Author: Kaluka wanjala

Opera Mini is one of the popular mobile browsers in Kenya and most developing countries. The browser gained popularity because of its data saving capabilities and a number of other features. Today, Opera has announced the availability of Opera Mini 50, its latest version of the mobile browser that is available to download. The updated app comes with features including data compression technology, a download manager with offline file sharing capabilities, and a built-in ad-blocker. Besides these features, the updated app has introduced Opera’s new user interface. The company says the updated design will allow users to interact with the…

Sanda Ojiambo, Safaricom’s Head of Sustainable Business and Social Impact has been appointed as the Executive Director of the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative. The announcement was made by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. Sanda who will assume the role from June 17th will take over from Denmark’s Lise Kingo who has been with the UN Global Compact since 2015. “Sanda has been instrumental in leading our Sustainable Business team that focuses on Sustainability, Shared Value, Corporate Social Investment and Technology for Development. She has also played a major role in the integration of the Sustainable…

Netflix wants to get rid of inactive members from its platform. The company will be targeting those who are paying for a membership plan without using it. The video streaming platform will be asking inactive subscribers to confirm if they would like to keep their membership or not. Netflix will be targeting those who have not used the service for a year of have stopped watching for more than two years. These are the people the company will be sending emails or in-app notifications as from this week. Those who do not confirm that they want to keep their subscriptions…

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SWVL has been having a rough time after facing off with the NTSA regarding its operations in the country. The Shuttle hailing platform was accused of operating in the country without the right license and this forced it to stop operating in certain routes in the city. SWVL has just announced that it has resolved the issues it has had with the NTSA and that the service is now 100% compliant. You will not see SWVL rides on the road just yet as the company has suspended services due to the current pandemic. Operations will resume once the lockdown is…

The Nokia 5.1 Plus is the latest smartphone from HMD Global to get Android 10. The update has just started trolling out and with this, the number of Nokia smartphones to get the update has risen to 15. This is impressive considering that there are phone manufacturers who are yet to roll out the update to any of their devices. The Nokia 5.1 Plus was launched towards the end of 2018 and the company has promised two years of OS updates and true to that, the company is sticking to its word. When it was launched, the Nokia 5.1 Plus…

With every popular smartphone out there, there are a ton of fakes that try to capitalize on its popularity. This has been the case for years as these fakes tend to be cheaper and in most cases will sell faster than the genuine ones. The informed consumers can tell if a smartphone is fake based on a number of factors but there are those who fall for the many fakes on the market. Some people out there walk around with fakes thinking that they are real. To address this, the Communication Authority of Kenya has come up with steps to…

The latest addition to the HMD family in Kenya is the Nokia C1. This phone is available in retail stores including Jumia for Ksh 6,999, quite affordable if you ask me. This is one of the new devices that the company has launched in Kenya and is targeting those who are looking to upgrade from a feature phone, those looking for a reliable and affordable smartphone or anyone looking for a phone within this price range. The Nokia C1 is a true entry level device with specs that match that. You are not getting fancy specifications here but rather good…

About a week ago, we told you about Huawei’s plans to bring the Nova 7i smartphone to Kenya. The company had confirmed this but at the time it had not shared any information regarding the availability dates and the price. Fast forward a week later and we now have information about the price of the Huawei Nova 7i as it is available for pre-order in the country. This will be the second Nova devices by Huawei to launch in Kenya after the launch of the Nova 5T a few months back. The Huawei Nova 7i is not particularly new as…

The Tecno Spark 5 has just launched in Kenya. The phone is available in retail stores starting from Ksh 13,400 on sites like Jumia. I have had this phone for a while even before it was launched and have been using it extensively and in this post I am going to share my thoughts on it. The Tecno Spark 5 is the successor to the Spark 4 that I reviewed last year. With the Spark 5, there are not that many upgrades but there are still some changes that may make the upgrade worth it for some people. The Spark…