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Safaricom Must Pay $10.8 Million After Court Rules M-Pesa Stole a Kenyan Inventor’s Idea
Kenya's High Court found that Africa's most valuable telco lifted a mobile wallet concept from an independent developer — and didn't even bother to ask permission
Kenya’s $1 Billion Data Center Project Stalls Due To Lack of Power Capacity
A $1 billion Microsoft data centre dream just collided with a hard reality: you can't build the AI future on a grid that can barely keep the lights on
Kenya Is Freezing Binance Accounts As Part of New Crackdown
Kenya's crypto crackdown is locking traders out of their funds with no court orders, no charges, and no timeline
Safaricom Bet Its Most Important App on a Relaunch. The Rollout Has Not Been Great
The company merged M-Pesa and MySafaricom into a single super app. The vision makes sense. The rollout has been a disaster.
Satellite Internet Operators Like Starlink Will Pay A Lot More To Operate in Kenya
The Communications Authority's new licensing rules could cost companies like Starlink up to KES 45 million — a 28x jump from what they paid before
Starlink Issues “Verify or Disconnect” Ultimatum to Kenyan Users
SpaceX’s Starlink is giving its Kenyan subscribers until May to provide official government identification or face service disconnection.…
EV Startups Spiro and ARC Ride Raise New Capital As Electric Motorcycles Sees Growth
Kenya’s electric motorcycle sector is hitting a commercial “tipping point” as institutional investors shift from experimental pilots to…
Kenya Trials Digital Sound Broadcasting for Radio Listeners
The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has activated the country’s first trial for Digital Sound Broadcasting (DSB) in…
Sun King Expands Beyond Solar into Smartphones, Cooling, and Clean Cooking
Sun King, the company that built its name on pay-as-you-go (PAYG) solar kits, is transforming into a full-scale…
Clean Energy Startup Koko Networks Collapses in Kenya
Koko Networks, the high-profile ethanol cooking fuel provider, has abruptly shut down its Kenyan operations. The move leaves…