Author: Kaluka wanjala

OPPO has been on the headlines so much the last few weeks. The company’s latest device, the F5, launched in the country recently and this is why we have been talking about the brand so much. After the F5, the company unveiled the F5 Youth, a variant with a smaller RAM and available for Ksh 5,000 less than the standard F5. Well, if you thought OPPO is done for the year then you are wrong. The company has just announced that the third variant of its latest device is now available in the country. This latest one is the OPPO…

Redington Kenya Ltd has finally introduced the Apple iPhone x in the Kenyan market. “This amazing device has an all-screen display that precisely follows the curve of the device with no border allowance. The entire face of the phone is a screen, and now here we have iPhone X,” said Sajan Thomas, Regional Business Head East Africa for Redington during the unveiling of the device. Apple iPhone X comes in silver and space grey colors, all-glass front and back featuring the most durable glass ever in a Smartphone with a highly polished, surgical-grade stainless steel band seamlessly wraps around and…

A few weeks ago, Safaricom announced that it had plans to add M-Shwari loan and saving services to the mySafaricom app. This was during the M-Shwari 5th anniversary celebration where it was announced that there are between 250,000 and 300,000 M-Shwari loan applications per day and about 70,000 of those get approved. Even though M-Shwari applications are so many, the option to use the service on the mySafaricom app has been missing. This has been the case even though users could still access some basic M-Pesa services through the same app. I prefer using the app as it is much…

Nairobi City County has launched its Digital Business Roadmap that will drive better Citizen experiences when engaging the county; better the County’s workforce environment and technology experience; drive operational efficiency in transport, Health, Education, and Agriculture; and reduce overall risk as a result of Cyber Threats. The County confirmed today that it has deployed the First Phase of the foundation technology solutions covered in the Digital Business Roadmap. Cisco is fast-tracking the Nairobi City County’s commitment to achieve affordable, accessible and sustainable quality service delivered and accelerated by digital transformation. Speaking at the launch event, Cisco’s General Manager for East…

Twitter wants us to create as many threads as we possibly can on its platform. The company has made some changes to its platform to make this possible. With the latest changes, users will be able to tap a button while writing their tweet and link a second tweet to the first one and so forth. When you are done adding the different tweets to your thread, you can click on the ‘Tweet all’ button and they will all be posted once. Twitter users have been able to add threads before this but the only option was to post the…

Back in September, Apple officially unveiled its latest smartphones, the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and the iPhone X. The iPhone X was the star of the show because of its unique design. The front of the iPhone X is all screen with very thin bezels and this is very different from the iPhone 8 that has very large bezels. If you have been waiting to the iPhone X, it will be unveiled by Elite Digital in Kenya this Friday (December 15). The company is currently accepting pre-orders and those interested can now do so through this Google form. Elite…

The OPPO F5 is the latest smartphone from the company you can get in Kenya. The phone is available for Ksh 32,000, within the same price range as the OPPO F3 that it is supposed to be replacing. The F5 is another camera-centric smartphone from OPPO, it comes less than 8 months after we saw the unveiling of the OPPO F3. With that in mind, the question you should be asking is, is this a worthy upgrade? Where does it stand when compared with other devices within the same price range? Is it a good device or just another overhyped…

Safaricom is undoubtedly the biggest network provider in Kenya. It’s coverage spreads throughout the country and it was the first one to roll out 4G LTE in the country. The company has even announced that it currently has over 1 Million 4G customers. I don’t know about the Telkom’s numbers but my guess is that they are yet to cross the 1 Million mark. Safaricom says that it crossed the 1 million 4G users mark in the month of November. The company rolled out 4G back in December of 2014 but things have changed since then to help the company…

Last week, we told you that Android Oreo update had started rolling out to some smartwatches. When we announced this, we were not sure which devices were to get the update and when. All we knew was the update was out there and would soon be available on some of the smartwatches on the market. If you have an Android Wear smartwatch, Google has a list of devices that should be getting the update and the others that will be getting it at a later date. Below are the devices that are getting the update as of right now. The…

As we look forward to closing the year, Jumia Travel takes a keen look at emerging and growing hotel technologies that will shape the new year. Voice Adaptation, anyone home? Voice is no doubt an ongoing craze across various industries; think of Siri, Alexa, Cortana and the rest. The little complications of accents, privacy and communication barriers notwithstanding, incorporation of voice-focused devices in hotels will ease operations as guests can get hands-free answers to their queries without reaching for the phone. Virtual Reality; seeing is believing! Think innovation and inspiration, VR can have an endless list of possibilities. On top…