Author: Kaluka wanjala

The Huawei nova 9 SE is finally available on pre-order in Kenya for those who want to be among the first ones to get this phone. The phone will be available for Ksh 39,999 from next month. The pre-order period starts today and those who take part in this will get the Huawei Band 4 Series for free. You can pre-order the phone through Amaya or Huawei branded shops across the country. The Huawei nova 9 SE comes with a 6.78-inch display with a resolution of 1080 x 2388 pixels. It is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 processor that…

The Huawei nova 9 SE is the latest smartphone from the company to launch in Kenya. The phone is currently available on pre-order on Amaya and you will be able to buy it as from early next month. The recommended retail price is around Ksh 40,000. Huawei has not been very active in the smartphone market ever since its issues with the US government. The company has been making smartphones even with the current issues even though we haven’t been hearing much about them. Its devices are always competitively priced and I am happy to see what the nova 9…

The first edition of the Equity Hackathon came to a close today and saw winners from The University of Nairobi and Meru University of Science and Technology deliver solutions to address business and social challenges in the Payments, Financial Inclusion and Digital Identity thematic areas. The Hackathon, which opened for registration on 4th February, saw a total of 663 students register and compete to be among the top 120 shortlisted participants to take part as innovators.  Equity Group, in partnership with Microsoft, brought together hundreds of students for the virtual Hackathon which ran from the 17th of February to the 17th…

The OPPO Reno 7 is the latest in the reno family to launch in Kenya. The OPPO Reno 7 is available on pre-order in Kenya starting from Ksh 43,000 and you will be able to get it on Jumia and smartphone retailers as from the 5th of May. I do have the OPPO Reno 7 in for review and currently working on the full review that should be done by the time the phone is available in retail stores in Kenya. Before we get to the full review, I thought it is a good idea to highlight my first impressions…

Infinix has announced a new partnership with PalmPay with the aim of launching Infinix Wallet, a new digital wallet app. This is the first for the smartphone maker and hence it has partnered with PalmPay, a mobile services platform that has been in operation for a number of years. The introduction of Infinix Wallet should help build a multi-dimensional digital life ecology for Infinix smartphone users that integrates financial services and various payment scenarios into a simple and secure ecosystem. Infinix says the aim of this app is to allow users to easily complete credit and balance account applications, mobile…

Google has revealed that it will be opening its first product development centre in Africa. The centre will be opened in Nairobi and will be used to build “transformative” products and services for the African market and the world. This announcement comes a few weeks after Microsoft opened the African Development Centre in Nairobi with the aim of employing over 450 individuals. VISA also opened its first Innovation Studio in Nairobi that will help with promoting innovation and creating opportunities for clients and fintech partners to co-create market-relevant payment and commerce solutions throughout the region. Google is joining these two…

OPPO is planning to launch the Reno 7 smartphone in the Kenyan market. The company is yet to confirm the details of this launch but has confirmed that the phone will be launched before the end of the month. The OPPO Reno 7 has a lot going on but the camera and design seem to be what stands out to me and what should get you excited about this phone. The phone is available in two color options of Sunset Orange and Cosmic Black. I will be reviewing the Sunset Orange variant in a couple of weeks. The design of…

Mdundo, the music service provider, has released its numbers for the first quarter of 2022. From what has been shared, Mdundo seems to have had a good year so far compared to previous years. In Kenya, the music service has seen its user base grow by 46% to 5.7 million quarterly users. This is very impressive to achieve in just one quarter compared to a similar period the previous year. Mdundo says that the growth is thanks to the rise in demand for easily accessible music among the youthful population, the growing mobile phone usage and strategic partnerships with leading…

It is only April and we have already seen a number of smartphones launch in Kenya. These include the Xiaomi Note 11 series, OPPO A96, Samsung Galaxy A53, realme 9i, Huawei nova 9 just to name a few. All these are great phones and we are expecting even better devices to launch in the country in the coming weeks. Over the coming few weeks, we are expecting smartphones from Xiaomi, OPPO, Infinix, Samsung etc. In this post, we will be highlighting the top smartphones that have been confirmed to be coming to Kenya either this month or early next month.…

The Communication Authority has extended the deadline for SIM card re-registration to October 15th. This is 6 months from now and that means that you have more than enough time to have your details updated with the service provider you are using. Before the last-minute rush to have the details updated, the only network provider that was compliant was JTL whose subscribers did not have to update any details. This is because the network provider captures all the required details when a new subscriber gets their SIM card for the first time. During the last few weeks of this process,…