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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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Technology

IBM and Oracle Forge Partnership to Integrate Watsonx AI into Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

IBM has expanded its alliance with Oracle to make IBM’s watsonx AI services available on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). Starting this summer, Oracle customers will be able to use watsonx Orchestrate (AI agents) within OCI to automate workflows across their enterprise applications.

SDShiftpulse Digital

May 19, 2025

Technology

Microsoft Azure Expands AI Offerings with Grok, LLaMA, and Mistral Models

Microsoft has announced that its Azure cloud platform will soon offer AI models from competing companies, including xAI’s Grok and Meta’s LLaMA, expanding its model marketplace beyond its existing OpenAI offerings to provide more choice for enterprise AI development.

SDShiftpulse Digital

May 19, 2025

Technology

GitHub Copilot Gets Autonomous Coding Agent Feature for Enhanced Developer Productivity

Microsoft has enhanced GitHub Copilot with a new autonomous coding agent. This AI assistant can automatically write code, fix bugs, and complete development tasks in the background without needing manual, step-by-step prompts from the user.

SDShiftpulse Digital

May 19, 2025

Technology

Microsoft Introduces "Copilot Tuning" for Customizable Enterprise AI Assistants

Microsoft has announced Copilot Tuning, a new low-code feature in Copilot Studio that allows organizations to customize their Microsoft 365 Copilot by fine-tuning it on their own data, enabling the AI to learn a company’s unique language and operational style.

SDShiftpulse Digital

May 19, 2025

Technology

Google Cloud Run Enhanced for AI: One-Click AI Studio Deployments and MCP Server

Google's Cloud Run now offers one-click deployment for applications built with AI Studio, supports Gemma 3 models with GPU acceleration, and includes a new Model Context Protocol (MCP) server enabling AI agents to autonomously manage their cloud services.

SDShiftpulse Digital

May 19, 2025

Technology

Firebase Studio Gets AI Upgrade: Figma Import and Automated Backend Provisioning

Google's Firebase Studio has been updated with new AI-assisted development features, allowing developers to import Figma UI designs and have the AI automatically infer and provision backend services like Authentication and Firestore based on the interface.

SDShiftpulse Digital

May 19, 2025

Technology

Google Introduces "Jules": An Autonomous AI Coding Agent Now in Public Beta

Google has introduced Jules, a new autonomous AI coding agent currently in public beta. Jules can run in the background of a developer’s code repository to automatically write tests, fix bugs, and implement features based on high-level instructions.

SDShiftpulse Digital

May 19, 2025

Education

Multipurpose Hall, class room commissioned at Nandi Hills Comprehensive Primary School

Nandi County launched a new multipurpose hall and classroom at Nandi Hills Comprehensive Primary School, funded through a public-private partnership

SOStreamline Official

May 19, 2025

Health

Lorry Ferrying Suspected Illicit Alcohol Intercepted in Narok

Authorities in Narok intercepted a lorry carrying illicit 'Space Vodka' hidden under a load of rice, and arrested the driver

SOStreamline Official

May 19, 2025

Agriculture

Kwale launches tree planting drive to combat climate change

Kwale Governor Fatuma Achani launched a tree-planting campaign, distributing 10,000 seedlings to fight climate change and restore degraded lands

SOStreamline Official

May 19, 2025

Politics

We are currently assessing the ongoing corruption war – HOPS

Kenya’s Chief of Staff Felix Koskei said the government is determined to involve every Kenyan in the fight against corruption [oai_citation:46‡kenyanews.go.ke]

SOStreamline Official

May 19, 2025

Agriculture

EAC to celebrate inaugural Lake Victoria Day in May 2026

The East African Community announced the first-ever Lake Victoria Day, to be celebrated on May 21, 2026, to address environmental issues affecting the lake

SOStreamline Official

May 19, 2025