Author: Brand Spot

The number of insider-related cybersecurity incidents in East Africa has increased by 55 percent in the last three months as most companies lacking active monitoring of their IT infrastructure transitioned to remote work occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Dimension Data, the sudden spike has resulted from attackers taking advantage of publicly available weak systems and most security controls designed to monitor and capture activities failing to keep up as they are intended for traditional on-premise infrastructure thereby leaving security control gaps as more employees remotely connect to company resources from mobile devices and external networks. The Financial Services…

The Nokia 5.3 specifications and price in Kenya post is meant to give you an idea of what the phone has to offer to help you decide if it is worth your money. This is the latest from HMD Global to launch in Kenya having been unveiled to a global audience back in March. The Nokia 5.3 is available in Kenya for Ksh 21,000 which is not cheap by most standards. At this price, buyers are expecting a lot from a phone and HMD Global is confident that it can deliver on that. The Nokia 5.3 will be competing with…

The vivo V19 has just been launched in Kenya and is available in stores or Ksh . In this post, we will be looking at the vivo V19 specifications and price in Kenya to help you decide if it is a good investment for you. This is the latest from the company to be launched in Kenya to join the list of vivo’s growing portfolio. The vivo V19 is the successor to the vivo V17 Pro that was launched in Kenya sometime last year. These are not the premium devices from vivo but they are the most expensive devices that…

The Huawei Y5p is currently available in Kenya for Ksh 9,800. This is one of the handful Huawei Y series devices that mostly target the youth. Out of all the Y series devices by Huawei, The Y5 is the cheapest of them all and that is why its price of less than Ksh 10,000 makes it attractive. The Huawei Y5p in Kenya has not been marketed as aggressively as some of the other Y series devices from the company. This is an entry level phone that will definitely sell well even without the company’s aggressive marketing. This is the sort…

If you have a DStv subscription, you may have come across a couple of DStv error codes at some point. The DStv errors are easy to fix and most of the times you can get that sorted without any help from MultiChoice. There are three main error codes you should expect and in this post we will be looking at those and some of the ways to fix them. Have a look at the errors below. DStv Error E16 (what does Error E16 mean on DStv) The first one on the list is the DStv error E16. What this error…

The Huawei Y8p is one of the two latest smartphones that Huawei has launched in Kenya. The other one is the Huawei Y6p that is also available locally but at a cheaper price. The Huawei Y8p is available in stores for Ksh 24,999 while the Y6p is available for Ksh 14,999. At Ksh 24,999, the Y8p is in the same price segment as the Y9 series which has done well in Kenya. These are Y series devices made for the youth who may want the latest and best features on a phone without to spend a ton of cash…

Microsoft has announced the launch of the Game of Learners (GOL) programme in the form of a hackathon aimed to spur innovation among university students across Kenya. The initiative, developed by Microsoft’s Africa Development Centre (ADC), is completely student-driven and hands-on with the overall objective being to empower the students to develop impactful solutions that can help address some of Africa’s and the world challenges. The GOL is structured as a 5-week virtual hackathon comprised of weekly sprints where, at the end of the 5th week, all participating teams will submit their final projects for judging. There will be 13…

The Huawei Y6p is now available in Kenya for Ksh 14,999. This is the latest Y series device to launch in Kenya and was launched together with the Huawei Y8p. The Huawei Y8p is available for Ksh 24,999. The Huawei Y6p is the second Y6 device we are seeing in Kenya this year. One of its unique selling points is the 5,000 mAh battery that should easily last you an entire day or even two. This battery according to Huawei can also act as a power bank that charges other devices. This will be appealing to some people especially those…

The current pandemic is affecting the way of live for most people from different background. The ICT sector has also been affected but may be one of the areas where adapting to the changes of social distancing and working or attending classes at home may not be that big of a problem. This is evident even with the ICT Authority as the Authority has begun recruiting its fifth cohort of DigiTalents. The authority has announced that even as this is happening, they are still supporting the current cohort before they graduate later this year. One of the ways the ICT…

The Tecno Pouvoir 4 is set to be launched in Kenya in the coming weeks. This will be the successor to the Pouvoir 3 series that we saw in the country last year. Unlike the Pouvoir 3 series that was available in three variants, the Pouvoir 4 will be available in two models, the standard Pouvoir 4 and the Pouvoir 4 Pro. The Pouvoir 4 is available in Kenya for ksh 14,000. The Pouvoir 4 will be the cheaper one of the two but still has some good specifications. This is an upgrade when compared to its predecessor and with…