Author: Kaluka wanjala

Android 10 has been out for a few weeks and we should start seeing it rolling out to some devices by now. Xiaomi is one of the manufacturers keen to see this update roll out to some of its devices before the end of the year. Late last month, the company listed down when its devices were to get MIUI 11 which is based on Android 10. The company has been actively working on this update and last week it pushed out MIUI 11 beta to thee Mi Mix 3. The company is back again this week with the same…

Even before the US-China trade war, Huawei had seen steady growth in its smartphone division. Huawei Consumer Business Group, the home of its smartphones and other products, has been seeing tremendous growth in the past few years and it is not slowing down anytime soon. From the latest numbers, Huawei has revealed that has shipped over 200 million smartphones this year. The year is not over so this number is impressive and even with the trade ban imposed by the United States, Huawei seems to be doing just fine. Huawei says this number has been achieved 64 days earlier than…

Cisco has appointed Sally Kimeu as Country Leader and Regional Manager for its East Africa operations in 10 countries including Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Burundi, Djibouti, South Sudan, Somalia and Eritrea. “Cisco has longstanding culture of incubating our own talent and Sally’s appointment is proof. Sally has been with Cisco for twelve years having held various roles. She will lead a team charges with advancing Cisco’s robust innovation and technology transformation agenda in East Africa. She will also serve as a member of the Cisco Sub Saharan leadership team that I lead. I am excited for her new appointment…

This post has been updated to include an official statement from SEACOM announcing that the issue has been resolved. Update “SEACOM is up and running following a service-affecting outage on the SEACOM Subsea Cable System last night. All linear transmission traffic on the SEACOM Subsea Cable System from South Africa, Mozambique, and from the East Coast of Africa, to and from Europe has been restored. We are still investigating the cause of the outage and will provide necessary updates as we have more information. ” Original Post SEACOM, the subsea cable system provider, is reporting an outage that is affecting…

When it comes to taxi hailing services in Kenya, we see most companies focus their efforts in the major towns of Nairobi and Mombasa. Rarely do we see these companies operate outside these major towns but this may be changing soon. Bolt is one ride-hailing company that seems to be interested in expanding to other markets outside Nairobi and Mombasa. Back in July, the company announced that its services were available in Kisumu, Kakamega and Thika towns. Fast forward a few months later and Bolt has announced expansion to 4 more towns. These include Naivasha, Nakuru, Kitale and Eldoret towns.…

Even as the Cybersecurity industry grows, there are not that many women in that field. This can be attributed to many reasons from young girls being discouraged by their teachers, parents etc from venturing into the field. The end result is you have most of them getting into careers they did not like to begin with and leaving the field to be dominated by men. The gap is not just in Kenya but it is something seen globally according to Hayden Hainsworth, General Manager for Cybersecurity Engineering at Microsoft. She says that even now, she gets into meetings and she…

Infinix has today officially announced the availability of the Hot 8 and Hot 8 Lite smartphones in the Kenyan market. The two devices are available for Ksh 9,999 and Ksh 10,999 respectively. You can get both devices through Infinix retail outlets countrywide and online through XPark, previously known as Infinixmall. Most of the specifications of the Infinix Hot 8 and Hot 8 Lite are the same with the processors and RAM being the key differences. The Infinix Hot 8 in Kenya has been available on pre-order for a couple of weeks and its good to finally see it retail stores.…

The Huawei P30 Lite is one of my favorite phones of 2019. It is reasonably priced considering what it has to offer and came at a time when there was not so much competition within its price category. Huawei says they have sold over 10,000 units since its launch 6 months ago and this is not a bad number considering the bad press the company received the latter part of the year thanks to the US-China trade war. With the success of the P30 Lite, the company is back with a new version of the phone that it is calling…

The Tecno Spark 4 is now available in Kenya. This is the successor to the Spark 3 from earlier this year and is available in the country for Ksh 11,999. This is around the same price the Spark 3 was available for when it launched. The Tecno Spark 4 is a slight upgrade when compared to its predecessor which was launched in the country earlier this year. It has a slightly bigger 6.52-inch display with a waterdrop notch. The company says this phone has a screen to body ratio of 90%, quite impressive and not something we see often on…

We have known for a while that the Tecno Spark 4 series is coming to Kenya. This phone is available in other markets and the wait is finally over as Tecno has announced its availability in Kenya. The Tecno Spark 4 series in Kenya consists of the standard Spark 4 and the Spark 4 Air. The Tecno Spark 4 is available in Kenya for Ksh 11,999 while the Spark 4 Air is yet to be launched in the country. It is coming though but not right away. With the Spark 4 Series, Tecno is trying to live up to the…