Author: Kaluka wanjala

Sylvia Mulinge is leaving Safaricom this September to pick up her new role as the CEO of MTN Uganda. She is currently Safaricom’s Chief Consumer Business Officer, a position she has held since July 2021. Sylvia joined Safaricom back in 2006 and has held various senior roles over the years including the General Manager Enterprise Business Unit and Director Consumer Business Unit before assuming the role of Chief Customer Officer in 2018. Safaricom has confirmed that her last day at the company will be 30th September 2022. As Safaricom made this announcement, MTN Uganda also confirmed that Sylvia will be…

The latest flagship smartphone from Tecno to launch in Kenya is the Camon 19 Pro. This phone was launched recently and is available in stores for Ksh 33,799. I have been using this as my main phone and in this review, I will share my experience on that and recommend if this is a smartphone you may want to consider.  The Tecno Camon 19 series  is made up of three main devices, the standard Camon 19 available for Ksh 23,500, the Camon 19 Pro 5G is available for Ksh 41,599 and the Camon 19 Pro 4G variant which is the…

Earlier this month, Safaricom unveiled its Visa virtual card that lets M-pesa users easily make international payments. With this card, you can pay for services such as Netflix, use it on Amazon and just any other site or platform that accepts card payments.  The M-Pesa Visa virtual card uses  the balance on your M-pesa account so the whole process can be smooth and without hurdles.  What is the M-Pesa virtual Visa card? The M-pesa virtual Visa card is a debit card that can be created through the M-pesa app. This is not a physical card but it works like any…

Showmax is making some changes to its subscription packages to make its services appealing to Safaricom customers. The company has announced that it has lowered its mobile subscriptions bought and paid for via M-PESA. These new price changes are targeting the Safaricom mobile data packages, Showmax Mobile and Showmax Pro Mobile. If you can remember, Showmax introduced these two bundles a few months back when it announced a new partnership with Safaricom that saw customers pay only Ksh 389 and 1299 for Showmax mobile and Showmax Pro mobile respectively. Subscribers also got 1GB and 3GB of data respectively. Even with…

Absa Bank has announced a new partnership with Visa to unveil a new  domestic and cross-border remittance service, Absa Visa Send Money. This service allows users to make person-to-person money transfers and persons-to-businesses payments via the Visa Global network. The launch of this service comes less than 3 months since Visa opened its first innovation studio in Kenya. The Absa Visa Send Money will allow enable debit and credit cardholders to transfer funds from their Visa Card accounts to any overseas or domestic Visa debit, credit, or prepaid cards via the Hello Money USSD and Absa mobile banking app. How…

Telkom has today announced a new partnership with Lipa Later. Through this partnership, the company says the process of acquiring new smart devices will be much easier. The partnership will make it easier for customers to acquire the smartphones they want and pay monthly installments instead of paying the full amount upfront. There are interest rates so the total amount you end up paying will be slightly higher than what you would pay if you bought the device outright.  Lipa Later has been in operations in Kenya for a while and charges 4.2% interest rate for those who use its…

Building on the Seed Investment by DOB Equity and USD 9.5m funding by Mastercard Foundation, Moringa is excited to have recently received an investment from Proparco to support its expansion outside Kenya. This has seen the tech based learning institution start to train Software Engineers in Ghana and soon Nigeria with a plan to scale to other African countries in the next 12 months. Moringa, a career accelerator for Tech professionals in Africa, has been training High School/University Graduates to be Software Engineers and Data Scientists for the past 7 years in Kenya and achieved market leadership training over 4,000…

realme is planning to launch two new phone models, The realme 9 4G and the realme C35 in Kenya targeting discerning young customers. The company has confirmed the expected launch but di not give the exact dates.  The models to be unveiled early July, features trendy designs and comes high camera performance, as part of realme’s continuous investment in research and technology to meet the dynamic needs of a growing youthful population in the market. realme 9 4G, features the world’s first ripple holographic design solution, a breakthrough in design technology that is expected to make waves in the industry.…

The Asus Vivobook Pro 14X OLED is one of the laptops you may be considering if you are a creative professional who needs a powerful yet portable laptop. This is not the most powerful laptop for creators from Asus as that title is held by the Asus ProArt StudioBook which is a bit more expensive than this.  The Vivobook series from Asus is generally more affordable than the ProArt models and does compete with the likes of the M1 MacBooks. The Vivobook Pro 14X OLED that I am reviewing is available in Kenya for Ksh 175,748 and you can get…

OPPO has released the latest monthly security patch for the Reno 7. This update is currently available for the 4G variant of the Reno 7 and I am not entirely sure if it is available for the 5G variant. The OPPO Reno 7 was launched in Kenya not so long ago and is available in stores for around Ksh 43,000. This phone was recently joined by the OPPO Find X5 in kenya which is available for Ksh 100,000. The update is not that big at 179MB in size and should not take long to download. You can check if you…