Author: Kaluka wanjala

SWVL, the shuttle-hailing company, seems optimistic with the Kenyan market as the company has announced that it will be pumping Ksh 1.5 billion into its Kenyan operations. With this cash injection, the company will be able to expand operation to other towns and routes as well as improving current operations. SWVL is one of the two well known shuttle-hailing services in Nairobi with the other one being Little Shuttle. Little was the first service to launch a long distance option, the company did so a few weeks back with rides between Nairobi and Nakuru. This is a very busy route…

If you have ever had a need to scan a document using your phone, you may have come across the CamScanner app. It is one of the popular document scanning applications that I have used a few times. Cam Scanner has always worked as you expect it to but this all changed recently and researchers from Kaspersky Lab said that they found a malicious component within the application. According to Kaspersky, the module has been identified as a Trojan-Dropper that extracts and runs another malicious module from an encrypted file included in the app’s resources. “This ‘dropped’ malware, in turn,…

Truecaller, the caller identification app, has today announced that it has over 1 million paying subscribers using its services. Truecaller Premium was introduced to the market not so long ago and has managed to get 1 million paying subscribers already. With Truecaller Premium, users get an ad-free experience, call recording (not available on Android 9), contact request, a notification when their account is viewed and a premium badge next to their profile. In addition to the existing features, the company has announced a set of new features that paying subscribers can enjoy. These include a new spam-blocking feature that includes…

On Friday, the Tecno Phantom 9 was officially announced for the Kenya market. This is the latest flagship from Tecno to launch in the country and the first one in two years. Given that this is a new phone, there is so much about it that potential buyers should know. That can be overwhelming for anyone who is looking for a new phone. With that in mind, I will highlight the top 5 things that you should know about this phone. In-Display Fingerprint Scanner The Tecno Phantom 9 is the first smartphone from the company to have an in-display fingerprint…

Tecno has finally announced that its latest flagship smartphone, the Tecno Phantom 9, is available in retail stores in Kenya. The phone was to be launched in the country over a month ago but due to unforeseen circumstances, that was not the case. If you have been waiting for this phone, the wait is finally over as you can get it in the country for Ksh 25,000. The phone is available through Tecno branded shops, Safaricom outlets and online through Jumia. The is the first phantom smartphone in two years as the company did not release one last year. At…

HMD Global has unveiled a list of 17 Nokia smartphones that are scheduled to receive Android 10 by Q2 of 2020. This does not come as a surprise as HMD is one of the few manufacturers that has committed to rolling out the latest Android updates for most of its smartphones. After Google announced that the next version of Android will be dropping the dessert name and go by Android 10, HMD Global announced that it will be updating 17 smartphones with this new variant within a span of nine months. At this point, HMD Global is the only manufacturer…

About two weeks ago, Huawei announced its in-house operating system, HarmonyOS. The company said that this operating system (OS) is not just meant for smartphones as it will be used on other smart devices and even on vehicles. With the unveiling of this new OS, the speculation was that the company was going to unveil smartphones powered by HarmonyOS as early as this year. Most people were expecting to see the OS on the company’s upcoming flagship, the Huawei Mate 30. Rumors were that the company would unveil a standard Mate 30 running Android and a special version running HarmonyOS.…

With the release of a new version of Android, we normally get to see what dessert name Google picks for it. The current publicly available version, Android 9 is also known as Android Pie. This naming system has been around from the beginning but Google is changing that with the next version of Android. Google announced yesterday that the next version of Android will be referred to as Android 10, no more sweet desserts after that. According to Google, the change in the naming system is to ensure they are accessible across different markets as previously not everyone was familiar…

With the rise in demand for instant loans, the companies involved have to make sure they have the capacity to meet the demand at all times. With that, they have to make sure they have enough capital to meet the demands of their customers every single day. Tala, one of the mobile lending companies operating in Kenya, has announced that it has raised $ 100 Million series D investment. With the new investment, the company will be able to launch new products within its ecosystem. This news comes less than a month after Branch, its competitor, announced that it had…

If you are one of the few people who use YouTube’s messaging feature, you need to find another alternative as that service will be discontinued next month. You should not be using YouTube messaging in the first place but there are people who do and it looks like they are not that many and that’s probably the reason why Google is axing it. If you try accessing the messages section of the YouTube app, you will see the notification informing you that it won’t be available after September 18. Google has not given a clear reason as to why this…