Author: Kaluka wanjala

Kenyan Fintech innovators had the chance to learn from each other and network with other Fintech innovators from across the continent at the first ever Africa Fintech Unconference 2017 in Ghana. The two-day event brought together fintech innovators, thought leaders, banks and other established financial players in the emerging Fintech sector to enable Fintech companies to engage in smarter pan-African partnerships in a fast-moving industry that is ripe for consolidation. The Unconference was organized by FIBR, an initiative of BFA and The MasterCard Foundation, and partners Nomanini and Catalyst Fund. ‘We are looking to the growing fintech market in Ghana…

A few days ago, Samsung officially unveiled its 2017 flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S8 and S8+. With the launch of the Galaxy S8 and S8+, Samsung also introduced Bixby, a smart assistant similar to Google assistant. The sad thing about Bixby when Samsung officially announced it was that it was only available for the Galaxy S8 and S8+. The good news for those who own older Samsung smartphones is that they will soon be able use Bixby on their phones. This will be possible for those who own Samsung phones that are running Android 7.0 Nougat. At this point, this…

Last week, we told you about the first beta build of Android 7.1.2 that was rolling out to select Nexus and Pixel devices. This was a beta build and as such was not available to all users back then. If you have been waiting for Android 7.1.2 Nougat, you do not have to wait any longer. The final build has started rolling out to supported devices according to user reports. This final build is rolling out to the Google Pixel C and Nexus player first before the other devices get it. After these two, the update will expand to the…

Twitter’s default profile picture for new users has always been the ‘egg’. This has been the case ever since the site was launched and is one of the things most people use to tell if a user is new to the site. Those who have been on the site for a while tend to change this but new users are always stuck with it until they figure out how to change it. Well, the egg is now gone and Twitter is replacing it as the default avatar for new users. This is the first time since 2010 that the company…

OPPO has been positioning itself as the smartphone brand to choose if you are looking for superior camera performance. The company is increasingly focusing on the selfie camera and not just the main camera at the back. Last year, we saw the OPPO F1S that we reviewed and really loved. You can read about that using the link below. Read: OPPO F1S Review With the F1S out of the way, OPPO is back at it again with another smartphone that it will be unveiling this month in Kenya. This new smartphone will be the OPPO A57 that has a 16MP…

Yesterday, we told you that Android Wear 2.0 had started rolling out to some older devices.  The update is to roll out to three smartwatches in the beginning before other units get it later this year. These three include the Fossil Q Founder, Casio Smart Outdoor Watch, Tag Heuer Connected. If you have any other smartwatch, you will have to wait a little longer to get this update. This is because Google is still fixing a bug it found on the OS. This bug is not so easy to fix and that is why it has taken this long for…

Twitter is an awesome tool but its 140-character limit can prevent you from communicating clearly what you intended to. 140-character limit has sort of become Twitter’s signature look and this means that it is here to stay as long as Twitter is around. Even though the character limit is here to stay, Twitter has been making some changes that will ensure it stays there but does not affect how people use the site. The latest change that Twitter is implementing has to do with the usernames. The company says that these will not be counted as part of the 140…

In a push to further drive digital transformation and encourage the adoption of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) solutions, software multinational, Oracle, has reiterated its committment to assist corporates and small and medium organisations in their digital transformation journey. Speaking at the Oracle Africa Digital day, Abdul Rahman Al Thehaiban, Oracle Senior Vice President – Technology for Middle East and Africa said Africa is a priority market for Oracle and we are committed to support Africa’s Industry 4.0 preparedness with our latest Cloud solutions. “With total cloud revenues, including IaaS reaching US$1.2 billion in our Q3 of the 2017 fiscal…

MYDAWA, a revolutionary e-health solution has officially launched into the Kenyan market. The technology based service makes it possible for consumers to purchase high quality healthcare, fitness and wellness products on their mobile phones. The platform, a first of its kind globally to provide an end to end solution with personalized authentication, offers customers the confidence of purchasing quality medicine in a reliable, convenient and secure way by enabling them to purchase authentic products. Its success would make MYDAWA a Kenyan led ‘Uber’ of health products. Investment MYDAWA is a Kenyan led solution to a global challenge. The service has…

Last month, Google officially released Android Wear 2.0. The LG Watch Sport and LG Watch Style were the first smartwatches to be launched with this new OS preinstalled. Given that not many smartwatches are in the pipeline this year, Google had to make sure that this OS could be installed on older smartwatches running Android Wear 1.0. One of the smartwatches that was in line to get the update was the Huawei Watch. The Huawei Watch was one of the decent smartwatches that came with the first edition of Android Wear and it was good to see that it was…