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Nairobi launches Beijing-inspired underpass network to unclog central business district

Construction has begun on the Greenpark Terminus Pedestrian Underpass, a 500-metre Beijing-inspired walkway at Haile Selassie Avenue and Uhuru Highway designed to protect pedestrians, improve traffic flow and complement other major road projects aimed at easing Nairobi’s congestion.

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Oracle and OpenAI ink $300 billion cloud deal, sparking questions about power and scale

OpenAI and Oracle signed a surprise $300 billion, five-year compute agreement, revealing OpenAI’s huge demand for cloud power and raising concerns about how the company will fund and power its supercomputing ambitions.

SDShiftpulse Digital

Sep 12, 2025

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OpenAI secures Microsoft’s blessing to become a public benefit company

OpenAI struck a non-binding deal with Microsoft to convert its for-profit arm into a Public Benefit Corporation, giving the nonprofit board a stake worth over $100 billion and paving the way for new funding and possible public listing.

SDShiftpulse Digital

Sep 11, 2025

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Apple's ultra-thin iPhone Air wows fans but raises AI questions

Apple unveiled its ultra-thin iPhone Air, impressing fans with a 5.6 mm titanium design while analysts questioned its single camera and AI strategy.

SDShiftpulse Digital

Sep 10, 2025

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Amazon’s Lens Live adds real-time AI shopping to visual search

Amazon’s Lens Live brings real-time AI to visual search, letting shoppers point their phone at objects to see matching products and buy them instantly via the Amazon app.

SDShiftpulse Digital

Sep 2, 2025

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DCI Reveals How Investigators Use IMEI Numbers to Track Stolen Phones

DCI Director Mohamed Amin said investigators use unique IMEI numbers and cooperation with mobile networks to recover stolen phones. He noted that the IMEI remains constant even when SIM cards are swapped, and that police recovered over 574 phones in Nairobi despite a rising theft rate.

SOStreamline Official

Sep 16, 2025

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Cortex Hub’s MCP Hackathon Aims to Infuse African Context into AI Models

The Cortex Hub has launched the MCP Hackathon Africa 2025, an eight-week programme that will see developers across 40 cities build servers embedding African languages and priorities into AI models, with finalists showcasing their solutions in Cape Town and competing for a US$9,500 prize pool.

SOStreamline Official

Sep 15, 2025

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Senator Allan Chesang Urges Government to Engage Content Creators to Promote Projects

Trans Nzoia Senator Allan Chesang, speaking at the launch of the Konza Technopolis, urged the government to involve content creators in promoting public projects and policies.

SOStreamline Official

Sep 12, 2025

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Huawei Cloud Unveils Big Data and Developer Tools in Nairobi, Boosting Kenya’s Tech Ecosystem

The TechWave Kenya Day event showcased how cloud-based solutions can help Kenyan firms and developers leverage data and speed up app creation, aligning with the country’s push toward a digital economy.

SOStreamline Official

Sep 5, 2025

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Safaricom and Meta Partner on New Subsea Cable to Boost Kenya’s Internet Connectivity

Safaricom and Meta are investing $23 million in a new undersea internet cable linking Kenya to Oman, a project aimed at slashing internet costs and improving reliability.

SOStreamline Official

Sep 2, 2025

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Kenya Graduates New Generation of Cyber Shujaa Experts to Tackle Rising Cyberattacks

During a graduation ceremony at USIU-Africa, Kenya celebrated the latest cohort of Cyber Shujaa trainees. Data Commissioner Immaculate Kassait said the programme, run by Serianu, USIU-Africa and the Kenya Bankers Association, is helping close the country’s cybersecurity skills

SOStreamline Official

Aug 28, 2025

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Google’s Phone App Redesign Surprises Users with New Interface Changes

Google has rolled out a major redesign of its Phone dialer app, catching many Kenyan users off guard with a new interface combining call history and contacts under a “Home” tab and introducing new swipe controls for answering calls.

SOStreamline Official

Aug 24, 2025

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Tech Training Graduates 12 Youth in Virtual Production to Spur Creative Economy

A dozen Kenyan youth have completed an intensive virtual production bootcamp at Konza Technopolis, emerging with world-class skills in animation, augmented reality and virtual studio technology.

SOStreamline Official

Aug 22, 2025