Kenyan technology publication covering smartphones, consumer electronics, apps, telecoms, reviews and technology news.
WhatsApp is one of the best apps I have on my phone. It makes communication easy and smooth but one thing I hate about it is that people can add you to random groups and there is nothing you can do to prevent that. Even though groups can…
HMD Global’s most recent Android Go smartphones, the Nokia 1 Plus, is finally available in Kenya. This phone was launched at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2019 a few weeks back and is finally available in Kenya for Ksh 9,300. Even though HMD…
The Infinix Hot 7 is the first smartphone from the company to launch in Kenya this year. The phone was officially launched in the country a couple of weeks ago and is available for Ksh 9,999 through Jumia, Infinixmall and most offline…
Dark mode is a feature we have come to see on most of the apps we use on a regular basis. There are some apps with real dark mode while others have something close to that. Twitter’s so called dark mode is not really dark mode as it is…
Unveiled at MWC 2019, the Nokia 1 Plus is finally making its way to Kenya this week. The price is still unknown but it should be available for Ksh 10,000 or somewhere around there. The Nokia 1 Plus is replacing the Nokia 1 from last year…
The Tecno Spark 3 series has finally been launched in Kenya. The phone comes in two variants, the standard Spark 3 that comes with 2GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage space and the Spark 3 Pro that comes with 2GB of RAM and 32GB of…
Launched towards the end of 2018 by Finserve, Mkey has seen over 2.95 million transactions processed through its app. Finserve is a subsidiary of Equity bank and it shared these figures in its recent financial results for the year 2018.…
Smart home devices are not that popular in Kenya but ITB Connect wants to change that. The company sells its devices through Jumia and at the moment has a smart video doorbell (available for Ksh 7,999) and a smart dash cam (also available…
About a week ago, Huawei unveiled its latest smartphone, the Huawei Y6 Prime 2019, to the Kenyan market. This smartphone is available in retail stores for Ksh 13,499 making it the cheapest smartphone unveiled by the company this year. I…
If you have always wanted the Xiaomi Redmi 6A, you can get it on Jumia for as low as Ksh 7,999. I am not sure how long it has been available at this price but I got a link from a friend who wanted to confirm if it was genuine or not. The…
The Infinix Hot 7 went on sale in Kenya this week through the Infinixmall, Jumia and through offline retail stores. This is the first smartphone from the company to be launched in the country this year as the Zero 6 Pro was announced but…
Another week, another Android Pie update from HMD Global. This latest update is rolling out to the Nokia 5.1 which you can get in Kenya for as low as Ksh 17,000 on Masoko. The phone has been available in the country since late last year…
Google has announced the third Launchpad Accelerator Africa class that will start on 1 April 2019. The Launchpad Accelerator was first announced in 2017 and is part of Google’s initiatives that support the African entrepreneurial…
Huawei introduced the Y6 Prime 2019 smartphone to the Kenyan market earlier this week. The phone is on pre-order through Kilimall and will be available through the ecommerce and other offline stores for Ksh 13,499. The Huawei Y6 Prime 2019…
We rarely see Android updates roll out to smartphones under Ksh 14,000. Most of the smartphones within this price range come with the latest version of Android out of the box. There are some that still get updated but the list is not that…
Using M-Pesa is something Kenyans are used to and most find it to be the most convenient way to make payments. During the second quarter of the 2017/2018 financial year, total M-Pesa transactions grew to Sh1.17 trillion and this shows you…
Not so long ago, Infinix unveiled its most expensive smartphone in the country, the Infinix Zero 6. The phone keeps showing up on ecommerce sites Jumia and Kilimall and then disappears after a day or two. This is the company’s current…
Huawei has confirmed that it will be launching its next Y series smartphones, the Y6 Prime 2019, in Kenya next week. This launch comes about a month after the company introduced the Huawei Y7 Prime 2019 that is available in the country for…
When it comes to multinational tech companies, most of them tend to have their hubs and data centres in other parts of the world overlooking Africa for a number of reasons. Even companies that have huge operations in the continent will…
Sometime last year, OPPO introduced the Find X smartphone to the market. This was a very controversial smartphone and its price, Ksh 100,000, was seen as being way over the top. The price aside, the OPPO Find X stood out thanks to its very…
These days, it seems like we have an app for everything. With this, we are bound to download way more applications that we did a couple of years back. You can always delete some of the apps you are not using but in some cases you need…
If you are looking for a smartphone between Ksh 15,000 and 20,000, you may have come across the new Huawei Y7 Prime 2019 and the Tecno Camon 11. The Camon 11 was launched in the country late last year and is available from Ksh 15,000. The…
Xiaomi’s Android Go smartphone, the Redmi Go, is coming to Kenya and will be available exclusively through Jumia. This has been revealed after the two companies, Xiaomi and Jumia, signed a partnership that will see the ecommerce company…
If you use Google Duo and have pictured a world where you can use the service not only through the app but through a web browser, you may be in luck as this option is now available. Google Duo has been around since August 2016 and the…
