Author: Kaluka wanjala

 You may have already heard that in music, sound is everything. If you are listening to good music, then you also have to listen to it through a good and powerful sound system. The quality of sound determines the quality of music. The LG Sound Bar SNH5 has been said to be the best sound for your cinematic experience. According to multiple reviews, this Sound Bar brings out the sound in its “organic form”, smooth to your ears and gentle to your soul. With great sound and superb design, the LG SH5 is a brilliant entry-level soundbar and subwoofer combo…

Airtel Africa has today launched a comprehensive sustainability strategy which sets out its detailed plans to improve the lives of millions of people across Africa through digital and financial inclusion and access to education. The strategy also includes specific goals around environmental protection and the ongoing development of a rewarding, diverse and inclusive workplace. We have worked hard to identify the technical programmes needed to respond to all our material topics and to have a genuine and positive impact on people and communities across Africa. Our strategy sets specific goals and commitments, and for each of these, we have identified…

OPPO held the 2021 OPPO Developer Conference (ODC) under the theme “Building A Better Future Together.” OPPO introduced a series of technologies such as Omoji, ray tracing, and heterogeneous computing and launched its brand new OPPO Health and OPPO Carlink businesses. “In an ever-connected world, the number of devices and services, as well as the ways of interactions are more and more diverse. Developers need to be able to support different usage scenarios and longer operation cycles,” said Levin Liu, OPPO Vice President and President of OPPO Research Institute. “OPPO is dedicated to empowering our developers to face the challenges…

The Nokia G20 is one of the new smartphones from HMD Global to launch in Kenya. The phone is currently available in stores from Ksh 16,000. This is affordable but not cheap and at this price the phone is competing with some good devices from Xiaomi, Infinix and Tecno. With the Nokia G20, HMD is promising two main things, a long-lasting battery and guaranteed software and security updates. Is this good enough to recommend the phone? That is something I will have to find out and share in the full review in the next couple of weeks. Before we get…

LG Electronics East Africa (LG) has rolled out a campaign to educate consumers on emerging trends in TV technology so as to make informed purchase decisions aligned with their needs, as the company steps up its customer outreach activities in the region. According to LG Electronics East Africa Managing Director Sa Nyuong Kim, the campaign is targeting consumers buying TVs for both home and business use, and is partly informed by the growing demand for smart appliances due to lifestyle shifts driven by the digital revolution. “The home entertainment market has changed rapidly as seen in the dramatic evolution of…

160 companies have been shortlisted for Africa CIO100 Awards, dubbed the Oscars of the tech world. This marked the completion of the first phase of the technical analysis of data from which the CIO100 top companies in Africa will be chosen. This is a critical stage where the contenders will be subjected to further screening to arrive at the top CIO100. The technical team analyzed the CIO100 2021 Survey data gathered over the past three months. 536 companies from across Africa submitted applications with the majority, 60% coming from Kenya (35%), with noteworthy numbers from Nigeria (15%), Uganda (7%), and…

The Nokia G20 is one of the most recent phones from HMD Global and can be seen as the successor to the Nokia 5.4. Both these can be considered mid-range devices from HMD Global and they are both available in retail stores in Kenya. You can get the Nokia G20 in Kenya right now for Ksh 15,000 while the Nokia 5.4 is available in stores for Ksh 18,500. Given that they almost cost the same, you may have both on your list if you are on the market looking for a new smartphone. I recently reviewed the Nokia G20 which…

WhatsApp has finally started rolling out end-to-end chat cloud backups. With this, users will be able to keep a copy of their messaging history backed-up without worrying about compromising their privacy. WhatsApp is rolling out the feature to users gradually and will be monitoring the experience and address any potential issues before making it available to all users. Encrypted cloud backups first rolled out to some beta users a few months back but availability was limited. This is similar to how WhatsApp rolls out most of its features but eventually they end up reaching more users if the initial reception…

Safaricom and the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) launched the NHIF mini-app within the M-PESA Super App. The NHIF mini-app will provide all NHIF services through the Super App, empowering customers to access services wherever they may be without visiting NHIF offices or downloading a separate app. Payment and account reconciliation services are already live on the mini-app, with procedure approvals set to become available soon.  “NHIF is currently undertaking a digital transformation of all its processes, including the registration & identification of members, claims management and payment mechanisms. In line with the Universal Health Care (UHC) scale-up, the Fund…

OPPO has unveiled the global version of its custom UI. The company has announced that its new custom UI, ColorOS 12 is out and is based on Android 12. This is the global version of ColorOS 12 as the Chinese version of the custom ROM was unveiled back in September. ColorOS 12 adds a number of new features including stock-Android-based features like Material UI. In addition, the new OS has a ton of privacy, security and productivity features along with a redesigned UI. Building on top of OPPO’s Infinite Design concept, which is lightweight, clean and richly and very customizable,…