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Technology in Kenya: digital services, telecoms, fintech and innovation news for a connected economy.
Konza signs AWS deal for cloud skills, Outpost and a startup centre
Technopolis Development Authority CEO John Paul Okwiri and AWS public-sector lead Robin Njiru signed a collaboration at Konza covering four workstreams, including an AWS Outpost, staff and youth certifications, and a Startup and Innovation Centre of Excellence.
ESET: nine-year Office flaw doubled in Kenya; QR phishing up 145%
ESET’s H1 2026 report says Kenyan hits on the nine-year-old Microsoft Office bug CVE-2017-0199 more than doubled from H2 2025 to H1 2026, QR-code phishing rose 145%, and Aotera is now the fourth-most detected malware family locally.
MPs weigh metered internet billing that JTL says could kill unlimited fibre
Jamii Telecommunications told the National Assembly that Section 27A(3C) of the Kenya Information and Communications (Amendment) Bill, 2025 would force consumption billing, threaten unlimited Faiba packages and clash with privacy law; Kenya has about 2.66 million fixed-internet subscriptions.
CA: telcos left 239 consumer complaints unresolved as mobile money fraud risks rise
Communications Authority data show mobile operators failed to resolve 239 consumer issues (36% of a complaint set), while 548 cases (82%) were resolved and 122 remain under follow-up; billing, QoS, SIM-swap and mobile-money fraud dominate the risk list.
Anthropic’s Claude to embed invisible text watermarks — what Kenyan users face
Anthropic will embed imperceptible watermarks in supported Claude model output across Claude, API, Claude Code and related products — machine-readable, possibly surviving some edits — with implications for Kenyan students, newsrooms and offices even where EU rules do not automatically bind.
Wajir students win national science prize with AI drought-risk system
Hafsa Ibrahim Adan and Asha Harun Yarow of Senior Chief Adano Girls Day Secondary School won the ninth Young Scientists Kenya exhibition with an AI model using soil moisture, temperature, humidity and rainfall sensors to flag drought risk early.
eSIM providers chase Kenya’s diaspora as smartphones hit 50.1 million
Providers such as SafSIM pitch multi-country eSIMs for Kenyan workers abroad as CA data show 50.1 million smartphones and 84 million mobile subscriptions, while feature-phone use and device compatibility still slow eSIM take-up.
Beijing MoU: Tazama creator platform to base in Kenya with Volcano Engine
An MoU witnessed by ICT CS William Kabogo in Beijing pairs WAPI Group with ByteDance’s Volcano Engine so the Tazama creator platform can headquarter in Kenya with AI tools, localisation and routes into international markets including China.
ODPC AI guidance takes effect 4 Sept: privacy, human review, anti-bias duties
Kenya’s ODPC Guidance Note on Artificial Intelligence (July 2026) is expected to apply from 4 September, clarifying how the Data Protection Act covers AI use, human review of automated decisions and bias monitoring.