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Users in Africa hit by new malicious WhatsApp mod
A new malicious version of a popular WhatsApp messenger mod dubbed YoWhatsApp is doing rounds targeting users in the META…
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BUSINESS
Make Your Back to School Easy With Equity
It is a no-brainer that the Back-to-school season can be a hectic period for parents, guardians, and students as they…
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Gadgets
TECNO Among the First to Make Android 13 Beta Available on Its Latest CAMON 19 Pro 5G
At the Google I/O 2022 held from May 11 to 12, Google officially unveiled Android 13 Beta 2, the new…
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Chinese Phone Brands Dominate the African Smartphone Market, Report
A report by the International Data Corporation (IDC) shows that Chinese smartphone manufacturer Transsion is the leading seller in the…
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Sasini to start using drones for fertilizer application and chemical spraying on its Kipkebe tea farm
Sasini will soon start using drones for fertilizer application and chemical spraying on its Kipkebe tea farm. The firm has…
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TECNO Spark 9 Pro Review: A budget champ
The TECNO Spark 9 Pro has been with us for about a month now. The series was launched alongside the…
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Apps
Pocket App Is Our Favorite Offline Reading App, Here’s Why
Mozilla in partnership with Aga Khan University made its brand new Pocket app available in Kenya a couple of weeks…
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Reviews
The OPPO Find X5: Our Three Favorite Features
OPPO brought its flagship device, the FIND X5 to Kenya about a month ago, quite an interesting device featuring a…
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Technology and innovation at the core of Equity Bank’s success
Africa is undergoing a season of rapid growth, characterized by innovative ideas that are crafting solutions to local problems. This…
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YouTube says Kenyan Creators Are Yet to Fully Exploit the Platform for Profit
Kenyan creators are making less money from YouTube than they should, the company has revealed. According to Addy Awofisayo, the…
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Reviews
Oppo Reno7 4G Review
Oppo Reno7 4G Review: This is one of the two Oppo Reno7 series launched in Kenya by Oppo recenlty. The…
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A local celebrities roast show is coming to Showmax this July
17 Kenyan comedians, 10 Kenyan celebrities in the hot seat, one stage and a series of brutal and hilarious roasts.…
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BUSINESS
Telkom and Lipa Later partner to launch device financing plan
Telkom Kenya and Buy-Now-Pay-Later company Lipa Later have today announced device financing that will make it easier for Kenyans to…
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Featured
Want To Try Crypto Gambling? Here’s All You Need To Know First
Crypto gambling is the latest trend in the world of online gambling. The main reason that it’s so popular is…
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Why you need a fulfillment service for your online business
Running an online business demands a lot. First, you have to find the right niche. This involves a lot of…
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OPPO’s Flagship Find X5 Series Launching in Kenya This Week
Oppo is bringing its flagship Find X5 series to Kenya. The company plans to unveil this series on Thursday, 16th…
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Apps
Boomplay has launched in Ivory Coast, its 6th African country
Music streaming platform Boomplay has commenced operations in Côte d’Ivoire Ivory Coast, expanding its African reach to six countries. The…
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SWVL pauses daily operations in Nairobi
Swvl has announced that it is pausing its daily and city to city rides in Kenya. The mass transit and…
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News
This new feature will protect Safaricom customers from unauthorized sim swap
Over the last couple of weeks, there have been overwhelming reports of Kenyans getting their SIM cards illegally swapped, leading…
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New Appointments
Jack Ngare Leaves Microsoft ADC for Google Cloud
Former Managing Director of Microsoft Africa Development Centre (ADC) Jack Ngare has moved to Google Cloud Office as Technical Director…
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Gadgets
Huawei Launches Business to Business Devices
Huawei Mobile Kenya has launched a set of business to business products for the East African market. The company has…
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News
Showmax ramps up investment in Kenya with four new originals in 2022
Showmax has unveiled four new Kenyan Original productions to be released in 2022. The impressive slate includes Kenya’s first Christmas…
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Safaricom revamps its data plans, to offer 100% more data at no extra cost
Safaricom has today made some adjustments to its data plans. With the new changes, customers are set to enjoy up…
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Gadgets
Comparison: Xiaomi 12 series or Iphone 13 series?
Design: The iPhone 13 definitely has an iconic design and looks very modern thanks to its flat borders. But most…
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Featured
3 Amazing Facts about King Kaka
Although King Kaka may not be a name that you’re familiar with, he’s an extremely popular musician in Kenya. Real…
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BUSINESS
Equity adds some new features to its USSD service
Equity Bank has made some new updates to its USSD service (*247#). The bank says the newly updated USSD will…
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Gadgets
Infinix’s first 5G smartphone launching soon
5G is already going commercial in most countries especially in Africa. In countries like Kenya, telcos like Safaricom which launched…
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BUSINESS
Equity rolls out One Till Number platform, works with all mobile wallets
Equity has introduced a new product they are calling One Till Number. The product, a first in the Kenyan market,…
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BUSINESS
PayPal withdrawals via Equity Bank will now take 24 hours
Equity Bank has reduced the duration it takes to settle PayPal withdrawals from 3 Business days to just 24 hours.…
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Social Media
Nigeria lifts Twitter ban after 7 months
Nigeria “indefinitely suspended” Twitter ‘s operations in the country on June 4 last year after the company deleted President Buhari’s…
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News
Digital Payments in Kenya Grow Beyond Pandemic-Led Push, Cellulant
Digital payments have shifted from being a nice-to-have for businesses to a necessity as more consumers prefer digital platforms as…
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News
[Updated] Safaricom Lipa Mdogo Mdogo Flexible 4G Smartphone Financing Plan Explained
Safaricom launched its much-awaited flexible smartphone financing plan in July last year. The campaign, precisely known as Lipa Mdogo Mdogo,…
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Samsung Partners With Government of Rwanda To Equip Coding Academy
Samsung Electronics has announced a new partnership with the Government of Rwanda through the Ministry of ICT and the Ministry…
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[This Week in Tech] Wapi Pay founders step down from their roles
This has been quite an interesting week in tech in Africa. We covered a number of great announcements here at…
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BAKE Awards 2021 Officially Launched, Here’s How To Submit Your Blog
BAKE Awards are back. The Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE) has announced the launch of the BAKE Awards 2021. The annual…
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News
Equity Group’s Finserve Africa Bags 2021 E-Commerce Award
Equity Group’s fintech subsidiary, Finserve Africa, has been named the best in E-commerce – Banking/Financial and Insurance Services Gold Category…
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Gadgets
This concept video introduces the upcoming ‘iPhone 13’ Lineup
By now, we all probably know that Apple might be releasing the iPhone 13 in September – that’s next month.…
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Sub-Saharan Africa to reach 70 million 5G subscriptions by 2026, Ericsson
Ericsson projects that 5G mobile subscriptions will exceed 580 million by the end of 2021, driven by an estimated one…
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BUSINESS
Blockchain-powered fintech Telcoin expands its digital remittance service to 15 new markets including Kenya
Telcoin, a blockchain-powered fintech disrupting the US$700 billion international remittance industry, has extended its digital money transfer service to 23 additional mobile…
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BUSINESS
PayTabs Egypt wins Best E-Payment Solution at Entrepreneur Middle East’s Leaders in Fintech Awards 2021
PayTabs Egypt, which set up operations in Cairo nearly a year and a half ago has received the prestigious “Best…
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News
Nigerians found using Twitter will be arrested and prosecuted
Nigeria “indefinitely suspended” Twitter ‘s operations in the country on Friday after the company deleted President Buhari’s tweet. “The Federal…
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98% of Equity’s transactions in Q1 were on digital platforms
98% of all Equity Bank’s transactions are on digital platforms according to the bank’s 2021 Q1 results released recently. EazzyNet,…
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News
Tecno Camon 17 Pro vs Samsung Galaxy A32: Who takes the crown?
Tecno Mobile officially launched its Camon 17 series smartphones in the local market about 3 weeks ago. The devices in…
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Reviews
Infinix HOT 10T Review
Infinix HOT 10T Review: The HOT series is one of Infinix’s most popular smartphone lineups in Kenya. This series has…
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News
Vivo Y20 Review: Good specs for a 14k Device
Vivo Y20 Review: Mid-range phones are becoming very popular in Kenya. Most smartphone manufacturers have been releasing a number of…
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Gadgets
Infinix HOT 10T Launched in Kenya With 6.82-inch 720p 90Hz Display, 5000mAh Battery from KES 15,499
Infinix has just launched its new HOT series phone in Kenya – Infinix HOT 10T. It’s yet another device under…
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Social Media
Former US President Trump Launches His Highly-Anticipated ‘Social Media Platform’
Former US President Donald Trump has launched his highly-anticipated ‘social media platform.’ To many people’s surprise, however, this is not…
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Reviews
Infinix HOT 10 Play Review: Could it be your next Ksh 15,000 Smartphone?
Infinix HOT 10 Play Review:: Infinix is one of the popular smartphone companies in Kenya. The company’s main focus on…
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Gadgets
Best Phones in Kenya Under KES 10,000 [April 2021]
Smartphones aim at different consumers with a wide range of price tags. There is always something for everyone. Some cost…
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News
Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Series Coming to Kenya on April 10
A month after making its global debut, the Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Series is coming to Kenya. Xiaomi’s local office…
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News
Mobile Subscriptions in Kenya Grow Past 60 Million for the First Time
Mobile subscriptions in Kenya have continued to grow quarter by quarter, majorly attributed to multi-SIM registration. In the three months…
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All Smartphones on Offer in Telkom Kenya’s Easter Device Promo
Telkom Kenya is offering a variety of devices as part of its Easter Device promo. The devices included range from…
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Telkom Kenya Announces Easter Device Promotion
Telkom Kenya has announced new offers on a variety of devices as part of its Easter promotion. The telco will…
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BUSINESS
Newly signed Equity SME guarantees to benefit more women owned SMEs
A bulk of the recently signed SME guarantees by Equity Bank totaling Kshs 52.25 Billion will go towards supporting women-owned…
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Here’s how you can watch today’s Samsung Galaxy Unpacked event
Samsung has already sent out invitations for another Galaxy Unpacked event set for March 17. In Kenya, the local office…
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News
Celebrating Kenyan women excelling in the tech space
According to the World Bank, Africa is the only continent where female entrepreneurs outnumber their male counterparts. In Kenya, 48%…
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Social Media
Facebook Bans Myanmar Military Group after Coup
Facebook has indefinitely banned a Myanmar military group that staged a coup on February 1st, overthrowing the rightfully elected government.…
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News
A Market Opportunity: How eSport Betting Continues to Develop In Africa
Even before the Covid-19 pandemic that hit the world nearly for the entirety of 2020, eSport betting was thriving. It…
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News
Facebook’s ‘Supreme Court’ will Review Trump’s Indefinite Suspension
Facebook’s oversight board, formed last year, will look at the social media company’s decision to suspend the account of former…
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Social Media
YouTube Suspends Trump’s Channel
Last week’s storm at the US Capitol has given US President Donald Trump an uneasy time in his country, as…
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Social Media
Twitter Permanently Bans Trump
Twitter has banned current US President Donald Trump from its platform, citing the risk of further violence incitement. The permanent…
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News
Global Smartphone Production to Reach 1.36 Billion Units in 2021, Report
2020 was a tough year for various industries around the globe owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. The smartphone market wasn’t…
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Gadgets
Wearable Device Market Grows Massively from July to September
Wearables are slowly but steadily becoming part of our daily lives, including fitness bands, smartwatches, and the broad hearable category.…
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Reviews
Tecno Spark 5 Pro Review
Tecno Spark 5 Pro Review: Tecno Mobile officially unveiled the Tecno Spark 5 Pro in Kenya this month. This launch…
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Gadgets
OPPO A93 Confirmed to Launch on October 26 in Kenya
OPPO is set to introduce OPPO A93 in Kenya this month. The A93 is the latest addition to the A…
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BUSINESS
Mobile Subscriptions in Kenya Rise to 57 Million
The Communication Authority of Kenya, CA, has released the latest Sector Statistics report giving an overview of the general performance…
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Paul Ducklin: Securing you IoT devices at home
Paul Ducklin, Principal Research Scientist at Sophos, offers some tips for keeping IoT devices and other connected computers secure at…
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BUSINESS
Fraud in the banking industry: What are banks doing about it?
Chances are you have at least received a call once or twice from people claiming to be representatives from your…
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CYBER SECURITY
Google Announces Initiative to Solve Security Issues in non-Pixel Phones
In the past three years or so, Google has ramped up Android updates and security patches to third-party vendors. The…
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BUSINESS
PayPal Deposits and Withdrawals Services via M-PESA to be Briefly Unavailable on Monday
Safaricom’s M-PESA and PayPal ‘s team are planning service maintenance on the 5th of October, next Monday. The service maintenance…
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TECNO Camon 16 Premier Review
The Tecno Camon 16 Premier went on sale in the Kenyan market about three weeks ago. The device is a…
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News
Infinix ZERO 8 Review
Infinix ZERO 8 Review: Infinix’s flagship device for the year 2020 is now selling in Kenya. Infinix is selling it…
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Gadgets
TECNO Camon 16 Premier VS Realme 6: Which one should you buy?
TECNO Camon 16 Premier and Realme 6 (Review) have both been unveiled in the Kenyan market barely a month ago.…
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Social Media
TikTok sued for patent infringement by rival Triller
TikTok, the social network and video sharing platform is being sued for patent infringement. Rival Triller (less well-known than TikTok…
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Reviews
Asus Zenbook Duo UX481 review
ASUS ZenBook Duo (UX481) Review: ASUS launched its groundbreaking 14-inch ZenBook Duo (UX481) laptop featuring the new ASUS ScreenPad™ Plus…
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Featured
realme 6 Review: Some good value for money
Realme 6 Review: Realme finally entered the Kenyan market. The company, one of the fastest-growing smartphone brands in the world…
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Gadgets
The Real Cost of Buying Cheap Chinese Smartphones
It’s apparent that smartphones are getting cheaper by the day, at least in the lower market segment, a trend that’s…
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Reviews
Some Quick Thoughts on the Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 Gaming Laptop
If you’re a gamer, chances are that you have heard about the new Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 gaming laptop. Asus…
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Gadgets
Realme Smartphone Brand Launches in Kenya
Realme, which is for sure one of the world’s fastest-growing smartphone brands is now available in Kenya. The company’s entrance…
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Reviews
Infinix NOTE 7 Review: Great features, Good Pricing
Infinix NOTE 7 Review: We have been playing around with the Infinix NOTE 7 for about two weeks now. The…
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Reviews
OPPO A92 Review: Deserves your consideration
OPPO A92 Review: OPPO made the OPPO A92 officially available in the Kenyan market in May this year. Well, we…
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BUSINESS
Kenya’s Mobile Penetration Hits Record High As Safaricom and Telkom Lose Market Share
The Communication Authority of Kenya (CAK) has released a new Sector Statistics report detailing how the ICT sector performed in…
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COLUMNS
[Column] Technology has the potential to transform Kenya’s agricultural sector
Kenya’s agriculture sector has grown by 4.8% annually since 2012 with its share of GDP at 33% as of 2016.…
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COLUMNS
[Opinion] Restriction on the use of U.S technology and its impact on the tech ecosystem
Day by day, our lives become more digital. We use digital technology in everything from cooking to communications. As the…
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BUSINESS
Africa’s Smartphone Market Suffers Worst Decline Since 2015
It’s apparent that the covid-19 pandemic has negatively affected various industries around the world. For the smartphone market, the latest…
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Gadgets
Vivo V19 Launched In Kenya for Ksh 40,999
Vivo has officially launched its cutting-edge selfie citric smartphone, the vivo V19 in Kenya. The device will be available for…
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Reviews
Some Quick Thoughts On The Budget Nokia C2
Nokia C2 Review: Nokia C2 is already selling in the Kenyan local market. The phone is among the budget phones…
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News
Vivo V19 With A Dual Punch Hole Camera Is Coming To Kenya
Vivo is bringing the vivo V19 smartphone to Kenya. The phone was first introduced in April globally and is now…
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Reviews
ASUS ZenBook 14 (UX434F) Review: Premium Laptop With An Extra Display
ASUS ZenBook 14 UX434F Review: In November last year, I did a quick review of the Asus ZenBook Pro Duo.…
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Gadgets
TECNO Pouvoir 4 Set To Launch in Kenya Soon
TECNO Mobile Kenya is planning to launch TECNO Pouvoir 4 soon. It’s the latest phone from its Pouvoir line and…
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COLUMNS
[Column] Never Normal is the New Normal: A supply chain perspective
Disruptions can come in many sizes. From those smaller, everyday disruptions of machines going down, unexpected orders, suppliers missing, or shorting…
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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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BUSINESS
StarTimes new online platform, StarTimes GO, will allow customers to shop from their TVs
Pay Television provider StarTimes Kenya has introduced an online shopping platform for its customers. Named StarTimes GO, the platform will…
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Gadgets
The Hottest New Gaming Tech Takeaways From CES 2020
The annual CES event for 2020 was recently held in Los Angeles. Arguably the biggest tech event of the year,…
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BUSINESS
Airtel Kenya Is The Only Telco That Grew Its Mobile Subscriptions Market Share In Q2 2019/2020
The latest insight report into the mobile subscription industry reveals rather shocking details. The Communications Authority of Kenya in its…
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News
Kenyans Deposited Nearly Ksh.607B Via Mobile Money In Q2 2019/2020, Report
Mobile money usage in Kenya has continued to grow in the country tied to its convenience. Using the platforms, you…
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Gadgets
Smartphones Under Ksh 10,000 Are Most Popular In Kenya
The Kenyan smartphone market is quite diverse, like in other markets. There are many devices spanning across almost any price…
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Reviews
Vivo Y19 Review: Could have been better
Vivo Y19 Review: vivo launched the vivo Y19 smartphone into the Kenyan market in January this year. The device is…
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News
TECNO Mobile Opens Pre-Orders For The Camon 15
TECNO Mobile has been teasing the Camon 15 smartphone in Kenya for a few weeks now. The company had not…
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Startups
This Kenyan Ed-tech startup wants to train teachers on digital content creation amidst Coronavirus concerns
The coronavirus outbreak has brought the world to a standstill. The virus, which started in China before spreading to different…
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News
Shopify Joins Facebook-led Libra Association, Months After High Profile Members Exit
Facebook Libra has received the first new member, ever since the exit trend kicked off in the wake of regulatory…
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