Author: Kaluka wanjala

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…

Lipa Na M-pesa is a convenient way to pay for your goods in most settings. The service can be hectic to use is some situations such as paying for what you have bought in a Supermarket or in a store where there is more than one cashier. I am sure you have experienced this when paying using Lipa Na M-Pesa or you were behind someone paying with M-Pesa. The process takes time and after paying, you have to give the cashier your phone number or show them the transaction confirmation message just to confirm that you have paid. Safaricom is…

A few months ago, Loon, an Alphabet owned company, said that it plans to work with Telkom Kenya to deliver 4G connection to underserved areas in rural Kenya using balloons. Alphabet is the same company that owns Google for those who may not know. Loon and Google are two independent companies though with the former working to bring internet connection to areas with poor coverage and those that are sparsely populated. When Loon announced intentions to work with Telkom, the two were yet to get government approval to fly the balloons in the country. It’s a couple of months later…

Aspira has announced a partnership agreement with Elite Digital Solutions, Apple Premium Reseller in Kenya that will allow consumers to buy iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max and other Apple products through access to affordable credit facilities and pay later within 3-12 months. Through this partnership, consumers will be required to pay a minimum deposit of 30% of the total cost of iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max and purchase for as low as Ksh.13,000 through Aspira. Interest of 4% percent will be charged per month with the total cost of the loan split into equal monthly installments. Consumers can choose to…

You probably have a list of people you are in constant communication with. Even if that is not the case, there are people you regularly talk to compared to others in your contact list. If you have saved a lot of numbers in your phonebook, this means there are people who you still want to have in your contact list but just do not talk to on a regular basis. If what I have described above happens to be you, you may want to know about the new contact ranking system that WhatsApp is testing. This is of course if…