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The Tecno Spark 5 is now available in Kenya. This is the latest from the company that you can get in the country starting from Ksh 13,999. This is not cheap and at this price it competes with some very good devices from other brands including its sister company, Infinix. The Tecno Spark 5 is the successor to the Spark 4 from last year and Tecno says that there are a lot of improvements from this. The Spark series is not necessarily well known as compared to the Camon series but it does sell a lot of units each year…

The Huawei Nova 7i is the next device from the company to make its way to Kenya. The phone has not been announced officially but that should be happening soon. The phone is currently available through Jumia for Ksh 30,000. The Huawei Nova 7i in Kenya will be the second Nova device from the company to launch in the country. It is the rebranded Nova 6 SE that the company launched in its home country of China last year. The phone is finally coming to Kenya and will join the growing list of Huawei devices launched in the country this…

The Xiaomi Redmi Note 9S is the latest from the company to launch in Kenya. The phone is available through eCommerce platform, Jumia, for Ksh 25,000. This is not cheap by any standard but Xiaomi hopes that what the phone packs under the hood will get people excited. Other retailers like Gadgets Leo have the phone listed for ksh 23,000. This phone packs some very serious hardware for its price and that is what Xiaomi has consistently done with most of its smartphones. The Redmi Note 9S is no exception, from the Snapdragon 720G powering it to the quad-camera setup…

The Tecno Camon 15 Premier is now available in retail stores in Kenya. This is the bigger brother to the Tecno Camon 15 that has been in the country for a few weeks. The Camon 15 Premier is available in stores for Ksh 27,000 compared to the standard Camon 15 that you can get for Ksh 18,000. With the Tecno Camon 15 Premier, you are getting all that is good with the standard Camon 15 with a few extra goodies. A better screen, processor, RAM capacity are just some of the better features the Premier packs. Watch the unboxing video…

The Vivo Y11 is one of the many devices by the company available in Kenya. The Y11 was unveiled to a global audience back in 2019 and has been available in Kenya since early this year. Vivo did not officially launch the phone locally but that does not mean that you cannot get it in Kenya. For those interested in this phone, its is available for Ksh 13,990 from retailers such as Gadgets Leo. You can also find the Vivo Y11 from a few other online and offline retailers across the country. The Vivo Y11 is one of the cheapest…

Microsoft will start allowing users without an internet connection and those with low bandwidth connectivity to read chat messages on its remote working platform Teams, making it easier for users to continue working no matter where they are. The announcement is part of a wider upgrade programme aimed at enhancing user experience as more and more organisations, employees and students across the globe shift to remote working and learning in an effort to keep themselves and the people around them healthy and safe amidst Covid-19. “Enabling remote work is more important than ever, and we are committed to building the…

The Tecno Camon 15 is now available in Kenya. This is the latest one from Tecno that you can get in Kenya for Ksh 18,000. This is the successor to the Camon 12 from last year and as expected, the camera is the star of the show. The Tecno Camon 15 is the first smartphone from the company to launch in Kenya in 2020. It is the first from the company in Kenya to come with Android 10. It is refreshing to see Tecno release a smartphone with the most recent Android version this early. We are used to seeing…

A larger fleet of Loon balloons is heading to Kenya after successful launches from Loon’s launch site in Puerto Rico, this week. These balloons will join the eight balloons that are already active and part of a network integration exercise in Kenyan airspace. Upon arrival, this larger fleet of balloons will continue network integration testing with its local partner, Telkom Kenya, in preparation to begin serving users as quickly as possible. The recently launched balloons are expected to gradually begin arriving above Kenya, in the coming few weeks. The Loon service, will seek to use its 4G/LTE Internet solution to…

The Huawei Y7p is the latest from the company to launch in Kenya. The phone is available in retail stores across the country for Ksh 18,499. This is the third smartphone from the company to launch in Kenya this year. The other two are the Huawei Nova 5T and the Huawei Y6s that we reviewed recently. The Huawei Y series is made for the younger generation as we have seen a number of devices in this series the last one year. The Huawei Y7p is the successor to the Huawei Y7 Prime 2019 that we saw last year at a…

Telkom Kenya has launched a customised and reliable mobile data solution for the students, members of faculty and staff of the University of Nairobi (UoN), to enable continuity of learning, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Soma na Telkom Bundles, are monthly post-paid data bundles that have been tailored to meet the needs of the University’s 40,000 plus population, to continue working and studying wherever they are. The UoN has 13 campuses with 35 Faculties, schools, institutes and centres. The University’s Vice Chancellor, Professor Kiama GITAHI says: “The UoN has identified e-learning as the preferred method of teaching at…