Author: Kaluka wanjala

SAP Africa announced the South African launch of GROW with SAP, a new offering to help midsize customers adopt cloud ERP that enables speed, predictability and continuous innovation. GROW with SAP customers get the same best practices powering the world’s industry leaders, while benefiting from rapid deployment and frictionless updates. “SAP’s ERP offering has long enabled end-to-end transparency across the business for the world’s leading companies,” says Evert-Jan Tromp, Vice President Solution Sales Mid-Market EMEA South. “With GROW with SAP, we’re taking this to the next level for midsize companies, with a tailored offering that helps them grow their business.…

By Dong Won Lee                                                        New technologies like cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI), mobility and the Internet of Things (IoT) are now ingrained in our lives making it imperative for companies to either stay ahead of the curve or risk missing out on the massive potential to transform their customer experiences (CX). Basically, CX refers to all the activities an organization engages in to maximize superior experiences and value for customers. In this era of highly-engaged, digitally conscious customers, businesses can no longer ignore the fundamental reality that consumers are now more tech-savvy and are making conscious decisions on how…

A few weeks back, Airtel Money raised the daily transaction limits for users from Ksh 300,000 to Ksh 500,000. This was after the approval of the CBK and the announcement came soon after its rival, Safaricom, announced that it had raised its daily transaction limit to 500K too. To keep up with the daily limits, Airtel Money has now raised the per transaction limit from Ksh 150,000 per transaction to Ksh 250,000 per transaction. These changes will take effect from tomorrow (1st September 2023). Raising the limits per transaction makes sense as those who may want to transact Ksh 500,000…

I&M Group and the Board of Directors of I&M Bank (Uganda) Limited have announced the appointment of Mr. Robin Bairstow as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) effective August 2023 subject to Bank of Uganda approval. With an extensive record in the financial services sector, Bairstow’s appointment underscores I&M Bank’s commitment to delivering excellence and growth across its regional operations. Bairstow brings a wealth of experience to his new role and knows the Group well, having served as the CEO of I&M Bank (Rwanda) Plc from September 2015 to June 2023. During his tenure, he achieved remarkable growth and success including…

Vertiv has announced the local availability in Africa of the Vertiv SmartCabinet 2, a self-contained micro data centre for edge computing applications, including banking and financial institutes, warehousing, education, government, and retail customers. The SmartCabinet 2 offers the features of a complete data centre in a compact and rapidly deployable package, meeting the requirements of smaller edge computing sites. The system includes an enclosed rack, a 3500W Vertiv Liebert integrated cooling unit, plus a Vertiv Liebert uninterruptible power supply (UPS) and a power management unit, in a cabinet that is smaller in height, width and depth than other Vertiv SmartCabinet…

TikTok is the most popular platform at the moment. According to the Reuters Institute, over 54% of Kenyans actively use the platform. This is the highest globally and just shows how popular the app is. Most of the people using the app do so as a source of entertainment not knowing that they can make money through the platform. So, how can you as a Kenyan make money with TikTok? I will highlight some of the main ways you can do so below. Live Broadcast Gifts The first and well known way to make money is through Live gifts. Creators…

Google has announced updates of new privacy tools in Google Search to give its users more control of their personal information, privacy, and online safety. The updated Results about you, new SafeSearch, and updated policies on personal explicit images are the tools that are now available for safeguarding personal information for users online. The Results about you tool, which was launched last year, has been updated to include a new dashboard that reveals if web results with contact information are showing up on Search. Using the tool, users can then quickly request the removal of those results from Google. The…

OPPO is set to launch the successor to the Reno8 T series in Kenya next month. This new phone, the OPPO Reno 10, was to be launched this month but there were some delays that pushed the launch to September 5th. The Reno 10 series builds up on the Reno 8 that was already a good series. The Reno8 T was and still is one of the best smartphones I have used in 2023.  OPPO is yet to officially confirm the price of the Reno 10 but online retailer, PhonePlace, has the OPPO Reno 10 5G for Ksh 55,000. The…

Are you looking for a new smartphone under 20k? Smartphone prices have been going up over the past several months but you can still get a good and reliable phone. In this article, I will highlight some of the top 5 phones that I think will serve you well if your budget is under 20,000. I have included a link to the ecommerce platforms where you can get each of the phones listed here. When compiling this list, I noticed that 5000 mAh seems to be the standard battery size for these phones. They also tend to have displays around…

Infinix is set to launch yet another smartphone in the Kenyan market, The phone, the Infinix Zero 30 5G, is the successor to the Infinix Zero 20 from last year. We didn’t hear much about the Zero 20 in Kenya for unknown reasons. Things might be different with the Zero 30 5G as the company has confirmed its launch is slated for September. The exact date is still unknown and with the current issues with KRA, we just have to expect it anyday. From the leaked photos, the Infinix Zero 30 5G looks alot like the OPPO Reno8 T 5G…