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Smash & Play Rhapta Brings a New Way to Experience Fun in Nairobi
There’s a new place in town where the plan is simple: show up, move, and play. Opening on Saturday, April 18th at Rhapta Promenade Mall, Smash & Play Rhapta introduces Nairobi to a vibrant, high-energy space designed for all ages. Whether it’s families planning a weekend outing, friends looking ...
Lufthansa pilots begin 2-day strike, grounding hundreds of flights
BERLIN, April 13 (Xinhua) — Hundreds of Lufthansa flights were cancelled on Monday after pilots began a two-day strike, disrupting services across Lufthansa’s mainline operations and several subsidiaries. The walkout, called by the German pilot trade union “Vereinigung Cockpit̶...
Customers connected to national grid rise by 182,195 to 10.2mn
NAIROBI, Kenya, April 13 – The number of Kenyans connected to the national electricity grid increased by 182,195 to 10.2 million as of December 25, 2025, according to new industry data. Latest figures from the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) show an improvement from 10.17 mill...
Wandayi says unaware of energy chiefs’ exit amid Sh4bn fuel probe
NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 13 – Energy and Petroleum Cabinet Secretary Opiyo Wandayi has told Parliament he does not know the circumstances surrounding the resignation of three top officials in the petroleum sector, as investigations into a controversial fuel importation deal intensify. Appearing bef...
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Wingu Africa Launches Wingu Cloud Exchange in Ethiopia
Wingu Africa, the pioneering specialist provider of carrier-neutral, Tier III-standard data centres in East Africa, has announced the launch of the Wi...
How Kenyan Startup Cute Profit is Digitizing Retail and Automating eTIMS Compliance
For years, the digital transformation narrative in Kenya has focused heavily on the consumer side—mobile money apps, digital lending, and e-commerce p...
Kenya’s Data Watchdog Targets Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses Amid Claims of Secret Recordings
The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) has launched an investigation into Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses following rising alarms over mass surveillance and the unauthorized use of Kenyans’ personal data for artificial intelligence training. In a notable move, the regulator initiated...
Billions of dollars flowed into spot ETFs; XRP price to rise 100% – becoming the best investment return in 2026.
Recently, US President Donald Trump’s policy statements and supportive moves have drawn strong market attention to XRP. Market sources indicate that several XRP spot ETFs are seeing billions of dollars in inflows, a trend widely seen as a significant factor driving a short-term price increase ...
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View AllLufthansa pilots begin 2-day strike, grounding hundreds of flights
BERLIN, April 13 (Xinhua) — Hundreds of Lufthansa flights were cancelled on Monday after pilots began a two-day strike, disrupting services across Lufthansa’s mainline operations and several subsidiaries. The walkout, called by the German pilot trade union “Vereinigung Cockpit̶...
Customers connected to national grid rise by 182,195 to 10.2mn
NAIROBI, Kenya, April 13 – The number of Kenyans connected to the national electricity grid increased by 182,195 to 10.2 million as of December 25, 2025, according to new industry data. Latest figures from the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) show an improvement from 10.17 mill...
Wandayi says unaware of energy chiefs’ exit amid Sh4bn fuel probe
NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 13 – Energy and Petroleum Cabinet Secretary Opiyo Wandayi has told Parliament he does not know the circumstances surrounding the resignation of three top officials in the petroleum sector, as investigations into a controversial fuel importation deal intensify. Appearing bef...
GTA-maker Rockstar Games hacked again but downplays impact
APRIL 13 – Grand Theft Auto developer Rockstar Games has been targeted for a second time in three years by hackers. The data breach affecting the gaming giant was reported by cybersecurity news outlets on Saturday, after a group of hackers claimed responsibility for the hack. In posts viewed b...
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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…