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Mauritius-based Seacom is building a cable that links Africa directly to Asia, with Mombasa as a key landing point. Its technology chief says AI will need tens or hundreds of gigabits of capacity, more than older cables can carry.

The Star reports that the cable should add internet capacity in Kenya from 2030. Kenyan banks and startups are adopting AI tools that need faster and more reliable data links.

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Takukuru in Pwani region recovered TSh 29.3 million in Mafia council revenue that collectors had failed to bank. It also returned TSh 1 million that a water agency worker took from villagers in Rufiji, Mwananchi reported on Friday.

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Chelsea manager Sonia Bompastor says Lauren James will miss at least the next five matches after a scan showed a hamstring injury. The setback casts doubt on her place in England's World Cup play-off matches against Ukraine in December.

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US President Donald Trump signed an order on Thursday making the Oval Office a national monument. The move came days after his Republican Party suffered a heavy defeat in the midterm elections.

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The Nairobi Securities Exchange has admitted Victoria Wealth Management Limited as a trading participant. The firm is a subsidiary of Victoria Commercial Bank Plc, and the move gives investors one more route into the bourse.

More trading participants give Kenyan investors more firms to choose from when buying and selling shares on the NSE.

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QuickMart Plc's share sale closed 122.7% subscribed, Business Today Kenya reported. Investors sent 18,492 applications for 2.45 billion shares, but only 2 billion were on offer at KSh 7.50 each.

Demand came from both retail investors and Kenyan and East African Community institutions, according to Business Today Kenya.

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Trey Nyoni, 19, scored his first Liverpool goal in a 3-2 loss to Fenerbahce on Wednesday, days after his first Premier League start. Liverpool are in advanced talks with him over a new contract, the BBC reports.

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Lenku was installed as leader of the Forum for Economic Development Agenda at its launch at Ufangamano House in Nairobi on Friday. The launch follows his public dispute with ODM over its leadership and politics in Kajiado.

Lenku is serving his final term as governor and has said he wants to run for the Kajiado Senate seat in 2027. A switch from ODM to his own party could reshape the race in the county.

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