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The Jet That Tweeted Back: Why the Arrest of 'Princess Halima' Has Kenya's Online World Watching the Skies

A Mombasa woman is in custody over an X account that mapped President Ruto's foreign flights. For Kenyans at home and abroad, the case tests who is allowed to watch the watchmen.

4 days ago5 min

A scientist in a laboratory pipetting samples into vials, part of genomic disease surveillance research

The Sewers of Kisumu Are Talking: How a Kenyan Scientist's AI Bet Could Warn the World of the Next Outbreak

Samuel Oyola just won a KSh 187 million Gates Foundation grant to teach machines to read Kenya's wastewater — and spot the next pandemic before the first patient walks into a clinic.

4 days ago5 min

Early morning traffic queues at the Westlands stage in Nairobi, where app-hailed taxis compete with matatus for passengers

The Floor Beneath the Fare: Kenya Moves to Set Uber and Bolt Prices, and the Diaspora's Favourite Side Hustle Feels the Tremor

4 days ago5 min

A person holds a smartphone displaying the WhatsApp application screen in close-up

The Number You No Longer Give: What WhatsApp's New Usernames Mean for the Kenyan Family Group Chat

5 days ago5 min

The Canary Wharf financial district skyline in London, destination of a growing stream of talent visa applications

The Backup Plan in Britain: Why Kenya's H-1B Professionals Are Quietly Filing for the UK's Global Talent Visa

5 days ago5 min

The Nairobi skyline rising beyond the savannah; Safaricom, operator of M-Pesa, is Kenya's most valuable listed company.

Majority Rule: How Vodacom Took Control of Safaricom, and What It Means for Diaspora Money

5 days ago4 min

A person holds a smartphone showing a mobile banking and digital lending app, a daily ritual in Kenya's mobile-money economy.

The Seven Notices in Nairobi: How a Silicon Valley Lender's Pivot Tests Kenya's Place in the Digital-Money Economy

6 days ago5 min

The Number You No Longer Have to Give: What WhatsApp's Username Switch Means for Kenyans Abroad

7 days ago5 min

A focused software developer writing code at a desk with dual monitors and headphones in a modern office.

The $98,000 Door: How a US Wage Rule Could Price Kenya's Coders Out of America

7 days ago5 min

A software developer works on code at a dual-monitor desk in a modern office setting.

The Raise That Could Cost a Job: How a US Wage Rule Reshapes the Path for Kenya's Skilled Workers

10 days ago4 min

A hand holding a black smartphone, illustrating the mobile money transfers now driving Kenyan diaspora remittances

The Phone That Beat the Bank: How Mobile Money Quietly Took Over Kenya's Diaspora Lifeline

10 days ago6 min

A smartphone screen showing live financial data resting on a US dollar bill, illustrating mobile finance and digital lending.

Built in California, Felt in Nairobi: How Tala's Global Reset Puts Up to 100 Kenyan Tech Jobs on the Line

10 days ago5 min

Africa and Europe seen from one million miles away in a NASA satellite image of the sunlit Earth

The Girl Who Counted Satellites: How a Nairobi Stargazer Built a Space Company and Landed on Forbes

11 days ago5 min

A smartphone resting beside banknotes, illustrating mobile money transfers and digital remittances to Kenya.

The Phone That Beat the Bank: How Mobile Money Became the Diaspora's New Way Home

11 days ago5 min

A rocket lifts off against a clear sky trailing smoke, illustrating the modern space industry.

From a Nairobi Rooftop to the Forbes List: How Wanjiku Kanjumba Is Forcing Africa Into the Space Race

11 days ago5 min

Planet Earth photographed from space, illustrating the global space economy that African innovators are working to enter.

The Girl Who Watched Satellites: How a Nairobi Dreamer Named Wanjiku Kanjumba Pushed Africa Toward Forbes and the Stars

12 days ago5 min

A white smartphone resting beside banknotes on a table, illustrating a mobile-money transfer

The Rails Beneath the Remittance: How Kenya's Mobile-Money Surge Is Quietly Rewiring the Diaspora's Lifeline Home

12 days ago5 min

A satellite's view of Earth from orbit, blue oceans and swirling white clouds against the black of space

The Satellites She Watched as a Child: How a Nairobi-Born Engineer Landed on Forbes and Pulled Africa Toward the Stars

12 days ago5 min

Two pedestrians walk beneath a wall-mounted security camera watching a public street in a city.

The Face the State Will Remember: How Kenya's Plan to Wire Its ID Database to City Cameras Reaches the Diaspora

13 days ago5 min

A computer monitor displaying lines of programming code, representing the software work that draws Kenyan graduates to US tech firms.

After the Diploma, the Departure: How America's Shrinking Work-After-Study Window Is Redrawing the Path for Kenya's Young Engineers

13 days ago5 min

A boda boda motorcycle-taxi rider waits with his motorcycle on a Kenyan street.

The Battery Beneath the Boda: How Spiro's $270 Million Bet Touches the Diaspora Families Who Bought a Motorcycle Back Home

13 days ago5 min

A person's hands typing on a laptop keyboard, illustrating online access to digital government services.

The Certificate That No Longer Needs a Cousin in Nairobi: How a Quiet eCitizen Shift Reaches the Diaspora

14 days ago5 min

A red padlock resting on a black computer keyboard, symbolising digital security and online data protection

The Portal That Went Dark: Why Kenya's New Cybersecurity Agency Reaches Every Kenyan Logging In From Abroad

14 days ago5 min

A woman sits on a couch using a laptop, completing official online paperwork from home

Printed From a Kitchen in Manchester: How Kenya's Online Birth Certificates Reach the Diaspora

14 days ago5 min

A man in a black sweater uses a smartphone, illustrating migrants turning to AI tools to navigate visa applications.

The Coach Inside the Phone: How AI Is Quietly Reshaping the Kenyan Diaspora's Journey to a Visa

15 days ago5 min

A mobile money and bank agent kiosk on a busy street in Nairobi, Kenya, where families collect cash sent from relatives abroad.

The One Percent Workaround: How Kenya's Diaspora Is Rerouting Remittances to Beat a New American Tax

15 days ago5 min

A group of software developers collaborating around laptops at a technology conference workspace

The Bridge Built in Code: How Kenya's US Diaspora Is Betting on AI to Rewire Its Ties Home

16 days ago5 min

A young person looks at a smartphone screen lit against a colourful background, illustrating teenage social media use.

The Age Gate at the Family Table: How Britain's Under-16 Social Media Ban Will Reach Kenyan Homes

16 days ago5 min