Author: Kaluka wanjala

Telkom Kenya wants to be the number 1 Telco when it comes to data in Kenya. This is according to Kris Senanu, Telkom Enterprise Managing Director. This is a bold ambition as the market is dominated by Safaricom and getting users to switch from one service provider to the other is not that easy. Mr Senanu revealed this today when sharing information about how Telkom Enterprise will provide services to help the government with the Big Four Agenda. You may have seen some of the different data options Telkom Kenya is offering and most of them are clearly meant to…

Infinix Mobility is getting ready to launch yet another smartphone in Kenya later this month. This new smartphone, the Infinix Note 5, is coming weeks after the company launched the Hot 6 Pro that is a very good smartphone if you are looking for one under Ksh 20,000. The Note 5 is the successor to the Note 4 and Note 4 Pro from last year and it will be interesting to see what has changed. Infinix is not sharing much about the Note 5 but as usual, there are a few things we know and a few things we can…

Back in February, HMD Global unveiled the Nokia 8110 “Banana Phone”. If you know a bit about Nokia’s history, then you know that this phone was first unveiled years ago and the relaunch was for the true fans who liked the old Nokia and want something modern but still retro. The phone was never unveiled in Kenya when the company introduced the Nokia 6.1, Nokia 1 and Nokia 7 Plus not so long ago. I wasn’t expecting the company to unveil this phone in Kenya but it has finally done that. The Nokia 8110 4G, also referred to as the…

Samsung is a name we have come to associate with high end devices, the Galaxy Note and the Galaxy S series to be specific. The company does make some affordable devices but in a market like Kenya, companies such as Infinix, Tecno and even OPPO have dominated this segment pushing Samsung to the wall. The main reason for this is that these three companies (and other small brands) have figured out this segment and have appealing devices within these prices unlike Samsung that has refused to innovate and keeps flooding the market with devices that I would honestly not recommend.…

In just 6 days, all eyes will be on Russia for the 2018 FIFA World Cup matches. With kick off day fast approaching, Safaricom has announced new data bundles that its is calling Giga Football Passes that customers will use to stream all the 64 World Cup matches on their smartphones through the Kwesé iflix app. This is the first time we are seeing such a product this part of the world and I am sure football fans will appreciate it. You will not have to worry about incurring hefty data charges if you had plans to stream the live…

Over the past few weeks, you may have seen or heard about the new Giga bundle from Safaricom. This is the new 1GB data bundle valid for 24 hours that you can get for Ksh 99. This is an affordable option for those who just want data they can use within 24 hours. If you have Wi-Fi at home and in the office, this is probably the bundle you may want to consider using during your daily commute or when you are out of the office. Safaricom says that with this bundle, you can have it all and don’t worry…

If You want to upload a video to Instagram, you do not have a lot of room to play around as the maximum length of the video is 60 seconds. If you have ever wanted to upload a longer video, you were out of luck unless you did not mind uploading multiple videos and let your followers scroll through after every minute (60 seconds). If this is something that bothered you, there is some good news for you. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Instagram has plans to include support for longer videos of up to 60 minutes (1…

If you live in Kenya, you have probably heard about Opera Mini, it is one of the most popular mobile browsers in the country. This browser gained popularity as it came pre-installed in most Android smartphones back in the day and because it compresses web pages and thus use less data. In addition to the browser, there is Opera News, a news app that the company launched earlier this year. You may have seen the app on the Play Store as I have seen some of its ads recently. Opera news seems to be doing well as it has just…

The Itel A32F is the currently the cheapest Android Go smartphone that you can get in Kenya. Android Go, otherwise known as Android Oreo (GO Edition) is a variant of Android Oreo that is specifically made for entry level devices running 1GB of RAM or less. This version is made to be light to run smoothly on these devices, something that users who bought these devices have never had for a very long time. As I have mentioned above, the Itel A32F is the cheapest Android Go smartphone in the country. It is available for Ksh 7,500, a reasonable price.…

This post has been updated after official confirmation from the company. Earlier this year, Infinix unveiled its first smartphone to come with a Snapdragon processor. This was the Infinix Hot S3 but we never saw this phone in Kenya. The company did not say much about this and just recently it introduced the Hot 6 Pro and I was sure we were not going to see the Hot S3 with the launch of this new phone. Well, it looks like I was wrong as the Infinix Hot S3 will be launched in Kenya very soon and may be heading to…