Author: Kaluka wanjala

Earlier today, BasiGo and AVA announced a partnership that will see the latter assemble modern electric buses for BasiGo in Kenya. This partnership marks a major step forward in the country’s efforts to transition to electric vehicles and reduce air pollution. AVA successfully completed final assembly of 15 25-seater electronic buses, which were shipped in partially assembled by BasiGo. These buses are set to begin operations with Nairobi Matatu operators in the coming months. This partnership will also see the company assemble 33-seater buses as the company seeks to phase out the 25-seater buses used in the pilot project guided…

Digital insurance platform mTek has partnered with Kyosk.app and Fin Africa to provide insurance coverage to over 100,000 Kenyan dukas, or informal retail shops. This innovative partnership aims to address the underinsurance of the informal retail sector, which employs over 80% of the Kenyan workforce, but faces a wide range of insurable risks, such as business interruption, theft, damage to property, cyber-attacks, and loss of stock. According to mTek CEO Bente Krogmann, the partnership will provide a paperless ecosystem to facilitate the purchase of the BRITAM product, with Kyosk.app serving as the direct link to its network of 100,000 informal…

AFEX, Africa’s leading commodities exchange and market player, has announced its expansion into Uganda, building on its success in Nigeria and Kenya. The move positions the company as a truly pan-African firm, as it continues to implement its scalable model that combines advanced technology and infrastructure with a unique understanding of Africa’s food systems and local markets. In its first year of operations, AFEX Uganda aims to reach 10,000 farmers and aggregate 15,000 metric tons of commodities, while extending its aggregation, storage, and financial inclusion services to Ugandan farmers and processors. The operation will focus on maize, sorghum, soybeans, barley,…

LOOP has today unveiled its new digital Super App that provides users with a digital wallet to manage all their money in one central location. The app allows users to link all their bank accounts and mobile money wallets in a safe and secure way, making it easy for users to make payments to any merchant, whether mobile money or bank-based. The digital wallet feature is complemented by a digital marketplace called LOOP DISCOVER, which offers a one-stop-shop for discovering deals and making payments all under one platform. This is a completely revamped app and not just an update to…

When it comes to choosing a smartwatch or fitness band in Kenya, there are a few key factors to consider before making your purchase. In this blog post, we’ll take a look at some of the most important things to think about when deciding which device is right for you. First and foremost, it’s important to consider the features that you need in a smartwatch or fitness band. Are you looking for something that can track your steps and monitor your heart rate? Do you need a device that can send notifications from your phone or make calls? Or are…

The secondary school students who sat for their KCSE exams towards the end of 2022 will know how they performed in the exams later today. This is because the Kenya National Examinations Council is set to release the results later today.  Marking of the exams happened this month unlike previously when marking was done in December. We saw the KCPE results released back in December and it is now time for those done with secondary school education to know their fate.  The KCSE 2022 exams saw 881,416 candidates in total take the exams. Out of these 44,3 644 (50.33%) were…

The Tecno Phantom X2 and X2 Pro are the latest flagship smartphones from the company to launch in Kenya.  Both of these are 5G smartphones and they were launched in Kenya yesterday. The phones are available for Ksh 68,000 and Ksh 83,000 for the Phantom X2 and Phantom X2 Pro respectively. Speaking at the launch, Tecno Mobile Kenya’s brand manager Mr. Anthony Brian Otieno said “TECNO has always been pushing to uncover the latest and best premium technologies. As PHANTOM’s new flagship smartphone, the PHANTOM X2 Series brings the PHANTOM brand to the high-end market with a pioneering spirit of…

TECNO mobile’s premium sub-brand, PHANTOM, has just launched its new flagship PHANTOM X2 Series in Kenya, marking the brand’s bold entrance into the high-end global smartphone market. The series comprises of the PHANTOM X2 Pro 5G and PHANTOM X2 5G, both of which come packed with groundbreaking features and outstanding performance. The phones are available for Ksh 68,000 for the Phantom X2 and Ksh 83,000 for the Phantom X2 Pro. One of the key features of the PHANTOM X2 Pro 5G is its 65mm focal length, 2.5x optical zoom retractable portrait lens. This innovative lens allows users to capture portraits…

OPPO has officially announced the release of its new Bluetooth audio chip, the MariSilicon Y, at OPPO INNO DAY 2022. This chip, built on N6RF process technology, is designed to revolutionize the wireless audio experience. One of the key features of the MariSilicon Y is its ability to deliver ultra-clear lossless audio through Bluetooth. The chip includes a dedicated NPU with up to 590 GOPS on-device computing power, which supports a brand-new, smart, spatial audio experience. Additionally, the MariSilicon Y has a data rate of up to 12Mbps on the physical layer, and is equipped with exclusive URLC codec technology…

Mobile data is one of the most important resources for any smartphone user, as it allows us to stay connected to the internet wherever we go. However, with the vast number of apps that we have installed on our devices, it can be easy to lose track of how much data each app is using. This can lead to unexpected charges regarding mobile data, or even cause us to run out of data before the end of their validity period. Fortunately, there are several ways to stop specific apps from using mobile data on Android. In this blog post, we’ll…