Breaking developments, original reporting and informed analysis from across Kenya and the world.
A prolonged dry spell in Kisii County is forcing families to queue longer at dwindling springs, pay more for water and absorb falling milk production, according to local reporting and earlier evidence of shrinking water sources in the regio...
Victoria Beckham Holdings Ltd has reported its first operating profit since launch, marking a turnaround for the fashion-and-beauty group after a prolonged period of losses and restructuring. The result comes as the company says sales rose...
01 Sep, 2026 · 26 min read · 2,037 views
Police fired tear gas in Nairobi’s central business district on Friday as traders protested a recent Kenya Revenue Authority customs benchmark increase on consolidated imports, a move the tax agency says is meant to curb under-declaration a...
28 Aug, 2026 · 31 min read · 2,015 views
More than 100 organisations, including OpenAI and Anthropic, have signed an open letter urging governments and companies to move faster on cyber defence as artificial intelligence raises the scale and speed of online attacks.
28 Aug, 2026 · 35 min read · 1,887 views
Dollar General and its rivals are drawing more shoppers as US consumers seek lower prices for everyday essentials. The latest results suggest value chains are benefiting not just from strained budgets, but also from higher-income households...
28 Aug, 2026 · 21 min read · 1,889 views
Anthropic has unveiled a research preview of Model Hardware Standard, a framework designed to help Claude and other AI models connect more safely and consistently with robots, microscopes and manufacturing tools. The move points to a new ph...
28 Aug, 2026 · 35 min read · 1,878 views
Wall Street’s technology leaders powered U.S. indexes higher on Thursday as Nvidia and Salesforce delivered earnings and forecasts that reassured investors about the durability of the artificial-intelligence boom, even as other parts of the...
28 Aug, 2026 · 38 min read · 1,878 views
Rippling is planning to nearly triple the size of its Singapore office, according to a report that adds to signs that global technology and fintech firms are scaling up in the city-state even as many other employers remain cautious about he...
28 Aug, 2026 · 29 min read · 1,875 views
Sandisk’s astonishing rally has made it one of the market’s hottest AI plays, but fresh reporting and company disclosures suggest the real question is not whether the stock has already peaked — it is whether the underlying memory cycle is s...
28 Aug, 2026 · 36 min read · 1,875 views
OpenAI has begun showing ads to eligible users on ChatGPT’s Free and Go plans in India, a move that expands its advertising test into one of its biggest user markets while keeping paid tiers ad-free and promising that conversations will rem...
28 Aug, 2026 · 32 min read · 1,878 views