Airtel Money set its London IPO price at GBP 1.96 a share, valuing it at USD 7 billion. Kenyans can't join.

Tavus says 26 of 54 people took its Griffin AI for a real person on a live one-minute video call.

Galaxy S26 prices rose in the US and Korea on 1st October 2026 as memory costs doubled. Kenya is next.

KRA says it stopped a passenger from Dubai at JKIA with 40 undeclared iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max phones, worth KES 8.2 million.

Safaricom and Pesapal roll out M-PESA tap and dynamic QR payments on Pesapal card machines. Customers still enter a PIN

Samsung has started sending Android 17 to the Galaxy S26 Series in Kenya.

Equity Bank has posted outage notices in Kenya and Rwanda but has not given a cause or a restoration time.

Stanbic Bank is title sponsor of Ne-Yo's Nairobi concert on Mashujaa Day, 20th October 2026. Gold tickets cost KES 15,000.

Meta's WhatsApp Business Platform starts charging Kenyan firms for replies on 1st October 2026, after 1,000 free messages per number.

Gemini 4 Argon tops most of Google's benchmarks and matches OpenAI on independent tests, but public access has no date.

Seven Kenyan women-led startups receive KES 9 million in grants after Strathmore's Women in Tech accelerator. Meet all seven winners.

The High Court put Copia Kenya into liquidation and refused creditors' audit request. Realisable assets were about KES 206.6 million.

Apple reportedly plans to announce a smart home hub, new HomePod mini and Apple TV 4K on 13th October, unconfirmed.

Samsung's SmartTag3 lets iPhone users check and share location, but Compass View, Ring Phone and Left Behind Alert remain unavailable.

One UI 9 Android 17 arrives for Galaxy S25, Z Fold7 and Z Flip7 in South Korea

Samsung's Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra and S12+ arrive with Photoshop and larger Plus display.

The Honor Life S3 is a 61g e-ink reader that attaches to the back of a phone with a magnet and costs about USD 59. Honor has named no market outside China.

OpenAI's Pro 500 costs USD 500 monthly, about KES 64,900, with faster Astra and more usage; Pro 200 limits change.

Huawei's MatePad Air Z starts at about USD 450 in China and reuses the 2025 tablet's screen.

Apple Pay launched in India on 30th September for Axis Bank Visa and Mastercard credit cards, without UPI or RuPay.

OpenAI launches dots in ChatGPT. We explain Kenyan eligibility, subscription costs, usage limits and its differences from rival Grok Bot.

Google says many newer Chromebooks can switch to Googlebook OS but names none. It says ChromeOS updates run to mid-2034.

Honor Magic 9, Pro Max and Super Edition compared: screens, chips, cameras, batteries, charging and launch prices in one table.

Motorola teased a wide foldable. A single leak says 110mm tall, 12.6mm thick, a 5,000mAh battery and a mid-December launch.

Former CBK governor Patrick Njoroge wants Kenya's law to pay M-Pesa users interest on wallets. Comments close 9th October 2026.

Samsung's Connected Living roadshow ends at Sarit Mall from 2nd to 4th October, as Samsung Service Month starts in Kenya.

iPhone Air 2 leak: second 48MP camera, 2nm A20 Pro chip, launch around March 2027.

TikTok pays Alabama at least USD 100 million, about KES 13 billion, and must lock teens in Alabama out overnight.

Meta opened AI Academy Kenya with This Is Digital. Two startups win about KES 650,000 each. Applications close 30th September.

Nvidia's new agent safety tools include free OpenShell software and Sentry, a monitor that runs on BlueField-4 chips and has no price.

Nvidia's board has approved a record $150 billion buyback increase. Its total pool is $235 billion, about KES 30.4 trillion.

Kenyans used 50.6% more mobile data in a year. 5G connections, just 3.8% of the total, used 14.5% of it.

Honor's 500mm G500 lens costs about USD 370 or KES 48,300 with grip. The G200 costs about USD 150 alone.

Honor launched the Magic 9, Pro Max and Super Edition in China today, from about USD 670.

Huawei's DJI Pocket 4 partnership promises closer device integration, but existing cameras already support direct transfers. We explain the differences.

Galaxy A08 keeps the A07's Helio G99 chip and cameras, adds 1,000mAh and dust sealing, and costs about KES 28,500.

Safaricom added 11.5 million active SIM cards in a year, more than Kenya's whole market. Airtel, Telkom and Equitel shrank.

The Jubilee Money Market Fund (KES) explained: the 10.61% rate, withholding tax, withdrawals, minimums, and the savers it fits best.

Huawei's Mate 90 takes deposits in China without a date. Only its Kirin 9050 Pro and 5G filing are official.

A new Apple TV 4K image has leaked, while separate reports suggest upgraded hardware and Siri AI support for television.

Microsoft paused KB5002907 after Office installations lost activation or disappeared. Affected users should reactivate or reinstall their purchased Office copies.

iQOO confirms an 8.8-inch 165Hz OLED display for Pad Ultra, with active cooling ahead of its 29th September China launch

Vivo V80 launches on 6th October with a 7,200mAh battery, 144Hz display, ZEISS cameras and the V70's Snapdragon processor retained.

Vivo S2 FE launches in India on 6 October alongside V80, with a 10,000mAh battery and 44W charging still rumoured.

The 1TB iPhone 18 Pro Max uses QLC storage. The 512GB, KES 52,000 cheaper, beat it by up to 38%.

EPRA scrapped the 15,000 kWh monthly cap on Kenya's EV charging tariff, backdated to July 2025, and added night-rate conditions.

Kenya had 54 million active mobile money subscriptions in June, 101.3% of its population. Airtel Money's share has nearly doubled.

The iPhone 18 Pro's aperture blades move with magnets, but no test shows MagSafe accessories affect them on sealed phones.

Claude found ART, a CRISPR-like enzyme system in bacteria-infecting viruses. Anthropic confirmed it's real but doesn't know what it does.

Spiro has borrowed another USD 18 million, about KES 2.3 billion, from Africa Go Green Fund for Uganda and Rwanda.