TikTok has launched TikTok for Artists in Kenya, providing musicians, labels, and managers with a centralized platform to track song performance, understand audience demographics, and optimize music release campaigns. This initiative aims to bolster Kenya’s music economy by offering valuable analytical tools and promotional features.

• TikTok for Artists offers daily refreshed dashboards, detailed post and song analytics, audience breakdowns, and a new Pre-Release tool enabling fans to pre-save upcoming music to Spotify or Apple Music.
• The global debut of TikTok for Artists was on June 3, 2025, with localized rollouts now expanding across African markets including Nigeria and Ghana.
• Artists can grant access to their teams for coordinated marketing and distribution efforts, aligning with TikTok’s ongoing efforts to convert platform buzz into day-one streams for musicians.

The Africa Broadband Mapping Systems Project (BPMAPS) was launched in Nairobi, with Kenya as one of 11 African countries to benefit. This EU, ITU, and CA-backed initiative aims to close Africa’s digital divide by guiding broadband infrastructure investment through data-driven mapping.

• Only 47.5% of households in Kenya currently have internet access, with penetration as low as 26% in rural areas, according to CA Director General David Mugonyi.
• Principal Secretary Stephen Isaboke emphasized broadband connectivity as a necessity for development, central to Kenya's National Digital Masterplan and Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda.
• The EU is supporting Kenya through projects like connecting 1,000 schools via UNICEF-Giga and expanding the Bluma-Rayman subsea cable, under the Global Gateway Initiative mobilizing up to €300 billion.

Finnfund, the Finnish development financier, has announced a $4 million debt investment in Kenya’s Poa Internet to expand its network capacity and provide affordable broadband to underserved areas.

• Poa Internet addresses unequal broadband penetration in Kenya by targeting low-income and peri-urban areas.
• The funding, supported by the European Union and EFSD+ as part of the EU’s Global Gateway initiative, aims for digital inclusion in Africa.
• Nokia will serve as Poa’s preferred fibre technology partner, supporting the network rollout.