Author: Kaluka wanjala

OneWeb today announced the signing of a Distribution Partnership Agreement with Airtel Africa, a leading provider of telecommunications and mobile money services across Africa. This strategic agreement will help to deliver OneWeb’s high-speed, low-latency LEO connectivity services to government and enterprise customers across wide swathes of the continent. The partnership will focus on delivering satellite communications services to enterprise and civil government customers for a wide range of use cases, including for connectivity in rural areas, agriculture, hospitals, hotels, schools and in the energy and mining sectors. OneWeb and Airtel Africa will also provide critical backhaul in unserved and underserved…

LG is one of the top global electronics manufacturer with a big presence in Kenya. Besides its TVs, the company is known for its home appliances.  Even with the unpredictable economic environment, the company is optimistic that it will see positive growth in the region. LG Electronics CEO William Cho, emphasized that the company will continue to strengthen its business operations in East Africa, as part of its drive to grow sales and revenues in emerging markets. CEO Cho noted that East Africa is a promising market given the strong economic fundamentals underpinned by a youthful, rapidly urbanizing middle-class population,…

MFS Africa, has been granted three licences by the Central Bank of Uganda. The licences will enable the company to extend and deepen its offering in Uganda. The licences obtained – PSP (Payment Service Provider), PSO (Payment Systems Operator), and IPI (Issuer of a Payment Instrument) – will allow MFS Africa to offer a more robust range of services. MFS Africa has been driving the next stage of this revolution, providing access to more options, connections, and interoperability to millions of digital stores of value. The organisation’s full-service digital payments network connects over 400 million mobile money wallets, over 200…

Apple officially unveiled the iPhone 14 series a few weeks back and even though you could get it locally, very few Authorized resellers have had the phone. Salute iWorld is the latest reseller to stock this phone but it is not cheap. The retailer has the iPhone 14 series starting from Ksh 155,000, a huge markup if you ask me. This is the price of the base iPhone 14 with 128GB of storage. You can buy the same phone from Apple.com by yourself for less than $1000 and even sites like koolstuff can buy and ship it toyou in Kenya for…

LG Electronics and Safaricom have partnered to make it easier for Kenyans to buy home electronics and appliances at a discounted price of up to 7% off. The discounted products will be available across all LG-Opalnet branded shops across the country. Commenting on this partnership, LG Electronics East Africa Managing Director Sa Nyoung Kim said, “We are very proud to be partnering with leading telcos in the country. Joining hands with Safaricom will bring value to our customers and is in line with our continuous efforts to develop new innovations and provide products that help them live better. This partnership…

I have been using the OPPO Reno 8 for the last couple of weeks as my main phone. This is the latest mid range smartphone from OPPO that you can get in Kenya for Ksh 59,999. This is the price of the 5G variant that I am reviewing today.If you are interested in the OPPO Reno 8 4G, you can get it for Ksh 43,000. At 60k the Reno 8 5G is not cheap and when reviewing it, I wanted to know if it offers value for money. I was particularly interested in the following: MediaTek Dimensity 1300 processor -…

WhatsApp has today officially launched Communities, enabling people to bring together separate groups under one umbrella with a structure that works for them.  Communities like neighborhoods, parents at a school, and workplaces can now connect multiple groups together under one umbrella to organize group conversations on WhatsApp. To get started, tap on the new communities tab at the top of your chats on Android and at the bottom on iOS. From there you can start a new Community from scratch or add existing groups. Once you’re in a community, you can easily switch between available groups to get the information…

Wireless earbuds have been gaining popularity in Kenya recently and you can get them in different shapes and sizes. Ever since I started using wireless earbuds, I have never gone back to wired earphones. They just work so well for me and I do not see myself ever going back.  Recently I got a chance to use the Airdopes W121 earbuds by a Kenya company called iWorlds. These are True wireless earbuds that you can get from Jumia for Ksh 1,999. You can get yours by clicking here. This is a very competitive price considering what the earbuds have to…

As the new month begins, individuals and businesses running ads on Meta (formerly Facebook) platforms in Kenya should expect tough times ahead. The social media giant has informed those running ads on its platform that it will be implementing the 16% Value Added Tax (VAT).  With this, you should expect to pay 16% more on top of what you will be paying to run ads on the platform. If you typically spend Ksh 10,000 per month on ads, you may end up paying about ksh 11,600 starting from this month. As expected, META will not be pocketing the extra amount…

Hisa, the Kenyan mobile investment platform, is one of the five startups that have made it to the final stage of the MEST Africa challenge. The pan-African pitch competition opened applications in July this year for pre-seed and seed-stage technology start-ups in Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, Kenya, and South Africa  The ultimate prize for the winner will be $50,000. Hisa app lets interested individuals invest in the Kenya and US Stock markets from the comfort of their homes. In addition to allowing users to invest in U.S. stocks and ETFs, Hisa App enables users to get real-time market updates, follow market…