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Articles By: Steve Biko Wafula

Goodbye, Buffering! How Safaricom’s 21,000km Fibre Network and 1,879 5G Sites Are Building Kenya’s Digital Future

There are few things more humbling than trying to sound professional on a video call while your screen freezes with

Headlines

· Nov 3, 2026
Your M-PESA Receipt Is Not Your Biography: How Safaricom Is Making Privacy and AI Work for Kenyans

Your phone number is not a public announcement. Your full identity is not an optional extra to be handed over

Technology

· Nov 3, 2026
6,000 Transactions Every Second: The Invisible Engine Behind Safaricom’s M‑PESA Revolution

In Kenya, few sentences carry more practical power than “Nitumie kwa M-PESA.” It can settle a lunch bill, pay school

Investment

· Nov 3, 2026
They Laughed At The Plane, The Car And The iPhone. Kenya, Do Not Bury Your Big Idea.

Somewhere in Kenya, there is a young person who has written a business idea in the back of an exercise

Entrepreneur's Corner

· Oct 18, 2026
Why Kenya Should Make Room for the Future Gibson Munene Could Build

Kenya has good reason to celebrate a young person who develops the ability to solve ordinary problems. Gibson Munene Njine’s

Opinion

· Sep 29, 2026
Affordable Housing Is Not Industrialisation: Why President Ruto cannot rewrite the fundamentals of economic transformation

President William Ruto is entitled to defend affordable housing as a social and construction programme. He is not entitled to

Opinion

· Sep 28, 2026
Sifuna Must Run Because We Did Not Order a Deputy, PERIOD. Its Either Sifuna, Edwin Or Watenya

Let me put our position on the table before somebody arrives with a seating arrangement: for those of us backing

Opinion

· Sep 25, 2026
Why Supporters Want Edwin Sifuna in the Presidential Race; It Is About What Kenyans Want & They Want Sifuna, PERIOD

Sifuna’s greatest mistake would be settling for the deputy presidency. For us, the destination is State House, and we will

Government and Policy

· Sep 25, 2026
Why The Serrari Webinar Could Be the Smartest KES 750 You Spend This Year:

There is a particular confidence that arrives with a payment notification. For a few glorious minutes, life has possibilities. You

Entrepreneur's Corner

· Sep 24, 2026
36.3 Million Accounts, One Big Dream: How NCBA Is Turning Everyday Banking Into a Platform for Kenyan Ambition

CBK’s 2025 data puts NCBA at 45.0% of commercial-bank deposit accounts. Behind that headline is a deeper story about scale,

Entrepreneur's Corner

· Sep 24, 2026
Quickmart Listing Signals a New Chapter for Kenyan Retail

For years, the story of Kenyan supermarkets sounded like a warning told over an empty shelf. Nakumatt, Tuskys and Uchumi

Investment

· Sep 23, 2026
10 Rules to Grow Your Business and Build Success That Lasts

There are evenings when you close your business, sit quietly for a moment and wonder whether all this effort will

Entrepreneur's Corner

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