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14/11/2025

American tech giant and chip maker NVIDIA is planning to build an AI Innovation Hub in Kenya.

The hub will be among three facilities based in Africa aimed to train 100,000 developers across Africa in the next three years.

American tech giant and chip maker NVIDIA is planning to build an AI Innovation Hub in Kenya. The hub will…

14/11/2025

The high-capacity King Long electric buses have finally hit the roads in Kenya, promising to continue revolutionizing the country's match towards sustainable transport solutions.

The King Long electric buses assembled in Kenya hit the road for the first time on November 12, 2025. The…

13/11/2025

Kenya has set the stage for continental medical tourism with the new partnership between Kenya Airways and Aga Khan University Hospital facilitating seamless travel for patients.

The Aga Khan University Hospital has signed a partnership with Kenya Airways in the first ever medical tourism collaboration in Kenya.

13/11/2025

Kenya Electricity Transmission Company Limited (KETRACO) Acting Managing Director Kipkemoi Kibias says the company is set to build more high voltage transmission lines in western Kenya to boost manufacturing.

New lines will connect to Kakamega, Mumias, Bungoma and Siaya. Frequent power outages have set back the border region's trade and manufacturing, and the new lines will be a big boon.

Details here https://moshekafricamedia.com/ketraco-plans-new-power-lines-to-boost-manufacturing-in-western-kenya/

The Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (Ketraco) plans to build high voltage power lines in Western Kenya as it seeks to…

12/11/2025

The Fintech Association Of Kenya has taken issue with a High Court ruling that appears to reward dominant players in infringement disputes with innovators.

On November 11, 2025, the High Court in Nairobi overturned a landmark KES 1.1 billion arbitration award granted to software…

12/11/2025

Airlines and passengers are to pay the price for escalating airspace dispute between Somaliland and the Federal Republic of Somalia.

Airlines and passengers are to pay the cost of the Somaliland vs Somalia airspace dispute with risks of bans, penalties…

03/11/2025

Somaliland has released a directive that requires all overflights in its airspace to seek prior approval.

In a move that is likely to excite diplomatic jitters, Somaliland has begun surveillance of […]

02/11/2025

The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority has banned new registration and operation of the Fokker 27 and Fokker 50 aircraft in Kenya.

The regulator in a notice to air operators and stakeholders stated that registration for the said aircrafts cease beginning November 1, 2025, citing safety concerns as the major issue.

The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) has banned new registration and operation of Fokker 27 and Fokker 50 aircraft in Kenyan airspace.

28/10/2025

Safaricom and Meta, one of the world's leading companies are set to boost connectivity in Kenya and East Africa by partnering in another undersea submarine fibre optic cable that will run from Oman to Kenya.

Safaricom and American tech giant Meta have entered a partnership to build a new fibre optic cable from Oman to Kenya to boost internet.

17/10/2025

Kenya's Elly Savatia has won the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation 2025, for his sign language translation app, Terp 360.

Elly will receive £50,000 to scale his AI-powered application that translates speech into sign language using lifelike 3D avatars. The tool addresses interpreter shortages and improves accessibility in classrooms and public services.

The 11th winner of the Africa Prize was announced at the Africa Prize Final event on 16 October, in Dakar, Senegal.

A Kenyan, Esther Kimani, also won the 2024 edition prize for her AI powered disease and pest detection innovation in crops, helping farmers increase yields.

Read about finalists here https://moshekafricamedia.com/africa-prize-for-engineering-finalists-2025/

13/10/2025

Two Kenyan startups are among the four finalists of the Africa Prize for Engineering, giving one of Africa's most innovative countries a 50 percent chance of bringing the crown back home for the second consecutive year.

The four were picked from a shortlist of 16 startups, after a rigorous process involving tens of submissions.

The winner of the top prize will be awarded GBP 50,000 (Approx KES 8.6 million) and will be announced this Thursday, October 16.

The other two finalists are from Uganda and Ghana. While any of the four innovations may win, Terp 360 by Elly Savatia is definitely a groundbreaker. Terp 360 is an app that provides human like interaction as it translates and interprets for hard-of-hearing and deaf people. You can read more about the innovations here https://moshekafricamedia.com/africa-prize-for-engineering-finalists-2025/

In 2024, Esther Kimani who founded Farmer Lifeline Technologies took home the top prize (see more about her here https://moshekafricamedia.com/how-startup-founder-esther-kimani-and-farmer-lifeline-technologies-are-revolutionizing-pest-and-disease-control-in-kenya-and-africa/)

Wishing the contestants all the best.

10/10/2025

Cultural festivals simply immerse us into our heritage and remind us of who we are as a people. They do not only give us an immersive glimpse of where we came from but also help us contextualize our identity in the modern era. Over the years, an impressive record number of culturally inclined festiv...