Author: Kaluka wanjala

The Tecno Camon 11 is the latest smartphone from the company that has made its way to Kenya. The phone is available in retail stores for Ksh 14,999, a reasonable price and one that competes directly with what Huawei is offering with the Y7 Prime 2018 and OPPO with the A3S. The Tecno Camon 11 is the third Camon device the company has launched in Kenya this year. The phone’s key selling points are its three cameras, two at the back and one in front and the display. For the cameras at the back, Tecno has used a 13MP and…

Black Friday is a tradition that we have started embracing in Kenya and even though we do not have some crazy deals like the ones we see in other countries, there are still some good deals that may be worth checking out. If you happen to go to most of these sites, don’t be fooled by some of their claims, they may tell you a particular product is discounted but in actual sense the price it is retailing for is the same one it has been retailing at for the last 3 months. I have been looking for good deals…

It seems like Ksh 24,000 is a sweet spot for most smartphone manufacturers. We have been seeing some good devices within this price launch in Kenya the last few weeks and the latest one is the Nokia 5.1 Plus. This Nokia 5.1 Plus joins the Huawei Y9 2019 and the recently announced Tecno Camon 11 Pro. The Nokia 5.1 Plus is available for Ksh 24,000 in select retail stores in the country and is one of the few smartphones from HMD Global we have seen launch in Kenya the last couple of months. Some of the others include the Nokia…

This Sunday, Safaricom will refund all the data its customers use on Friday and Sunday. The company has announced this saying this is part of its 18-Year Celebrations and is dubbing it “Asante Data Sunday”. Among the other goodies for its 18th anniversary include free 1 GB data bundle and a special KES. 1 per minute call rate for customers during their birthdays. With the “Asante Data Sunday” promotion, you get back all the data you use on Friday and Saturday to use on Sunday till 11:59 PM. If you are planning to use a lot of data on Sunday,…

The new Sony XB01 bluetooth speakers are now in Kenya for Ksh 3,995. We have seen a good number of Sony speakers launch in Kenya this year and the XB01s are the latest ones. Most of the Sony speakers launched in Kenya seem out of reach for most people with their high price tags but the company’s argument is always they are high quality products compared to some of the others you can get on the market. I am not going to say if these speakers offer value for money as I am yet to use any of them and…

Visa brings its global brand and technology to African football through partnership with the Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) as a sponsor of the Total Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament in 2019 and 2021. The sponsorship deal will make the payments giant the exclusive payment services provider at all venues during the Total AFCON tournaments in 2019 and 2021 and will be the preferred payment option for tickets bought both in-person and online. In addition, Visa will be the official partner of the player escort program, giving over 1,100 children the opportunity to lead their football heroes out at…

Equitel has introduced two new smartphones to the kenyan market dubbed Kasmarta and Smarta plus from Itel. The Kasmarta device is a simple feature phone with a retail price of Ksh 1,499 whereas Smarta plus is a smartphone which retails at Ksh 6,999. Customers interested in buying the phones can visit any Equity Bank branch and purchase their phone of choice either at full price or have the option of paying in small installments via Simu Loan. Kasmarta is available via Simu loan at Ksh 299 per month, while Smarta plus is priced at Ksh 1,399 per month. These are…

Instagram is the most popular photo sharing platform attracting millions of active users every day. Like every other platform, Instagram has a ton of fake accounts and bot-driven interaction that some users employ for reasons best known to them. Instagram has plans to crack down on accounts with fake followers and removing comments and likes that were created by these third-party apps. Instagram has had a real problem with fake followers and likes and this is something those who use the app regularly have noticed. The company is finally doing something about it to bring sanity to the platform. Instagram…

Tecno Mobile has officially unveiled its latest smartphones, the Camon 11 and Camon 11 Pro, in Kenya today. These are camera-centric devices as with other Camon devices we have seen before. We have already seen two other Camon devices this year, the Camon CM and the Camon X series. These devices came earlier in the year and things have changed since then and now we have the Camon 11 and 11 Pro. The Tecno Camon 11 will be available for Ksh 14,999 while the Camon 11 Pro will be available for Ksh 23,999. The Camon 11 competes with the likes…

HF Whizz, the digital financial service platform of the HF Group, is one of the many financial services apps in Kenya with an instant mobile loan feature. The app was released by the company a few months ago and besides the mobile loans feature, it has a number of other financial offerings that take advantage of some of the M-Pesa APIs. When HF Whizz was unveiled, the maximum amount you could borrow was Ksh 10,000. Yes, it still does not make sense to me why the company decided on this low amount but things have finally changed. The company has…