Author: Kaluka wanjala

The Kenyan smartphone scene keeps getting bigger by the day and the latest smartphone to make its way to the country is the Xiaomi Redmi Go. This is Xiaomi’s first Android Go smartphone that we have known was going to launch in the country soon but we did not have an exact date. Since the Xiaomi Redmi Go is and Android Go smartphone, it comes with a tweaked version of Android that should run smoothly on devices with low end hardware. Android Go smartphones tend to be affordable (below Ksh 10,000) and are perfect for a market such as Kenya…

Using M-Pesa is something Kenyans are used to and most find it to be the most convenient way to make payments. During the second quarter of the 2017/2018 financial year, total M-Pesa transactions grew to Sh1.17 trillion and this shows you how important M-Pesa is to the economy. During this period, the total number of transactions stood at 308 million. With the adoption of ecommerce in Kenya, M-Pesa will keep growing as has been the case the last couple of years. Most Kenyans do not have access to credit cards and not all those with debit cards prefer using them…

Huawei has unveiled yet another entry level smartphone in Kenya. This new phone, the Huawei Y6 Prime 2019, was unveiled earlier today and those interested can pre-order one through Kilimall and Jumia. You will be able to pre-order this phone as from today all the way to the 15th of March and from then the phone will be available to purchase through these online stores or from offline stores for Ksh 13,499. This is a reasonable price considering the specifications of this phone. The Huawei Y6 Prime 2019 is the second smartphone from the company to be launched in the…

Not so long ago, Infinix unveiled its most expensive smartphone in the country, the Infinix Zero 6. The phone keeps showing up on ecommerce sites Jumia and Kilimall and then disappears after a day or two. This is the company’s current flagship smartphone and I am not sure why they are not doing all they can to ensure customers can find it through these sites. The Infinix Zero 6 out of the way, the company is getting ready to launch a more affordable smartphone very soon. This new phone, the Infinix Hot 7, will be launched in Kenya soon and…

Back in January, Safaricom unveiled Fuliza, an overdraft facility available for M-Pesa users. With this product, M-Pesa customers are able to complete transactions even when they have insufficient funds in their accounts. Think of it this way, you are at the supermarket and want to pay using M-Pesa but then realize you do not have enough money in your account. Let us say the total amount of what you have bought is Ksh 3,000 but you only have Ksh 2,000 in your account. With Fuliza, you will still be able to initiate the payment and the Ksh 2,000 in your…

When Microsoft released Windows 10 back in 2015, its goal was to reach 1 billion installs in 3 years. The three-year mark has come and passed and Microsoft is yet to reach this goal but might just surprise us this or next year. The company through one of its executives, Yusuf Mehdi, says that 800 million devices are running Windows 10 today. This is 200 million shy of its target and we are a few months to Windows 10’s fourth anniversary. Back in 2017, Microsoft announced that over half a billion (500 million) devices were running on Windows 10. Fast…

Sometime last year, Safaricom introduced us to its AI Chatbot assistant that it is calling Zuri. This chatbot is meant to offer you a different avenue to use to access Safaricom services. The bot does not have that one stand out feature that is exclusive to it as it complements some of the other tools and avenues you are already using to access Safaricom services. Zuri bot is available through Telegram and Facebook Messenger. Choose the one you are comfortable with, I decided to go with Telegram. On Telegram access it through http://bit.ly/SafaricomTelegramBot On Messenger access it through http://bit.ly/SafaricomZuriMessenger Using…

Huawei has confirmed that it will be launching its next Y series smartphones, the Y6 Prime 2019, in Kenya next week. This launch comes about a month after the company introduced the Huawei Y7 Prime 2019 that is available in the country for Ksh 17,999. The Huawei Y6 Prime 2019 will be cheaper than the Y7 Prime 2019 but the exact price is still a mystery. The company has partnered with Kilimall for those who want to guess the price of this phone. Guessing the right price can win you a phone among other goodies. To guess the price and…

When it comes to multinational tech companies, most of them tend to have their hubs and data centres in other parts of the world overlooking Africa for a number of reasons. Even companies that have huge operations in the continent will have their key operations and data centres out of the continent. This is why Microsoft opening its first data centres in Africa is a big deal. The company first revealed that it was going to open its first data centre in Africa more than a year ago and today it is revealing that the first two data centres are…

Sometime last year, OPPO introduced the Find X smartphone to the market. This was a very controversial smartphone and its price, Ksh 100,000, was seen as being way over the top. The price aside, the OPPO Find X stood out thanks to its very thin (almost non-existent) bezels and its pop-up camera. The company used a pop-up camera to avoid having a notch on this phone. Fast forward to 2019 and OPPO is back with the F11 Pro that has a pop-up camera and equally as thin bezels. The phone was unveiled yesterday together with the standard F11 that has…