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KCB Boosts Environmental Investments as Green Lending Crosses KSh48 Billion
KCB Group Plc has reinforced its leadership in sustainable finance after disbursing KSh48.8 billion in green loans to support environmentally sustaina...
Over 400 Participants Join Third Edition of Safaricom CEO Run
The third edition of the Safaricom CEO Run returns this Saturday, 13th June, at Karura Forest, bringing together over 400 participants for a day of fi...
Newsline Media Targets Skills Gap Through New Attachment Programme
Newsline Media and Training Agency has announced new industrial attachment opportunities for students pursuing Media, Public Relations (PR), and Infor...
Capital FM Set To Unveil A New Digital Experience On June 15
The countdown has begun. On June 15, Capital FM will unveil a brand-new digital platform designed to transform the way audiences access news, entertainment, business, lifestyle and multimedia content. Click here to connect with us on WhatsApp The new platform represents a major step in Capital FM’s ...
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Rocket Report: Nova moving through test campaign; SpaceX IPO launches Friday
Welcome to Edition 8.45 of the Rocket Report! Even though we are now two weeks removed from the catastrophic loss of the New Glenn rocket and its LC-36A launch pad, it continues to dominate discussion in the space community. This week, NASA said it nominally plans to fly Blue Origin's test lander on...
Verizon sent man a refurbished phone with MDM, then deleted his data remotely
Verizon sent one of its customers a "refurbished" phone equipped with a Mobile Device Management (MDM) profile that gave the company remote control over the device. The serious mistake raises questions about Verizon's process for preparing refurbished phones to be sent to customers. Tom Collery, the...
Pokémon Go players unwittingly contributed to tech with military drone uses
A decade after the global craze for Pokémon Go peaked, an AI company has been using billions of real-world images captured by millions of players to develop navigation technologies for delivery robots and possibly military drones. That represents an intriguing but potentially discomfiting legacy for...
Ebola cases in DRC rise to 676 as Kenya protests erupt over US plans
Nearly a month into the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, cases continue to rise as officials are still trailing the virus in their response efforts. As of Thursday, June 11, the DRC has reported 676 confirmed cases, 136 deaths, and 119 suspected cases. Uganda is reporting 19 c...
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KCB Group Plc has reinforced its leadership in sustainable finance after disbursing KSh48.8 billion in green loans to support environmentally sustaina...
China Firm Wins Ksh375 Billion JKIA Expansion Contract
The government awarded China Communications Construction Company(CCCC) a Ksh375.4 billion (about $2.9 billion) contract to upgrade and expand Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) under the newly established National Infrastructure Fund (NIF). The award follows President William Ruto’s announce...
High Court Freezes Appointment of Three KETRACO Directors Pending Hearing
NAIROBI, Kenya, June 11 – The High Court has temporarily halted the appointment of three directors to the board of the Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (KETRACO) and suspended board resolutions made with their participation, pending the hearing of a petition challenging their appointment. In o...
Grounded Aircraft Slash Kenya Airways Seat Capacity by Up to 18pc
NAIROBI, Kenya, June 12 — National carrier Kenya Airways says grounded aircraft are cutting its available seat capacity by 15 to 18 per cent as the airline works to restore fleet operations and stabilize flight schedules. Speaking during the airline’s 50th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, Chi...
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The Canal+ Strategy Taking Shape After Showmax
The French media group Canal+ ended 2025 with 42.3 million subscribers worldwide, a figure that tells two different stories depending on where you look. Strip out the 14.4 million subscribers attached to MultiChoice, and the Canal+ base rises to 28.0 million, up from 26.9 million the year before. Th...
Southern Africa Starts Lowering Mobile Roaming Costs Under SADC One Network Area
In the past, crossing a border in Southern Africa meant an immediate jolt to a mobile phone bill. A short call, a few photos uploaded, a map opened in a hurry. The meter would spin. Now several countries in the Southern African Development Community are trying to dismantle that friction. Botswana, L...
Telecom AI Meets Mobile Money in Safaricom–Indosat Deal
The Safaricom–Indosat partnership brings together two operators that arrived at the digital economy from different directions. Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (IOH) operates one of Indonesia’s largest mobile networks, with a customer base of 98.5 million as of early 2026. Its recent strategy has revolved ...
Iladho Galgallo Returns to Marsabit to Encourage Girls in STEM Through Safaricom Mentorship
The road to Marsabit tests a lot of drivers thanks to how long it takes to reach there. It’s dusty, with trucks moving slowly on sections without asphalt. School-going students must start their commute before the first bell. Iladho Galgallo went back to her alma mater, Moi Girls’ High Sc...
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In defense of hip-hop | Roland Fryer
Hip-hop often gets blamed for its controversial lyrics. What if there was a way to actually measure its impact on people's lives? Analyzing 40 years' worth of radio station data and lyrics from rappers like Tupac, Dr. Dre, Jay-Z and Kendrick Lamar, economist Roland Fryer puts one of culture's most n...
The language you're fluent in — but forgot how to hear | Louis VI
What if the calm you feel when you hear birdsong isn't a coincidence, but ancient evolutionary wiring ... a signal that once meant safety? Musical ecologist and rapper Louis VI says humans are hardwired to nature's sonic language, but modern life has drowned it out. He explores how we can tap back i...
Why can't we better prepare for extreme weather? | Catherine Nakalembe
Thanks to advanced technology, we can now see droughts and crop failures months before they hit. So why are millions of people still going hungry? TED Fellow Catherine Nakalembe, director of the NASA Harvest program in Africa, exposes the blind spots that keep life-saving climate intelligence from r...
Budget Paradise
Filmed and set in Oakland, Budget Paradise follows Chester, a Black, nonbinary painter as they search for space and permission to exist within their hometown. Written…