Technology

Launched in January of this year, the chat app Ablo connects you with soon-to-be-friends around the world. You can chat with your new pen pal in your own language, as the app will automatically...

HMD Global has announced the availability of  the Nokia 2.3 in Kenya for just Ksh 12,000. This makes it the first market that the phone is on sale, after its global launch in Cairo on...

Daniel Charles Msirikale from Tanzania is the winner of the 2019 ‘Safal Eye in the Wild’ photography competition. Kenyan Kamal Shah emerged the Silver Winner receiving Kshs 200,000 prize money while Anthony Ochieng also...

A new global network of blockchain-based community currencies will be developed by an international partnership to supplement direct cash and voucher assistance programs for vulnerable communities in developing countries. The two-year project will test, develop...

A digital platform specifically designed to address the information needs of women in business and connect them via a custom-built social networking tool has been launched in Kigali, Rwanda. The platform, known as 50 Million...

Safaricom has partnered with Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL) to connect and enhance its coolers. The connected coolers are wired with sensors which leverage on the Internet of things (IoT) – the inter-networking of “smart” devices...

Google will no longer allow political campaigns to target advertising at people based on their supposed political leanings. Campaigns will also be unable to match their own database of prospective voters against Google's user base,...

The Kenyan Section of International Commission of Jurists (ICJ Kenya) will host the Annual Jurists Conference (AJC) in Kwale County from Thursday to Saturday this week.  The conference themed, “Technology, Development and the Rule of...

A new study by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and The Network has revealed that 75 percent of Kenyans spend significant time each year refining their skills and that 84 percent say that they are willing to re-skill...

The informal sector has received a boost after the Inter Region Economic Network (IREN) in partnership with Friedrich Naumann launched a platform to digitize the sector and ease the cost of doing business. In a...