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Faith Mukundi: Media Education Must Go Beyond Classroom Theory
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Kenya Pushes for Global AI Cybersecurity Cooperation at G7+ Talks
Information and Communication Technology Cabinet Secretary William Kabogo is in Paris, France representing Kenya at the G7+ Digital and Tech Ministerial dialogue focused on cybersecurity challenges posed by Artificial Intelligence (AI). Kabogo said Kenya recognises the enormous opportunities present...
The most spectacular rocket explosion since N1 just happened in Florida
On Thursday evening Blue Origin attempted to test fire its massive New Glenn rocket at its Florida launch site, but something went very wrong after engine ignition. The super heavy lift rocket exploded in spectacular and disastrous fashion. The static fire test was being filmed by NASASpaceflight.co...
Blue Origin explosion is a major setback for NASA’s Moon plans and Amazon’s Starlink competitor
New Glenn rocket explodes at Launch Complex 36 on Thursday night in Florida. | Image: Spaceflight Now While Blue Origin investigates the root cause behind last night's spectacular explosion of its New Glenn rocket, it's already clear that this will be a major setback for NASA's Moon base plans and A...
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Information and Communication Technology Cabinet Secretary William Kabogo is in Paris, France representing Kenya at the G7+ Digital and Tech Ministerial dialogue focused on cybersecurity challenges posed by Artificial Intelligence (AI). Kabogo said Kenya recognises the enormous opportunities present...
The most spectacular rocket explosion since N1 just happened in Florida
On Thursday evening Blue Origin attempted to test fire its massive New Glenn rocket at its Florida launch site, but something went very wrong after engine ignition. The super heavy lift rocket exploded in spectacular and disastrous fashion. The static fire test was being filmed by NASASpaceflight.co...
Blue Origin explosion is a major setback for NASA’s Moon plans and Amazon’s Starlink competitor
New Glenn rocket explodes at Launch Complex 36 on Thursday night in Florida. | Image: Spaceflight Now While Blue Origin investigates the root cause behind last night's spectacular explosion of its New Glenn rocket, it's already clear that this will be a major setback for NASA's Moon base plans and A...
Adobe’s conversational AI agent is a mediocre design intern
It explained the process of how it made these edits beautifully, I’m just not terribly impressed by the results. | Images by Jess Weatherbed / The Verge AI image tools rarely make me feel like I'm part of the creative process. They are, after all, mostly designed so that people with no design experi...
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Ruto Signs CAIPs Agreements To Boost Kenya’s Industrialization
On May 28, 2026 President Ruto presided over the signing of Inter-Governmental Participation Agreements (IPAs) with sixteen counties scheduled for the phase of the County Aggregation and Industrial Parks (CAIPs) program, held at State House, Nairobi. The ceremony brought together governors, senior g...
Ndindi Nyoro Clashes With MPs Over Ksh100 Billion Fuel Subsidy Funding Proposal
Kiharu Member of Parliament Ndindi Nyoro is pushing for a Ksh. 100 billion cut in overseas travel spending across the Executive, Legislature, and Judiciary. He wants to redirect the money to the Fuel Subsidy Fund to help bring down fuel prices. During a presentation to the Departmental Committee on ...
Ulwazi Place expansion targets Kenya’s growing conference tourism market
NAIROBI, Kenya, May 29 – Kenya’s conference tourism sector has received a boost following the expansion of Ulwazi Place, a meetings and hospitality facility located within the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) campus in Nairobi. The facility, situated in the Kitisuru area and man...
Enwealth receives CMA approval to operate as corporate trustee
NAIROBI, Kenya, May 29 – Enwealth Trustees Services Limited has received approval from the Capital Markets Authority to operate as a licensed corporate trustee in Kenya, expanding the number of firms offering fiduciary oversight services within the country’s capital markets sector. The approval allo...
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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…