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Kenyan cyber cafes reinvent as smartphones kill browsing business

Nairobi, Sept. 2 -- More than 15 computer monitors sit empty at Lillian's cyber cafe on Nairobi's Tom Mboya Street, a reminder of how technology changed a business that was once at the heart of Kenya'... Read More


Kipchoge pick-ups earn Isuzu Sh1.5bn sales

Nairobi, Sept. 2 -- Isuzu East Africa booked revenues of Sh1.49 billion from the sale of 159 units of the Kipchoge Limited Edition D-Max pick-up whose production has ended after 40 months. It marks t... Read More


Telcos to wait 6 months before deactivating dormant lines

Nairobi, Sept. 1 -- Telecommunications firms, including Safaricom and Airtel, will be blocked from reselling dormant SIM cards until a six-month window lapses, adding compliance obligation costs for n... Read More


Shadow AI: The hidden technology spreading through Kenyan offices

Nairobi, Aug. 31 -- A manager asks her junior to prepare an analysis of a new market. The employee turns to an AI chatbot, queries it, formats the responses into a presentation and sends it to the man... Read More


Google to remit 5pc of Kenyan creators' earnings

Nairobi, Aug. 31 -- Google has joined Meta in withholding 5 percent of earnings paid to Kenyan content creators, as the State moves to capture revenue from digital platforms that monetise content. Th... Read More


Gen Zs and millennials top in Kenya newspaper readership

Nairobi, Aug. 27 -- Younger generations aged 18-44 years are the strongest newspaper readers in Kenya, driven by digital access to news, a new survey has revealed. The Communications Authority (CA) s... Read More


Businesses face higher costs as Meta sets WhatsApp messaging charges

Nairobi, Aug. 27 -- Kenyan businesses face higher costs to interact with customers online as Meta begins charging for messages firms send on WhatsApp in response to customer queries. Beginning Octobe... Read More


Kenya to share cybercrime information with 76 nations

Nairobi, Aug. 26 -- Kenya targets to exchange information on cybercrime and child pornography with 76 countries including the US, UK, Israel and Germany amid escalated global crackdown on illegal acce... Read More


How internet metering will affect users, providers

Nairobi, Aug. 25 -- Kenyan lawmakers are considering a proposed law that seeks to change how internet service providers (ISPs) charge customers for broadband use. If passed, the Kenya Information and... Read More


Firms warn of costly internet, surveillance in proposed law

Nairobi, Aug. 24 -- Proposed changes to customer billing could trigger higher charges and enhanced surveillance and data theft, internet service providers (ISPs) have warned. ISPs warn that compellin... Read More