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Rails of Opportunity or Toll Booth? The M-Pesa Dilemma
The scale is staggering. According to Safaricom’s FY25 results, M-Pesa processed KES 35.8 trillion in transactions over the year —...
Examining how Nothing is positioning itself in Kenya’s competitive smartphone market and what its strategy reveals about its global brand ambitions
CMF by Nothing has the specs. It even has the story. But it lacks the infrastructure. Oraimo and Xiaomi win...
Meta AI Glasses in Kenya: Will They Replace Smartphones as the Future of Mobile?
A Paradigm Shift or a Premium Illusion? At Meta Connect 2025, Mark Zuckerberg did more than unveil a new device....
Nothing in Kenya: What the Brand Must Understand to Compete and Win
Last updated: 24th February 2026. A Brand Intelligence analysis examining how Nothing’s global brand identity must translate into operational execution,...
Nothing Brand Analysis: Strategy, Philosophy, and Market Positioning
The buzz is real. The Nothing Phone (2) surpassed 600,000 units sold globally within its first year. In contrast, CMF...
M-Pesa Fintech 2.0: Safaricom’s Platform Infrastructure Upgrade and Its Ecosystem Impact
M-PESA Upgrade | September 19, 2025 Safaricom (NSE: SCOM) has announced the most significant upgrade to its M-PESA platform since...
The Profit Paradox: Do Safaricom’s Billions Match Its Service Delivery?
Record Revenues, Rising Questions Part 2: Profit Vs. Service Equity (Previous | Next) We delve into Safaricom Profit vs Service...
Roots of a Power Brand: How Safaricom Became Kenya’s Digital Lifeline
From Modest Beginnings to Market Supremacy This section examines how early infrastructure investments, trust-building, and national relevance shaped Safaricom’s brand...
Safaricom at the Crossroads: Market Dominance, Strategic Risk, and Platform Transition
This is our most comprehensive investigative tech-journalistic work yet — 10 interconnected features, each tackling a different dimension of Safaricom’s...
Smartphones Reimagined: How Agentic and Generative AI Are Reshaping Mobile Technology
Why Agentic and Generative AI Matter for Kenyan and East African Smartphone Users Agentic and Generative AI in African smartphones...
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Founder, JuaTech Africa
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