Author: Kaluka wanjala

Africa trended this month when Morocco’s Hamza Jebbour and Kenya’s Charles Mutua won the Cisco Networking Academy’s NetRiders competition. The two competed with over 15,400 entrants globally to win a Study Trip Prize to Cisco headquarters in San Jose, in January 2018. In total, Africa had 19 competitors in the third round of the competition which saw the two excel to first and second place respectively. Every year, Cisco opens up its resources for young students and professionals to enter the much acclaimed Cisco NetRiders competition. The competition is part of Cisco’s CSR flagship programme, the Networking Academy (NetAcad) – launched…

Cisco’s industry leading cybersecurity research team, Cisco Talos, today is alerting consumers and businesses to a major cybersecurity incident that could affect millions of users worldwide. WHAT HAPPENED Attackers hijacked and hid malware inside Avast’s CCleaner application was which was available for download between August 15 – September 12, 2017. Anyone who downloaded the 5.33 version product or updated their existing product during this timeframe became infected. On September 13, 2017, Cisco Talos notified Avast so that they could begin corrective action. At this time the version containing the malware has been removed and is no longer available for download.…

Samsung’s latest flagship phablet, the Galaxy Note 8, is finally available in Kenya. The smartphone was launched earlier today and is available for Ksh 104,999. This is for the base model that you can find in any Samsung branded shop across the country. The Galaxy Note 8 is a very important device for Samsung given the disaster that was the Note 7. The Note 7 was supposed to be its flagship phablet for 2016 but battery issues that caused some units to overheat and even explode forced the company to discontinue the device. I know this happened last year but…

Xiaomi has seen its market share and sales numbers go up steadily for the last couple of years. This has helped it become one of the top smartphone manufacturers in the world. The company is seeing impressive numbers and just last month it managed to ship 10 million phones. This was revealed by the company’s CEO Lei Jun a couple of days ago. This is the first time the company has managed to ship 10 million devices in a single month. Quite impressive for a company that has been around for less than 10 years. September was a particularly good…

The latest Android distribution numbers are out and they show us that there have been some significant changes in the ecosystem within the last 30 days. For starters, Android 8.0 Oreo has made its way into the list with 0.2% market share. This is the first time we are seeing this new version of Android that was announced by Google back in August and started rolling out to some Nexus and Pixel devices last month. It is impressive that Android Oreo’s market share is at 0.2% this early. As I have mentioned above, the only devices that have officially gotten…

Do you have Ksh 60,000 and are looking for ways to spend it? If yes, you may want to check out the Nokia 8. This smartphone was unveiled back in August and it has finally made its way into the Kenyan market and is available for Ksh 59,999. The Nokia 8 is the latest smartphone from HMD and it is currently its flagship device. It joins the Nokia 3, Nokia 5 and Nokia 6 smartphones that were announced earlier this year and are already available in the country. HMD Global says the Nokia 8 is a high performance device that…

When HMD announced the latest Android smartphones earlier this year, the company said that these devices will be getting timely updates because they come with stock Android unlike most other smartphones on the market. The company hopes that it will attract the true Android fans with this strategy. Going forward, HMD plans to support all the current Nokia devices. Recently, the company announced that all the existing Nokia phones (Nokia 3, Nokia 5, Nokia 6 and Nokia 8) will be getting Android 8.0 Oreo update before the end of the year. Apparently, the company will not be stopping here as…

As countries and industries across the world make the much-anticipated shift towards digital transformation, new and exciting advancements are underway. In a move that is set to further transform and advance policy in the region, Microsoft has partnered with Strathmore University, Kenya, to digitally transform their law school. In so doing, Microsoft has sponsored the construction of the Microsoft Auditorium in its Sir Thomas Moore Building, and separately founded the high-tech Microsoft Policy Innovation Centre (“PIC”). Both will be inaugurated at the launch of Strathmore University’s Master of Laws Programme this September. Christopher Akiwumi, Director for Government and Regulatory Affairs…

Xiaomi unveiled its first Android One smartphone, the Mi A1 about a month ago. This smartphones is now available in Kenya through Avechi for Ksh 26,000. Android One is Google’s project whose aim is to bring smartphones with decent specifications to customers in the developing world. Smartphones in this program also come with stock Android with no custom Uis and bloatware. With Android One smartphones, Google partners with the device manufacturers to ensure they qualify to be part of the program. As I mentioned above, the Xiaomi Mi A1 in Kenya is available or Ksh 26,000. This is not as…

Earlier today, OPPO introduced its latest smartphone, the A71, in Kenya. The company partnered with Safaricom to do this and this means that you will find this phone in all Safaricom shops countrywide for Ksh 20,000. OPPO is branding the A71 as a ‘mid-tier 4G device ‘ and it says that it will use it to expand its footprint across the country. This is clearly evident with its partnership with Safaricom. OPPO desperately needs this as its devices haven’t been as well received as those of its competitors and you can argue that price is the reason. For a new…