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12/05/2026

TECNO is cooking up a Camon Slim with a 7000mAh battery and 60W charging. FCC and TÜV certifications are already done. Slim phone, huge battery, same contradiction silicon-carbon batteries are supposed to solve.

TECNO Camon Slim with model number CN6c clears FCC and TÜV certifications, revealing 7000mAh battery and 60W charging support.

12/05/2026

Safaricom must pay Kenyan innovator Peter Muoki KES 1.4 billion plus indefinite royalties for copyright infringement in building M-PESA Go.

High Court orders Safaricom to pay KES 1.4 billion plus a 0.5% M-PESA royalty for copying M-PESA Go.

12/05/2026

Apple just switched on Tap to Pay on iPhone in South Africa. Yoco and iStore Pay go first. We explain what's actually blocking the feature coming to Kenya.

The feature turns any iPhone XS or later into a card reader. In Kenya, the underlying rails simply aren't there yet.

12/05/2026

Bolt has raised ride fares in Kenya by 6% after the recent fuel price hike. The company says the move is meant to cushion drivers, but riders will now pay more for trips.

Bolt has increased Kenya fares by 6% to cushion drivers after rising fuel prices pushed up operating costs.

12/05/2026

Kenyan teenagers Fredrick Kariuki and Miron Onsarigo have won the Africa round of The Earth Prize 2026 for HewaSafi, a low-cost vehicle exhaust filter made from maize cobs, coconut shells, agricultural waste and algae.

The project targets matatus and boda bodas, where emissions remain a major urban air pollution concern.

12/05/2026

Kenya Airways and Rubis Energy Kenya have signed an MoU to develop what they say will be Africa’s first dedicated sustainable aviation fuel refinery in Nairobi. The planned facility will use local waste feedstocks and sit near JKIA.

Kenya Airways and Rubis plan a Nairobi SAF refinery using local waste feedstocks to cut aviation emissions and imports.

12/05/2026

ICANN has opened its 2026 application window for new internet domain extensions. The base fee is $227,000, but Kenyan organisations qualify for a discount that can bring it down to around $34,050. Deadline: 12 August.

ICANN's 2026 application window for new generic top-level domains is open until 12 August. Kenyan businesses qualify for discounted fees.

12/05/2026

Kenya now has 17 firms on the FT's Africa Fastest-Growing list. More than Nigeria. Kenya's combined revenue beats South Africa's and Nigeria's added together.

Kenya places 17 firms on FT's 2026 Africa Fastest-Growing ranking, beating Nigeria. Top three companies by revenue are Kenyan.

12/05/2026

Kenya places 17 Firms on FT’s 2026 Fastest Growing Ranking. Beating Nigeria.

11/05/2026

KCB has cut Pesalink fees to a flat KES 20 for transfers above KES 1,000, and made anything below that free. It is the biggest bank yet to join the industry's "Tuma Direct na 20/-" push.

KCB joins Pesalink's flat KES 20 pricing for transfers above KES 1,000, with smaller sends free, pressuring rivals.