Bolt and Mombasa County are helping 400 delivery riders get formally licensed through a skills-recognition programme. The initiative aims to improve compliance and safety while giving experienced riders access to formal qualifications.
Kenya has opened applications for a new Kenya Artificial Intelligence Accelerator Programme, seeking artificial intelligence use cases that can improve public service delivery and support the country’s green transition. The programme is targeting public institutions, startups and innovators, as well as universities and research institutions with high-potential AI solutions that have a clear path towards [...] The post Kenya Launches AI Accelerator Programme for Public Service and Green Transitio
Paul Kagame opens the 20th Africa Food Systems Forum in Kigali on 31 August, a year after Dakar's US$18.5 billion.
The tweet from Kenya Innovation Agency (KeNIA) is short on details but long on implication: **CEIL Summit 2026** is coming, and the promise is that the room will hold the people who decide whether African research ever leaves the lab. For founders and developers across Nairobi, Kampala, Dar es Salaa
Kenya’s proposed law would force ISPs to meter broadband use and report subscriber meter details to the regulator.
Mobile money featured in 51 of Kenya’s 102 cyber fraud cases reviewed in 2026. The cases reveal how fraudsters are using everyday payment rails across crypto, forex and other schemes.
NoOnes Has Shut Down. East Africa's P2P Crypto Traders Just Lost Their Main Rail
Safaricom's Ziidi Trader now accepts Kenyan passports, military IDs and foreign passports, ending its previous national ID only requirement.
ASUS ROG Targets Kenya’s Growing Gaming and Creator Economy at Otamatsuri 2026
Agentic systems engineering, infrastructure observability, live MVP building, and private venture dealmaking take center stage across Nairobi this week. Midweek opens with enterprise operations in Chiromo before accelerating into a packed Thursday and Friday gauntlet, headlined by simultaneous hackathons, closed-room capital tables, and Socratic Bitcoin seminars. If you architect software, debug production integrations, or pitch early-stage ventures, this is your calendar.
World Bank bans Webmasters. Kenya still has questions about who controls eCitizen.
Over the past five years, startups across logistics, e-commerce, agriculture, fintech, food delivery, clean energy, AI, and auto manufacturing have shut down, entered administration, or abandoned their core businesses.
The African startup ecosystem witnessed several milestones in the first half of 2026. One important milestone is the…
Six Nigerian-founded projects have received a combined $521,700 in funding from round 44 of the Stellar Community Fund…
Kenya’s Communications Authority (CA) is targeting to equip 120,000 people across 19 counties with digital skills over the next three... Source
Kenya’s National Assembly has ordered an investigation into QVSE's local operations
Two recent Kenyan High Court rulings show when a shareholder dispute can justify winding up a company, and when the court will refuse. For founders and investors, the cases offer a useful warning about deadlocks, buyouts and what happens when business partners stop agreeing.
Kenya has built some of Africa’s best infrastructure for moving money, but getting paid from abroad still depends on foreign platforms, banks and compliance systems it does not control. Recent disruptions show how fragile those routes can be, even as Kenya becomes an increasingly global place to work.
Kenya Has the World’s Highest AI Usage Rate, Despite Low Internet Access
Kenya’s VASP rules have moved the industry from uncertainty to implementation.This past weekend, builders, lawyers and policy experts came together to explore what comes next.