Author: Kaluka wanjala

Safaricom has announced the improved Storo Bonus Promotion that will see the company reward customers with 200% bonus airtime and an additional 200MB Free YouTube bundle on hitting the daily target. This promotion will tun from August 6 to October 20 this year and is open to prepaid customers. To get started, dial *460# and then subscribe to the Storo Bonus and this is the same step to take when checking your daily user target. “We are always looking at ways of giving our customers more value for what they spend on our network. Customer satisfaction is a key objective…

Safaricom Home Fibre was introduced to the market over 2 years ago and is one of the affordable home internet service providers you can get in the country. The service has had issues with speed and reliability over the years as it onboards more customers. Over the two years of operation, Safaricom says the home internet service reaches 300,000 homes across the country, with more than 107,000 customers connected across Nairobi, Mombasa, Eldoret, Kisumu, Nakuru, Nyeri and Thika. These numbers have not been independently verified but we will have to take the company’s word for now. Ever since Safaricom Home…

One of the latest smartphones from HMD Global, the Nokia 1 Plus, has just had its price slashed. The phone was first introduced to the local market in April and was available for Ksh 9,300. This was a steep price compared to what was available from competitors but was still good value for money. Almost four months later, the Nokia 1 Plus has had a price reduction to Ksh 8,300 if you get it through offline stores but you can get it for Ksh 7,700 through online stores like Jumia. You will get a free 16GB microSD card when you…

Most of the apps we use request some permissions that help them work as we expect them to. This is normal and expected but there are times when an app requests for certain permissions that we are not really sure they need. This is what one Netflix user reported according to TheNextWeb. The security researcher spotted this and was not sure why the Netflix app needs access to his physical activity data. Some users are reporting seeing the feature on their devices by default without their input. Netflix has confirmed to TheNextWeb that is tracking the movement of users by…

For years, most people who bought mid-range or flagship smartphones were the ones to enjoy the latest Android updates. Companies have never been open about it but this is what has been happening. Most people who bought entry level or some of the low-end smartphones were used to not getting the latest Android updates. This trend has been changing and it is not strange to see companies push the latest updates to devices we did not expect to see updated. HMD Global has done this very well and devices such as the Nokia 1 have been updated with the latest…

Little has announced the introduction of shuttle services between Nairobi and Nakuru. The company has had its shuttle service in Nairobi and it’s now expanding it to Nakuru. This came as a surprise to be honest as I was expecting Little to focus on expanding the availability of the shuttles in Nairobi before looking at other towns. For the Nairobi to Nakuru Little shuttle service, there are 6 buses per day with the first one departing at 6 am. The subsequent busses will then depart every couple of hours at 8am, 10am, 12 noon, 2pm and the last one at…

Not everyone sees the usefulness of having a tablet in 2019. We do have powerful smartphones with bigger screens that can do what most tablets do. With this in mind, most people tend to go with smartphones with bigger displays and use them for different situations and they don’t see the need of getting a dedicated tablet to use it once in a while. There is nothing wrong with that approach but there are people who need a separate device (tablet) to handle specific tasks that may not be handled that well with a smartphone. Think of someone who does…

Huawei seems to be having a good year even with the US trade ban. The company has just reported its financial results for the first half of 2019 that show that it is doing well despite the ban. For the first half of 2019, Huawei shipped over 118 million smartphones globally. This is massive and represents a 24% rise in shipped devices compared to the same period last year when it only shipped 95 million units. Considering that this happened as the ban was on, it may mean that the ban has no effect on its business or maybe it…

We all play a game or two on our smartphones from time to time. Even if you are not serious about gaming, you probably have one in your phone and use it to occasionally pass time. Since we spend a lot of time with our smartphones, using it as a gaming device is just second nature. Over the years, we have seen fewer people with portable gaming consoles and one of the reasons can be that some of the titles they would have played on these devices are available on smartphones. Even if that is not the case, there are…

Branch International, the digital lending app, has announced the full repayment of a KShs 500M commercial paper. On top of this, the company has announced the issuance of yet another commercial paper of the same amount. This is the fourth note by the company in partnership with Barium Capital, the Centum-owned advisory firm. This fourth commercial paper brings the total capital raised by the company locally to more than Ksh 1.5 billion. Branch has revealed that it will use the latest investment to expand its services in Kenya. Recently, we have seen the explosion of digital lending services in the…