Author: Kaluka wanjala

TikTok is one of the popular apps at the moment. You have probably seen some of its videos on the different social networking and messaging apps that you use regularly. The app is very popular with young people thanks to its fun and viral videos. With all the good things that come with TikTok, the company has not made the platform a neutral playing field for all users. According to the America publication, The Intercept, TikTok has been playing dirty by suppressing content from certain creators. The Intercept notes that from the company’s leaked moderation policies for its staff, content…

HMD Global has expanded its smartphone portfolio with the unveiling of the new Nokia C2 phone. This is an entry level phone that is a slight upgrade to the Nokia C1 that we saw last year. The Nokia C2 is an Android Go smartphone that comes with Android 9 Pie straight out of the box. It is powered by a Unisoc chipset and is one of the few Android Go smartphones we have seen recently. Compared to the Nokia C1, the C2 has an upgraded CPU whose speeds reach 1.4 GHz compared to the 1.3 GHz CPU on the Nokia…

As part of its ongoing investment into agriculture for social good and AI, Microsoft announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives (MALFC) to collaborate in accelerating innovation in the agricultural sector in Kenya. The Memorandum of Understanding will enable the Government of Kenya, through MALFC, to tap into Microsoft technology to accelerate the aspirations of achieving 100% food and nutrition security in the country as part of the Government’s Big Four programme. This is an accelerated five-year development plan designed to fast-track the realisation of Kenya’s Vision 2030 programme through…

Ecommerce in Kenya is a rapidly growing sector as more people access the internet and more retailers list their products on different platforms including their own websites. Gone are the days when you have to go to a specific shop just to buy a new phone. These days, you can do that over the phone or through a website and have the products delivered to you after a few hours. One of the companies focusing on eCommerce in Kenya is Gadgets Leo. The company focuses on smartphones, their accessories and TVs selling them to customers across the country. I recently…

Samsung Mobile has today officially unveiled its latest flagship series, the Galaxy S20 in Kenya. This series is made up of the standard Samsung Galaxy S20, the Galaxy S20+ and the Galaxy S20 Ultra. They are available for Ksh 92,999, Ksh 103,999 and Ksh 129,999 respectively. Starting from Ksh 93,000, the Galaxy S20 series devices are not cheap. For Samsung, these are its flagship devices that come with the latest tech, hardware and software and this warrants the price.  In Kenya, we have not seen a flagship device from other manufacturers in the recent months so Samsung has as an…

You probably don’t think of Motorola when thinking or talking about smartphones anymore. The company is not doing as well as it did back then and these days we do not get to hear a lot about it as we used to. Even with that, Motorola has a number of devices on the market with one of them being the Moto Z4. The Moto Z4 was launched back in June 2019 so it is a fairly new smartphone. This phone came with Android 9 out of the box but it is finally getting updated with Android 10. The update has…

Netflix is the most popular video streaming service out there. It was one of the pioneers of the streaming business and has reaped big with the expansion of the industry. Netflix Kenya packages are evidence of its global expansion and attempts to localize its offerings. I have been using Netflix for a while even though we do have competitors like Showmax. Having options benefits the end users as they do end up choosing a service that suits their needs. Since the new billing model to support local currency kicked in, Netflix has become cheaper in Kenya. Unlike before, where what…

The itel A56 is the latest smartphone from the company to be launched in Kenya. Itel is known for its affordable smartphones, mostly below Ksh 10,000. This is the first smartphone from Transsion to launch in Kenya this year as we have not seen any devices from Tecno and Infinix in Kenya in 2020 The itel A56 is the successor to the A55 with the company promising everything big with the updated version. We are getting a bigger battery whose capacity stands at 4000 mAh, a bigger 6-inch display, dual camera setup at the back just to name a few.…

Huawei’s App Gallery has a long way to go if it is to catch up with rivals including the Google Play Store and Apple App Store. It is extremely difficult to get people to use a new app store as you need it to have all the apps they need and for that you have to convince developers to publish their apps on the store. Huawei has been trying to get developers to publish they applications on its platform as the US government ban affects its core business. The company is still trying to get some of the popular apps…

After a two week pre-order period, the Huawei Y6s is finally available in retail stores in Kenya for Ksh 13,999. This is the second smartphone Huawei is launching in Kenya in 2020, the first one was the Nova 5T that is doing really well in stores. The Huawei Y6s is the successor to the Y6 Prime from last year. This was a good phone for its price and now it is getting an updated version for 2020. Given that we have not seen most of the top manufacturers launch new devices within this price range this year, the Huawei Y6s…