Internet
Discussing the vast world of the Internet: trends, technology, security, and accessibility issues.
- News
TikTok Removed 820,552 Kenyan Videos in Q4 2025, a 41% Jump From Q3
TikTok removed 820,552 videos and banned 108,752 accounts in Kenya in Q4 2025, with 93,704 flagged as underage users.
- 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,…
- Business
The Quiet Telco Truce: Why Airtel Is Sharing Pipes With Its Biggest African Rivals
Airtel Africa's deals with MTN, Vodacom and SpaceX point to a telco truce that has direct implications for Kenya's market.
- News
Airtel’s Home Broadband Just Grew 86%. Safaricom Should Be Watching.
Airtel Africa's home broadband customer base grew 86% in FY26, signalling a serious challenge to Safaricom's lead in Kenyan 5G…
- News
Why You Got That Starlink Email in Kenya, And What To Do Right Now
Today is the deadline for Starlink Kenya ID verification. Here's exactly what to do and why the app alone is…
- News
Safaricom’s 15TB FUP Promise is Gone. Back to as low 1.5TB Limit. WHY?
Safaricom has quietly cut Home Fibre FUP limits from a uniform 15TB to between 1.5TB and 7TB without explanation.
- News
Amazon Officially Applies for Satellite Internet Licence in Kenya, Setting Up a Direct Showdown With Starlink
Amazon has applied for a Tier 2 satellite internet licence in Kenya, setting up direct competition with Elon Musk's Starlink.
- News
Airtel Kenya launches XStream Fibre for home and business users, price starts at KES 1,999
Airtel appears to be laying groundwork for deeper SIM self-service inside My Airtel, including PUK lookup, SIM upgrade, SIM swap…
- News
Safaricom Home Fibre speeds jump again: Bronze now 40Mbps, Gold hits 150Mbps
Safaricom has upgraded Home Fibre speeds across all tiers and added a discount, with Bronze now 40Mbps for KES 2,250.
- Quick Reviews
Safaricom 5G router speeds are becoming painfully slow at night
When I switched to Safaricomβs 5G router, I thought I had finally escaped the nightly internet misery that had pushed…
- News
Safaricom Beats Airtel on Every Mobile Internet Metric in Kenya, nPerf’s 2026 Report Says
The operator swept download, upload, latency, browsing and streaming in the nPerf barometer for April 2025 to March 2026. Airtel's…
- News
Kenyaβs latest mobile network quality report ignores gaming and video
The Communications Authority of Kenyaβs latest Quality of Service report for FY 2024-2025 gives us the usual headline verdict on…
- Interesting Reads
Africa Just Agreed on a Continental Playbook for Telecommunications Sovereignty. Now Comes the Hard Part.
The Algiers Declaration commits African governments to sovereign cloud, local data centres, and continental infrastructure integration by 2030.
- News
Kenya’s Satellite Operators Now Face Up to KES 45 Million in Licensing Fees. Here’s What Changed and Why It Matters.
The Communications Authority has replaced the old KES 1.6 million satellite licence with a new framework that could cost operators…
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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.
