Author: Lynet Awino

Nation Media Group has answered a week of public pressure with numbers, but not the ones critics asked for. In a statement dated 18 September 2026, Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Geoffrey Odundo said women make up 36 percent of the company workforce, 33 percent of the newsroom, 42 percent of the Executive Committee and 41 percent of heads of department. The company has set a target of 40 percent representation. What the statement leaves out matters just as much. NMG did not disclose what share of its senior leadership team women hold, nor what share of senior editorial…

DStv has launched a new brand identity called Expect+, alongside a full overhaul of its subscription packages, MultiChoice confirmed this week. The changes took effect on 17 September 2026 in South Africa. The rebrand marks the biggest change to DStv’s package structure in fifteen years. It follows the acquisition of MultiChoice by French media group Canal+, completed in 2025 in a deal worth more than R50 billion. Six Packages Replace The Old Lineup MultiChoice has cut its package structure down to six tiers: Starter, Select, Sports, Movies and Series, Premium, and EasyView. Each targets a specific type of viewer instead…

Kenya’s High Court has nullified the government’s sale of a 15% stake in Safaricom PLC to Vodacom Group, ruling the transaction unconstitutional and ordering the shares restored to the state. A three judge bench of the Constitutional and Human Rights Division, comprising Justices Francis Gikonyo, Roselyne Aburili and Tabitha Ouya, delivered the 144 page judgment on 15 September, at the end of a case brought by activist Tony Gachoka and Professor Fredrick Ogola and later joined by Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka. The judges declared the deal “invalid, null and void” and quashed Sessional Paper No. 3 of 2025, the…

Twiga Foods Limited has entered administration. The company now operates under the name Templar Field Limited. Mohamed A. Mohamed of Maawiy Financial Advisory Services took over as administrator. The company board made the appointment. A release from the administrator, dated 15 September 2026, confirmed the move. The appointment follows a filing at GT Flow Limited, formerly Twiga Foods One Limited. GT Flow entered administration on 17 August 2026. The same administrator took charge there. The board authorized both appointments under Section 541(2) of Kenya’s Insolvency Act, Cap. 53. No court order was required. No creditor filed a petition. Kenya Gazette…

Samsung has confirmed the full spec sheet for the Galaxy S26 FE, the newest entry in its Fan Edition line. The device sits between the budget A series and the flagship S26 range, carrying a $700 price for the base 128GB model in the US and 700 US dollars equivalent pricing across most global markets, according to Samsung’s product listing and WIRED’s review of the retail unit. Below is a full rundown of what the Galaxy S26 FE offers, drawn from Samsung’s official specification sheet. Design and Build The Galaxy S26 FE keeps the flagship look from prior generations. It…

Two Kenyan financial institutions moved this week to fund the country’s climate targets, one to restore a forest, the other to rewire university campuses for cleaner power. The Family Group Foundation, the social investment arm of Family Bank, signed a three year partnership with the Kenya Forest Service to build a nursery that can produce one million tree seedlings for the Ngong Hills Forest Ecosystem. Days later, KCB Bank Kenya signed a memorandum of understanding with the country’s public universities to finance solar power, energy efficiency and campus water systems. Different targets, same logic: government restoration and energy goals move…