Author: Kaluka wanjala

Huawei introduced the Y6 Prime 2019 smartphone to the Kenyan market earlier this week. The phone is on pre-order through Kilimall and will be available through the ecommerce and other offline stores for Ksh 13,499. The Huawei Y6 Prime 2019 is the second Y Series smartphone the company has launched in Kenya this year. The other one was the Huawei Y7 Prime 2019 that is available in the country for around Ksh 17,999. The Huawei Y6 Prime 2019 is the smaller brother to this and you can tell that from the price and from its specifications. So, what does the…

We rarely see Android updates roll out to smartphones under Ksh 14,000. Most of the smartphones within this price range come with the latest version of Android out of the box. There are some that still get updated but the list is not that long. HMD Global is one manufacturer that has been updating its devices with the latest Android versions and the latest one is the Nokia 3.1. The company is pushing out Android 9.0 Pie, the latest version of Android, to this smartphone across the globe. The Nokia 3.1 is not the cheapest smartphone by HMD Global to…

Sending files to your friends or colleagues can be an easy process or can be very complicated depending on the file size and even distance between the two of you. There are a number of file sharing services out there, some free and some you have to pay for, but they are all there to address the needs of different users. Mozilla wants a share of this sector and has launched its own file sharing service. This new service is called Firefox send and lets users upload files to the service and then they can share the URL with others.…

Over the years, we have seen different versions of Windows, Microsoft’s Operating System. Windows is the widely used Operating System and has evolved to what we have today, Windows 10. Before Windows 10, we had Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. These were not popular versions of the OS as they were seen to be very different from earlier versions such as Windows 7. Most people did not want to upgrade to Windows 8 or 8.1 saying that they would rather wait for the next version which at that time was not in active development. With the release of Windows 10,…

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…