realme is setting the pace towards making smartphones affordable in Kenya, to bridge a widening internet coverage gap, despite huge investments in high speed internet across Africa. realme Kenya PR and Marketing Manager expressed the company’s commitment to offering more affordable smartphone ranges with premium features. Following the successful launch of realme C25Y in December 2021, realme has witnessed a growing demand for cloud computing, gaming, streaming, and other connected services. This signifies a positive shift toward affordable smartphone solutions in Kenya. “For close to a decade, there has been significant development geared at boosting 3G and 4G coverage, however…
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Over 100 certified drone technology experts and enthusiasts are expected to take part in Kenya’s first ever Drone Tech and Data Expo which is scheduled to run from 29th May to 4th June 2022. The event, which is the first of its kind in Kenya, has been organized by Drone Space Kenya, in conjunction with the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) and Konza Technopolis Development Authority (KoTDA). The Drone Tech and Data Expo will kick off with a two-day conference that will take place at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre in Nairobi on 30th & 31st May followed by the Last Mile Medical Delivery exercise…
Liquid Intelligent Technologies has partnered with PEACE Cable Company to introduce 800Gbps of additional subsea capacity in Mombasa on the highly-anticipated global submarine cable. This will increase the availability of high-performance and reliable Internet connectivity access across Africa, leveraging Liquid’s 100,000km of terrestrial fibre across 12 countries. While acting as a new global internet route between Asia, Europe and the USA, the additional capacity will help increase the proliferation of faster and more affordable internet, Cloud and cyber security services to the African people and businesses. Liquid Dataport (a division of Liquid Intelligent Technologies) CEO David Eurin said, “We are delighted to provide new subsea capacity between Mombasa, Karachi and Marseille, with extensions planned towards Singapore and Asia. This creates a cost-effective, low-latency and diverse route that our customers can leverage to serve their business-critical connectivity needs. The submarine cable will be ready in 2022.” Liquid already has access to many subsea cables around Africa like Equiano, WACS, SAT3/SAFE, EASSy, TEAMS, SEACOM and later 2Africa. With the new PEACE cable, the continent will benefit from much-needed additional capacity from the East Coast of Africa to Europe. Additionally, it will add diversity to an important route, allowing for improved redundancy and low latency (102ms between Mombasa and Marseille). “We see around a 40-50% growth in internet traffic every year, so we invest massively in subsea cables to provide the best Internet experience across all countries in Africa,” explained Eurin. “We have been working closely with PEACE to extend the subsea capacity to more landlocked countries (including Uganda, Rwanda, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Burundi and the north-east of DRC). This is critical for our customers to leverage higher bandwidth, and it is expected to make the internet faster and more affordable in the region”. Liquid’s 100,000 km terrestrial fibre backbone was a major point of interest in the partnership with PEACE. Through its extensive network, Liquid will extend this new capacity to many destinations, including access to other subsea cable landing stations, such as Luanda in Angola, Muanda in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Pointe Noire in Congo. This has led to the first protected, reliable, and high-capacity route between the two coasts of the continent, enabling a new global internet route between Asia and the USA (via Africa). “Connecting Africa to the rest of the world and unleashing its young and dynamic workforce potential may be the key to catapulting Africa’s international trade and economies to a whole new level. The PEACE deal is another crucial step on that journey,” concluded Eurin. Read: Telkom and PEACE Cable Company land a new submarine cable in Kenya
Zoho Corporation has announced Zoho Marketing Plus, a unified platform that brings together marketing activities across campaign ideation, creation, execution, management, and measurement, providing stakeholders across the entire marketing organisation with a single, shared view of critical information for improved collaboration and results. The new marketing platform increases the effectiveness of digital marketing strategies by giving marketing leaders a deeper understanding of customer preferences and behaviours so they can deliver dynamic, high-value customer experiences that drive brand affinity and customer happiness. CMOs require their teams to leverage technology solutions that capture customer insights in ways that add value both to…
ROAM Jobs has today officially announced its rebranding to become The African Talent Company. You may have not heard about ROAM jobs but you definitely have heard about some of the brands in its portfolio including of Jobberman Nigeria, Jobberman Ghana, BrighterMonday Kenya and BrighterMonday Uganda. The African Talent Company will continue being the home of these brands and plans to expand to even more African countries. Formerly operating under the name of ROAM Jobs, The African Talent Company is expanding its services to cover the full spectrum of African Talent Management. By holistically addressing the challenges that exist in…
NEAR Foundation, the Swiss non-profit that oversees the governance and development of the NEAR protocol, today announced it has partnered with local blockchain community Sankore to launch a regional hub in Kenya dedicated to ongoing blockchain innovation, education and talent development throughout the African continent. Kenya ranked fifth in last year’s Global Crypto Adoption Index, and Kenyans are already directly trading cryptocurrencies with each other more than elsewhere in the world. Besides expanding throughout Nairobi, NEAR is also reaching lesser-known cities in Kenya where no other Layer 1 blockchain has an established presence as yet. The hub will be led by Kevin Imani, the founder of Sankore, and supported by a core team of four members. Comprised of events, an academy, an incubation program, and the Sankore Bounty ecosystem, the hub will be a promising intersection of Africa’s most talented blockchain developers and international support for their innovations. “We are thrilled to be working with NEAR to educate and nurture talented individuals to become world-class blockchain developers,” said Kevin Imani, who will lead the NEAR hub in Kenya. “Our dream is to lead the way in blockchain innovations in providing solutions to Africa’s biggest problems. The NEAR Protocol allows tomorrow’s brightest developers…
The OPPO Reno 7 is the latest smartphone series from the company to launch in Kenya. The phone was launched in Kenya last month and is currently available in stores for Ksh 43,000. If you have or are planning to buy the reno 7, you should be happy to know that the phone is currently getting the April security update in Kenya. I got the update on the standard reno 7 and I am not sure if it is available for the 5G variant yet. The update is about 441MB in size which is not so huge and should not…
Huawei has finally launched its latest laptop in the Kenyan market. The Huawei MateBook D 15 is powered by Intel is now available in stores for Ksh 125,000. The Huawei MateBook D 15 is available in two main colours, Space Grey and Mystic Silver. They are both stylish and give the laptop a premium touch. The MateBook D 15 comes with a 15-inch Full HD IPS anti-glare display. It has an 87% screen-to-body ratio with a 16:9 aspect ratio for immersive cinematic experiences. Its display has passed TÜV Rheinland Low Blue Light certification and Flicker Free certifications for a more…
Today the Kenyan Ministry of ICT, Innovation & Youth Affairs and Netflix signed a two-year Memorandum of Understanding to jointly deliver efforts to strengthen the country’s creative industry and support the development of the next generation of storytellers. The scope of cooperation under the MoU – which is the first of its kind for Netflix in Africa – will focus on skills & capacity development, creative sector infrastructure development, marketing and media spend, digital consumer protection and local content investment. The MOU covers various joint initiatives that will be undertaken by Netflix and various local partners is structures around the…
The Infinix Zero 5G is the latest in the Infinix Zero series. The phone is available in Kenya for around Ksh 33,000. The Infinix Zero 5G has been on pre-order in Kenya since the beginning of the month and it is the successor to the Infinix Zero X series from late last year. The company hopes that the upgraded specifications and features will make this phone worth considering. It is a good phone and is targeting those who want superior performance and a great photography experience. Before we start talking about the Infinix Zero 5G, let us first look at…