1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (735+ words) A social media influencer campaign can appear to be performing well: tens of posts praising a product, hashtags gaining traction, and an apparent steady stream of consumers talking about a brand. Yet some of that ostensible enthusiasm may not be…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (493+ words) Language is not everything in Africa's AI story, but without it, everything else struggles to arrive. By GIRMAW ABEBE TADESSE Across Africa, the most consequential uses of AI do not look like a chatbot. They look like a forecast that…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (450+ words) In Kenya, the energy transition arrives on a phone screen as a 20-digit number. That number is what a growing number of households see when they buy prepaid electricity. And as the country moves toward another election in August 2027, that…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (702+ words) In case you're new to this column, let me warn you: I don't do polite. I nitpick, I rant, and I gnash my teeth about the absurdities of corporate governance, farming in Laikipia, and now, drumroll please, the circus that…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (675+ words) Workers at the East African Breweries (EABL) microbrewery off Thika Road, Nairobi on January 26, 2024. The Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) has directed EABL to open up its fridges in retail outlets to rival brands. A widening liberal market environment is…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (356+ words) The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has warned against investments in 15 funds illegally operating in Kenya, including the popular Global Investment Group (GIG) and Quant Vest Stock Exchange (QVSE). The regulator said the funds were operating without permits and approvals, and…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (668+ words) Greek multinational Amaco Energy Group has partnered with US energy equipment and services company, ​GE Vernova, to provide gas turbines for its proposed $1.5 billion (Sh194.2 billion) artificial intelligence (AI) data centre in Mombasa. The deal will see Amaco integrate GE Vernova…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (863+ words) Artificial intelligence (AI) is moving into children’s schoolwork faster than many education systems can adapt, shifting the challenge from access to information toward judging whether machine-generated answers can be trusted. Students now use generative AI to explain difficult concepts, develop…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (740+ words) By David J. Abbott "Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm” ~often attributed to Winston Churchill. If your organisation has innovative profitable momentum, is failure often the evidence? Consider Acacia Bank, no failed financial…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (675+ words) I have spent enough time in marketing to have sat on both sides of the table as an agency partner developing ideas, and as a client evaluating, defending and funding them. That experience has taught me that neither side has…...