{
  "id": 3898865,
  "title": "Kenyan businesses face higher online costs as WhatsApp stops free messages",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/kenyan-businesses-face-higher-online-costs-as-whatsapp-stops-free",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-28T03:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nation Africa",
    "slug": "nation-africa",
    "url": "https://nation.africa/kenya/business/kenyan-businesses-face-higher-online-costs-as-whatsapp-stops-free-messages-5573738"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "WhatsApp will charge $0.0040 (Sh0.52) per delivered message.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "People Daily Kenya",
        "title": "WhatsApp charges: What Meta’s new business messaging fees mean for Kenyan businesses",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/whatsapp-charges-what-metas-new-business-messaging-fees-mean-for",
        "published": "2026-08-28T05:18:02.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}