Author: Kaluka wanjala

Opibus, Sub-Saharan Africa’s leading electric vehicle manufacturer, announced today that it has raised $7.5 mil in funding led by Silicon Valley fund At One Ventures, further supported by Factor[e] Ventures and Ambo Ventures managed by former Google and Uber executives. The investment is the largest ever in an electric mobility company in Sub-Saharan Africa and is aimed to scale its operations in electric motorcycle and bus manufacturing. Opibus, which has existing customers across 6 countries in Africa, is the leading provider of electric vehicles designed and manufactured locally. Its vision is to create reliable and cost effective products designed for…

With Jumia black Friday 2021 set to kick off later this week, Xiaomi has announced some amazing deals for some of their devices on the market. The phone maker has enticing deals for both smartphones and accessories that you will be able to take advantage of during the Jumia Black Friday 2021 sale. The Xiaomi Kenya deals will be available through its official page on Jumia Kenya as from November 5th. During this period, users will enjoy massive discounts of upto 60% off on select items. This announcement comes a few weeks after the unveiling of the Redmi 10 in…

The Nokia G20 is one of the latest smartphones from HMD Global to launch in Kenya. The phone is available in Kenya for Ksh 15,000. This is quite a reasonable price and makes the G20 one of the competitively priced smartphones that you can get in Kenya at the moment. I have already done an unboxing post for the Nokia G20 that you can check out below. Read: Nokia G20 Unboxing and First Impressions If you are still unsure what the Nokia G20 has to offer, this post will highlight some of the top 5 things that can help you…

Realme has today launched its latest smartphone, the realme GT Master Series, in Kenya. The phone is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, comes with 120Hz display, and more. The realme GT Master Edition is priced in Kenya at Ksh 37,000 while the realme GT Explorer Master Edition starts from Ksh 45,000. “Designed by Naoto Fukasawa, a famous award winnining Japanese industrial designer, realme GT Master Edition Series is the best-designed flagship smartphone of the year globbaly. With an inspiration from Travle,the phones back side has the suitcase design style, which realme introduces the industry’s first 3D vegan leather technology,”…

 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…