Author: Kaluka wanjala

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…

We all know by now that content is king. In a single month, millions of blog posts, social media content, sales content etc get generated.  Content is definitely an important investment for marketers and content creators across the world. Understanding the importance of creating content is one thing, generating the content is where the challenge is. Creating content is not easy as it requires high levels of creativity and time. This makes it difficult for most people who in the end decide to abandon their content generation plans while others may end up generating subpar content. So, what is the…

Yesterday, Telkom Kenya introduced yet another offering dubbed Changa Bundle. With this, Telkom subscribers are able to share data, minutes, voice and SMSs with other subscribers. Think of ‘Sambaza’ by Safaricom. “The discerning customer is keen to pool resources wherever possible. As Kenyans, we share in the spirit of coming together to share costs on occasiosn where we cannot manage to shoulder a financial obligaton as individuals. Telkom, guided by our belief that Mobile Data is a fundamental human right, proceeded to create a bundle that speaks to the mind of the Kenyan consumer; giving them the ability to acquire…

At the Tecno Camon 19 series launch event yesterday, Tecno also unveiled yet another smartphone series, the Tecno Spark 9. This is slightly cheaper than the Camon 19 series and will be available in Kenya starting from Ksh 15,599. Just like the Camon 19 series, the Spark 9 series will be available in three variants, the Spark 9, Spark 9 Pro and the Spark 9T. This series builds on its predecessor, the Spark 8, which we reviewed late last year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utRPSyj-Y4w The Spark 9 series is also about the camera as this seems to be Tecno’s main focus with its…

Tecno Mobile has officially launched the Camon 19 series in the Kenyan market. The new phone will be available in three variants, the standard Camon 19, the Camon 19 Pro and the Camon 19 Pro 5G. The Camon 19 series looks and feel different from its predecessor, the Camon 18.  I love the new design language Tecno is going with. We get a flat back with two camera lenses at the back. Tecno is also focusing so much on the cameras and having used the Camon 19 Pro for a few days, I have to say I have been impressed…