Author: Kaluka wanjala

If you are a regular user of Instagram Stories, you should brace yourself to see more ads when using that feature. The company announced this a couple of days ago revealing that users should expect more paid advertisements on their stories. Instagram shared a blog post on its website which said that advertisers will now be able to place three pieces of media in one ad. Previously, advertisers were limited to only having one piece of media and this will all change according to the Facebook-owned company. “Carousel Ads for Instagram Stories behave the same way as other Stories content,…

Huawei is one of the companies I am watching out this year.  We have heard rumours that its next flagship smartphone will have three cameras at the back which is just crazy. This will be one more camera than its current flagships, the Huawei p10 and the Mate 10. As for the name, nothing has been confirmed but it may end up being the Huawei P11 or the Huawei P20. What has been confirmed so far is that the phone will be launched next month, on March 27 to be specific. This is interesting as you probably already know Mobile…

It’s no doubt that WhatsApp is the biggest messaging application out there. The Facebook-owned company has changed how we communicate with our friends and family and these days it is hard to send text messages if both you and your contact are on WhatsApp. If you were wondering how big WhatsApp is, how about 1.5 billion active monthly users. Yes, over 1.5 billion use the messaging service every single month. This was revealed yesterday by Facebook when announcing its fourth quarter earnings report. Having 1.5 billion monthly users is impressive and is a significant number from the 1.3 billion monthly…

The latest version of Android, Android Oreo, is finally rolling out to the first-generation Nokia 6 and the Nokia 5. The Nokia 6 was the first Android powered smartphone by HMD Global and the company was categorical in stating that the device would be among the first Android devices to get the update when it was available. The update is getting to these devices five months down the line but I guess its better late than never. I was personally expecting to see this update reach these new Nokia phones before the end of 2017 but obviously that did not…

Late last year, Jamii Telecom launched showed us how affordable data can be with the launch of Faiba 4G in the country. One particular option that gives you 25GB of data valid for 30 days for only Ksh 1,000 really impressed me. This may or may not impress you but if you live in Kenya, then you know data can be expensive and no other service provider has prices close to what Jamii Telecom (JTL) is offering. Well, for the largest telco in Kenya, Safaricom, giving customers a cheaper option is one way to compete with JTL. The company has…

The Tecno Camon CM is the latest smartphone from the company to go on sale in Kenya. This is also the first smartphone from the company to be launched in 2018. The Tecno Camon CM is available in Kenya for Ksh 17,000, you can get it from Jumia and most other Tecno branded shops. The Camon CM is the first smartphone from the company with the 18:9 aspect ratio, a phone that is twice as tall as it is wide. With the phone available in retail stores, I had to do an unboxing and first impressions post just to show…

If you didn’t snap it, did it even happen? If you haven’t filtered that photo once or twice before sharing on Facebook or Instagram, is it worth being on social media? These are the questions that today’s young people are grappling with in this age of digital revolution. “Telling” your life’s story is no longer enough, “showing” it is the new ‘normal’. You have to be seen. This has caused the idea of FOMO (fear of missing out) to firmly take root in young people’s lives leading to a shift of priorities for smartphone manufacturers targeting millennials. Camera quality key…

For a couple of years now, Samsung has not paid attention to the entry level market space. Most of the company’s devices that we have got were either mid or high-end units and this gave an opportunity to some of the Chinese manufacturers to dominate the entry level segment. In 2018, Samsung hopes to change things a bit as the company has just unveiled its first budget smartphone in the country. This smartphone is the Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime Pro (2018), quite a mouthful. The phone was officially unveiled in Kenya yesterday and is available across the county for Ksh…

Tecno Mobile has officially unveiled its first smartphone with an almost bezel-less display in Kenya. We saw this trend with a handful of manufacturers last years and Tecno is finally joining the club with the official unveiling of the Camon CM (See More) in Kenya. The phone is available exclusively on Jumia for Ksh 17,000 but will be available through offline retailers next week. The Tecno Camo CM has the 18:9 aspect ratio that gives you much taller smartphone than we are normally used to. This was a very big trend last year and will be bigger this year. With…

Samsung is re-aligning its business operations in Africa as part of its wider plans to enhance its market share. Addressing business partners during the firm’s 2018 Summit for the region, President & CEO of Samsung Electronics Africa, Sung Yoon has said the firm plans to centralize its operations and resources to be able to introduce greater levels of efficiency on the continent, while focusing more significantly on product, sales and marketing functions. The CEO called on establishment of long term partnerships that enhance business growth for all stakeholders in the industry. He said that there was need to focus more…