Author: Kaluka wanjala

Not so long ago, we told you about Microsoft’s partnership with Strathmore University to open the first Policy Innovation Centre in Africa. Since then, Microsoft has been hit some milestones and the first one was the partnership with research company, Dalberg, last week to launch a Digital Transformation Series. The main aim of the series is to engage policy makers, leaders, technologists and entrepreneurs through a series of conversations that will help decipher misconceptions and questions that exist around technology policy. According to Microsoft, the Policy Innovation Centre comes at the right time as we see increased access to technology…

When HMD Global brought back the new Nokia smartphones, it said that these devices will be getting the latest Android software updates as soon as they are available. This is because these new Nokia phones comes with near stock Android and this means that HMD does not need so much time to tweak the software before pushing out the update to its users. HMD also promised that it had plans to update all existing Nokia smartphones with Android Oreo before the end of the year. We are about 6 weeks to the end of 2017 and HMD has kept its…

We all love deals, the thought of spending way less on a product is so good. This is why Black Friday is an event you do not want to miss. During this day (period), you can get amazing deals on products from different vendors. Black Friday is still a new concept in Kenya but is catching up. The discounts you get vary from one vendor to the other and depend on the product you are buying. If you are looking for deals to take advantage of, you should check out these 3 platforms. The amazing thing about Black Friday in…

Black Friday is here, considered the unofficial beginning of the December shopping season, it will be followed by Cyber Monday. Together, these dates offer major sales opportunities for Kenyan retailers, both online and bricks-and-mortar.  While sales are expected to increase during this time as retailers try to capitalize on the annual tradition of frenzied buying, there are a number of areas to troubleshoot to prevent retail disasters. For bricks-and-mortar retailers, challenges include crowd control is ensuring their tellers stay online. For online retailers, their priorities lie in the need to prevent overcrowding on their servers , system crashes, and orders…

The Huawei Mate 10 is the latest smartphone from the company to be launched in Kenya. The phone was officially unveiled yesterday and is currently exclusively available on Jumia for Ksh 79,999. The phone will be available through other channels in the coming weeks for around the same price. The Huawei Mate 10 is the company’s latest flagship phablet that is finally available in Kenya. This device competes with the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 and the new iPhones. It is way cheaper than the two devices and generally offers the same experience if you ask me. If you are planning…

Instagram has been evolving with the addition of new features every so often. If you are an active user of the image and video sharing platform, you may have noticed these changes the last year or so. For Instagram, it wants to be the go to social networking platform for new and existing users. The latest feature that Instagram introduced allows users to invite their friends to join their livestreams. This feature was introduced last month but has some changes as of yesterday. With the latest change, Instagram added an interesting update for users who can now request to join…

Autodesk is looking to reinforce its presence in Kenya, targeting a diverse number of industries such as construction, architecture, engineering, infrastructure and much more. Today’s emerging technologies like robotics, drones, augmented reality, virtual reality and the convergence of design and production, to name a few, are disrupting the world we know. These technologies that dominated single industries are being integrated into completely new industries and are set to redefine them. With the population growth that is to reach close to 10 billion people by 2050, of which the biggest growth will be from emerging territories such as Africa, there are…

Last week, the OnePlus 5T was officially announced. This is the latest flagship from the company that is not much of an upgrade when compared to its predecessor, the OnePlus 5. This is not the first time the company is releasing a device with minor upgrades, the company did that last year with the OnePlus 3 and the OnePlus 3T. Unlike most smartphone companies, OnePlus prefers to keep its production lines and inventories lean. This is a small company that tends to concentrate on one device on the market at all times. What this means is that the company discontinues…

Earlier today, Huawei officially unveiled its latest flagship phablet, the Huawei Mate 10, in Kenya. The company did this in partnership with E-commerce platform, Jumia. The phone is available for Ksh 80,000 through the platform but may be higher or lower if you get it from other sources. At the moment, the phone is exclusively available on Jumia and this will be the case for the next two weeks before you can get it on other retail stores. The Huawei Mate 10’s main selling point is the Artificial Intelligence processor that the company says is the first in the world.…

OnePlus has announced that it is currently pushing out the new Android Oreo update to a some OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T users. The company made the announcement through is official forums saying that it has pushed out OxygenOS 5.0 to a small number of users. This update comes less than a week after the company unveiled its latest smartphone, the OnePlus 5T. The interesting thing is, the OnePlus 5T comes with Android 7.1.1 Nougat out of the box and not Android Oreo. There is still no confirmation as to when this device will be getting the Oreo update but…