Latest technology stories from across Kenya.
Huawei is about to launch its next smartphone, the Huawei P Smart (2019), in a few weeks before the end of the year. This will be the successor to the Huawei P Smart that is currently available in the country from Ksh 19,999. The Huawei P…
A few weeks back, I told you about the Purple variant of the Huawei Y9 2019 that the company had plans to launch in the country soon. Well, the phone is finally available in Kenya and is currently available on Jumia for Ksh 24,990, the…
Black Friday is a tradition that we have started embracing in Kenya and even though we do not have some crazy deals like the ones we see in other countries, there are still some good deals that may be worth checking out. If you happen to…
It seems like Ksh 24,000 is a sweet spot for most smartphone manufacturers. We have been seeing some good devices within this price launch in Kenya the last few weeks and the latest one is the Nokia 5.1 Plus. This Nokia 5.1 Plus joins the…
Tecno Mobile has officially unveiled its latest smartphones, the Camon 11 and Camon 11 Pro, in Kenya today. These are camera-centric devices as with other Camon devices we have seen before. We have already seen two other Camon devices this…
Lipa Na M-pesa is a convenient way to pay for your goods in most settings. The service can be hectic to use is some situations such as paying for what you have bought in a Supermarket or in a store where there is more than one cashier. I…
One of the biggest hurdles Safaricom has struggled to overcome has been with the Lipa Na M-Pesa process, especially at supermarkets. Aside from requiring around six steps just to make a payment, there’s always the chance of making an error…
OPPO Kenya has finally brought the 6GB version of the F9 to the country. The standard OPPO F9 with 4GB of RAM was launched in the country back in September and is available from Ksh 34,200. The 6GB F9, on the other hand, is available for…
The OPPO F9 is the latest flagship smartphone from the company to be launched in Kenya. I use the word flagship loosely to mean the most expensive and I am not counting the OPPO Find X. The OPPO F9 was officially launched in Kenya back in…
There is no doubt that my favourite smartphone for Ksh 25,000 at the moment is the Huawei Y9 2019. I have been using this smartphone for a few weeks now and I love it. I got the phone to review from Huawei and so far I am impressed. It…
Kenya has the highest internet penetration in Africa with over 31 million people having access to the internet, according to a report by Jumia Business Intelligence and GSMA Mobile. With more and more Kenyans connecting to the internet…
There are so many financial apps in Kenya offering different services from mobile loans, mobile banking and a number of services in between. This means that it is difficult to get people to download new apps from the Google Play Store. For…
Google officially introduced the latest Android variant, Android 9.0 Pie, back in August. As it is every year, the first devices scheduled to get the update were its own Pixel phones and a handful of other devices from other manufacturers.…
Safaricom has today announced its partnership with Western Union to make it easier for its customers to send money across the globe. The company announced this earlier today saying this is a first for any mobile money service in the world.…
Digital skills are becoming essential for the jobs of today and tomorrow. From digital literacy to computer science education, these skills can open the door to greater economic opportunity in the workplace of the future. Unfortunately,…
During the announcement of the company’s Half Year results, Safaricom took the opportunity to announce that they will be introducing overdrafts on M-Pesa, the largest mobile money service in Kenya by revenue and transaction volume. The…
The Huawei Y9 2019 is now available in stores in Kenya for Ksh 24,990. Before this, the phone was on pre-order for about a week through Jumia and a few other offline stores. During that period, over 2,000 units were pre-ordered according…
If you have been planning to buy the new OPPO F9, you should be excited as there is a new color option available in Kenya. When OPPO announced this phone back in September, you could only buy the twilight blue or sunlight red one. The…
After weeks of waiting, Huawei’s latest mid-range smartphone, the Y9 2019, is now available in retail stores in Kenya. The phone is available for Ksh 24,990 through online and offline stores. Online, you can get the phone through Jumia and…
Earlier today, Huawei unveiled its latest smartphone to the Kenyan market. This new phone, the Huawei Y9 Prime 2019 is currently available on pre-order through Jumia for Ksh 24,990. Those who pre-order the phone stand a chance of getting…
HMD Global has unveiled its latest smartphone in Kenya. This new smartphone, the Nokia 6.1 Plus, is available in the country for Ksh 31,900. The Nokia 6.1 has an all-screen design that is perfect for media consumption. The phone was…
Huawei is about to launch its latest smartphone, the Huawei Y9 Prime 2019, in Kenya. The company has been teasing this smartphone through its social media pages and we expect it to be launched very soon. This is the latest mid-range…
Pan African cyber security firm Serianu in its 2017 report estimated that Kenyan firms lost Ksh21 billion to online fraud.
WhatsApp is finally adding picture-in-picture support for third party videos to its official app for Android. This mode has been available on iOS letting users have a floating window with the video playing while they continue scrolling up…
