The Kenya Meteorological Department has cautioned Kenyans living in various parts of the country to brace for heavy downpours this weekend, starting from Friday to Tuesday next week. In its advisory published on Friday, May 9, the weather department …
Kenya and Tanzania authorities held a joint cross-border consultative meeting aimed at strengthening security surveillance along the porous Taveta border. The Thursday meeting comes amid concerns of high cases of smuggling and human trafficking syndicates, …
Bayobab, MTN Group’s digital infrastructure company, has unveiled a new strategic fibre route connecting Uganda and Kenya. The company says this strategic fibre infrastructure is a transformative cross-border project, deepening digital integration between …
Safaricom PLC declared resilient Safaricom FY25 results, showcasing stellar growth despite macroeconomic issues in East Africa. Revenue was up by 11.2% to KShs 388.7 billion, fuelled by continued M-PESA dominance, mobile data growth, and Safaricom’s …
“There you go,” Chelsea murmurs, laying her freshly bathed baby onto blue terry cloth. She negotiates Ada’s arms into a pale pink onesie and buttons it at her legs, still bent tight as a frog’s. Then she lifts Ada to cradle her soft head in the curve of …
In this episode of The TechTrends Podcast, we’re tackling a topic that has sparked protests, policy debates, and some pretty heated conversations both online and offline – social media regulation. Is regulating social media a necessary step… or a threat to …
Solar panels for sale near Nyeri, Kenya, in 2024. (Photo by James Wakibia)SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images When Rose Mutiso was growing up in Nairobi in the 1990s, her family kept candles and paraffin lamps at the ready. Power outages were …
‘An agenda set by and financed by white male supremacists’ Mamba Online illustration combined a rainbow flag and the Kenyan flag. South Africa-based Mamba Online reports: A pan-African conference that has drawn criticism from LGBTQ+ and reproductive rights …
NAIROBI - Kenyan telecoms firm Safaricom said on Friday that its earnings could surge as much as 50% this financial year as it projected that losses in key expansion market Ethiopia would fall steeply. Safaricom, partly owned by South Africa's Vodacom …
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