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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.
NTSA launched a portal where motorists can track their driving licence or number plate applications by entering their ID or registration number; requests are sent to collection centres, part of a broader move to digitise transport services
Kenya’s proposed Virtual Asset Service Providers Bill seeks to licence and regulate crypto exchanges and custodians, promising lower remittance costs but drawing warnings from lawyers and analysts that strict compliance requirements could drive out small innovators
Kenyan social‑commerce platform Twiva has secured investment from Sony’s corporate venture arm to expand across Africa, enhance its AI‑driven tools and launch Twiva Pay, with plans to create over a million digital jobs and bring African content to global audiences.
East African Community member states endorsed a 10-year biotechnology strategy to harmonise policies, boost innovation and protect biodiversity, with Kenya’s biosafety authority playing a key role and the plan aligning with global frameworks.
A UN Joint SDG Fund feature on International Youth Day celebrated Kenyan youth who are using DigiKen’s Digital Innovation Hubs to turn local challenges into digital solutions, create jobs and promote inclusive development.
Safaricom is rebuilding M-Pesa around an AI-native architecture to boost fraud detection, monitor system performance and predict transaction trends, while mandating AI training for all staff to prepare for the next phase of mobile money evolution.
A sudden leadership change at the Communications Authority of Kenya has sparked speculation about political manoeuvres and the future of the country’s digital infrastructure, as Mary Wambui Mungai is replaced by water executive Charles Kamau Karondo and reassigned to Athi Water Works Agency.
At the center of the grilling was Turkana County, where senators say poor mobile network coverage continues to endanger lives, hamper emergency response, and isolate communities from essential public services.
Members of the Senate Committee on Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) have sharply criticized the Ministry of ICT and the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) over persistent mobile network blackouts in remote and underserved counties.
Amazon lofted 24 Kuiper satellites while Vietnam approved a Starlink pilot, signalling fiercer competition to blanket Earth with low-latency satellite broadband.
Isomorphic Labs, a DeepMind spin-off, will test the first molecule created entirely by AI, potentially slashing the cost and time of drug discovery.
Alibaba has released Qwen3-Coder, an open-source AI that autonomously writes code and rivals leading Western models, escalating the global AI arms race.
