Author: Kaluka wanjala

About two weeks ago, Ericsson announced that it has signed an agreement with the Rwandan government for the launch of a national interoperability switch based on the Ericsson M-Commerce Interconnect solution. With this agreement, Ericsson provides a national interconnect solution which is required to bring together all the players and systems within the financial service area. This will connect financial and payment services providers within the country and enable end-user to enjoy, in real time, a range of digital payments possibilities across all financial platforms and service providers. To better understand this, I had a chat with Peter Heuman, VP…

Twitter has been having a very difficult time the last couple of years with the growth of other social media sites such as Instagram, Snapchat among others. The microblogging site has not had an easy time attracting new users who prefer the other social networking sites. If Twitter is not able to attract new users, it will have a very difficult time attracting advertisers who will see no value in spending money on the site. It is now being reported that the number of daily active users on Snapchat has just passed the 150 million mark beating Twitter which sees…

A few weeks ago, Apple released iOS 9.3.2 for the 9.7-Inch iPad Pro. This was just like any other normal update from the company but as soon as it was made available to users, the company started receiving complaints that the update bricked their devices with “error 56” message. After the complaints, Apple pulled the update and it was no longer available for 9.7-Inch iPad Pro owners. Those affected were advised to contact Apple support team to either get their devices fixed. Fixing this was not that easy as some of those whose devices were affected had to get their…

Huawei is finally ready to bring its latest flagship smartphone, the P9, in Kenya. The company will be unveiling this smartphone early next week in partnership with Safaricom. The Huawei P9 was unveiled back in April and we expected to have it in the country in May but that never happened. After the long wait, the P9 is finally making its way into the country. The Huawei P9 is one of the 2016 flagship smartphones that really got people talking. The phone comes with a 12MP dual camera setup at the back which was developed in partnership with Leica. One…

OnePlus is set to unveil its next smartphone, the OnePlus 3 on June 14. Some sources say that the company will be unveiling this phone on June 15 but it looks like this will be in China only, other international markets will be getting it on June 14, a day earlier. The exact launch date of the OnePlus 3 may not be clear right now but we are still excited since we will be seeing the phone before the end of the month, this is all that matters at the moment. To get us even more excited about this phone,…

Yesterday, we told you that Samsung was ready to update its wearable lineup with a new smart band, the Gear Fit 2. This smart fitness band is meant to succeed the original Samsung Gear Fit which was unveiled back in 2014. We were expecting to see this smart band later this month but Samsung has surprised us and has unveiled it today. Besides the smart band, Samsung has also introduced the Gear IconX, a pair of wireless earbuds. The Samsung Gear Fit 2 As I have mentioned above, the Gear Fit 2 is here to replace the original Gear Fit…

Samsung is expected to update its phablet line (Galaxy Note Series) later this year. The company has always been releasing a new Galaxy Note device every August and this year we expect the Galaxy Note 7 to be better than what we have ever seen. We have seen a few rumors and leaks about this phablet but we still know very little about it. The latest information about this tablet indicates that Samsung will be including a dual camera setup at the back. According to sources with knowledge of the information, Samsung Electro-Mechanics (Semco) has been working on the dual…

For the last few months, Xiaomi has been hard at work working on its next fitness band, the Mi Band 2. We had even expect to see this new gadget later this month on June 7. We were expecting the company to unveil this new fitness band ahead of its smartwatch which we expect to see before the end of the year. Well, it looks like Xiaomi was a bit too excited and has decided to unveil the Mi Band 2 before the June 7 launch date. The company has unveiled this fitness band to day and this is the…

Samsung is one of the manufacturers that has shown that its serious with wearables. The company has a fitness band and a few smartwatches that it uses to show its prowess in the industry. The company’s first fitness band, the Gear Fit was unveiled back in 2014 and it looks like the company is ready to update it. Samsung is currently working on the Gear Fit 2 which it will be unveiling later this month. We have seen numerous leaks about this fitness band and it will be nice to finally see what Samsung has been working on. We kind…

Back in March this year, we told you that Uber has plans to expand its services to three more African countries before the end of the year. These are Ghana, Tanzania and Uganda. Uber has finally expanded to Uganda and its services are now available in the capital, Kampala. Kampala becomes the third city in East Africa for Uber with the other two being Nairobi and Mombasa in Kenya. The company first launched its services in Nairobi last year and only expanded to Mombasa a few months ago. Expansion to Kampala is strategic for the company that is trying to…