TECHNOLOGY

Amazon CEO and founder Jeff Bezos’ sovereignty on the top of the Forbes’ Real Time Billionaires List only lasted just a few Hours. Mr Bezos, for the first time was the richest with a $90.6 billion net worth opening market, but closing the market, Mr Bezos was out...

Five Kenyan schoolgirls aged 15 to 17 have won a trip to California to take part in this year's international Technovation competition event. Technovation competitions invite teams of girls from all over the world to learn and apply the skills needed to solve real-world problems through technology. The five teenagers,...

The country is about to have its General Election next month. So just how big a problem is fake news in Kenya and what impact is it having on the way people consume information? Fake news has become a recent problem, the topic came to prominence during the...

Safaricom's director of Financial Services, Ron Webb, has left the company in a shock exit surprising both employees and shareholders. According to a letter sent to the company's staff by the CEO, Ron Webb's last day at work is today. He has apparently spent 18 years in Kenya...

Action movie superstar Dwayne Johnson “The Rock” has made a "movie" co-starring Apple's voice assistant Siri. In the movie, which runs for three minutes and 45 seconds, we tail The Rock in a number of situations as he tried to fit more into his already busy schedule,...

Safaricom has today suspended the M-Pesa PayBill number 135079 being used by the controversial Public Likes scam. The scam which operates like the Social Trade scam in India, has been the talk of the town with most users confessing how they were either promised money or making some. Sources...

Safaricom Report, has Links KDF to Theft of their Merchandize during and after a terrorist attack on the Westgate Shopping Mall, where numerous mobile phones and airtime at the Safaricom Westgate Retail Centre were stolen. Safaricom carried out a detailed analysis on stolen merchandise to determine key...

According to UN estimates, the number of people in need of food assistance has increased from 1.3 million in August 2016 to over 3.5 million. This is as an outcome of the drought experienced in Kenya for the past three years. The drought experienced in 2017 was...

Finally the serial sexual pervert at Ushahidi (11 women complaining that you sexually harassed them makes it serial) and the company's Executive Director, Daudi Were has been fired by the Ushahidi board. Daudi has been fired after public pressure mounted over allegations by several women detailing incidences where...

Crisis mapping tech firm, Ushahidi, has reportedly sent home the disgraced Director, Daudi Were, over the accusations of sexual harassment. Sexual Exploitation at Ushahidi, Daudi Were Loudly Rumoured to be the Predator According to Business Daily, Ushahidi issued as statement confirming the suspension of Daudi...