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M-Pesa, Airtel Money must report all mobile cash theft to CBK

Nairobi, Oct. 4 -- Payment providers such as M-Pesa and Airtel Money will immediately have to disclose cyber incidents such as mobile money fraud and hacking to the sector regulator under proposed rul... Read More


CBK seeks power to raid, oust top bosses at payment firms

Nairobi, Oct. 1 -- The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) is seeking sweeping powers over digital payment companies, including raiding their premises without notice and ousting top executives if the firms br... Read More


Teachers face tighter misconduct rules in proposed changes

Nairobi, Sept. 30 -- Teachers who demand sexual favours from students in exchange for passing grades or pocket money, face deregistration under proposed changes to the law governing the teaching profe... Read More


Copia Kenya investors face big losses as startup goes into liquidation

Nairobi, Sept. 29 -- Investors in collapsed e-commerce startup Copia Kenya are unlikely to recover anything as the company heads into liquidation after its assets were found to be insufficient to meet... Read More


Digital traffic attacks on Kenyan websites surge 114pc in a year

Nairobi, Sept. 26 -- Incidents of hackers flooding websites, servers and networks in Kenya with huge volumes of malicious traffic to make them inaccessible rose 114.3 percent in the year to June as cy... Read More


Fraud-linked QVSE owner returns with new scheme

Nairobi, Sept. 23 -- The person behind the QVSE investment scheme, which has been cited in court for fraud, is recruiting Kenyans on a new platform, soliciting deposits to purportedly unlock money fro... Read More


New Bill forces banks, M-Pesa to share customer data

Nairobi, Sept. 22 -- Banks and payment platforms such as M-Pesa and Airtel Money will be required to share customer data among themselves and licensed third parties, ushering in open banking in Kenya.... Read More


Regulator caps electric vehicles charging costs

Nairobi, Sept. 21 -- The energy regulator has capped power prices for electric vehicles (EVs) in fresh efforts to lower costs and boost e-mobility adoption amid the global fuel crisis. The Energy and... Read More


New technology drives Kenya's internet growth

Nairobi, Sept. 20 -- Advancements in technology such as low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellites and advanced wireless links are powering Kenya's internet growth as networks race to get more people connected.... Read More


Safaricom widens mobile market lead over Airtel

Nairobi, Sept. 20 -- Safaricom increased its share of Kenya's mobile subscriptions to 69.8 percent in the three months to June, widening its lead over Airtel, which gained ground in broadband and mobi... Read More