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Reviews
Review: All About The TECNO Camon 11 Camera
If you bought a new phone in 2018, it’s likely that a good camera ranked high on your list of…
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News
Kwesé launches Kwesé Play, its VOD streaming service in Kenya
Kwesé has announced the launch of video-on-demand (VOD) streaming service in Kenya. Known as Kwesé Play, the Econet subsidiary says…
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Reviews
TECNO Camon 11 Review: More than just the cameras
TECNO Camon 11 Review TECNO unveiled its latest device in the Camon series, the Camon 11 last month. The device…
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News
Canon unveils its full-frame EOS R Mirrorless Camera in Nairobi
Canon has unveiled its full-frame Canon EOS R Mirrorless Camera System in East Africa at a press event held in…
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News
Safaricom Introduces ZURI, an AI Chatbot to manage customer queries
Safaricom has introduced an artificial intelligence (AI) Chatbot to manage customers’ queries. Known as Zuri, the chatbot is currently available…
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News
Treasury CS Henry Rotich roots for technology-enabled procurement systems to curb corruption
Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury Mr Henry Rotich has called on East Africa Community member states to deploy IT-enabled…
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BUSINESS
Family Bank partners with SimbaPay to launch instant money transfers to WeChat
Family Bank has partnered with London-based financial technology firm SimbaPay to launch an instant money transfer service from Kenya to…
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BUSINESS
Equity Bank unveils EazzyFX, its online forex trading platform
Equity Bank has unveiled an innovative online forex trading platform in a move that seeks to harness the potential of the financial markets…
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News
Orange and MTN launch mobile money interoperability across Africa
Orange and MTN Group have announced a joint venture, Mowali (mobile wallet interoperability), to enable interoperable payments across the continent.…
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Reviews
TECNO Camon 11 Unboxing and First Impressions
TECNO Camon 11 Unboxing TECNO unveiled its latest device in the Camon series, the Camon 11 last week at an…
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Gadgets
Nokia 5.1 Plus Specs, Price and Availability in Kenya
HMD Global has announced the availability of Nokia 5.1 Plus in the Kenyan market. The phone comes with a 5.86-inch…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom will refund customers All Mobile Data they use this weekend
Safaricom customers will get a refund of all the data they use on Friday 23rd and Saturday 24th November 2018.…
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LATEST DEALS
Everything You Need To Know About The Safaricom “Asante Data Sunday” Promotion
As part of its 18th-anniversary campaign, Safaricom has recently been throwing a number of goodies to its customers. The company…
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Gadgets
TECNO Camon 11 Pro & Camon 11 with AI officially launched in Kenya
TECNO Mobile has today officially unveiled its new smartphones in the Camon series, the Camon 11 and the Camon 11…
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Gadgets
Tecno Camon 11 and Camon 11 Pro specs, price and availability in Kenya
Tecno Mobile is launching the Tecno Camon 11, the successor of the Camon X in Kenya this month. Pre-orders for…
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BUSINESS
You can now Lipa Na M-PESA without showing your message or give out your phone number
Safaricom has now made it possible for M-Pesa customer to pay with Lipa Na M-Pesa without having to show their…
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News
Communications Authority approves Loon and Telkom Kenya’s balloon-powered Internet project
Loon has announced that it has received the necessary regulatory approvals from The Communications Authority to launch balloon-powered Internet on…
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News
Nokia partners with rain to roll out 5G in South Africa
Nokia has deployed its 5G site for the South African operator rain in time for the operator to launch 5G…
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Gadgets
OPPO F9 Pro launched in Kenya: Specs, Price and Availability
OPPO has launched the OPPO F9 Pro with 6GB RAM and VOOC Flash Charger in Kenya. The OPPO F9 Pro…
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Startups
Two Kenyan startups among Google’s Launchpad Accelerator Africa program graduates
Two Kenyan startups, Cloud9xp and PayGo Energy were among the second class of 11 startups who graduated yesterday from Google’s Launchpad Accelerator Africa…
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Gadgets
Tecno Mobile is teasing its next Camon, the Camon 11
Tecno Mobile has started sending out teasers for its next device in the Camon Series, and it is calling it…
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Startups
Johnson & Johnson has Launched a US$50,000 Africa Innovation Challenge 2.0
Johnson & Johnson has launched the Champions of Science Africa Innovation Challenge 2.0, a continent-wide competition calling on African innovators to…
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Reviews
Huawei Y9 (2019) Quick Thoughts: More than just the cameras
Huawei did a media launch for its latest device in the Y Series, the Huawei Y9 2019 on the 18th…
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BUSINESS
Jumia Black Friday 2018: Understanding the Jumia Flash Sales and Treasure Hunts
Jumia Black Friday is here and most of you have probably been saving for this time of the month to…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom New Home Fibre Plus Package Now Combines Mobile Data, Calls and Home Insurance
Safaricom has unveiled new Home Fibre packages that will combine mobile voice, mobile data, SMS and Home Fibre as well…
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Gadgets
The Nokia 7.1 officially goes on sale in Kenya for Ksh. 30,000
The Nokia 7.1 is now available in Kenya, a month after being launched globally. HMD Global has today announced that…
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News
Several Government websites shut down over unsettled web-hosting bills
At least six government websites hosted by Microsoft’s Azure were on Monday shutdown over what is believed to be due to…
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News
Andela is hosting a 24-Hour Hackathon to fight “Fake News” in partnership with BBC
Andela is partnering with BBC News to host a two-day hackathon which will see participants spend 24 hours working in…
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LATEST DEALS
Kilimall Black Friday 2018: Here is what to expect
Its November, that month of the year when everyone is always waiting to grab Black Friday deals from different retailers…
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Startups
Naspers Sets Up A $9m Fund To Support South African Tech Startups
South African media company Naspers has set up a R1.4bn ($96m) Naspers Foundry fund to invest into South African technology…
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News
Redington officially unveils the iPhone Xs and iPhone Xs Max in Kenya
Apple unveiled the iPhone Xs and iPhone Xs Max to the world in September this year. The unveiling took take…
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Gadgets
Samsung makes an addition to the J-series with the introduction of the Galaxy J6+ and Galaxy J4+
Samsung Electronics has extended the J-series 2018 line-up in the country with the introduction of the Galaxy J4 Plus and…
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BUSINESS
Young Entrepreneurs Awards 2018 Nominees Unveiled
Bizna Kenya has unveiled thirty-two shortlisted nominees for the Inaugural Young Entrepreneurs Awards 2018 (YEA Awards) The prestigious Young Entrepreneurs Awards…
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Gadgets
OPPO F9 Starry Purple colour variant now available in Kenya
More than a month after unveiling the OPPO F9 in Kenya, OPPO has now announced the availability of a new…
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Startups
After Nairobi, TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Africa competition now heads to Lagos
TechCrunch Startup Battlefield in partnership with Facebook is returning to Africa. This time around the startup competition will be held…
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Social Media
Twitter has suspended KTN News (@KTNNews) account
If you’re an active Twitter user you are probably aware that the company has over the last few months been…
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Reviews
Safaricom Neon Kicka 4: Kenya’s Cheapest Android Go Smartphone
Safaricom Neon Kicka 4: In August this year at the GSMA ‘Mobile 360 – Africa’ event held in Kigali. GSMA…
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CYBER SECURITY
SIM swap fraud is now global threat, says Myriad Connect
SIM swap fraud has plagued mobile users across Africa for years, with Myriad Connect’s recent survey in Kenya revealing that…
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Gadgets
Samsung Galaxy Note 9 512GB model is now in Kenya
Samsung has announced the availability of the Galaxy Note 9 512GB model in Kenya. Samsung, however, says only a limited number…
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BUSINESS
Samsung opens its largest retail store in Africa at Two Rivers Mall
Samsung Electronics has opened a new interactive store at Two Rivers Mall bringing to 29, the total number of Samsung…
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News
Google announces Ksh 100m grant to train Kenyan farmers
Google has announced a Sh100 million grant to train more than 100,000 Kenyan smallholder farmers on digital skills. The announcement…
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News
The Huawei Y9 (2019) unveiled in Kenya for Kshs 24,990
Huawei has today unveiled its latest device in the Y series, the Huawei Y9 2019. The device was launched today…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom Voice, Data, SMS Cost go up after recent taxes
Kenyans will from today start paying more for Safaricom voice calls and data. Safaricom in a statement sent out yesterday…
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Gadgets
Nokia 6.1 Plus starts selling in Kenya for Ksh. 31,900
HMD Global has announced the availability of the Nokia 6.1 Plus in Kenya. The Nokia 6.1 Plus joins the Android…
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News
MYDAWA leverages on fintech solution iPay to scale up service delivery
Kenya’s leading e-health platform, MYDAWA, has signed a partnership deal with iPay Limited, an innovative payment processing solution and payment…
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BUSINESS
Posta eyeing new partnership with Amazon
Kenya’s postal service provider the Kenya Postal Corporation of Kenya (Posta) is eyeing a deal with American e-commerce company Amazon…
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Gadgets
Galaxy A7 (2018), Samsung’s triple lens smartphone starts selling in Kenya
Samsung Electronics today announced the launch of its latest mid-range smartphone, Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) in Kenya. The Galaxy A7…
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Gadgets
Samsung Galaxy A9 (2018) Specs, Price and Availability in Kenya
Samsung thinks we need a phone with 4 back cameras. Well, the company has unveiled its latest device, the Galaxy…
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BUSINESS
Jumia Black Friday sales event officially unveiled
Its that time of the year where every retailer hosts a Black Friday sales event. During this time retailers are…
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Reviews
Nokia 3.1 Review: Nokia could have done better
The Nokia 3.1 started selling in the country in June this year. HMD Global is selling it at Ksh.15,999 and…
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Social Media
Facebook launches its fact-checking tool in Kenya to fight fake news
Facebook has announced a new partnership with Africa Check; Africa’s first independent fact-checking organisation and AFP, to launch its first…
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Reviews
Video: Safaricom Neon Kicka 4 Unboxing
Unboxing the Safaricom Neon Kicka 4. Read more about the specs here. We have a full review coming up in the…
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Startups
Microsoft teams up with DEMO Africa to empower African startups
Microsoft has teamed up with the Lions@frica initiative of the African Technology Foundation to empower the startups finalists that will…
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Gadgets
Safaricom’s Android Go Neon Kicka 4 specs, price and availability
The Safaricom Neon Kicka 4 started going on sale just recently and you have probably seen the ads running on…
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Social Media
Six Kenyans selected for Facebook Community Leadership Program
Six Kenyans are among the 116 people worldwide who have been selected to join the Facebook Community Leadership Program. Unveiled…
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Gadgets
Android Go Galaxy J2 Core specs, price and availability in Kenya
Samsung has unveiled its first Android Go device, the Galaxy J2 Core in Kenya. The device started going on sale…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom introduces optional Internet Plus Package for its Home Fiber customers
Safaricom has introduced new packages for its Home Fiber customers. The company is calling it Internet Plus and is describing…
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News
2018 Connected Kenya Summit awards officially unveiled
ICT Cabinet Secretary Joe Mucheru has today officially unveiled the 2018 Connected Kenya Summit Innovation Awards.The awards will this time…
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News
2018 LG OLED TVs: Best TVs we have seen this year?
In a previous article published here, we told you everything you need to know about 2018 lineup of LG OLED TVs…
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Gadgets
The Itel S13 now in Kenya: Specs, Price and Availability
Itel one of the phone brands under TRANSSION HOLDINGS has unveiled the Itel S13 smartphone in the Kenyan market. The…
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Gadgets
OPPO F9 with 6.3-inch display and VOOC fast charge officially unveiled in Kenya
OPPO has today launched its next flagship phones, the OPPO F9 in the Kenyan market. The phone will start going…
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BUSINESS
Vodacom customers in Tanzania can now buy apps on Google Play Store using their airtime
Vodacom Tanzania customers can now pay for content on Google Play Store using their airtime balance. This after the operator…
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BUSINESS
Mastercard unveils Mastercard Track, a global trade platform for businesses
Mastercard has partnered with Microsoft to introduce Mastercard Track, a global trade platform that will simplify and enhance how companies around the world do…
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BUSINESS
Hashmart, the new online retailer in town is betting big on electronics
You will agree with me that the internet has revolutionized how most of us shop. Because of the numerous advantages…
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News
Everything you need to know about the new LG B2B showroom in Nairobi
The experiences brands gain from when they interact with their consumer is key to the success of their business. Most…
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Startups
Kenyan solar startup Agsol among Microsoft Airband Grant Fund winners
Kenyan solar startup Agsol is among three startups that have been selected for Microsoft’s third annual Airband Grant Fund. The…
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Startups
Kenyan startups top list of 2018 MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge Africa winners
Kenyan startups have topped the list of 2018 MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge Africa winners. The startups, Lynk, WeFarm, and Solar…
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Startups
Tanzania’s startup Nala wins 2018 Ecobank Fintech Challenge
Tanzanian startup Nala is the winner of this years’ Ecobank Fintech Challenge. Nala beat ten other finalists to emerge as the…
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News
LG wantS to increase its OLED TV production to meet rising demand
LG Electronics is reportedly on track to ship 4 million OLED TVs this year. The Korean giant, according to reports…
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BUSINESS
mkey, Finserve’s new keyboard app lets users save, borrow and connect with their friends
Finserve, an independent arm of Equity Group has launched mKey, a keyboard app that combines both financial social and lifestyle…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom’s new measures to curb SIM fraud
Over the last few months, Safaricom has been on the spot after a number of its subscribers complained about their…
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Gadgets
The Galaxy Note 9 now in Kenya for Ksh. 104,999
The Galaxy Note 9 has finally been unveiled in the Kenyan market and will be available at a recommended retail…
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News
Google is working on yet another podcast app
It’s barely two months since Google launched Podcast, its dedicated Android app for podcasts. Emmanuel Chenze wrote some really interesting…
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Reviews
XIAOMI Redmi 6A Unboxing and Quick Thoughts
Redmi 6A Unboxing Xiaomi unveiled its budget-friendly Redmi 6A this week in Nairobi. Jumia had already started sending out teasers…
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Gadgets
OPPO Find X now in Kenya, here’s everything you need to know
The OPPO Find X was one of those devices from OPPO that smartphone lovers like me were really looking forward…
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Gadgets
Infinix Note 5 Stylus specs, price and availability in Kenya
Infinix launched the Infinix Note 5 about a month ago, and just like what we saw with the Note 4…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom opens new retail shop in Busia
Safaricom has today opened a new retail shop in Busia. The new shop is an addition to the retail centers…
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News
CAK’s John Omo elected new ATU Secretary General
Communications Authority of Kenya’s (CAK), Director of Legal Services Mr. John Omo has been elected the new Secretary General of…
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News
Microlending app OKash introduces face recognition system for its borrowers
Microlending app OKash has introduced a built-in face recognition system to secure loans for its customers. The system, according to…
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News
Alpha 9 processor seeks to modernize LG’s OLED TVs
CES 2018 was big for LG Electronics. The company used the opportunity to unveil a new version of its TV-focused…
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Startups
Nigerian fintech startup Mines, secures $13M funding
Mines, a Nigerian fintech startup re-inventing credit in emerging markets secured $13M funding. The Series A round was led by…
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Reviews
Infinix Note 5 Review: Best Infinix Device in The Note Series?
Infinix Note 5 Review: The Infinix Note 5 was launched in the country close to a month ago. The device…
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CYBER SECURITY
SamSam: The new ransomware that has raised ransom demands of almost $6 million
Network and endpoint security leader Sophos has uncovered a new ransomware which it claims has raised vastly more ransom demands…
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Gadgets
The Nokia 5.1 starts selling in Kenya at Kes.19,500
HMD Global has announced the availability of the Nokia 5.1 in Kenya. Starting today, HMD says you will be able…
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Gadgets
The Huawei Honor 7A, 7S and 7C are now available on Jumia
The Huawei Honor 7A, 7S, and 7C are now available on Jumia. If you’re a keen follower of Huawei you…
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News
LG W8 OLED TV: Everything you need to know including specs and features
The LG W8 OLED is one of the TVs LG Electronics unveiled at CES 2018 early this year. In our…
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Gadgets
How to stream Samsung’s Galaxy Note 9 launch event online
We’re all sure that Samsung is unveiling the much awaited Samsung Galaxy Note 9 today, Aug. 9, 2018. Well, we…
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News
LG C8 OLED : LG’s latest OLED TV with Google Assistant
LG C8 OLED: In a previous article we wrote about how many TV manufacturers are now pushing OLED TVs as…
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News
Kenya Eyeing top African Telecommunications Union seat, seeks to be re-elected to ITU council
Kenya is fronting the current Director of Legal Services at the Communications Authority of Kenya (CAK), Mr. John Omo to…
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News
Mobile Connectivity in Sub-saharan Africa continues to record significant growth.
In much of Sub-saharan Africa, mobile phones are more common than access to even things like electricity. A decade after…
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BUSINESS
CAK Gives US Firm Clearance To Buy 723 Telkom Kenya Towers
American Tower Corporation (ATC) has been given a go-ahead by Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) to buy 723 Telkom Kenya…
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BUSINESS
Visa partners with Branch to provide micro credit facilities to Visa merchants across Kenya.
Visa has announced a new partnership with international mobile financial services firm Branch to offer custom financing to Visa merchants…
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Gadgets
Samsung Accidentally Leaks The Galaxy Note 9 Intro Video
We have not talked so much about the Samsung Galaxy Note 9, Samsung’s next flagship device set be launched on…
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Gadgets
The Samsung Galaxy Tab S4; Everything You Need To Know Including Specs
In our previous episode of 24Bit, we had a very interesting discussion on tablets. The argument we all had was…
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News
Remember The Iconic Nokia Snake Game? You Can Now Play it On Facebook’s Camera AR Platform.
Loved the iconic Nokia Snake game? Now you will have more reasons to love it even more. HMD Global, the…
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BUSINESS
Telcos in Rwanda want government to allow them roll out cross-network mobile money transfer
Telcos in Rwanda are seeking approval from the relevant government body in the country to roll out mobile money interoperability.…
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Social Media
WhatsApp latest update adds Group Calling for Voice and Video feature.
WhatsApp latest update will now allow group voice calls and video calls between up to 4 people. The update will…
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News
PSCU’s Twitter and Facebook Accounts Deleted
If you’re an active Twitter user in Kenya you probably have noticed some Twitter accounts that tweet on behalf of…
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Blockchain
Oracle Blockchain Cloud Service now available for Global and African Businesses
Oracle has announced the that its Oracle Blockchain Cloud Service is now generally available for businesses around the world. Arab…
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BUSINESS
CBA Loop Upgraded to offer loans of upto Kes.3 Million
Kenya’s largest privately owned bank Commercial Bank of Africa (CBA) has upgraded its CBA Loop app to offer highest mobile…
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Startups
Kenyan Startup Mookh Africa wins Visa Everywhere Initiative Top Prize
Kenyan Startup Mookh Africa is the overall winner of the Visa Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) Everywhere Initiative, The startup won…
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