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Firms make AI literacy a workplace survival skill

Nairobi, July 29 -- Corporates in Kenya are increasingly treating artificial intelligence (AI) literacy as a core workplace skill amid concern that employees who do not understand the technology risk ... Read More


Kenya targets OpenAI, Meta in foreign AI models control plan

Nairobi, July 28 -- Kenya seeks to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) models used in the country or affecting residents, even when the companies that own them do not have local operations. A new p... Read More


New firm targets taxi drivers with Sh1.8m Chinese electric vehicle

Nairobi, July 28 -- A new electric vehicle start-up has entered Kenya's fast-growing e-mobility market with a Sh1.8 million compact electric car targeting ride-hailing drivers. Bingo EV Kenya, which ... Read More


How new Treasury rules on stablecoin will affect players

Nairobi, July 28 -- The Treasury has published new regulations to govern stablecoin and tokenisation issuers, virtual asset exchanges and wallet providers, brokers, managers, investment advisers and p... Read More


Mbadi hits crypto permit speculators with 3-year rule

Nairobi, July 27 -- The National Treasury has introduced new restrictions on the transfer of cryptocurrency licences, requiring operators to hold and actively use their permits for at least three year... Read More


Isuzu SUV sales surge 483pc on local assembly

Nairobi, July 26 -- Sales of Isuzu East Africa's sport utility vehicles (SUVs) rose by 483.3 percent to 105 units in the half year ended June 2026 as local assembly made the car cheaper. Data from th... Read More


Corporates eye greater AI control to protect data and trade secrets

Nairobi, July 26 -- For the first wave of artificial intelligence (AI) adoption in the past four years, businesses had a relatively simple formula: subscribe to OpenAI's ChatGPT, Microsoft's Copilot o... Read More


Treasury bows to pressure, cuts capital limit for crypto firms

Nairobi, July 26 -- The Treasury has substantially cut its earlier proposed minimum capital for cryptocurrency firms by up to 40 percent, bowing to pressure amid warnings that steep charges would dete... Read More


AI giants face new minimum pay, mental healthcare rule in Kenya

Nairobi, July 24 -- Giant artificial intelligence (AI) firms such as OpenAI and Meta face new minimum pay and mental healthcare rules in Kenya as the government seeks better working conditions for loc... Read More


SBM Bank net profit jumps 88pc on lower deposit costs

Nairobi, July 22 -- SBM Bank Kenya posted an 88.1 percent increase in net profit to Sh380.1 million in the half-year ended June 2026, helped by lower deposit costs and higher income from transactions.... Read More