- YouTube, in partnership with a select group of African creators, has launched a new social campaign to celebrate the diversity of the continent’s cultural heritage. The campaign, called “The Voices of Africa” debuts ahead of the festive period which sees many Africans visit their hometowns from the…
- Endeavor Kenya, a non-profit organization supporting high-impact entrepreneurs, has launched its inaugural initiative for high-growth founders, the ScaleUp program. The cohort-based program will identify 10 high-growth ventures based in East Africa and support them with networking and resources.…
- Kenyan tech startup, Mpost, is relocating to Rwanda in its expansion efforts while seeking a favorable business environment. In a statement shared on Monday, the startup reveals a significant shift in its operational landscape. This will see Mpost move its headquarters from Nairobi, Kenya to Kigali…
- iTel has announced the availability of its latest smartphone in the A series – the A70 4G which succeeds the A60 that was launched early this year. The A70 brings neat upgrades and design changes that make it better than the A60. iTel keeps the same screen size and resolution as the A60 – you […]…
- Over the past few days, multiple Google Drive users have been raising complaints over losing hundreds of their data hosted on the file storage platform. A thread on the Google Drive support page indicates how dire this issue with users reporting months’ worth of data has disappeared. Many users are…
- With many homeowners seeking more comfort and convenience in their homes, ubiquitous computing is enabling more devices to revolutionize how they live. In a digital era marked by the Artificial Intelligence (AI) explosion revolutionizing various fields including entertainment, science and…
- Google has today announced that 5,300 business owners have graduated from its Hustle Academy having completed the one-week training boot camp. The graduates, selected from a wide range of industries, are slightly more than last year’s 5000 entrepreneurs. The Hustle Academy program focuses on…
- Google has today announced that 5,300 business owners have graduated from its Hustle Academy having completed the one-week training boot camp. The graduates, selected from a wide range of industries, are slightly more than last year’s 5000 entrepreneurs. The Hustle Academy program focuses on…
- The Cytonn Investments defamation case against two respondents has been thrown out by a Kenyan court. To recap, the two respondents in the case were Mr. Chris Orwa, and the Kenyan financial research firm, Mwango Capital. Mr. Orwa had uploaded a video on his YouTube which Mwango Capital shared with…
- Kisumu-based AquaRech Ltd has closed a USD 1.7 million (KES 259,845,000) seed round. Aqua-Spark, the Netherlands-based global investment fund focused on sustainable aquaculture, led the equity investment. Additional funding was sourced from Acumen, Katapult and Mercy Corps Ventures. “I’m proud of…
- There’s frustration among candidates and families as they are unable to get their KCPE results, two hours after they have been released. The Education CS Ezekiel Machogu announced the results earlier today and normally candidates can access the results immediately after the announcement. While we…
- In 2019, a self-driving Tesla in Miami drove under the trailer of an 18-wheeler big rig truck that had turned onto the road. This incident led to the death of Stephen Banner. A Florida court has ruled that the automotive company was aware of defects in its Autopilot system that led to the accident…
- The African start-up scene has grown in the last decade and is now a vibrant ecosystem. Despite funding challenges experienced in 2023, the preceding 4 years were characterized by strong funding. As usual, Kenya in the East, South Africa in the South, northern African Egypt and Nigeria in West…
- The government of Kenya through The ICT Authority (ICTA) and Microsoft East Africa Limited (Microsoft) signed a Memorandum of Understanding. The MoU is to have the US company provide cloud services to government agencies. Kenya is on a digitalisation spree and the new partnership is said to…
- X, formerly known as Twitter, is making yet another change to how posts appear on the timeline. This time, the social media platform is bringing back article headlines in posts just over a month after they were removed. The site’s owner, Elon Musk, was pushing for this, arguing that stripping the…
- The Cabinet Secretary for Education, Ezekiel Machogu, has announced that the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) results will be out by next week. However, multiple sources affiliated with the ministry have argued that the results may be released at the latest by Friday – depending on…
- Over 70% of OpenAI’s employees have told the board to resign citing incompetence, poor judgement and misaligned values towards the company’s mission and its employees. In what could likely be a final blow to OpenAI, 505 out of the current 770 employees have threatened to resign and follow the…
- Bolt has today announced the appointment of Ms. Caroline Wanjihia as the regional director for Africa. The appointment will see Ms. Wanjihia head the company’s operations in Africa and International Markets including the Middle East, Asia and LATAM. The ride-hailing company says this appointment…
- Sam Altman the founder of OpenAI has a new job. The ex-CEO of the company behind ChatGPT was fired by the OpenAI board on Friday. Today, Microsoft CEO has announced that the tech giant has hired Mr. Altman and his fellow co-founder Greg Brockman. “we’re extremely excited to share the news that Sam…
- Former OpenAI Chief Executive Officer, Sam Altman is not returning as CEO despite the weekend-long negotiations with the Board following his sudden firing on Friday. Instead, Emmett Shear, the co-founder of Twitch will take over as interim CEO. This comes just a few hours after plans by Mira Murati…
- The man recently out of a job Mr. Sam Altman has issued undefined threats to the OpenAI board hours after he was fired. On his social media account, Mr. Altman wrote “if I start going off, the OpenAI board should go after me for the full value of my shares” His veiled threat is currently […]…
- Mobile phone users in Kenya will be able to call at cheaper rates from the 1st of March 2024. ICT industry regulator the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has revised the Mobile Termination Rates (MTRs) and Fixed Termination Rates (FTRs). Following the review, call termination rates have been…
- Kenyans paying taxes via mobile money must from today only use the official government PayBill. Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has officially announced. “Taxpayers are further advised to use the Payment Registration Number (PRN) or the Ref. Number on the Payment Slips generated from KRA Business…
- Neighbourgood, a co-living and working company, has officially acquired South Africa’s LocalKnowledge. This acquisition marks the beginning of a new chapter for LocalKnowledge, as the team embarks on creating the “Neighbourgood Experience Vertical.” The LocalKnowledge App serves as an all-access…
- Paystack, a payments firm that was acquired by Stripe back in 2020 for US$200 million , has revealed that it is scaling back its operations outside Africa. The company had sort to hire talent globally and even set up an engineering hub in Dubai. However, it has been forced to come to this “painful…
- Alibaba Group Holdings (9988.HK) finds itself at the centre of attention as Chinese billionaire Jack Ma’s family trust is set to offload 10 million American Depository Shares. The shares are valued at approximately $871 million. Scheduled for November 21, the share sell-off will be by JSP…
- It appears that Apple is finally giving in and will be introducing support for RCS (Rich Communication Services) for the iPhone. This has come as a surprise as the tech giant previously showed no intent to adopt the RCS messaging standard used by most Android phones. According to a report by…
- Vivo V29 5G was announced early this week and is the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in the country. We finally have it and here’s our initial review to give you an idea of what to expect. Vivo usually releases two midrange smartphones in the camera-centric V series each year in Kenya and the…
- Vivo V29 5G was announced early this week and is the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in the country. We finally have it and here’s our initial review to give you an idea of what to expect. Vivo usually releases two midrange smartphones in the camera-centric V series each year in Kenya and the…
- Africa’s biggest names in technology will be coming together in the Kenyan coastal town of Diani at the 15th annual CIO100 Symposium and Awards happening later next week from November 22nd to 24th. The CIO100 Symposium and Awards is organized by dx⁵ (formerly CIO Africa and aims to celebrate and…
- The latest cohort of organizations participating in the GSMA Innovation Fund for Anticipatory Humanitarian Action has been announced. This year’s Cohort has 8 successful companies selected out of a total of 143 eligible applications received. Selected companies had requested a total of £25 million…
- The Chairperson of the Universal Service Advisory Council, along with nine other members, has been appointed by the Cabinet Secretary for Information, Communications, and the Digital Economy, in accordance with section 102K (6) of the Kenya Information and Communications Act, 1998. The newly…
- Showmax is gearing up for a big relaunch in February 2024 after eight years in the African streaming market. The relaunch will see the streaming service get a brand-new look, a new app powered by the Peacock platform and an entirely new product suite. This follows the announcement of the…
- Google and WhatsApp have announced plans to remove the unlimited storage quota for WhatsApp backups on Android. Once this change rolls out, WhatsApp backups on Android will start counting towards your Google Account cloud storage limit. This is similar to how other platforms handle backups but with…
- Netflix is the world’s largest paid video streaming service. The platform has a sizeable subscriber base in Africa. South Africa takes the lion’s share with 73.3%. Other African nations make a less significant impact on Netflix’s regional revenue. Nigeria and Kenya are next with 10.5% and 3.9% of…
- ChatGPT, the AI language model developed by OpenAI, has announced that it will be temporarily pausing new sign-ups for its premium service, ChatGPT Plus. The announcement was made after the surge in usage post-dev day exceeded the company’s current capacity Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI wrote “the…
- WhatsApp has announced it will be introducing a new voice chat feature for large groups. The messaging platform says this will allow users in large groups to connect over spoken chat. The new feature will bring Discord-like live voice chats to groups allowing users who can join to talk live. Those…
- Kenyans seeking services from various government agencies have been experiencing delays all year round. In several instances, IT systems and machinery have been blamed for the delays. The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has come out to acknowledge that indeed they are struggling with “…
- The latest midrange smartphone to land in the Kenyan market is the Vivo V29 5G which launched today. It joins the Vivo V27 5G which was announced early this year as per the company’s two phone launches per year in the V series. The biggest design change is the switch from colour-changing back. The…
- Vivo V29 5G is the newest device in the country. This is the company’s midrange smartphone in the V series and rounds Vivo’s two-year release of its mid-tier devices in Kenya. The biggest feature besides the new Aura light is the screen which is a 3D curved 6.78-inch curved OLED screen rocking 1.5K…
- Liquid C2, a Cloud Service Provider across Africa, has entered into a partnership with Google Cloud seeking to further enhance its cloud and cyber security offerings. In addition, this collaboration aims to bolster Google Cloud’s expansion efforts in Africa’s cloud and security solutions market.…
- Embattled Twiga Foods which has been struggling to pay suppliers finally has some good news. The start-up Co-founder and CEO Mr Peter Njonjo has stated that 100 suppliers owed by Twiga Foods will soon have the arrears owed cleared. “Last week, I signed over 100 letters to suppliers of Twiga,…
- Telegram is suffering outages. Users on the messenger app have been faced with a number of issues on the mobile app, PC and web. For more than 24 hours, Telegram users have been frustrated by delays from the platform For instance, trying to log in on the app via a browser could be met by […]…
- NASA’s latest digital initiative is a new streaming service called NASA+. The space agency has opened up a portal to a world of original content. The platforms offer a diverse range of programming, including original video series, live launch coverage in real-time, and engaging content for kids.…
- Brave Software has been announced as an official sponsor of the Kenya NFT Summit. The second edition of the Kenya NFT + AI Summit will take place at the Alliance Francaise in Nairobi, Kenya. The art event will highlight the latest advances in technology while hosting a panel of speakers from the…
- The High Court of Kenya has issued a conservatory order suspending the increase or review of essential Government services fees. This follows a gazette notice that surfaced and was shared yesterday on social media resulting in public outrage due to abrupt and wild fee hikes. The gazette notice…
- Over the last 24 hours, ChatGPT has encountered service disruptions, including a significant 90-minute outage. Users are grappling with ongoing issues, prompting a surge in social media reports detailing their inability to interact with the generative AI system. OpenAI has confirmed that “periodic…
- WhatsApp has introduced a new feature which will allow you to hide your IP address during WhatsApp calls. This privacy feature operates by routing all your calls through WhatsApp’s servers. As a result, your calls won’t establish a direct connection, ensuring that your IP address remains concealed…
- Omegle, the free video and text chat site that lets users talk to strangers online, has officially shut down following claims of abuse and misuse. In a cryptic message shared by the Founder, Leif K-Brooks explains that the psychological and financial burden operating of Omegle and fighting against…
- Google has expanded its AI-powered search experience to more than 120 countries and territories including Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Brazil, and Mexico. The search experience is known as the Search Generative Experience (SGE). By using generative AI, SGE seeks to provide an easier way to learn…
