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Konza Technopolis revenue falls 20pc despite rising investment

Nairobi, May 1 -- Revenue generated by the Konza Technopolis fell sharply in 2025, largely due to reduced land leasing and delayed payments for cloud services. New data from the Kenya National Bureau... Read More


Lender to pay phone user Sh400,000 for unsolicited loan calls, texts

Nairobi, April 29 -- Microfinance lender Platinum Credit has been ordered to pay a mobile subscriber Sh400,000 for repeatedly sending unsolicited promotional messages and calls without his consent. T... Read More


E-waste hits record high, raising health red flags

Nairobi, April 29 -- Kenya's electronic waste rose to a record high in 2025, raising the alarm over mounting environmental and health risks from discarded devices such as mobile phones, kettles and pr... Read More


Bezos Kenya satellite nod bid opens fight with Musk

Nairobi, April 28 -- US tech giant Amazon has made a formal licensing bid to roll out satellite internet in Kenya, putting the world's two richest men in a head-to-head fight for a share of the countr... Read More


Craft Silicon boss on the firm's diversification, expansion and building a global tech business

Nairobi, April 23 -- Technology firm Craft Silicon is best known for the taxi hailing provider, Little, which is locked in market share fight with giants-Uber and Bolt. But behind the scene, the firm... Read More


Kenya freezes Binance accounts in money laundering purge

Nairobi, April 22 -- Kenya has frozen an undisclosed number of Binance user accounts in its first major crackdown on the booming cryptocurrency industry amid global concerns that digital currencies ar... Read More


Pay platform eyes SMEs, saccos with a unified payment wallet

Nairobi, April 22 -- Payments platform Paykit has entered Kenya's growing digital finance market with a unified payments platform that allows individuals and businesses to collect payments, manage fun... Read More


Ride-hailer Little sees delivery business surge on demand

Nairobi, April 21 -- Kenyan ride-hailing platform Little says deliveries are emerging as its second-largest business line as the firm expands beyond its traditional taxi services. The company says th... Read More


Kenya targets Sh19.4trn nature finance in new UN-backed fund

Nairobi, April 21 -- Kenya seeks to mobilise up to $150 billion (Sh19.4 trillion) in nature-related financing over the next decade to close a widening biodiversity funding gap and strengthen the count... Read More


Electric cars get fresh drive in Kenya's oil shock response

Nairobi, April 12 -- Kenya's electric vehicle (EV) sector is emerging as a beneficiary of rising tensions in the global oil market, with the government's move to procure locally assembled units signal... Read More