fraud in the year to March and sent 14 cases to police, up from seven.
- News
Safaricom officially launches Family Share: Home Fibre plus minutes or data for up to five phones from KES 3,749
Safaricom launched Family Share: fibre and 750 minutes or 14 GB across up to five Safaricom numbers, KES 3,749 monthly.
- News
INTERPOL’s third Serengeti sweep arrests 1,462 over scams, crypto mines and email fraud in Africa
INTERPOL's Operation Serengeti III arrested 1,462 cybercrime suspects in 21 countries and recovered USD 105 million, about KES 13.6 billion.
- News
Spotify’s New Family Plan Check: Scan a QR Code in Person Within 7 Days or Face a 12-Month Ban
Family members asked to scan Spotify's QR code have seven days. Missing it bars other Family plans for a year.
- News
Japan’s PM, the NSA and the FBI tell websites to update PHP or go offline
Two critical PHP flaws let attackers take over web servers without logging in. Visitors need nothing; site owners need updates.
- How To/ Explained
ASUS and TP-Link start selling Wi-Fi 8 routers before phones can use most of it
TP-Link's Wi-Fi 8 router lists at about KES 117,000 in Germany. Most of its gains need a Wi-Fi 8 phone.
- News
Starlink is looking for hosts to sell hourly and weekly internet passes
Starlink wants interested parties to host paid internet passes. Prices, host pay and launch countries are unpublished.
- News
Nvidia launches OpenShell and Sentry to stop AI agents acting outside their limits
Nvidia's new agent safety tools include free OpenShell software and Sentry, a monitor that runs on BlueField-4 chips and has…
- News
Starlink passes 27,000 subscribers in Kenya and holds 99.7% of satellite internet
Starlink had 27,616 Kenyan subscribers in June, up 58.5% in a year, just days before pausing sign-ups in seven counties.
- Interesting Reads
Vilcom and Ahadi added more fixed internet subscriptions than Faiba in six months. Poa lost 14,704
Vilcom and Ahadi added more fixed internet subscriptions than Faiba between December and June. Poa lost 14,704 and shrank again.
- News
Safaricom now has more fixed internet subscriptions than Faiba and Zuku combined
Safaricom went from fifth place in 2014 to Kenya's first million-subscription internet provider, with more than Faiba and Zuku combined.
- How To/ Explained
Safaricom Home Fibre Pata More brings Faster Speeds, Data and Voice to Share, plus More
Safaricom Home Fibre under Pata More: up to 2.5X speeds, Family Share from KES 3,749, SecureNet, and every tier explained.
- News
Smarta 1500 drops from 90GB to 32GB as Airtel Kenya revises every bundle tier
Airtel Kenya cut Smarta bundle data by up to 64% on 18 August 2026. The four prices stayed the same.
- News
Airtel turns on Starlink Mobile in DRC, the first commercial satellite-to-phone service in Africa
Airtel Africa and Starlink launched satellite-to-mobile service in DRC on 14 August 2026. Kenya tested first but awaits regulatory approval.
