Author: Kaluka wanjala

OPPO is set to launch its first smartwatch in Kenya later this week. The wearable market is growing and with smartwatches focusing on health and fitness, this seems to appeal to most customers and the market is set to grow even further in the coming months and years. The OPPO watch is the first smartwatch from the company and was unveiled to a global audience not so long ago. In Kenya, the OPPO Watch will be available in Black, Pink Gold, and Silver Mist colour options. Being the first smartwatch from OPPO in Kenya, we are expecting a lot from…

Vivo has just announced a sizeable discount for one of its latest smartphones, the vivo Y1S. This is one of the recent smartphones from the company to launch in Kenya but we did not see the same publicity given to some of its other devices like the V19 that I reviewed recently. The vivo Y1s is an entry level smartphone and has just been discounted to Ksh 10,600. This was shared by vivo through its social media pages as you can see below. https://twitter.com/Vivo_Kenya/status/1306123688669057024 It is not clear if this is a permanent discount or if it will be…

itel is one of the many brands under Transsion with the others being Infinix, Tecno and a few others. Transsion holdings has been focusing on smartphones for years but we have been seeing it branch to other segments recently. For itel, it plans to reposition its brand and this will start later this week with a grand launch at 7:30 to 8:00PM on 18th September. The live stream will be on KTN and Facebook and a rerun on 19th at 7:30 on NTV. Itel has confirmed that it is ready for the brand repositioning after serving the Kenyan market for…

Africa is sitting on a well of potential that if tapped could lead to substantial growth and development along with a complete transformation of the continent. The largest share of this potential lies within the dawning of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) across the continent. With a rapidly growing youth population, growing need for new skills, and high levels of unemployment, there is an imperative to accelerate digital transformation across all of Africa’s industries and sectors. But, through the power of technologies such as Cloud, AI and machine learning, digital transformation will also allow the continent to reap the many…

The Infinix Zero 8 is the first camera-centric phone we are seeing from the company in a little over a year. The last phone we saw in this series was the Infinix Zero 6 series that was unveiled in early 2019. The Zero 8 build up on that and adds a lot more not just in terms of specifications but also the price. The Infinix Zero 8 is available in Kenya right now for Ksh 28,999. This is right around the same range you can get the new Tecno Camon 16 Premier that was also launched in the country recently.…

Lipa Na M-Pesa is one of the services that Safaricom has incorporated to its mobile money service to help people pay for goods and services. The service was introduced back in 2012 and over the years has signed up a number of business with the total now standing at over 200,000. This was revealed today by Safaricom. The number may seem low and I was expecting it to be way higher but considering it just represents the number of businesses on the platform, it is still impressive. A milestone like this is an achievement no matter how you look at…

Realme officially started selling its devices in Kenya a few weeks back and the company already has three devices on the market with the realme 6 being the most expensive of them all. I reviewed the realme 6 and I liked it. My first experience with a smartphone with realme and I was thoroughly impressed. Realme is expanding its portfolio with the launch of yet another smartphone later this week. The company has announced that it will be launching the realme C15 on the 18th of September, 2020. This will make 4 the total number of devices by the company…

For Internet service providers, the faster the speeds you can provide your clients, the more bragging rights you have. This is true even if the end customers never get half of the speeds they claim to support. From a marketing point of view, this is a good strategy as it can show people the company’s capabilities and attract new customers while on it. This may or may not be what Zuku is doing with the announcement of the fastest internet speeds in Kenya. The company has announced that it has introduced 500MBps speeds on its Triple Play 500Mbps package. These…

Realme is the latest smartphone manufacture to officially start operations in Kenya. If you have never heard of this brand, you are not alone as it started off as a sub-brand under OPPO and has been focusing on the South East Asia market. So far, realme has 3 devices in Kenya and the realme 6 is the most expensive of the bunch. At Ksh 29,999, the realme 6 is shooting for the stars and will be battling with some very good devices from OPPO, Xiaomi, Huawei and the two new devices from Transsion Group, the Tecno Camon 16 Premier and…

Check Point Software Technologies has been named as a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Mobile Threat Management Software 2020 Vendor. For the third-consecutive year, Check Point has been named a leader based on strategy and capabilities. Mobile security has become a top concern for every company in these challenging times. As workforces become remote, employees are increasingly accessing corporate assets from their smartphones, opening up new attack surfaces for sophisticated cyber-attacks. Over the past few months, researchers at Check Point have been observing a rise in the number of mobile-related attacks as well as entirely new attack methods such…