Kenya Engineer

Advanced circuit breakers are crucial to modern industrial infrastructure, ensuring the safety, reliability, and efficiency of electrical systems. With advancements like smart technology, remote monitoring, and integration with renewable energy sources, these breakers offer real-time fault detection, predictive maintenance, and improved power quality. They enable automated operations, protect sensitive equipment, and help integrate renewable energy into the grid. As industries become...

The Institution of Engineers of Kenya (IEK), the premier professional body representing the engineering fraternity in Kenya, has sounded the alarm over what it terms as the “rampant mistreatment, marginalization, and systematic exclusion” of Kenyan engineers by foreign firms operating in the country. In a statement released on 20th August 2025, IEK expressed grave concern over reports that foreign firms...

Mining remains a cornerstone of economic output across many Sub-Saharan African nations, often contributing a substantial share of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). As the global energy transition accelerates, the demand for critical minerals - such as cobalt, lithium and copper - is placing Africa's mineral wealth under renewed strategic focus. To capitalise on this shift, many countries are intensifying efforts...

Rapid digital transformation is most definitely creating vast new opportunities across Africa, but, at the same time, it's also opening up a larger attack surface for threat actors to exploit. In this environment, one capability proving to be a game-changer for local security teams is retrospective analysis.  What is retrospective analysis, and why does it matter? Retrospective analysis is the process...

Mastercard has released its latest whitepaper, Harnessing the transformative power of AI in Africa, a pan-African study of the continent’s readiness, opportunity and roadmap for responsible artificial intelligence (AI) adoption. The whitepaper provides detailed insights into how AI—if deployed responsibly and inclusively—can unlock transformative outcomes across the continent’s major industries, including agriculture, healthcare, education, energy and finance. With Africa’s AI...

In recent months, headlines have painted a picture of a recovering Kenyan economy: the shilling has strengthened against the dollar, inflation is reportedly easing, and the government is re-engaging global lenders with renewed confidence. But on the streets—and more so on engineering sites, factories, and workshop floors—the story is different. Kenya’s macroeconomic outlook may be stabilizing, but its real economy,...

Breakthroughs take different forms, it is 187 years since a breakthrough in the science of corrosion prevention gave use the extraordinary benefits of long-life steel protection that we now take for granted. This article discusses a range of issues regarding the Hot Dip Galvanizing(HDG) process which involves many variables and defects that impact on the characteristics and the appearance...

On 19th July 2024, services and industries around the world ground to a halt. The cause? A faulty automated security update. While widely known by security experts, the sheer impact of such an update was made painfully clear to the average person, affecting countless businesses and organisations in every sector. With airlines to healthcare, and financial services to government...

While technical expertise is essential in the quantity surveying profession, it is often leadership ability that sets individuals apart and propels their careers forward. Leadership in this field involves not only guiding project teams and addressing challenges proactively but also making strategic decisions that influence project success. As a result, quantity surveyors in leadership positions typically take on responsibilities...

NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC. (NASDAQ: NTCT), a leading provider of observability, AIOps, cybersecurity, and DDoS attack protection solutions, has announced how the intentionally efficient design and architecture of its InfiniStreamNG solution also enables incremental advances in product energy efficiency, thus reducing operational costs and contributing to IT infrastructure sustainability.  Data centre energy consumption is escalating at an alarming rate, driven by digital transformation and...