Latest technology stories from across Kenya.
Back in October, Twitter polls rolled out allowing users of the site to ask their followers questions to see where they stand on anything they see fit. When Twitter first rolled out these, there are people who took to the social site to…
As the year starts, we have decided to compile a list of the different packages offered by DStv here in Kenya to give you an idea of which one is perfect for you. These are the DStv Kenya packages as of January 2016 and may changes as time…
If you do not know it yet, the Intel developer challenge is currently ongoing and you have a few days remaining to sign up and participate if you haven’t already. The Intel developer challenge is a loyalty program that allows developers to…
BlackBerry has been struggling to make money of its devices for years now with no success. The company has had it rough as Android continued to grow in popularity in markets previously dominated by BlackBerry. The decline in profits forced…
It’s no doubt that Huawei has seen its market share grow this year. This is attributed to the company’s aggressive nature and its premium devices which retail at affordable prices. With the year coming to an end, Huawei has revealed that…
Orange presented the “2015 Orange AMEA Developers Challenge” prize to FarmConnecta yesterday evening during the Cairo ICT event. FarmConnecta, a Botswana-based start-up that has developed an information sharing and billing system designed…
Airtel Kenya and Standard Chartered Bank today reiterated their commitment to offer free access to mobile banking to their customers through Airtel Money. The partnership which was first launched in 2009 when Airtel began mobile money…
As the court battle between BitPesa and Safaricom goes on, the Central Bank of Kenya has come forward and commented on the use of bitcoins and other digital currencies in the country. The CBK has said such digital currencies are…
Facebook is preparing to launch a professional version of its social networking site in the next few months. The company confirmed this a few days ago through Julien Codorniou, director of global platform partnerships. Facebook has been…
Today Storymoja announced that they have raised 9 million Kenya Shillings towards the Start A Library campaign. The amount raised will support the development of 30 libraries to be installed in schools throughout Kenya in 2016. The…
Facebook has been focused on getting as many people online as possible. With the high costs of data especially in developing nations, this has become a challenge. Facebook knows this and that is why the company has announced that users on…
Facebook has launched the Internet.org Innovation Challenge in Africa as a way of recognizing developers and entrepreneurs who are using the internet to improve the standard of education and economic health in their communities. Developers…
Some of the top players in the tech scene have an interest in seeing almost everyone in the world connected to the internet. Google and Facebook are two such companies who have individually focused on getting as many people as possible…
In October 2015, Equity Bank revealed that it had processed about 1.2 million loans worth Sh5.4 billion through Equitel in a period of 10 months. This is a huge number compared to 438,000 loans issued through credit officers in branches in…
Huawei Technologies has aggressively embarked on striking retail partnerships as it seeks to expand its smartphone foothold in the country. The latest move has seen the company partner with Telkom Kenya, in a move that is aimed at reaching…
Microsoft is encouraging those in the field of IT to gain skills in cloud and data architecture, as the Middle East and Africa moves into the mobile-first, cloud-first world at an increasingly fast pace. “As more enterprises, consumers and…
Google has released Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow for Nexus devices. This exciting but also sad since most devices here in Kenya have not yet seen the Lollipop update let alone Marshmallow 6.0 Read More: Android KitKat is Still The Most…
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UPDATE: IT IS AVAILABLE….GET IT HERE! At the time of writing this post, the countdown was still on for the much anticipated Infinix Note 2. The device is set to be launched today exclusively on Jumia. The price is amazingly cheap…
Safaricom has partnered with eight more financial institutions to enable businesses which use Lipa Na M-PESA to transfer funds from their Lipa Na M-PESA tills to their bank accounts real time. The new partnerships include KCB, Equity bank,…
Safaricom’s Mobile Money platform has grown in leaps and bounds since its inception in 2007. In announcing the FY 2014/15 financial results, the Telco announced that the platform contributed 20% of the company’s total revenue with…
Chrome OS, an operating system based on Linux and centred around Google’s Chrome browser, has been around since the year 2009. It is available only on computers (Chromebooks) designated to run it. With almost all the user data stored in…
Instagram is rolling out 1080*1080 photo uploads and consequently higher-quality viewing for its Android and iOS applications. As a result your Instagram feed should look sharper. Previously, the social network capped this at 640*640…
Samsung made the decision to stop selling Chromebooks in key markets like Europe due to low sales numbers. That decision has seen the company unseated from the top spot by Acer whose 2 million+ shipments of Chromebooks in 2014 saw it go…
Back at Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference last month, we heard that the technology giant was not sitting pretty and letting its competitors like Google take all the shine from low cost computers. Rather, Microsoft was partnering…
