Author: Kaluka wanjala

After weeks of waiting, Huawei’s latest mid-range smartphone, the Y9 2019, is now available in retail stores in Kenya. The phone is available for Ksh 24,990 through online and offline stores. Online, you can get the phone through Jumia and offline you can get it from your local smartphone shop and Telkom brand shops countrywide. The official unveiling and mall activation of the Huawei Y9 2019 in Kenya was at the Two Rivers Mall yesterday in a star-studded event. https://twitter.com/TechArena_KE/status/1056172214498672640 The Huawei Y9 2019 joins the Y5 Prime 2018 and Y7 Prime 2018 smartphones from the company launched earlier this…

If you love deals like me, then you should check out Infinixmall as it has the Infinix Note 5 at a discounted price. The Note 5 is available on the site for Ksh 15,999, 20% its usual price. I saw this deal on the company’s Facebook page and thought it is worth sharing as this phone is good and those who can afford it should definitely get it. The deal is available exclusively on Infinixmall, on Jumia it is still available for Ksh 18,000. The offer is valid till Sunday (28th of October) so you may want to hurry and…

If you are looking to spend anywhere between Ksh 23,000 and 25,000, you may have seen the new Huawei Y9 2019, Tecno Camon X Pro and a few other smartphones. Both these are 2018 smartphones from the two companies so you are getting the latest hardware and software no matter which one you end up buying. NB: In this post, I will be using photos of the Camon X instead of the Camon X Pro but that does not change much. I have used both phones and they share most of their specifications except for the screen resolution, RAM and…

There are quite a number of fintech apps you can download and use in Kenya at the moment. You may have heard of mKey, CBA Loop, HF Whizz, Brunch Tala etc. These applications offer a number of financial services, some focusing on one area while others combining the different financial services in one place. In this post, I will be looking at the recent apps including HF Whizz, some of the older ones including CBA Loop, Branch and Tala and then compare those with mKey. Mobile Loans Branch and Tala are some of the well-known mobile lending apps in Kenya.…

WhatsApp has been making some key changes to its platform this year. Its platform is the most popular messaging platform but the company is not just going to sit on that. WhatsApp keeps adding new features every so often. At the moment, WhatsApp is working on two new features, Silent mode and Vacation mode according to WABetaInfo. Both these features have started rolling out to some users but not everyone. They might be rolling out to those who are in WhatsApp beta program at this point. I am part of the WhatsApp beta program but I am yet to see…

Last week, Samsung officially introduced the 512GB variant of its flagship phablet, the Galaxy Note 9 in Kenya. Having the 512GB Galaxy Note 9 in Kenya is not cheap and will set you back Ksh 135,000. That figure is so high and I am still not sure how we got to this level. This is a hefty price to pay for a smartphone but let those who can afford it go for it. Samsung says that there will be the Galaxy Note 9 with 512GB of storage and 8GB of RAM but these will be limited. The one with 8GB…

The Obesity epidemic is steadily rising globally. According to the World Health Organisation, worldwide obesity has nearly tripled since 1975. In 2016, more than 1.9 billion adults, 18 years and older, were overweight. Of these over 650 million were obese. In fact, most of the world’s population live in countries where overweight and obesity kills more people than underweight. According to a recent report published by BBC, obesity is set to overtake smoking as the biggest preventable cause of cancer in women. In Kenya, recent data for women aged between 15-49 years from four national surveys shows that the prevalence…

Equitel has recorded double digit growth in both the value and number of mobile money commerce transactions, according to the latest data from the Communications Authority. Equitel processed 87.9 million mobile commerce transactions between April 2018 and June 2018, up from 77.6 million transactions in the preceding quarter, representing a 13 per cent increase. At the same time the value of mobile commerce transactions increased to Ksh328.2 billion, a 13 per cent increase from Ksh290.3 billion that was processed over the same period. Equitel is increasingly growing the volume and value of mobile commerce transactions boosted in part by the…

Earlier today, Huawei unveiled its latest smartphone to the Kenyan market. This new phone, the Huawei Y9 Prime 2019 is currently available on pre-order through Jumia for Ksh 24,990. Those who pre-order the phone stand a chance of getting gift hampers worth Ksh 8,000 from the company. I had a short conversation with Huawei’s Head of Eastern Africa Mobile, Stephen Li to talk about the Huawei Y9 2019 and the company’s plans for the country. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJWYI_Tc6bU Giving Customers More I started by asking Mr. Li about the Huawei Y9 2019 and how it fits in the company’s portfolio. He said…

The Huawei Y9 2019 has finally made its way to Kenya. The phone is currently on pre-order on Jumia for Ksh 25,000. The Y9 joins the Huawei Y5 Prime and Y7 Prime from earlier this year. The Y9 Prime 2018 competes directly with the OPPO F7, Samsung Galaxy J6, Tecno Camon X Pro just to name a few. The four main selling points of the Huawei Y9 2019 include the 4 AI cameras, two at the back and two in front, the massive 6.5-inch display, the 4000 mAh battery, the 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage space. So,…