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Gadgets
Oppo A92 Goes Official in Kenya Along with The Oppo Enco W31 True Wireless Earphones
Oppo Kenya today pulled the wraps off its new A-series device known as the Oppo A92. The phone is going…
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BUSINESS
Equity registers 14% dip in profit after tax on Ksh.3 billion provisions on loans
Equity Group has released first-quarter results which reflect the assessment the Group places in the uncertainty created by COVID-19. Profit…
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News
Samsung has partnered with SoFi to launch its first Samsung Pay debit card
Samsung has today announced plans to launch a no-fee Samsung Money cash management service and debit card for its smartphone…
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BUSINESS
Digital and mobile channels to be key service delivery platforms for financial service providers
As countries prepare for imminent easing of movement restrictions and resumption of normal operations in most sectors of their economies,…
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Reviews
Huawei nova 7i Review: This is a good mid-ranger
Huawei nova 7i Review:: Huawei’s latest device in the Kenyan market, the Huawei nova 7i will be going on sale…
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News
Koch Industries Completes Close To $13B Acquisition of Infor
Koch Industries announced today that it has completed the acquisition of the remaining portion of Infor from Golden Gate Capital. Details…
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CYBER SECURITY
Safaricom Now Notifies You When Someone Tries To Register a SIM Card Using your ID
SIM swap frauds are pretty common in Kenya but Safaricom has been stepping up its game to tackle the menace.…
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Startups
[Zambia] BongoHive FinTech Challenge Applications Opened
Zambian Innovation hub BongoHive has announced that it has opened applications for its annual BongoHive FinTech Challenge. Through this challenge,…
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Gadgets
Apple’s iPhone 11 Crowned as the world’s most-popular smartphone in Q1 by Research Firm Omdia
Smartphone sales in Q1 were heavily impacted by the full and partial lockdowns around the world. Despite this, some phew…
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BUSINESS
Ecobank Named Most Innovative Bank in Africa
Global Finance has named Ecobank as the most innovative bank in Africa. The announcement was made at the eighth Global…
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News
Visa’s Fast Track Program Propels Growth of the Fintech Industry Worldwide
Visa today announced its continued support of the global Fintech community, having grown the Fast Track Program to over 140 Fintechs.…
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BUSINESS
Equity withdraws proposed dividend declaration and payment due to market uncertainty
Equity Group has withdrawn its recommendation of a Ksh. 9.5 billion dividend payout to its shareholders. The withdrawal of the…
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News
Bolt raises Ksh.11 Billion in funding from Naya Capital to Boost its Growth Strategy
Bolt (Formerly Taxify) has raised a Ksh. 11 billion investment round bringing its total capital raised to date to more…
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INSURANCE
[Interview] Addressing cross-border insurance in Africa
Africa remains one of the regions with the greatest growth potential in the world with African organisations focusing their growth…
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News
Uber has a new feature that allows users to send packages to each other through the app
Uber has announced the launch of Uber Connect, a feature that allows users to send packages to family friends through…
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News
Opera Mini gets major update and fully revamped design
Opera has today launched Opera Mini 50, with features such as data compression technology, a download manager with offline file sharing capabilities,…
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Gadgets
Oppo A92 Specifications, Price and Availability in Kenya
Oppo A92 is a midrange device whose launch is imminent but is already available at some retailers. Oppo A92 is…
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Gadgets
Samsung Galaxy M11 Goes on Sale in Kenya At Ksh 18,000
Samsung has unveiled yet another device in the country under the M-series branding. The Samsung Galaxy M11 is a lower…
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News
Siri Continues To Tap into Your Conversations Despite Apple’s Apology, Whistle-blower Claims
Last year, Apple’s voice assistant Siri put the company under pressure for listening in on people’s conversations without consent, after…
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Gadgets
Oppo to Launch Oppo A92 in Kenya on Thursday
The dates have been set. Oppo Kenya has planned to unveil a new device in the country on Thursday this…
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Startups
Villgro Kenya awards $150,000 to 12 EA startups fighting COVID-19
Nairobi-based healthcare incubator and investor Villgro Kenya has awarded $150,000 in grant to 12 East African startups helping in the fight against…
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New Appointments
Safaricom’s Sanda Ojiambo Appointed United Nations Global Compact Executive Director
Sanda Ojiambo, Safaricom’s Head of Sustainable Business and Social Impact has been appointed as the Executive Director of the United…
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Gadgets
Four Chinese OEMs including OnePlus and Realme join Xiaomi, OPPO, and Vivo’s file transfer alliance
In August 2019, three Chinese OEMs – Xiaomi, OPPO, and vivo – partnered to create a peer to peer file…
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Gadgets
Samsung Galaxy A31 Goes On Sale in Kenya Priced At Ksh 28,000
Samsung’s revamped Galaxy A series is quite popular around the world and we have a ton of devices under this…
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Gadgets
Harmony OS Can Rival Google and Apple, Huawei Exec Says
Last year after the US banned Chinese OEM Huawei from freely trading with US-based companies, the company went ahead and…
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Gadgets
iOS 13.5 Update Makes it Easy To Unlock Your iPhone While Wearing A Face Mask
In a new update rolled out recently, Apple is now making it easier to unlock your iPhone while wearing a…
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BUSINESS
Old Mutual Investment Group Launches ChatBot to improve customer experience
The Old Mutual Investment Group, the Asset Management business arm of the UAP Old Mutual Group, has launched its Facebook…
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CLOUD
[Column] The value of risk and business agility and how it impacts cloud costs
At a time when cost control has never been more important, Andrew Cruise, managing director, Routed, says that many businesses…
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News
Zoom Suspends Creation of Free User Accounts in China
Video conferencing platform Zoom has closed the door for new free registrations in Mainland China. The company said in a…
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News
SWVL Kenya Gets Green Light From NTSA To Resume Operations
SWVL Kenya is now ready to resume operations in the country after settling its long-running regulatory tussle with the National…
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News
Two JKUAT students win Ksh.1.6M Microsoft Imagine Cup competition
Two students, Michael Mwaisakenyi and Kenneth Gichira, from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology are the regional winners of…
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News
StarTimes revamps its bouquet offering, introduces 8 new premium channels
StarTimes has today announced a revamped bouquet offering that will see the introduction of 8 new premium channels across news,…
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News
Huawei’s initiative to support E-learning during Covid-19 pandemic
The Corona virus global pandemic is first and foremost a health crisis. Due to this most countries have made the…
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Gadgets
Huawei Y8p Unveiled with 6.3″ OLED Display, 48MP Camera and 6GB of RAM
After unveiling the Huawei Y7p in several markets, including Kenya, Huawei has quietly introduced a new Y-series device dubbed Huawei…
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Startups
This Kenyan Gaming startup has launched a video conferencing system for Africa
Kenya’s Gaming tech start-up, Usiku Games has today launched Gumzo, the first Made-in-Africa video conferencing system. The launch comes at…
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News
Andela Partners with Microsoft To Launch Azure Training For African Developers
Andela through its Andela Learning Community has partnered with Microsoft 4Afrika to launch the ALCwithMicrosoft Azure Training 2020 in Kenya…
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Startups
Zuru, the ‘’AirBnB for cars’’ has launched in Nairobi
Zuru, a new car-sharing platform that lets you rent your car to strangers has launched in Nairobi. Through its vehicle-sharing…
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CLOUD
Zoho’s software applications now available at a fixed Kenyan Shilling price
Zoho Corporation, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) firm has announced that all its 45+ business software applications are now available at a…
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CLOUD
[Column] A resilient, cloud-based digital future
Digital transformation should come with one, well highlighted, disclaimer: one size does not fit all. The technology chosen for digital…
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BUSINESS
Mastercard Commits To Add 1bn people, 50m small units to digital economy BY 2025
Building on the Covid-19 response, Mastercard is also announcing its new worldwide commitment to financial inclusion. The company is pledging to…
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Gadgets
OPPO ColorOS features to help you get the most out of your lockdown
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to present new challenges every day, there has been a rapid transformation in the way we…
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News
HUAWEI nova7i Pre-orders open in Kenya
HUAWEI has opened pre-orders for the nova7i smartphone in Kenya. The pre-order will run until 24th of May and will…
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News
Safaricom did not steal Okoa Jahazi idea, court rules
Safaricom did not steal the Okoa Jahazi idea, the court ruled on March 11, 2020. The complainants, Christopher Omare and…
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News
Loon’s Balloon-powered Internet is Going to Mozambique
After landing in Kenya, Alphabet’s balloon-powered internet project is ready to venture into a new market. Mozambique will be Loon’s…
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BUSINESS
US Government Moves To Block Huawei From Global Chip Supplies
Huawei will soon face more problems after the US Department of Commerce, enacted new rules that would cut off the…
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New Appointments
Ericsson Appoints Todd Ashton VP and Head of Ericsson South & East Africa
Ericsson has appointed Todd Ashton as the Vice President and Head of Ericsson South & East Africa within Market Area…
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Reviews
TECNO Spark 5 Quick Thoughts
TECNO Spark 5 review: Tecno officially unveiled the Spark 5 in the market a week ago. The Spark Series is…
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COLUMNS
[Column] Productivity tools can reduce productivity
Ironically, apps that are supposed to help productivity usually result in huge inefficiencies because valuable time is wasted organising work…
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Reviews
TECNO Camon 15 Premier Camera Review
One of the key features Tecno Mobile was making so much noise about when it first started sending out teasers…
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Gadgets
Samsung Galaxy A51 Ranked As The Best Selling Smartphone in Q1 2020
The first quarter of the year hasn’t been kind to the smartphone market due to the coronavirus outbreak. But that…
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News
Annual IBM List Celebrates Global Women Leaders Shaping the Future of Artificial Intelligence
IBM has unveiled its list of 35 Women Leaders in AI at its Think Digital conference held last week. The list…
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News
US President Donald Trump Extends Huawei Ban Till 2021
US President Donald Trump has extended the country’s ban on companies deemed as a threat to national security from doing…
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BUSINESS
OdiBets launches new easy to use website as Bundesliga returns
The German Bundesliga is set to become the first major soccer league to resume play during the coronavirus pandemic this…
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BUSINESS
TransUnion launches COVID-19 playbook for financial services providers in Kenya
Global information and insights company TransUnion has launched its COVID-19 playbook for Kenyan business and credit industry players. The playbook…
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Gadgets
Tecno Camon 15 Premier Vs Vivo Y19: Stiff Competition
Tecno Camon 15 Premier and vivo Y19 (Review) both come from Chinese smartphone makers and target the same lower mid-range…
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BUSINESS
Impact of Covid-19 on business: How to Stay Afloat
Global trade has, with no doubt, taken a major blow in the wake of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic. The rates…
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News
Visa customers who order medication and essential products via MYDAWA to get discounted rates
Visa has entered into a partnership with online retail pharmacy MYDAWA to give discounts to its customers who order medication…
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CYBER SECURITY
Paying Ransom Doubles Ransomware Attack Recovery Cost, Says Sophos
Many organisations have always considered paying cyber ransom whenever they are hit by a ransomware attack. Doing so might however…
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Blockchain
Telegram Calls It Quits On Cryptocurrency Ambitions
After a series of battles between messaging service, Telegram, and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the platform has…
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News
Telkom Kenya Quietly Increases The Cost of Its 5GB Night Data, Revises Daily 700MB Package Offering
Just late last night, I wanted to purchase my usual 700MB Telkom Data bundles which cost 50/= after my daily…
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News
Bundesliga is Back: Best Bets, Predictions and Key Fixtures on Bongobongo
Football is back, and this weekend, action returns in Germany with the restart of the Bundesliga this Saturday on May…
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Gadgets
Huawei Releases The P30 Pro New Edition With Essential Google Apps and New Color Variant
Huawei P30 Pro was one of the most powerful smartphones released last year from Huawei. The phone won EISA’s Best…
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Gadgets
Huawei Nova 7i Specifications, Price and Availability in Kenya
Huawei Nova 7i Specifications: Huawei Nova 7i is the latest Nova series phone in Kenya after Nova 5T (specs). Huawei Nova…
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Gadgets
Huawei Nova 7i is Coming to the Kenyan Market Later This Month
Huawei Kenya has a new device coming to Kenya soon, from its Nova series. After a successful launch of Nova…
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Gadgets
Tecno Spark 5 Vs Spark 4: What’s the Difference Between These Two Phones?
Tecno Mobile’s Spark Series is one of the popular of the company in Kenya for its great value for money…
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BUSINESS
Purchasing essential products on Jumia with your Mastercard will earn you a 10% discount
Consumers who purchase essential products using their Mastercard on the Jumia platform will receive up to a 10% discount on…
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News
TECNO Spark 5 Now Available in Kenya At KES 14,000
TECNO mobile Kenya has officially availed their new Spark series device, Tecno Spark 5 in the country. Main Tecno Spark…
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COLUMNS
Covid and Effective Data Management in IT
Information technology’s speed of evolution offers vast opportunities for all. Managers within the IT environment face a particularly unique challenge;…
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News
From Zoom to Houseparty: The World’s Most Popular Apps During Isolation Revealed
The coronavirus pandemic has seen an unprecedented change in the way we live our lives. With the governments imposing lockdowns…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom Extends Bonga For Good Program By 30 Days
Safaricom is extending its Bonga For Good campaign for an extra 30 days. That means the program will now end…
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News
COVID-19: KEPSA and Jumia launch Digital Commerce Program to support Kenyan businesses
Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) has partnered with e-commerce leader Jumia to register and train local businesses to sell online.…
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Gadgets
Qualcomm Unveils New Snapdragon Gaming-focused Chipset Improving on Raw Performance
Towards the end of 2019, Qualcomm announced Snapdragon 765G, a system-on-chip processor that was focused on gaming. Qualcomm also announced…
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COLUMNS
[Column] The new normal calls for leadership with a human touch (virtually)
In recent years, working from home has been a perk for some. Suddenly it became an imperative for many, as…
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24BIt
24Bit Podcast Episode 21: Our Experience with the Huawei Y7p (No Google Apps)
In this latest episode of our 24Bit podcast Emmanuel Chenze, Nick Kanali and Dickson Otieno discuss the Huawei Y7p which…
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News
Going cashless is helping contain the spread of Covid-19 in Africa
As the effects of the coronavirus continue to bite, many countries in Africa are turning to technology to fight this…
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BUSINESS
#Covid-19: Airtel Uganda and Avaya Partner To Enable Remote Work And Learning
Airtel Uganda has partnered with Avaya to enable organizations in the country to implement remote working and learning initiatives. This…
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News
Tech for humanity: Preparing for the next phase
ICT has been critical to fighting the Covid-19 pandemic and transforming society over the long term. But the key to…
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BUSINESS
After Huawei and Apple, Samsung Also Wants to Have its own Payment Card
Five years since the inception of Samsung Pay, a mobile payments platform, the South Korean tech giant wants to move…
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CYBER SECURITY
Zoom is Bringing The Real End-to-End Encryption This Time, But There’s a Catch
Zoom is finally taking the big leap to bring an end to end encryption (E2EE) as it continues its 90-day…
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Gadgets
Huawei Freebuds 3 Wireless Noise Cancellation Earbuds Available in Kenya at Kshs 21,000
Still remember the Huawei Freebuds 3 active noise-canceling earbuds that were launched at IFA 2019? Yes, after such a long…
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BUSINESS
WhatsApp’s Payment Service Set To Be Rolled Out In India By End Of May
WhatsApp’s UPI based payment service, WhatsApp Pay, is finally ready to be launched in India. After around two years since…
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Gadgets
Infinix NOTE 7 Vs Huawei Y7p: Which One Should You Buy?
Infinix and Huawei have both released new devices in the Kenyan market recently. Infinix debuted with the Infinix NOTE 7,…
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Startups
South Africa’s fintech startup Ukheshe selected for Mastercard Start Path program
South African fintech startup Ukheshe, has been selected to join the 2020 Mastercard Start Path program. Mastercard Start Path is…
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Apps
FireFox Latest Update Strengthens its Password Manager for Improved Privacy and Security
Mozilla has launched a new version of its Firefox browser – Firefox 76. In the latest update, Mozilla has focused…
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COLUMNS
[Column] Making data relevant to the business
It’s true, business intelligence (BI) tools and hype slipped sadly into the Gartner Trough of Disillusionment in 2012. It is also true…
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News
MeMo² sets the course in Marketing Analytics
Research and consulting agency MeMo² recently introduced a new way of real-time cross-media measurement and optimization. Dutch consumers can now…
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COLUMNS
[Column] Coping with COVID-19: The Role of the ICT Industry During a Pandemic
As the world continues to grapple with the coronavirus pandemic, the toll on human life is growing exponentially. The impact…
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Apps
Xiaomi Updates Its Browsers After Being Accused of Intrusive Data Collection
Chinese tech giant Xiaomi has released updates to its browsers days after being accused of collecting users browsing data. In…
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News
Andela lays off 135 staff across five markets
Andela, the Africa-focused software developer training and outsourcing company has laid off 135 staff across five markets. According to reports,…
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CLOUD
Teraco is building a second data centre facility in Cape Town
Teraco today formally confirmed the construction of Teraco Cape Town 2 (CT2), a new 30MW data centre facility. This follows…
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INSURANCE
Insurance sector players urged to go digital to cope with Covid-19 realities
Players in the insurance sector have been urged to speed-up the industry’s digitization process so as to be able to…
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News
Windows 10X Will Be Available To Single Screen PCs First
Microsoft’s future of Windows, Windows 10X, will be first available to single-screen devices. In a blog post, Microsoft’s Chief Product…
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News
Apple and Google Ban Location-Based Tracking in Contact Tracing Apps
Two tech giants – Apple and Google – have recently announced unanimously that they are banning location-based tracking in contact…
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News
Practice a Lot with Exam Dumps to Ace Your Microsoft 70-744 Test on the First Try
Microsoft 70-744, Securing Windows Server 2016, is aimed at those individuals who want to build a career in the domain…
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Social Media
This WhatsApp ChatBot Helps You Debunk Those Covid-19 Myths
Misinformation has emerged as the biggest problem of the current internet era. Amidst the coronavirus crisis, misinformation has become one…
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BUSINESS
Bolt launches its new business delivery service in Nairobi
Ride-hailing taxi app Bolt has launched its new delivery service in Nairobi. The service dubbed Bolt Business Delivery, works by…
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Social Media
Twitter Registers Record Year Over Year Usage Growth Thanks To Stay At Home Orders
Twitter, just like most social media platforms, has seen a surge in usage numbers. In its Q1,2020 report, the company…
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News
Safaricom to provide free data, voice call minutes and SMSs to over 5,500 Government healthcare workers
As the effects of the coronavirus continue to bite, Safaricom has announced that it will provide communication support for the…
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24BIt
24Bit Podcast Episode 20: Working from Home – How it has been for us
The world is going through what is being called the world’s biggest work-from-home experiment over the current coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak.…
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Interviews
#TechTrendsChats : Safaricom CEO, Peter Ndegwa on Telco’s expansion plans to Ethiopia and other African markets
Safaricom expansion plans to Ethiopia: Safaricom has been planning to expand to the Ethiopian market for a while now. When…
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CYBER SECURITY
Xiaomi Accused Of Collecting Browsing Data From Their Web Browsers
A recent shocking report from Forbes’s cybersecurity contributor and associate editor, Thomas Brewster, reveals that Xiaomi browsers are sending browsing…
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