Author: Brand Spot

WiFi 6 Plus brings new sets of unique features improved based on the standard WiFi 6 from Huawei that brings many benefits to the table, whether it’s for work, play or even daily use for your favourite smart home devices. With hybrid working arrangements, online lessons, or even bandwidth-demanding games requiring fast and reliable connections, WiFi protocols need to evolve to meet these needs. With WiFi 6 Plus, speed and seamless connections bring many possibilities and eliminate many issues that older WiFi technologies posed, elevating the experience for consumers. Let’s look at the top three advantages of owning a WiFi…

By Sa Nyoung Kim Global warming and climate change have contributed to a green consumer revolution whereby more people are buying goods they consider less harmful to the environment, while also promoting healthy lifestyles. As such, more consumers want products that have reduced negative impact on the natural surroundings. The environmental impact or footprint of a product is defined as any positive or negative effect on the ecosystem during its entire lifecycle from manufacture to disposal. IGI Global, a leading science publisher defines eco-friendly products as those that protect the environment during production, use and disposal. Factors determining the environmental…

The Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) in partnership with inABLE will launch the first-ever Kenya Standards (KS 2952-1:2022 Kenya Standard — Accessibility-ICT products and services — Part 1-Requirements, First Edition and KS 2952-2:2022 Kenya Standard — Accessibility-ICT products and services — Part 2 –Conformance, First Edition) in Africa at the Inclusive Africa Conference scheduled on 25th May, 2022. The new standard, gazetted on 13th May 2022 is set to ensure that Public and Private sector digital products and services are accessible to Persons with Disabilities (PWD’s), older persons largely disconnected from most e-government services, and business owned digital platforms. Speaking during the event, Prof. Margaret Kobia, PHD, EGH, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Public Service said,…

With YouTube shorts gaining popularity, Google is not wasting time with monetization of the feature as the ad giant has started rolling out ads to the platform. The company has announced that it has been experimenting with ads on YouTube Shorts for a few months. “We’ve been experimenting with ads in YouTube Shorts since last year, and we’re now gradually rolling that out to all advertisers around the world,” Google Ads vice president Jerry Dischler said. Video ad campaigns will automatically scale to YouTube Shorts the company has revealed. Google has also revealed that it will be implementing a product…

FoondaMate – the chat-based, AI-powered study buddy – has raised a $2million Seed round, led by LocalGlobe. Emerge Education, Odunayo Eweniyi via FirstCheckAfrica, Iyin Aboyeji via Future Africa, and LoftyInc also participated in the round, alongside angels from Luno (Marcus Swanepoel) and Justworks (Isaac Oates).  Following the mantra of “Education for All,” FoondaMate has been built from the ground-up with inclusivity at its core. In removing the high technological, economical and societal barriers seen across the wider edtech market, FoondaMate has created a solution to solve the shortcomings of traditional education systems. The only prerequisites needed is access to an open chat…

In the digital age, dependable battery life is one of the most important features of a mobile device. Having a device that can withstand social media scrolling, streaming, messaging, and internet browsing is essential to the average consumer, but especially to young adults and teenagers. With ever greater demands on technology from this young generation of consumers, there is a constant battle between finding devices that can fulfil their needs and paying a price they can afford. In the last couple of months we have launched a number of smartphones in the Nova series family. We recently launched Huawei nova…

You may have heard a lot about earbuds. Indeed, people are increasingly dropping the use of the long-wired traditional earphones and adopting the use of earbuds. As a result, so many wireless earbuds have hit the market. Of all the earbuds you may have heard of, I bet you have not heard about the magic of LG Tone Free Earbuds that are defined by great features; design, sound, Google Assistant, water-resistant, dynamic speaker unit, dual microphones, fast charging among others. LG Tone Free Earbuds have been weighted and balanced to stay in the ear. This saves the user the inconvenience…

 Equity has introduced Equity Virtual Assistant (EVA), the Bank’s chat banking platform that takes financial services to the next level by presenting banking transactions as virtual conversations on social media platforms including WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and Telegram. EVA chatbot extends digital banking and customer support services to existing and new customers and can simulate a conversation (or a chat) with a user. The experience is as easy and natural as having a conversation with a friend. Customers can now manage their accounts on EVA and engage with the virtual assistant to make transactions like buying airtime, sending money, buying goods and…

If you use Instagram regularly, you probably love its stories feature. It was a game-changer when it was first introduced back in 2016 and has gained popularity over the years and has led to more people spending more time on the photo and video sharing platform. With that said, you may be bombarded with a ton of Stories from individual and business accounts that you follow. You may even have some meme or just any other account whose stories pop up from time to time. You can skip these stories but a better option may be to mute their stories.…

The Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum 2022, which was organized by Paradigm Initiative and a host of country partners across 17 African countries from April 12th to May 20th, has concluded in Kenya with the launch of PIN’s 2021 Annual Digital Rights and Inclusion Report –  LONDA. Londa 2021 expands on last year’s report with findings from 22 countries, examining themes of privacy, freedom of expression, access to information, segmentation and exclusion, digital transformation, affordability, gender, and others within existing legislative frameworks, and against the backdrop of a widening digital divide. This edition captures the gaps and proffers recommendations to…