Author: Kaluka wanjala

Video streaming service, Showmax, has seen the number of paying subscribers grow by 50% this year compared to the same period last year. This is quite a jump for the industry that has faced stiff competition over the past few years. Its live sport streaming service Showmax Pro has grown 111% year on year. This is according to the latest stats shared by its parent company, MultiChoice. This comes at a time when Showmax Pro is ramping up for its biggest broadcasting event yet – the FIFA World Cup Qatar, where all 64 matches will be streamed live, courtesy of…

BasiGo has been keen to roll out locally assembled electric buses in Kenya. This is one of the handful of manufacturers that has rolled out electric buses in the country. The company started piloting its electric buses in Kenya back in March and that went really well. Last month, the company partnered with KCB to introduce flexible financing options for electric buses in Kenya. The partnership between BasiGo and KCB will see customers enjoy up to 90% funding with an extended repayment period of 36 months while supporting them to reduce their greenhouse emissions and enhance their ability to respond…

OPPO Kenya has announced some smartphone deals that you can take advantage of during its  Black Friday Sale. The sale is now live and will be on all the way to November 30th, 2022. You can get the smartphones through Jumia. Customers can also look forward to other festive season deals across all OPPO stores across the country in addition to the Black Friday Deals. “OPPO’s participation in consumer deals continues to reaffirm our commitment to providing the best to our Kenyan consumers. The Kenyan market has proven to be a strategic market for OPPO and OPPO will continue its…

The realme C30s is the latest smartphone from the company to launch in Kenya. The phone is available starting from Ksh 10,700. You can get the phone through Jumia and most other smartphone retailers across the country. This is the latest in the company’s C series that is made up of affordable and entry level devices.  Speaking during the launch of these phones, realme Kenya PR & Marketing Manager, Mildred Agoya said “The C-series is the most sold in Kenya. Our strategic advantage has been provision of more value in handsets for the lowest budget which is helping drive sales…

DPO Group has announced the appointment of Judy Waruiru as Managing Director for DPO Africa. In her new role, becoming effective in January 2023, Judy will be responsible for DPO business in more than twenty countries across Africa.   Judy has been with the DPO since 2019 and was appointed as Deputy Managing Director in early 2022. Her previous position was Chief Operating Officer, where she oversaw the operations across 20 countries in Africa and was responsible for strategy implementation, risk management, customer excellence and operational compliance. She has built a center of excellence, by simplifying complex business processes and…

realme has unveiled a new budget smartphone in the Kenya market. This new phone, the realme C30s is available in stores for Ksh 10,700. The company says this is the only smartphone in this segment to come with a side-fingerprint sensor. The realme C30s has a 5000 mAh battery, 6.5 inch LCD display, fingerprint unlock among other features.  “C-series is the most sold in Kenya. Our strategic advantage has been provision of more value in handsets for the lowest budget which is helping drive sales of the C-series. We see their rising popularity  bolstering our new growth strategy, hence the…

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…