The Huawei Y7p is the latest from the company to make its way to Kenya. The phone will be available locally for Ksh 18,499 offline and online through Jumia. The Y7p is the third smartphone by the company to be launched in Kenya this year. The Huawei Y7p takes over from the Huawei Y7 Prime 2019. A lot has changed from the Y7 Prime 2019 and I will highlight those in the full review when it is published. In this post, I will be unboxing the Huawei Y7p and share my first impressions of this phone. The Huawei Y7p will…
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The Tecno Camon 15 has officially been launched in Kenya today. This is the latest camera-centric phone from the company that you will be able to get in retail stores for Ksh 18,000. The Tecno Camon 15 will be available in offline retail stores as well as online through Jumia and Xpark. Through both these platforms, customers get free delivery countrywide. This is good with the current coronavirus crisis that has forced most people to work from home to avoid interacting with others. Watch the unboxing video below. The Tecno Camon 15 is the first smartphone from the company to…
The Huawei Y7p is finally available in retail stores in Kenya. This is the latest from the company that is available in Kenya for Ksh 18,499. Unlike previous Huawei smartphones, this one has not been on pre-order and the company took it straight to the market where you can get it from today. The Huawei Y7p is the first smartphone from the company with no Google Mobile services to launch in Kenya. Since the trade war between China and the US prevents Huawei from working with Google and using its products and services on its devices, the company cannot take…
The Tecno Camon 15 is the latest device from the company to launch in Kenya. The phone has been available on pre-order in the country for quite sometime now. The Camon 15 is the successor to the Camon 12 which was launched in the country not so long ago. I have a unit to review and with that I had to do my first impressions of this phone just to see what it has to offer before publishing the full review in about a week or so. Watch the video below. The Tecno Camon 15 is the first smartphone from…
It looks like HMD Global is planning to go all out with its next flagship smartphone, the Nokia 9.3 PureView This will be the successor to the Nokia 9 PureView which was quite a disappointment to say the least. We have heard some information about the Nokia 9.3 PureView and given that the phone has not been launched officially, we should get some bits of information as time goes by. The latest information we have about this phone is on its camera and display. The Nokia 9 PureView came with a 5 camera array system that was unseen before but…
Kenyan ecommerce platform Gobeba has added a COVID-19 ecommerce category on its platform to allow for Kenyans to access all protective gear as they find alternatives to protect themselves from the virus with minimal interaction. This follows a directive by government that all Kenyans should wear masks in public places. The category will now let Kenyan purchase surgical masks, gloves and sanitizers and have them delivered at the shoppers’ doorstep with the aid of Gobeba delivery agents. A packet of 3PL surgical mask cost Ksh. 1000 for 10 pieces and Ksh. 5,000 for 50 pieces. Mr. Peter Ndiang’ui, Gobeba CEO…
This OPPO Reno 3 specifications and price in Kenya post is meant to give those interested in the phone a good look at some of its key specifications to help them decide if they will be getting good value for money if they buy this phone. This is one of the latest smartphones from OPPO and it is finally coming to Kenya and is available in stores for Ksh 40,000. The OPPO Reno 3 in Kenya will be available for Ksh 40,000, the same price most other OPPO Reno products have been retailing at. This is not cheap and here…
A few days ago, we told you that OPPO was planning to launch the Reno 3 in Kenya this coming week. This is one of the latest smartphones from the company that will be available in Kenya for Ksh 40,000. Before its official release in the market, the OPPO Reno 3 is available on pre-order in Kenya for those who want to be among the first ones to own the device. The Reno 3 will be the first major release from OPPO to launch in Kenya this year. It does build up on the OPPO Reno 2 series from last…
With governments across the continent asking their citizens to stay home as the COVID-19 pandemic gets worse, streaming services have seen a spike in user registration and overall streams. ShowMax is one company that has seen a spike in the number of people logging in to its platform to stream their favourite TV shows and movies. ShowMax has revealed that the number of active users on its platform has gone up by 50% while the play events have more than doubled from pre-crisis peaks. ShowMax defines active users as the number of people who use the service every single day.…
Huawei is ready to launch its next smartphone in Kenya this coming week. This new phone, the Huawei Y7p, will be launched on April 17 and will be the third smartphone from the company to launch in Kenya this year. The other two are the Huawei Nova 5T and the Huawei Y6s. This phone was officially unveiled back in February and it looks like we are finally getting it in Kenya. This phone will not come with Google Mobile services and will be the first from the company with Huawei Mobile Services (HMS) to launch in Kenya. It will be…