The Microsoft Game of Learners (GOL) hackathon has finally come to an end. This was a 5 week-long virtual initiative made up of a gamified learning program developed by the Africa Development Center (ADC). The hackathon was comprised of weekly sessions and at the end of the 5th week all participating teams submitted their final projects for judging. The main objective of the program was to empower the students to develop impactful solutions that can help address some of Africa’s and the world’s challenges. It is structured as a 5-week virtual hackathon comprised of weekly sprints where, at the end…
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Kaluka wanjala
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The LG NanoCell TVs take your viewing experience to a higher level with lifelike colours thanks to the tiny particles this screen technology uses. The tiny particles are used to filter out dull colours from the LCD display. LG NanoCell TVs offer superior and more vivid colours than your conventional TV. They have wide viewing angles so you can comfortably see what is on the screen from different viewing angles. In this post we will be looking at some of the top 5 features of LG NanoCell TVs that make it stand out from other TV on the market. Great…
Wireless earbuds seem to be the current obsessions for smartphone manufacturers. We have seen most of the top manufacturers launch wireless earbuds this year joining Apple and Samsung and a few other manufacturers who have been doing it for a few years. Tecno is also joining this club with the unveiling of its first true wireless earbuds. The company has unveiled these earbuds in India and hopefully we may see them in Kenya at some point. Tecno is calling these the Hipods H2earbuds. They come in black and white colours and look like most other wireless earbuds on the market.…
Kenya Power and Safaricom have a new agreement that will see customers use Safaricom Bonga points to settle electricity bills. We have seen Safaricom make it possible for its subscribers to use bonga points to pay for things during the current pandemic and now this is the latest one in partnership with Kenya Power. With the economic slowdown, having alternative ways to pay for power is a plus for many people. According to Kenya power, this latest move is part of its strategy to help households manage through these tough times without been disconnected. Read: Safaricom Launches a “New” Android…
I have the Tecno Pouvoir 4 in for review and as I am working on that, I thought I should highlight some of the things you need to know about this phone. The Tecno Pouvoir 4 is available in Kenya for around Ksh 14,000 from Jumia and most other smartphone retailers. Also See: Tecno Pouvoir 4 Specifications The Pouvoir 4 borrows a lot from the Spark 5 that has been available in Kenya for longer. Both these are entry level devices from the company. They have always targeted different customers but with the similarities of the latest models, that line…
The LG NanoCell TV series is one of the company’s premium TV line-up with a number of units that you can buy in Kenya. The LG NanoCell series falls under the LCD Tv category and even though the company is actively investing in OLED TVs, it equally puts in effort when it comes to NanoCell TVs. LG NanoCell TVs work by removing unwanted dull colours from an image and this helps improve colour accuracy. With this technology, the reds and greens are purer and this is possible thanks to the nano-scale particles that act as a light absorbing filter to…
The Tecno Pouvoir 4 was launched in Kenya not so long ago and those interested can get it in the country for Ksh 14,000. We don’t see Tecno market the Pouvoir series as much as it does some of its other devices and that is changing this year. This is an entry level series but the company is keen to see this phone reach as many people as possible. The Tecno Pouvoir 4 has a few interesting specifications but its 6,000 mAh battery is probably the one that will get the attention of most people. We are just getting used…
The Infinix Note 7 is one of the new devices from the company that promises a lot more to users. The phone is available in Kenya for Ksh 18,000 which is not that expensive and neither is it cheap. This was the first major release by Infinix in Kenya this year and I have been using it for close to two weeks. Infinix Note devices are known for their sizes and performance and the Note 7 is not any different. The phone has a massive 6.95-inch display that makes it one of if not the biggest smartphone by the…
The Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 is one of the latest smartphones by the company to launch in Kenya. You can get this phone from retailers like Jumia for Ksh 24,999. At this price, the Redmi Note 9 will be competing with the likes of the Huawei Y8p that I have been using for a few weeks. I will be doing a comparison review of these two phones but before that, in this post we will be unboxing the Redmi Note 9. I got the review unit from Xiaomi Kenya to use and share my experiences on it. I have been…
One of the new technologies in the TV industry is NanoCell. You may have heard about this new technology by LG if you have been on the market looking for a new premium TV. The question now, is, What is LG NanoCell? How does it work? and is it any good? In a nutshell, NanoCell is a display technology type developed by LG and offers better color and clarity, a number of smart features, wide viewing angles and powerful processors. It promises an immersive viewing experience for a number of settings from watching movies, sports and even playing video games.…