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…
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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…
NALA has teamed up with Cellulant to power remittance payments from the United Kingdom and United States into Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania and Ghana. Besides Official Direct Assistance (ODA), remittances make up the second-largest source of external resources for Sub-Subsaharan Africa. In 2019, approximately $48 billion was remitted in Africa, with Nigeria receiving roughly 50% of this amount, followed by Ghana and Kenya. Despite a decline in remittance inflows in sub-saharan Africa in 2020 due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, countries such as Kenya and Ghana experienced an increase in cross-border payments. Remittance inflows into Sub-Saharan picked up again and grew…
Softie, the most successful Kenyan documentary ever, locally and internationally, is now streaming on Showmax. Directed by Sam Soko, who also co-produces alongside Toni Kamau, Softie follows Boniface Mwangi’s political pursuit and the pressures it puts on his family. Known for his outspokenness against injustice and daring protests that have seen him constantly clash with the police, Boniface, who calls himself ‘The People’s Watchman’, is arguably Kenya’s most prominent activist of our time. Filmed for seven years, Softie traces Boniface’s love and commitment for his country through his early days as a photojournalist at the centre of the 2007 post-election…
By Sa Nyoung Kim Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) constitute over 90 per cent of businesses in Kenya and provide seven out of ten jobs in the country. Despite their economic significance, many fail to thrive and survive due to challenges such as lack of capital and technical resources. Hence the need for innovative partnerships between SMEs and larger businesses, through which smaller enterprises leverage the expansive ecosystem of established companies and brands to grow their market footprint. To be effective, such strategic partnerships should be complimentary in nature and focus chiefly on developing new products and markets but more…
Skaleet has announced a new partnership with Thunes, the payments service provider that enables PayPal to M-Pesa withdrawals. Skaleet wanted to find a partner that could offer an instant, global payment service to both B2B and B2C customers. With Thunes, Skaleet is now able to offer a wide range of fast, competitive payment services that connect directly to its customers’ accounts. A partnership on the cutting edge of technology Thunes is a unique and simple instant payment platform that allows businesses to make payments in all corners of the world. Thunes supports over 79 currencies, enables payments to over 125…
There’s a new token coming to the market and it promises to simplify crypto. The Mushe token launches on July 4, 2022 and is set to make crypto more accessible to all by removing complications and lowering the financial threshold for entry. The new Mushe token (XMU) is being launched in partnership with Constellation, the game-changing decentralized application integration platform. Highly secure, it goes beyond existing blockchain technology to provide limitless scalability and interoperability as well as true decentralization. As of April 18 2022, early adopters have been enabled to pick up Mushe tokens at the introductory pre-sale price of…
The Education CS, George Magoha, is set to officially release the 2021 KCSE exam results later today. This follows the KCPE 2021/2022 Form one selection status confirmation a few weeks ago. The 2021 KCSE results will be announced at the Kenya National Examinations Council (Knec) offices with top education officials in attendance. In total, 831,015 candidates sat for the exam in over 10,400 examination centres across the country. This is an improvement compared to the 752,981 candidates who sat for the KCSE exams in 2020. This represents a 9.39% increase in candidates across the country. How to check your KCSE…