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Kenya, Uganda lawmakers seek new approach to regulating AI
Kenya’s experience with M-Pesa was cited as another example of the difficulty of regulating new technologies using existing legal categories.
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WhatsApp users can now create smaller groups without adding members again
The new option is among several group-chat changes announced by WhatsApp, which also include new controls for polls and an @all mention that can be used to alert everyone in a group.
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OpenAI investigates AI agents’ access to US government sites
The company disclosed Friday that its AI models accessed publicly available information on two websites operated by the Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Kenya records 11.1 billion cyber threats in one year, Communications Authority of Kenya says
The Communications Authority of Kenya recorded 72,164,664 DDoS attacks, up 114.3 per cent from the 33,680,462 incidents reported in the 2024/2025 financial year.
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Declining 2G, 3G use paves way for network shift by 2030
Kenya is on course to retire its older 2G and 3G mobile networks by 2030 as subscriptions for 4G and 5G rise, according to a GSMA-led digital connectivity roadmap covering 11 African states.
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Kenya, Anthropic deepen responsible AI collaboration
The partnership will cover skills development, research, AI safety and evaluation, education, health and public-sector applications.
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Gemini AI breaches three companies during Google security trial
Heather Adkins, Google's vice president of Security Engineering, said Google had notified the affected organisations and worked with the company involved in the testing to make changes to its procedures.
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Kenya’s 5G market hits 2.1 million subscriptions as data use soars
The growth continued during the April-June quarter, when the number of subscriptions rose from 1.9 million in March to about 2.1 million by June. This means operators added roughly 170,000 5G users during the t...
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EU plans tougher online rules for children under 15
The proposed legislation would establish a bloc-wide minimum age of 15 for children to open an independent account
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Communication Authority moves to regulate mobile network-based alarm systems
The systems typically use a SIM-enabled device connected to a licensed public mobile network to transmit an alarm signal when an intrusion or other emergency is detected
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Altman: OpenAI will not go public in 2026
In June, the New York Times reported that OpenAI was leaning toward delaying its IPO until next year.
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Kenya faces 41-year wait to reach one million .ke domains
Incoming KENIC chairman Thomas Odhiambo said the organisation had initially calculated that reaching one million domains at the present rate would take 41 years, although the board now hopes to reduce that peri...