Kenya extends digital superhighway to the hinterland in push for creative economy
Plans for the realisation of a digital superhighway and creative economy in Trans Nzoia County are on course. This is evident following handover of the site for the construction of a modern digital centre of excellence to the contractor at Cherangany Sub County headquarters. Addressing the press before overseeing the...
‘Value of Acceptance’ report by Visa and 4Sight Research shows 58 per cent business transactions in Kenya are paid for with mobile money
As Kenya leads Africa in financial innovation, the message is clear that digital payments are not limited in time as they constantly transform businesses, empower entrepreneurs, and shape a stronger economy.
Herders embrace artificial intelligence to increase goat milk, meat to match rising demand in Kenya
Speaking during an open day event with goat dairy farmers at the Kutus Ahiti Domba Centre, Kirinyaga County KAGRC Managing Director Benadette Misoi told goat herders the importance of AI in modern farming, describing it as ground-breaking technology that is expected to help farmers maximise their yields.
Revealed: WikiLeaks lays bare how USAID bankrolled Internews Network, with regional headquarters Kenya, to suppress media freedom
WikiLeaks is a multinational organisation founded by Julian Assange that specialises “in the analysis and publication of large datasets of censored or otherwise restricted official materials involving war, spying and corruption.”
Trump’s foreign funding freeze exposes how USAID bribed leading media houses to censor news, peddle smear campaigns
Ji said this is concerning given that BBC has expanded its influence through projects like the Trusted News Initiative (TNI), a self-described “industry partnership” that worked with Big Tech forms to identify “misinformation” and “disinformation” on their platforms.
Kenyan media women envisage digitally resilient community of African women who champion safe feminist internet
Common forms of technology facilitated-GBV attacks include; trolling, doxing, body shaming, abusive comments, revenge porn, hacking, impersonation, sextortion, deepfake, digital domestic abuse and online recruitment for exploitation that are motivated by the sexual or gender identity of the target or by underlying gender norms.
China ready to harm US economy: Beijing slaps Google, other US firms with hefty tariffs as trade tensions escalate
Separately, China’s Commerce Ministry said it had put PVH Corp, the holding company for brands including Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger and US biotechnology firm Illumina on its “unreliable entity” list.
Kenya on red alert after minister warns of potential cyber-attack on company registry
The minister assured Kenyans and all other stakeholders that the security and integrity of all government and digital assets is a top priority concern for government.
With 80 per cent of Kenya arid, state drafts agriculture irrigation masterplan to address food security, employment
The principal secretary said that the irrigation plan is in line with the government’s development pillar, the Bottom-up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA), which envisages transformation in the agricultural sector to address food insecurity and unemployment.
His story: How Bill Gates terrorised his parents, classmates, spent night in jail and joked it’s impossible to amass $15 million fortune
Malcolm Gladwell in his book Outliers says that it’s possible to explain why some people are special. They practice at their special skill for 10,000 hours and are alive at the perfect time for their expertise to matter. You certainly spent more than 10,000 hours programming, and the time was right.