Why Telkom Kenya Is Falling Behind in Kenya’s Telecom Race
Kenya’s telecommunications sector is booming, with mobile subscriptions surging past 76 million and mobile money accounts exceeding 45 million by March 2025. The market is vibrant, with aggressive campaigns by [...]
Almost Everyone in Kenya Now Owns a Smartphone
The number of smartphones connected to mobile networks rose to 42.3 million, representing a penetration rate of 80.8%, by the end of March 2025, according to the latest data from [...]Kenya Faces Cybercrime Spike as Digital Adoption Accelerates
Kenya’s cyberspace is under mounting pressure as the country experiences an unprecedented surge in cyber threats, coinciding with a period of robust digital expansion. Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks, which disrupt [...]Starlink's Market in Kenya Falls Below 1% Amid Capacity Challenges
Starlink, the satellite internet provider operated by Elon Musk's SpaceX, saw its market share in Kenya's fixed internet market drop to 0.9% in the first quarter of 2025, down from [...]
Competition Watchdog Warns Real Estate Developers Against Exclusive ISP Deals
The Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) has warned real estate developers and internet service providers (ISPs) against signing exclusive broadband deals that shut out rival firms, in a move aimed [...]Kenya to Upgrade Cyber Defenses With New Firewall Network
The government — backed by the World Bank — will acquire high-performance enterprise cybersecurity tools to upgrade its national digital defenses, according to official procurement documents. “The Government of Kenya [...]WhatsApp Introduces Ads, Channel Subscriptions
Popular messaging platform WhatsApp is set to start showing its users advertisements on its Status feature, in addition to several other changes meant to boost the platform's revenues. These new [...]
82% of Kenyans Targeted by Fraud Attempts as Digital Crime Persists
More than four in five Kenyans surveyed by TransUnion in late 2024 said they were targeted by fraud via email, online platforms, phone calls, or text messages — underscoring the [...]Properties, Schools Targeted in Nationwide Data Compliance Crackdown
Kenya’s Office of Data Protection (ODPC) is targeting education, hospitality, and property management sectors during the next financial year in a countrywide investigations to enforce data privacy compliance. “It is essential [...]System Vulnerabilities Surge as Reported Cyberattacks Double to 3.5 Billion
The total number of reported online crimes almost doubled to 3.5 billion in 2024, the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) 2025 Economic Survey shows. The total number of cybersecurity [...]Cloud Services Push Konza City's Revenue to KSh 252.4mn, Other Income Streams Decline
Cloud services have emerged as the main revenue driver for Kenya’s flagship smart city, Konza technopolis, accounting for the highest proportion of the KSh 252.4 million the city generated in [...]Conduit Raises US$36mn, Eyes Asia After Rapid Growth in Africa and Latin America
Stablecoin payments infrastructure provider Conduit has raised US$36 million in a Series A funding round led by Dragonfly Capital, signaling a major acceleration in the firm’s global growth ambitions following [...]
