Kenyan News: Tech

Hisa, the mobile investment platform, has today announced its selection to join NVIDIA Inception, a programme designed to nurture startups revolutionizing industries with advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and data science. NVIDIA Inception, which includes...

A Disney Africa spokesperson has told Techish that there's planned expansion to these 5 African markets from June 8th 2022.

Bamba, a mobile-first enterprise software for micro-merchants in Africa, has secured $3.2m in seed funding to scale its app and build out its team. Venture capital firm 468 Capital led the round with participation from...

Safaricom has announced that its Chief Enterprise Business Officer, Kris Senanu, will be exiting the telco later this month. He will be leaving the firm after about a year. Before joining Safaricom, Senanu was the Head...

ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced multiple new gaming products at the For Those Who Dare: Boundless virtual event. The new launches include two high-performance ROG Strix and ROG Flow gaming laptops, a series...

Twiga Foods today launched Twiga Fresh, a new subsidiary that is focused on modern and commercial farming, to help supply informal retailers and urban consumers with lower cost, better quality and safe food. Through the...

Over 100 certified drone technology experts and enthusiasts are expected to take part in Kenya’s first-ever Drone Expo

Twiga Foods has today launched "Twiga Fresh" a subsidiary that will focus on "modern and commercial farming".

Global nonprofit organization Habitat for Humanity has opened applications for the ShelterTech sub-Saharan Africa accelerator program

Xiaomi has unveiled yet another smartphone in the Kenyan market. This new phone, the Redmi 10 2022 is the latest variant in the Redmi 10 series. It does come with a few upgrades over its...

LG has announced the global launch of its 2022 LG gram lineup of premium laptops which features seven new models. Ideal for a wide variety of users, the new models continue the brand's legacy of...

realme is setting the pace towards making smartphones affordable in Kenya, to bridge a widening internet coverage gap, despite huge investments in high speed internet across Africa. realme Kenya PR and Marketing manager  said Kenyans...

Safaricom is set to launch commercial operations in Ethiopia within the year as part of the company's regional expansion efforts to provide world-class telecommunication services to over 112 million Ethiopians. In readiness for the commercial...

Here's a detailed look at the Infinix NOTE 12 Launching in the Kenyan market soon. It comes with an AMOLED Panel and 33W Fast charging

Over 100 certified drone technology experts and enthusiasts are expected to take part in Kenya's first ever Drone Tech and Data Expo which is scheduled to run from 29th May to 4th June 2022. The event, which...

At the Safaricom Full year results announcement, CEO Peter Ndegwa said the company will launch Virtual M-Pesa Cards and M-Pesa for Kids.

M-Pesa is no doubt one of the key services that helped Safaricom record billions in revenue over the years. M-Pesa has had a near-monopolistic existence with no real competition to slow down its growth. For...

Telkom Kenya has been experiencing service disruptions affecting calls, SMS, internet among other services. The company is yet to issue any statement regarding this but I have not been able to use most of its...

Liquid Intelligent Technologies has partnered with PEACE Cable Company to introduce 800Gbps of additional subsea capacity in Mombasa on the highly-anticipated global submarine cable. This will increase the availability of high-performance and relia

Infinix recently unveiled the successor to the Note 11 series, the Infinix Note 12, to the world. This is not the only smartphone the company has been working on though as there is another Note...

Zoho Corporation has announced Zoho Marketing Plus, a unified platform that brings together marketing activities across campaign ideation, creation, execution, management, and measurement, providing stakeholders across the entire marketing organisation with a single, shared view.

Sendy has been recognized as one of the World Economic Forum's "Technology Pioneers" for 2022. The World Economic Forum announced its selection of the 100 most promising Technology Pioneers of 2022, companies that are tackling...

ROAM Jobs has today officially announced its rebranding to become The African Talent Company. You may have not heard about ROAM jobs but you definitely have heard about some of the brands in its portfolio...

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has announced its selection of the 100 most promising Technology Pioneers of 2022.

ASUS today unveiled its all-new 2022 line-up of sophisticated, high-performance Zenbook Pro and Zenbook S series laptops at an online launch event entitled The Pinnacle of Performance. The comprehensive new Zenbook Pro and Zenbook S...

The African Talent Company says it will be harnessing more than a decade of experience and data insights to deliver world-class value.

 NEAR Foundation, the Swiss non-profit that oversees the governance and development of the NEAR protocol, today announced it has partnered with local blockchain community Sankore to launch a regional hub in Kenya dedicated to ongoing blockchain...

Xiaomi has introduced to the Kenyan market the Redmi 10A which follows up on the Redmi 9A which has been best under 10K for a while.

Xiaomi has today officially announced the availability of its latest entry-level smartphone, the Redmi 10A, in Kenya. The Redmi 10A is available in retail stores across Kenya starting from Ksh 12,899. This makes it one...

Huawei has officially unveiled the nova 9 SE smartphone in the Kenyan market. You can get the Huawei nova 9 SE in Kenya for Ksh 39,999 which puts its right around where the OPPO Reno...

Near Foundation partners with Sankore to launch a regional hub in Kenya dedicated to blockchain innovation throughout the African continent. 

Infinix has officially introduced the Hot 12 series in the Kenya n market. The announcement was made at the University of Nairobi during this years' Tech Week, an event where students are offered an opportunity...

2022 is an election year in Kenya and as expected preparations and underway for this. The elections are scheduled for August 2022 and will be managed by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). The...

The OPPO Reno 7 is the latest smartphone series from the company to launch in Kenya. The phone was launched in Kenya last month and is currently available in stores for Ksh 43,000. If you...

WhatsApp has been testing message reactions with a small group of users for a few weeks. This feature allows users to react to messages with emojis and not type the exact words. Through it, there...

Huawei has finally launched its latest laptop in the Kenyan market. The Huawei MateBook D 15 is powered by Intel is now available in stores for Ksh 125,000. The Huawei MateBook D 15 is available...

Netflix has entered a two-year memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Kenya Ministry of ICT, Innovation & Youth Affairs

NALA partnership with Cellulant aims to reduce the cost of sending money from the UK and the US into Africa.

Today the Kenyan Ministry of ICT, Innovation & Youth Affairs and Netflix signed a two-year Memorandum of Understanding to jointly deliver efforts to strengthen the country's creative industry and support the development of the next...