Kenn Abuya

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  Telecoms

  Why Kenya kept retail investors out of its biggest Safaricom sale yet

  Kenn Abuya

  4th December 2025

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  Telecoms

  $1.57bn share sale hands Vodafone majority control of Safaricom

  Kenn Abuya

  4th December 2025

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  Funding

  As infrastructure lags, new $75,000 fund targets tech fixes for African cities

  Kenn Abuya

  3rd December 2025

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  The BackEnd

  Ridelink targets SME trade with AI logistics and embedded finance

  Kenn Abuya

  2nd December 2025

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  Mobile Money

  Safaricom upgrades M-PESA backbone as API transactions hit 25%

  Kenn Abuya

  25th November 2025

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  The BackEnd

  How this Ilorin-based fintech is scaling credit access with proprietary lock tech

  Kenn Abuya

  25th November 2025

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  Newsletters, The Next Wave

  Next Wave: Safaricom’s $310 million debt flex

  Kenn Abuya

  24th November 2025

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  Legislation

  Kenya’s ICT regulator denies mandating DNA data for SIM registration under new rules

  Kenn Abuya

  18th November 2025

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  The BackEnd

  How this tech startup helps humanitarian organisations understand Somali

  Kenn Abuya

  18th November 2025

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  Ecommerce

  Jumia’s asset-light network is cracking the last-mile puzzle in rural Kenya 

  Kenn Abuya

  18th November 2025

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  Newsletters, The Next Wave

  Next Wave: The electric bike repayment trap no one wants to explain

  Kenn Abuya

  17th November 2025

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  Banking

  ‘People should move their money freely’: Eswatini’s Central Bank on opening the payments market

  Kenn Abuya

  13th November 2025

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  Mobility

  Uber-linked Greenwheels riders protest in Nairobi over pay dispute

  Kenn Abuya

  13th November 2025

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  The BackEnd

  The AI helping African companies automate work while humans stay in control

  Kenn Abuya

  11th November 2025

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  Startups

  Kenya’s Roam turns to retail investors to fund its next growth phase

  Kenn Abuya

  10th November 2025

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  Features

  Kenya’s gambling law takes a strange turn with forced “savings” idea

  Kenn Abuya

  5th November 2025

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  The BackEnd

  How WayaWaya is building Africa’s first no-code conversational banking platform

  Kenn Abuya

  4th November 2025

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  News

  MultiChoice cuts decoder prices in Kenya as pay-TV losses mount

  Kenn Abuya

  4th November 2025

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  Food Delivery

  Chowdeck crosses one million monthly orders in Nigeria

  Kenn Abuya

  3rd November 2025

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  Mobile Money

  Update: NCBA works to restore M-Shwari after outage locked customers out of savings

  Kenn Abuya

  3rd November 2025

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  Internet

  Tanzania restricts internet as citizens vote in general election

  Kenn Abuya

  29th October 2025

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  News

  Meta picks Safaricom as landing partner for new submarine cable in Kenya

  Kenn Abuya

  28th October 2025

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  News

  Kenyan court awards ex-Craft Silicon executive $751,000 after dispute over promised equity

  Kenn Abuya

  28th October 2025

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  The BackEnd

  The Backend: How this Kenyan healthtech is tuning corner pharmacies into a connected health network

  Kenn Abuya

  28th October 2025

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  Features

  Safaricom at 25: The telco that built Kenya’s digital economy faces its next test

  Kenn Abuya

  24th October 2025

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  Legislation

  Court suspends parts of Kenya’s new cyber law over free speech concerns

  Kenn Abuya

  23rd October 2025

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  Funding

  Spiro raises $100 million as it takes over half of Kenya’s electric bike market

  Kenn Abuya

  21st October 2025

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  The BackEnd

  What it takes to build an EV company in Kenya from scratch 

  Kenn Abuya

  21st October 2025

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  Newsletters, The Next Wave

  Next Wave: The telecom that built a “bank” by accident

  Kenn Abuya

  20th October 2025

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  Funding

  Why investors are starting to look beyond Africa’s “Big Four”

  Kenn Abuya

  14th October 2025

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  News

  Kenya’s Pawa IT to pay $10,000 after court finds CEO liable in sexual harassment case

  Kenn Abuya

  7th October 2025

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  The BackEnd

  How NaviSmart AI meets immigration’s hardest problems

  Kenn Abuya

  7th October 2025

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  Ask An Investor

  Lisk’s $15 million fund wants to find Web3 unicorns in emerging markets

  Kenn Abuya

  2nd October 2025

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  Banking

  Pesalink eyes premium payments market with Cellulant integration

  Kenn Abuya

  1st October 2025

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  News

  Tesh Mbaabu and Mesongo Sibuti unveil Cloud9, their next venture after Chpter

  Kenn Abuya

  1st October 2025

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  Exclusive

  Chpter co-founders Tesh Mbaabu and Mesongo Sibuti step down in major leadership reshuffle

  Kenn Abuya

  1st October 2025

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  Analysis

  About 7,000 Kenyan tech jobs caught in US-backed policy uncertainty

  Kenn Abuya

  30th September 2025

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  Telecoms

  How service outages knocked Telkom Kenya out of top three mobile operators

  Kenn Abuya

  29th September 2025

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  News

  DStv, GOtv lose 3.4 million Kenyan customers as Pay-TV decline deepens

  Kenn Abuya

  25th September 2025

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  The BackEnd

  This new app lets tourists pay Kenyan traders without local SIM cards

  Kenn Abuya

  23rd September 2025