(NAROBI, KENYA) – Kenya is developing new labour rules that would require major artificial intelligence companies, including OpenAI and Meta, to meet minimum pay standards and provide mental healthcare for local workers. The proposed policy from the ICT Ministry aims to establish protection guidelines for content moderators and data annotators,Continue Reading
(NAIROBI, KENYA) – Average annual commissions earned by M-Pesa agents in Kenya have fallen to a record low of KES 112,244 (USD 867, GBP 670), squeezed by a fast growing number of outlets competing for transactions. The figure, which works out to roughly KES 9,353 (USD 72, GBP 56) perContinue Reading
(NAIROBI, KENYA) – Imperial Bank, operating under receivership, has taken control of Salute Holdings Limited, one of East Africa’s largest authorised distributors of Apple products. The move is part of a wider push by the lender to recover billions of shillings owed by borrowers following its collapse in 2015. TheContinue Reading
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Ukrainian defence technology firm UForce has signed an agreement with American shipbuilder ReconCraft to manufacture Magura maritime drones in the United States. The deal was formalised at the Ukrainian embassy in Washington and marks the first time the Ukrainian government has officially approved production of the MaguraContinue Reading
(KYIV, UKRAINE) – Ukrainian forces have begun using Polish made Warmate 5 loitering munitions on the battlefield, with manufacturer WB Group having established local production inside Ukraine during 2025. Video evidence of the drone’s operational use has appeared in open sources, though no official confirmation of which units are operatingContinue Reading
(STARBASE, USA) – SpaceX has completed the thirteenth test flight of its Starship rocket, successfully placing twenty next generation Starlink satellites into orbit for the first time. The launch took place from the company’s facility in southern Texas and lasted approximately one hour. The upper stage spacecraft carried twenty StarlinkContinue Reading
(MOUNTAIN VIEW, USA) – Google has widened access to its agent based artificial intelligence assistant, Gemini Spark, making the tool available to paying subscribers across most global markets. The assistant, first announced at the company’s I/O developer conference earlier this year, is now included in the Google AI Pro planContinue Reading
(SAN FRANCISCO, USA) – A widespread service disruption hit ChatGPT on Friday, affecting users across multiple continents and blocking access to conversations and chat history. The outage was recorded by monitoring service Downdetector and confirmed by OpenAI on its own status page. OpenAI reported raised error levels across ChatGPT, itsContinue Reading
(LONDON, UK) – Britain has restarted production of hypersonic target vehicles after a pause of more than ten years, moving to equip its armed forces with the tools needed to train against the growing threat of advanced Russian missile systems. The Ministry of Defence has signed a contract worth GBPContinue Reading
(WASHINGTON, DC) – The United States Navy has selected an extended range cruise missile for a programme aimed at supplying allies with affordable, long range strike weapons. The RAACM ER missile, developed by CoAspire, will be adapted under the CHAOS project, a US Navy initiative to create mass produced, lowContinue Reading
