Internet
Discussing the vast world of the Internet: trends, technology, security, and accessibility issues.
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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…
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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 Safaricom’s 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…
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Kenya’s latest mobile network quality report ignores gaming and video
The Communications Authority of Kenya’s 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.
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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.
- Quick Reviews
Safaricom My OneApp won’t let me pay for my Home Internet due to “an unexpected error”
If you’ve been following the latest tech news in Kenya, you know Safaricom recently launched the unified My OneApp. The…
- News
Your Home Internet Got Faster This Year, But Faiba Users Got the Most Out of It
nPerf's 2026 Kenya barometer reveals Faiba leading all categories. VGG Connect, a Nairobi startup, takes second overall.
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Truecaller Opens Business Chat to Partners, Eyes Africa’s Enterprise Messaging Market
Truecaller opens Business Chat to global partners including Sling Africa, targeting African enterprises seeking alternatives to low-trust SMS.
- 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…
- 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…
