Konza wins global smart city award
Kenya reports that its Konza City, hailed as Africa’s first artificial intelligence-operated smart city, has won the Smart Gigacity Excellence Award at the World Broadband Association (WBBA) Broadband Excellence Awards in Vienna, Austria.
Kenya avails $100m to accelerate Digital Superhighway
The funding boost is aimed at adding another 27 000 kms of fibre to the country.
Microsoft reportedly shutting down its Nairobi engineering hub
Global restructuring affected company’s Kenyan engineering department.
Access Partnership, AfriTrade team up on tech licensing
Access Partnership and AfriTrade have joined forces to speed up digital infrastructure licensing in East Africa.
Safaricom adds Sharia-compliant fund to M-PESA
The fund opens Shari'ah-compliant investing to Safaricom's more than 41 million M-PESA customers.
Kenya taps UK cyber expertise
Kenya is strengthening its cybersecurity partnership with the UK as it steps up efforts to tackle rising cyber crime.
Safaricom broadens M-PESA payment options
Safaricom and Pesapal have partnered to transform daily transactions with next-generation M-PESA payment features.
Kenya licenses 29 new digital lenders
The Central Bank of Kenya has licensed 29 more digital credit providers, taking the number of regulated digital lenders to 281.
Kenya builds foundation for AI agents
Kenya is building a unified operations platform to link public institutions' systems through secure APIs, as it prepares to deploy AI agents in public service delivery.
New tech stack for Kenya Airways
New passenger services system and digital commerce platforms aim to make Kenya Airways a true airline retailer.
Kenya targets AI's real payoff
A senior government official says digital gains must now show up in jobs, productivity and services.
Kenya, Hoover Institution sign AI data pact
Five-year deal with Stanford's Hoover Institution will start with El Niño impact monitoring.
Kenya to spread BPO jobs beyond Nairobi
Government wants Nakuru, Nyeri, Kericho and Eldoret to share in Kenya's outsourcing boom.