Kenn Abuya

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  Newsletters, The Next Wave

  Kenya’s cybersecurity ‘talent gap’ is a hiring problem

  Kenn Abuya

  7th July 2025

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  Exclusive

  Flutterwave cuts 50% of staff in Kenya and South Africa in major cost-cutting move

  Kenn Abuya

  2nd July 2025

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  Internet

  Starlink subscriptions drops 11% in Kenya as Safaricom 5G routers win over users

  Kenn Abuya

  30th June 2025

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  Mobile Money

  M-PESA’s market share drops for sixth straight quarter as Airtel Money gains ground

  Kenn Abuya

  30th June 2025

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  Banking

  Ethiopia to allow foreign banks for first time in 50 years

  Kenn Abuya

  26th June 2025

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  The BackEnd

  The fintech replacing banks in cross-border payments, one stablecoin at a time

  Kenn Abuya

  24th June 2025

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  Internet

  Starlink resumes sign-ups in Nairobi after a 7-month pause

  Kenn Abuya

  23rd June 2025

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  News, Startups

  Exclusive: Chpter’s Flutterwave deal opens 11 new markets for WhatsApp-based selling

  Kenn Abuya

  19th June 2025

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  Banking

  Kenya extends real-time bank transfer hours, inching towards 24/7 goal

  Kenn Abuya

  18th June 2025

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  Mobile Money

  Safaricom’s Ziidi money market fund on the spot over anti-competitive behaviour 

  Kenn Abuya

  17th June 2025

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  Analysis, Cryptocurrency

  Kenya wants crypto taxes fast, but offers few answers in return

  Kenn Abuya

  12th June 2025

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  Features, Mobility

  Roam’s Nairobi factory shows what’s hard about building electric bikes in Africa

  Kenn Abuya

  11th June 2025

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  Ecommerce

  Twiga Foods halts Nairobi operations, considers new locations for distribution hub 

  Kenn Abuya

  6th June 2025

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  Features

  Pay up: Kenyan banks and digital lenders pursue loan defaulters with renewed vigour

  Kenn Abuya

  6th June 2025

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  The BackEnd

  DigiTax chases Africa’s rising demand for tax tech

  Kenn Abuya

  3rd June 2025

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  Legislation

  Despite past opposition, Kenya revives push to give KRA access to private financial data

  Kenn Abuya

  3rd June 2025

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  Newsletters, The Next Wave

  Next Wave: The real cost of chasing higher returns in private debt

  Kenn Abuya

  2nd June 2025

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  Ecommerce

  Twiga Foods creates holding company, cuts over 300 jobs in major restructuring push

  Kenn Abuya

  24th May 2025

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  Internet

  Six months on, Starlink still can’t serve new customers in Nairobi

  Kenn Abuya

  21st May 2025

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  Ecommerce

  Twiga’s pivot to asset-light model begins with acquisition of Kenyan distributors 

  Kenn Abuya

  20th May 2025

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  News

  MaxAB-Wasoko makes first post-merger move with acquisition of Egypt’s Fatura

  Kenn Abuya

  19th May 2025

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  Internet

  Kenya bars Safaricom, Airtel, regulator from future internet shutdowns

  Kenn Abuya

  15th May 2025

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  Newsletters, The Next Wave

  The Next Wave: Rethinking what banks are for

  Kenn Abuya

  12th May 2025

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  Mobile Money

  Safaricom to launch credit, savings products to boost M-PESA in Ethiopia

  Kenn Abuya

  9th May 2025

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  Internet

  Safaricom explores satellite partnerships amid rising Starlink pressure

  Kenn Abuya

  9th May 2025

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  The BackEnd

  The AI agency helping Kenyan companies find on-ground applications of AI in their businesses

  Kenn Abuya

  6th May 2025

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  Government

  Tanzania’s purge of 80,000 online platforms signals deeper state control over digital space

  Kenn Abuya

  6th May 2025

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  FinTech

  Why Kenyans are using mobile money more but sending less

  Kenn Abuya

  29th April 2025

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  The BackEnd

  Asta Funding Hub is turning entrepreneurs into fundable businesses

  Kenn Abuya

  22nd April 2025

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  Internet

  Safaricom takes on Starlink with aggressive 5G push in rural Kenya

  Kenn Abuya

  18th April 2025

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  FinTech, News

  Tala lays off 28 staff as loan defaults and customer queries fall

  Kenn Abuya

  16th April 2025

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  FinTech

  Digital bank Umba raises $5 million to grow vehicle and SME lending in Kenya

  Kenn Abuya

  9th April 2025

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  The BackEnd

  GiG wants to turn one-time eventgoers into lasting communities

  Kenn Abuya

  8th April 2025

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  Cryptocurrency

  Kenya proposes first crypto bill to regulate ICOs, stablecoins, exchanges

  Kenn Abuya

  7th April 2025

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  News

  Kenyan court orders Umba to pay $21,600 over unfair dismissal of former executive

  Kenn Abuya

  5th April 2025

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  Startups

  Kenya’s Chpter spins off Pluto, a WhatsApp API suite, as subsidiary

  Kenn Abuya

  2nd April 2025

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  Ecommerce, News

  Marketforce ordered to pay $16,000 in wrongful termination case

  Kenn Abuya

  27th March 2025

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  News

  Lipa Later enters administration after failed fresh fundraising efforts

  Kenn Abuya

  27th March 2025

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  Mobility

  Tunisia to suspend Bolt for alleged tax evasion, launch state-backed ride-hailing app

  Kenn Abuya

  26th March 2025

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  Newsletters, The Next Wave

  The true cost of M-PESA is catching up with M-PESA

  Kenn Abuya

  24th March 2025