Meta and This Is Digital have launched AI Academy Kenya, offering practical AI training for Kenyan students, developers, startups and professionals. The programme combines an AI Pitchathon with an eight-week Masterclass focused on building and using AI tools.
Airtel’s Kenyan Wholesale Fibre Business Made Zero Revenue Before It Shut Down
Kenya is spending Sh45 billion to connect 210 Nairobi junctions to a central traffic management system. The system will automate traffic control and enforcement
Digital commerce, automation, and stablecoin infrastructure shape Nairobi’s tech ecosystem this week. Solana, OKX, Tether, IEEE, and enterprise tech events are bringing builders together across TUK, Kenyatta University, and Westlands.
Kenyan creator-commerce platform HustleSasa has raised fresh funding from African impact investor Impacc as it expands its event-ticketing and commerce platform across Africa.
Kenya's Capital Markets Authority is cracking down on 15 unauthorized investment platforms actively soliciting public funds
Kenya’s Communications Authority (CA) is moving to create a standalone licensing framework for data centres, a direct response to the surge in cloud and AI infrastructure investment flooding into Nairobi and its outskirts.
HOSTAFRICA secured three top honors at the 2026 Digitally Fit Awards in Nairobi, reflecting its growing footprint in Kenya's highly competitive digital infrastructure sector
Kenyan businesses and nonprofits can now host their cloud workloads locally in Kenya through Nobus’ new Nairobi availability zone. Nobus is also offering local-currency billing, giving organisations another option for running their infrastructure closer to home.
Apple has launched the iPhone Duo, its first foldable phone and the first iPhone with two screens.
Kenyan Shoppers Can Now Pay by Card Inside WhatsApp. The Harder Question Is Whether They Will.
Digital Realty has opened the 6.4-megawatt Nairobi Two (NBO2) data centre in Karen, expanding its Nairobi campus and completing the... Source
Dangote is taking its Lagos refinery public to fund a $14.3 billion expansion, just as it prepares to break ground on a second refinery in Lamu, Kenya.
Kenya’s health authorities are deploying AI to track malaria-carrying mosquitoes, shifting from reactive spray campaigns to predictive, data-driven vector control.
KRA is set to introduce mandatory stock tracking on the Electronic Tax Invoice Management System (eTIMS), forcing businesses to record every item bought, sold, transferred, returned, or adjusted
Bolt is marking 10 years of operations in Kenya and has announced it has incested over KSh19 billion in the country.
Nairobi tech week: CV, observability, QA, and GTM sessions, plus a packed Saturday of telemetry, automation, and JVM workshops.
FlexPay’s two founders have been arrested over the alleged theft of KES 31.2 million from a retailer. The arrests come amid months of customer complaints over delayed withdrawals and refunds.
Uber has shut down its ride-hailing operations in Nigeria after 12 years, its third African country exit in about a year. The move leaves Bolt and inDrive as the dominant players in the market.
Visa has partnered with Kenya Airways and Absa to launch the Asante Global Card. This is a premium travel-lifestyle credit card targeting professionals, frequent travellers and premium banking customers. Customers earn Asante Rewards Points on their purchases, redeemable across the Kenya Airways network.