What exactly is happening to data centres right now? Governments across the world are pulling the brakes on new data centre construction — and they are doing it fast. From New York to Amsterdam to Dublin, regulators are freezing permits,…
Your phone loses signal. A verification code pops up that you never asked for. Then WhatsApp kicks you out. By the time you figure out what happened, someone wearing your digital face has already texted your closest contacts asking for…
A Nairobi-based creative education platform is betting that artificial intelligence can unlock a new generation of Kenyan comic publishers, placing homegrown storytellers at the table of a multibillion-dollar global industry that has, for too long, consumed African talent without producing…
The Song That Took Over Nairobi’s Earphones Picture this: it’s four minutes past ten in the morning — saa kumi, in Swahili time — and somewhere across Nairobi, someone is pressing replay. Again. Ywaya Tajiri’s “Chai ya Saa Kumi” has…
Here is the uncomfortable truth nobody in power wants to say out loud: if your history, your language, your land don’t exist in the data, they don’t exist to the machine. And right now, the machines are winning. Africa has…
Here is what you need to understand about this appointment: Diageo is not just reshuffling its management deck. The British drinks giant is preparing to hand over its 65 percent stake in East African Breweries Plc to Japan’s Asahi Group…
A Kenyan startup is now shaping how an entire nation feeds its children, and this is exactly the kind of African-led solution the continent has been waiting for. Food4Education, the Nairobi-based firm behind Nairobi County’s Dishi na County school meals…
The Show That Raised Her Think about this for a second: Millie Bobby Brown was 10 years old when she first stepped into the Upside Down. She is now 22. That means more than half of her entire life —…
A Teenager Sued YouTube for Destroying His Mental Health. He Won. Here’s Why That Should Shake You. A 16-year-old just settled a case against YouTube, claiming the platform drove him into anxiety, depression, and chronic sleep deprivation. The details are…
South Africa’s Biggest Arts Festival Returns to Makhanda This June — And It’s Not Playing Safe From 25 June to 5 July 2026, the Eastern Cape town of Makhanda will host the National Arts Festival (NAF) — South Africa’s most…
