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Kenya’s Afya Gemma Selected for 2025  Google.org  Accelerator

Afya Gemma, a Kenyan AI-powered clinical decision support platform developed by Aga Khan University Data Innovation Office has been selected to participate in the 2025 Google.org Accelerator: Generative AI. Afya Gemma will scale its efforts to equip clinicians across Kenya with real-time, evidence-based guidance tailored to local healthcare realities. “We’re honoured to join the 2025 Google.org […]

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Twiga to Let Go of Over 300 Employees in Great Pivot

Twiga, the Kenyan agritech and retail distribution company, which has been restructuring and pivoting to profitability, has reportedly let go of over 300 employees to achieve its ‘NewCo’ dream. According to a report by pan-African tech publication TechMoran, “The company intends to declare financial distress, file a manufactured bankruptcy, fire over 300 employees, transfer assets

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TECNO Becomes Official Global Partner of AFCON 2025 and 2027

TECNO has announced the extension of its partnership with the Confederation of African Football (CAF), becoming the Official Global Partner of the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2025 and TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations 2027, to be co-hosted by Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. The announcement follows TECNO’s successful involvement as the exclusive

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Power Learn Project & Safaricom Hook Graduate 300 Youth in Digital Talent Initiative

Power Learn Project Africa (PLP), in collaboration with Safaricom’s youth platform Safaricom Hook, has graduated 300 youth from a nationwide software development program. Launched in October 2024, the PLP x Safaricom Hook Tech Cohort is a fully funded, 16-week immersive digital training initiative that recruited youth from all 47 counties of Kenya to reinforce the

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Mawingu, Microsoft Celebrate Connecting Nearly 100,000 People High-Speed Internet

Mawingu, Kenya’s internet service provider for rural and peri-urban markets, is celebrating a decade of impactful connectivity, largely due to a partnership with Microsoft that has connected nearly 100,000 people and institutions across 30 counties in Kenya, with recent expansion into Tanzania. Founded in 2012 by a group of entrepreneurs in Nanyuki, Mawingu aimed to

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SeamlessHR, KEPSA Lead Private Sector Push for Tech-Driven Productivity

SeamlessHR, in partnership with the Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) are calling organizations to redefine their workforce strategies to remain on the path to sustainable growth, while increasing workforce productivity in an unpredictable economic climate. At a conference themed “Unleashing Growth Amid Continued Economic Uncertainty: Strategies for Competitive Advantage,” the firms found that they are dealing with

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Important stories to tell: How local content drives local culture

As the continent celebrates Africa Month in May, attention is drawn to the African narrative and the essential need to share our stories from our unique perspective. These narratives ought to reflect the richness of African culture, prompting the question: how does culture evolve? Much of what we now recognize as “our culture” originated as

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Tatu City and Stanbic Bank partner to make property ownership easier for Kenyans

Partnership opens doors for more Kenyans and diaspora investors to own homes in Kenya’s new city Tatu City and Stanbic Bank Kenya have partnered to make property ownership more accessible for Kenyans and the diaspora community through flexible and reliable financing solutions. The agreement, formalized through a Memorandum of Understanding, enables prospective homeowners to access

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No Longer a Dream: Silicon Valley Takes On the Flying Car

Diversity isn’t Just an HR Metric, It’s a Growth Strategy By Mukesh Bector Every 21st of May, many companies tweet good-will messages for International Diversity Day. Yet the day’s official title “World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development” signals a bigger idea. Development reminds us that inclusion must spill beyond meeting-room headcounts and

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