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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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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
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
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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BUSINESS
Safaricom’s M-PESA revenues from betting declined by Ksh.1.9B
Safaricom’s M-Pesa revenue shrunk by 33%, amounting to a whooping 1.9 Billion due to reduced betting activities in the country.…
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Gadgets
Mass Production of 2020 Flagship iPhones Delayed by a Month
Apple is pushing back mass production of 2020 iPhones by a month, WSJ reports. Citing “people familiar with the matter,”…
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BUSINESS
Huawei Revenue Growth Slows Immensely Amidst Coronavirus Pandemic
Amidst the coronavirus pandemic, business is not doing good for most industries around the world. Huawei ‘s revenue growth has…
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Gadgets
Windows 10 Now Supports Wireless File Transfers To And From Samsung Phones
In a not so surprising move, Microsoft now supports wireless file transfer between some Samsung Galaxy devices and Windows 10…
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CYBER SECURITY
Watch out! Scummy scammers target home deliveries
If you’re sitting at home right now, sheltering from the coronavirus pandemic – and there’s a good chance you are…
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BUSINESS
Coronavirus: This could be the right time to get home internet
The demand for home internet and wireless connectivity in Kenya might go high as more Kenyans work and learn remotely…
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News
Huawei Kenya Donates Thermal Image Scanner To The Ministry Of Transport
Huawei Kenya has donated a thermal image scanner to the Ministry of Transport as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility…
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News
Deloitte report highlights how 5G can help fight Coronavirus
5G can enhance the effectiveness of pandemic prevention and treatment, and drive the digital transformation of healthcare systems in response…
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COLUMNS
Drastic Measures Taken By The Internet To Avoid Breaking Down During Covid-19 Crisis
The coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak is driving the world crazy. Due to the increased number of work from home individuals, internet…
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BUSINESS
Jumia Tech Week Campaign Starts Today, Here’s What To Expect
Jumia Kenya has announced the launch of this year’s Jumia Tech Week campaign. The campaign kicks of today, 16th March…
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Featured
Commercial 5G Network Is Now Available In 24 Countries Around The Globe
Talking about the next generation of wireless technology, 5G, sparks excitement. 5G not only changes the network architecture but brings…
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News
Japan Just Rolled Out 10Gbps Internet Speeds Priced At About Ksh 5500 A Month
The state of fixed broadband in Kenya is still wanting – penetration is little and in areas served, outages and…
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Startups
Ecobank Opens Applications For Its 2020 Fintech Challenge
Ecobank Group is calling on African startups and developers to apply for its 3rd edition of the Ecobank Fintech Challenge.…
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Apps
Google Removes Nearly 600 Apps from the Play Store over Annoying Ads
Google has removed nearly 600 apps from the Play Store for breaking what it calls the disruptive ads policy and disallowed interstitial policy.…
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COLUMNS
Data: Africa’s “new blood”, rather than the “new oil”
Data protection and privacy regulation in most, or even all, African countries are often less mature – particularly when compared…
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CYBER SECURITY
Google Deletes Hundreds Of Chrome Extensions Involved In Malvertising
Google has axed a slew of Chrome browser extensions that were part of a malicious advertising network. The malicious extensions…
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COLUMNS
[Column] Mastering the complexity of multicloud in 2020
As enterprises’ demands look set to continue maturing in 2020, they are better able to distinguish between cloud platforms and…
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News
IT Spending In South Africa To Top $26 Billion In 2020, IDC
Overall IT spending in South Africa is set to reach $26.4 billion this year, up 2.5% on 2019. That’s according…
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BUSINESS
Jumia Advertising now official, opens its platform for brands to advertise
Three weeks ago, Jumia Kenya CEO, Sam Chappatte, through a LinkedIn post revealed that the e-commerce giant was planning to…
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Gadgets
Vivo Surpasses Samsung To Become The Second-Best Selling Smartphone Brand In India
It is no secret that Chinese smartphone brands have gained traction in the past decade. Huawei is number two in…
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CYBER SECURITY
250 Million Microsoft Customer Service And Support Records Exposed Online
Microsoft was involved in a data breach with millions of customer service and support records exposed. The report was revealed…
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News
[Column] How fintechs are making Africa a leading global Innovation Hub
In a continent where over 60% of the adult population is unbanked and the financial sector is considerably underdeveloped, fintech…
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Startups
Online Travel Agency Timbu Launches New Fund To Invest In Kenyan Travel Startups
Timbu, a Mauritian based online travel agency has launched an investment arm to fund and invest in Kenyan travel and…
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Apps
[Updated: OKash Compliance] Opera’s Predatory Loan Apps With Crazy Interest Rates Still Exist On Google Play Store
Opera’s main browser business has not been doing well. Since it went public, the company’s browser market share has immensely…
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News
Telkom Kenya Revamps Data Bundle Offerings – Now Offers Upto Double Data For The Same Price
Data in Kenya is getting cheaper as time goes by. Telkom Kenya’s rebranding brought some cheap 4G data on the…
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Blockchain
North Korean hacker Group Reportedly Using Telegram To Steal Cryptocurrency
North Korean linked hacker group dubbed Lazarus has reportedly been using instant messaging platform Telegram to steal cryptocurrency from victims.…
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Gadgets
ASUS Debuts Latest VivoBook And ZenBook Series Lineup At CES 2020
At the CES 2020 show, Asus has introduced new laptops in its lineup of VivoBook and ZenBook laptops. Under its…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom Customers Being Conned Using Telco’s Official Number
Looks like fraudsters are always devising new ways to con people on the Safaricom network. A number of users are…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom Is Now The Largest Fiber Internet Provider In Kenya
Safaricom has now beaten Zuku to claim the number one spot in the fixed broadband market. The Wananchi Group-owned ISP…
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Gadgets
Samsung Secures Top Spot In The Middle East And African Market, Thanks To Its Galaxy A Series Phones
Samsung Electronics has been ranked as the number one smartphone vendor in the Middle East and African market in Q3…
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Gadgets
Here are the Best-Selling Phones Globally in Q3 2019
The year is coming to an end, and so is the fourth quarter. But Counterpoint Research has some exciting analytics…
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Apps
Avoid These 100 Malicious Apps Listed On Google Play
New Android malware has been spotted online and has infected over 100 apps available on the Google Play Store. This…
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CYBER SECURITY
Delete ToTok From Your Device, Its Reportedly An Emirati Spy Tool
Popular Chat app ToTok is reportedly a spy tool deployed by the United Arab Emirates government. The chat app, according to…
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News
Leveraging Digital Transformation to drive corporate performance across businesses in Kenya
In a move that reaffirmed the organisations commitment to streamlining and enabling digital transformation across various service industries. Microsoft in…
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CLOUD
Internet Solutions partners with icolo.io to enhance its Data Centre Services Offering
Converged ICT Services Provider Internet Solutions has signed a partnership with IT infrastructure company, icolo.io, to boost its data centre and…
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Gadgets
Apple Dominates The Wearable Market, As Apple Watch, AirPods, and Beat Headphones Gain Popularity
Apple still is the leader of the wearable market in 2019. According to data from IDC, Apple’s Q3 Shipments surged…
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Apps
Google’s RCS Messaging is Good, but there’s a dark side too
RCS messaging is the future of messaging on Android. Well, maybe not the future since you can use RCS messaging…
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BUSINESS
Jumia Food Index report predicts a 50% increase in On-Demand deliveries in 2020
Jumia Food launched the Kenya Food Index yesterday. The report has some interesting stats and predictions about the type of…
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Blockchain
$4.4 Billion has been lost this year to cryptocurrency crimes, Report
2019 seems to be a good year for cryptocurrency criminals. According to a report from CipherTrace, victims have lost $4.4…
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BUSINESS
Why eCommerce companies in Kenya should adopt online payments solutions
Research firm eMarketer estimate that global eCommerce will rise by 20.7% in 2019 to $3.535 trillion. The firm notes that…
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CLOUD
Local partner role is critical to cloud success in Africa
While cloud technology presents a significant opportunity for enterprises to innovate as if they were potentially start-ups, the time and…
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News
#CIO100AwardsEA: URA’s James Kizza is 2019 East Africa CIO of the Year
James Kizza, Assistant Commissioner IT, Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) is the winner of the East Africa CIO of the Year Award…
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News
Africa’s startup ecosystem on the brink of massive growth
The growing number of startups securing major financial commitments, sets the stage for an entirely new era of growth in…
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Gadgets
Xiaomi Redmi 8A Goes on Sale in Kenya For Ksh 9,999
Xiaomi’s Redmi series is, for no doubt, the most popular smartphone series of the company this year. Xiaomi announced the…
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News
#CIO100AwardsEA: Hernovation forum puts focus on soft skills for women in tech
CIO East Africa today held it second edition of Hernovation, a platform that aims to empower women in technology across…
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Apps
TikTok Surpasses 1.5 Billion Downloads
TikTok, the popular short video app, has surpassed 1.5 Billion downloads. These figures are not for the Play Store alone…
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Reviews
Asus ZenBook Pro Duo Laptop Quick Thoughts
Last week, I had a rare chance to spend a few days with the Asus ZenBook Pro Duo Laptop. Well,…
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BUSINESS
Payments technologies are disrupting the finance industry
Advancements in payments technologies have disrupted the finance industry in a very huge way. Payments transactions have completely evolved from…
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Reviews
Infinix HOT 8 battery is a powerhouse
We have covered almost everything about the Infinix HOT 8. The device just as we stated in our review offers…
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Apps
NordVPN Officially Launches NordLocker, Its File Encryption Tool
NordVPN, one of the world’s most popular VPN providers, has launched its file encryption tool – NordLocker. The tool can…
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CLOUD
[Column] 2020 pivotal for deeper cloud adoption
In a first of its new Hype series, Routed, a vendor neutral cloud infrastructure provider, will host Guy Zibi, principal analyst, Xalam…
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News
Jumia Black Friday Goes Live, Over 100,000 customers log in
The 2019 Jumia Black Friday finally kicked off last night Thursday, November 9th. Jumia Black Friday went live at exactly…
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CYBER SECURITY
Sophos 2020 Threat Report: Cyber criminals are exploiting malicious Android apps, misconfigured cloud platforms and machine language as attack avenues
Sophos 2020 Threat Report shows how cyber attackers are raising the stakes in ransomware, increasing stealth in malicious Android apps,…
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Gadgets
Uber and Little have banned their drivers from using these smartphones
Uber and Little, pretty common ride-sharing apps in the country are banning a number of smartphones from being used by…
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Gadgets
Global Smartphones Shipments increased in Q3, first time in two years
After two years of a continuous slump in sales, the smartphone industry has finally ticked up a little bit. According…
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Startups
Boehringer Ingelheim launches Venture4Change idea competition for university students in Kenya
Leading pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim has launched a Making More Health Venture4Change idea competition for university students in Kenya. Boehringer…
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Startups
U.K announces a Ksh.1.3 billion fund to support Kenyan fintech startups
The United Kingdom has announced a Ksh. 1.3 billion fund to support fintech startups in Kenya. This announcement was made…
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CLOUD
[Column] How cloud-based AI enables modernisation of business
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is proving to be a key technology in delivering improved customer experience and exceeding customer expectations. It…
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News
SheHacks 2019: Microsoft commits to support women Cybersecurity Engineering
Microsoft through its Cloud and AI Security Engineering team has reiterated its commitment to advocate for women with an interest…
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Gadgets
Google Hardware Event: All the Highlights | Pixel 4, Pixel Buds 2 and More Announced
As planned, the Google Hardware Event went down yesterday in New York. We anticipated many announcements on the company’s hardware…
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BUSINESS
DTB, Mastercard and DPO Group extend digital payments in Kenya and Tanzania
Diamond Trust Bank (DTB) has joined African payment services provider DPO Group, and Mastercard in the rollout of a business…
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Gadgets
Google, Xiaomi and Huawei Devices Fall Victim of a Zero-Day Flaw
Researchers from Googles’ Elite bug hunting group, Project Zero, have reported the existence of a bug in Pixel, Xiaomi, and…
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Apps
WhatsApp Working on Self-destructing Messages
The latest WhatsApp beta update brings a new feature that lets messages self-destruct. The tip comes from reliable WhatsApp features…
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Gadgets
Best 2019 Infinix Phones Available in Kenya
Infinix – TECNO and itel’s sister company is for no doubt one of Kenya’s popular smartphone brands. The company has…
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Startups
Startup Insight: Develop your innovative idea into a viable business
Kenya is among the African countries with a vibrant startup ecosystem. According to VCA4 this is due to a number…
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Gadgets
List of hottest top-tier devices selling at Safaricom Shops
Safaricom shops have been known as one of the reputable places in the country to buy gadgets ranging from smartphones,…
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Apps
LastPass Fixes a bug that could let Malicious website Extract your last used Password
LastPass has released details of a vulnerability on the platform that exposed credentials used on a previous website. ZDNet reported…
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BUSINESS
Nokia to strengthen its online presence through a new partnership with Jumia Kenya
HMD Global, the home of Nokia phones has entered into a new partnership with Jumia Kenya as the official distributor…
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Blockchain
France says it will block Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency in Europe
Two months later since Facebook officially announced its planned launch of own cryptocurrency Libra, many jabs have been thrown at…
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CYBER SECURITY
Internet Solutions Sets up a Ksh.20M Cyber Threat Intelligence Centre in Kenya
Internet Solutions has set up a Ksh.20 million Cyber Threat Intelligence Centre in Kenya. The company also says will be…
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Apps
Firefox Additionally tightens its user’s privacy on the web with a VPN service
Last week, Mozilla launched its new browser Firefox version 69 that was majorly aimed at tightening privacy while surfing the…
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News
African ICT Foundation Opens Applications for Volunteers Tech Trainers
The African ICT Foundation (AfICTF) has opened applications for volunteer trainers for its Digital Connect Africa (DCA) Project in Nigeria.…
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INSURANCE
Here’s why you should offer health insurance to your employees
Today, the cost of healthcare in Kenya has risen drastically, thanks to the evergrowing demand for medical services. Having health…
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Gadgets
Samsung Launches Exynos 980 SoC Integrated with 5G
South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics on Wednesday launched its first “first artificial intelligence mobile processor with an integrated 5G…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom Wants Telkom and Airtel to Pay Ksh 1.3 Billion Debt Before Merger
Telkom Kenya Chief Executive Mugo Kibati on Tuesday said Safaricom was interfering with the Airtel-Telkom merge. Speaking at a news…
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Gadgets
Windows 10 Will Soon Allow Fresh Installation From The Cloud
Microsoft Windows for ages has been lacking a way to let users perform a fresh installation of Windows from the…
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CYBER SECURITY
iPhones have been Quietly Hacked by Malicious Websites for Years, says Google
In what appears to be one of the deadliest attacks ever to grace the iOS land, Google has revealed a…
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News
Sendy has opened up its platform to include freight services
Kenya’s logistics platform Sendy has opened up its platform to include freight services from the inland container depot and long-haul…
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COLUMNS
[Column] Tearing down barriers for the growth of African rural e-commerce
The rise and growth of e-commerce in the world and primarily in Africa has created a lot of business opportunities,…
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CLOUD
Worley and AVEVA to Deliver First Cloud-Based Enterprise Resource Management Solution for EPC Market
Worley has selected AVEVA’s Enterprise Resource Management solution as its preferred materials management platform. The partnership combines Worley’s Engineering, Procurement…
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News
Bluetooth has a Serious Flaw that Exposes Millions of Devices Vulnerable to Attacks
Cybersecurity researchers have detailed a report that showcases a flaw in Bluetooth dubbed KNOB (Key Negotiation Of Bluetooth). KNOB allows an…
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Interviews
[Interview] Nokia wants a chunk of Kenya’s smartphone market, but it’s not easy
The Nokia brand is back. At least we will all agree to that led by Finnish player HMD Global. Nokia…
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News
Discover and Verve Launch Verve Global Card
Verve, a payments technology and card business in Africa, and Discover Global Network, the payments brand of Discover, have launched…
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Gadgets
Samsung Galaxy A10s Officially Announced with Dual Rear Cameras and a 4000mAh battery
Although the news comes at a time when the Note 10 buzz is still simmering, this is not as big…
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BUSINESS
[Column] Fintechs are disrupting the local traditional remittance market
Data from the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) shows that diaspora inflows in the country rose to Ksh30.4 billion ($295.3…
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News
Google Agrees to Let Rival Search Engines Bid to be Default on Android
In a bid to stay in compliance with EU’s scrutiny over the company’s anti-competitive practices, Google is finally letting go…
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BUSINESS
Three fintech startups admitted to Kenya’s Regulatory Sandbox
Three Kenyan fintech startups have been admitted to the Kenyan Capital Markets Regulatory Sandbox. The startups are Pezesha Africa, a…
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Gadgets
Samsung Galaxy Tab 6 to be Officially Announced Today
As usual to the South Korean tech giant, Samsung, the Galaxy Tablet is often launched before the #Unpacked event of…
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News
Apple is no Different! They also Hire Contractors to Listen to Your Siri Recordings
After German Google Assistant audios were leaked, it became clear that Google employs people to listen to your recordings. But…
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CLOUD
Cloud, an essential component for every African business
Cloud computing has been in existence for almost two decades now helping businesses stay secure from cyber threats. The technology…
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