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Infinix HOT 30 Review: The entry-level smartphone for gaming
Infinix HOT 30 Review: Infinix Kenya has officially launched the HOT 30 series, which includes the HOT 30, HOT 30…
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Kibo unveils new commuter motorcycle targeting young city dwellers
Kibo Africa, the Kenyan Motorcycle manufacturer has introduced a new offering aimed at reducing commute times for city dwellers. Dubbed…
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Payday re-launches in Rwanda, partners with Starlink to enable internet access
Pan-African payments startup PayDay has re-launched in Rwanda and announced a partnership that will enable Startlink customers to purchase their…
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Safaricom 5G coverage now available in 28 towns
Safaricom announced on Monday that it has increased its 5G coverage to 28 towns across 21 counties in the country.…
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inDrive launches Ksh. 2.3M hackathon seeking safety ideas in ride-hailing
inDrive, the ride-hailing company competing with Uber and Bolt for the urban market has launched an annual global hackathon seeking…
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Copia suspends its recently established Uganda operations
A few months after opening new facilities in Uganda, Copia now says it’s suspending its operations in the country. The…
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Shop Zetu Mini App now available on the M-PESA Super App
Fashion e-commerce Shop Zetu has partnered with Safaricom to launch the Shop Zetu Mini App on the M-PESA Super App.…
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Netflix has injected Sh23.5 billion into the production of African films since 2016
Movie streaming giant Netflix has spent KSh.23.5 billion ($175 million) in the production of films in Africa since it entered…
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dLocal launches new payment platform to boost African e-commerce transactions
dLocal has announced the launch of a new all-in-one payment solution to manage global platform payments in one place. Known…
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Mama Fua among seven startups awarded Ksh1 million each by Mozilla
Seven startups from Uasin Gishu county have received Ksh. 1 million each from Mozilla and the Gladys Boss Foundation to…
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Infinix Takes Mobile Gaming to New Heights with the All-New HOT 30 Series
Infinix Kenya has officially launched the HOT 30 series, which includes the HOT 30, HOT 30 Play, and HOT 30i…
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20th edition of East Africa Com tech event to be hosted in Nairobi
East Africa’s premier technology, telecommunication, media, and broadcasting event East Africa Com will return to Nairobi on 25-26 April after a…
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Konza and Moringa School Sign MoU to Support Jitume Program
Konza Technopolis Development Authority (KoTDA) and Moringa School have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to support the design and…
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Cisco, ICT Authority partner to train ICT professionals in the country
Networking giant Cisco has announced plans to train ICT professionals in the country through a new partnership with the ICT…
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BUSINESS
Mobile money taxation could hamper financial inclusion gains in Africa, report
In an increasingly digital economy, accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic, there has been greater collaboration between the private sector and…
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Zuri Health Launches digital outpatient service for SMEs
Zuri Health, the Kenyan health-tech has launched a new digital outpatient service designed specifically for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).…
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[Interview] VENCO’s Reagan Mbitiru on how the proptech startup is helping manage African properties
The adoption of technology in the real estate management sector is still a very infant idea. There aren’t many solutions…
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BUSINESS
KEBS highlights impact of standards on economic growth
The Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) has emphasized the critical role of standards in catalyzing business growth, enhancing efficiency, and…
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[Interview] Wasoko’s Neeti Kaushik on e-commerce and how the company is formalizing trade in Africa
Wasoko is one of Africa’s leading and most dynamic e-commerce platforms helping to make same-day deliveries of fast-moving consumer goods…
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BUSINESS
M-PESA Africa opens a $2 Million in Shared Service Operations Centre in Nairobi
M-Pesa Africa on Wednesday launched a Shared Service Operations Centre (SSOC) in Nairobi to oversee service operations and technical support.…
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Fawzia Ali appointed new Safaricom Chief Consumer Business Officer
Safaricom has confirmed the appointment of Fawzia Ali as its new Chief Consumer Business Officer. Fawzia has been holding the…
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Redmi 12C Unboxing and First Impressions Review: The perfect budget phone?
Redmi 12C Unboxing: Xiaomi last week announced the official launch of Redmi 12C, its latest entry-level smartphone into the Kenyan market.…
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Safaricom and Huawei Unveil 5G Experience Centres in Nairobi
Kenyas leading telco Safaricom has today partnered with Huawei to unveil three 5G experience centres across Nairobi. The three centres,…
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Startups Invited to Apply for iHub and Mastercard EdTech Accelerator Program
iHub Kenya has announced a partnership with Mastercard Foundation, aimed at empowering Edtech startups in Africa through an Accelerator Program.…
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The New Reno8 T 5G’s Ultra-Clear Imaging System Perfectly Captures the Details of Life
Equipped with the latest hardware updates and the newest portrait imaging features — including the brand-new Ultra-Clear Imaging System, OPPO…
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Itel A60 with 6.6 HD+ screen and 5000mAh battery officially launched
Itel has announced the launch of its most affordable 4G smartphone, the Itel A60 in Kenya and other African markets.…
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Microsoft and Liquid to bring connectivity to 20 million underserved people in Africa by 2025
Microsoft has entered into a new agreement with Liquid Intelligent Technologies to make internet coverage available to an additional 20…
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BUSINESS
6 Banks sign up to Safaricom’s SIM-swap check anti-fraud solution
Safaricom has announced that it has signed up 6 banks to its SIM-Swap-Check Anti-fraud solution. The solution provides banks with…
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Nokia G22, C32 and C22 officially launched – Specs, pricing and availability
HMD Global has unveiled three Nokia smartphones, Nokia G22, Nokia C32, and Nokia C22. Unveiled at the ongoing Mobile World…
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Xiaomi 13 series with Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC launches globally
After launching the Xiaomi 13 series in China back in December 2022, Xiaomi is now making them available for the…
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BUSINESS
Super Metro adds first electric bus to its fleet
Super Metro Sacco, one of Nairobi’s leading public transport operators, today announced the introduction of its first electric bus as…
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Oppo Reno 8T 5G Unboxing and First Impressions Review
Oppo Reno 8T 5G Unboxing: Oppo is expected to launch the Reno 8T series in Kenya this month. The series…
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Vendors and consumers turned to entry-level smartphones in 2022, realme
Entry-level smartphones helped some mobile vendors to keep up their shipment numbers in a tough year characterized by a general…
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Tecno Phantom X2 5G: Our three favorite features
Tecno Phantom X2 5G: Remember when Tecno announced they were finally bringing back the Phantom series after killing it for…
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Samsung Galaxy S23 series with Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC officially launched
Samsung has officially unveiled its latest devices in the S Series comprising the Galaxy S23 Ultra, Galaxy S23+, and Galaxy…
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[Interview] JuicyScore’s Mikhail Marchenko on why fintechs should invest in risk management solution
JuicyScore, a global leader in anti-fraud and risk management solutions entered the Kenyan market recently. The firm offers anti-fraud and…
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[Interview] Sendy’s Don Okoth on shaping the future of logistics and fulfillment in Africa
The logistics and fulfillment sector in Africa continues to thrive, driven by innovative technology that boosts efficiency and propels business…
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South African fintech Jumo appoints former ICT CS Joe Mucheru as president
JUMO, a South African fintech has appointed former ICT Cabinet secretary Joe Mucheru as the president. In his new role,…
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Startups
11 Startups Selected to Join Cohort 3 of ASIP Accelerator Program
Eleven African startups have been selected to join the third cohort of the Africa Startup Initiative Program (ASIP). The accelerator…
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CLOUD
Africa Data Centres breaks ground for new Sh2bn Sameer facility in Nairobi
Africa Data Centres has officially broken ground on an additional data centre facility in Nairobi. The new build will see…
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MediaTek Dimensity 9000 chipset supports up to 320MP camera sensors
The MediaTek Dimensity 9000 chipset is expected to power a number of flagship devices this year. Some of these devices…
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LG Announces 3rd Edition of its Ambassador Challenge
LG Electronics and Korea Food for the Hungry International (KFHI) have announced the opening of the 2023 LG Ambassador Challenge.…
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[Interview] MediaTek commits to increasing 5G adoption in Africa with affordable chipsets
Chipmaker MediaTek has announced its commitment to driving increased 5G adoption in Africa. In a recent interview with TechTrends Media,…
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BUSINESS
How to save easily for vacation or personal projects this year
Saving is probably one of the most beneficial yet toughest habits to adopt for many people. It is common for…
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Realme C30s Unboxing and First Impressions Review
realme C30s review: The realme C30s is the only smartphone in this segment to come with a side-fingerprint sensor and…
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Nigeria is working on a law recognizing cryptocurrency as legal tender
Nigeria’s House of Representatives is working on a law that may soon recognize cryptocurrency as legal tender, alongside other forms…
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Tanzania’s fintech NALA has expanded to 19 European countries
NALA, a Tanzanian fintech startup known for its remittance services to Africa has expanded to 19 more European countries. The…
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Solar energy provider Sun King Raises $70M investment to expand throughout Africa and Asia
Pan-African producer of solar energy Sun King has raised $70 million equity investment from LeapFrog Investments and other investors. Sun…
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MediaTek Dimensity 9000 chipset now available in East Africa: Here’s what’s new
Chipmaker MediaTek on Wednesday announced the arrival of its MediaTek Dimensity 9000 5G chipset in Kenya. The chipset is the…
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New program to equip local teachers with laptops launched
Casa da Louisa (CDL) has launched a new programme to equip teachers in public schools across Kenya with a laptop.…
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Asset Recovery Agency drops fraud charges against Nigerian fintech Kora
Kenya’s Asset Recovery Agency (ARA) has dropped fraud charges against Nigerian fintech Kora. The startup was in July accused of…
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Lipa Later to acquire popular e-commerce Startup Sky.Garden
Buy Now Pay Later (BNLP) company Lipa Later is acquiring troubled Kenyan e-commerce startup Sky.Garden. This comes about three weeks…
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Africa Data Centres to expand Sameer facility in Nairobi by 15MW of IT load
Africa Data Centres is expanding its Sameer facility in Nairobi by up to 15MW of IT load. The firm has…
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New Appointments
Businesswoman Mary Wambui appointed as Communications Authority chair
Mary Wambui Mungai has been appointed the new board chair of the Communications Authority of Kenya (CK) effective December 2,…
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Nigerian food-tech Orda raises $3.4 million seed round to digitize African restaurants
Nigerian food-tech platform Orda announced has raised a $3.4 million seed round to further digitize food businesses across the continent.…
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Fintech startup Hisa unveils real-time online stocks trading platform
Fintech startup Hisa has launched an application that allows Kenyans to invest in the stock market directly from their phones…
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Blockchain
More than 2000 developers joined the Polygon Africa Web3 Bootcamp
In September, blockchain platform Polygon opened applications for its Web3 Bootcamp targeting African developers. The Polygon Bootcamp and Hackathon was…
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Safaricom M-PESA Go for juniors explained
M-Pesa Go: A number of banks in Kenya offer what they call special kids savings accounts that enable young children…
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Liquid launches cyber security centre to help fight cyber crime in the country
Liquid Intelligent Technologies has launched a Cyber Security Fusion Centre (CSFC) in an effort to respond better to cyber threats.…
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LG to champion expansion of digital laundromats across the country
LG Electronics on Tuesday announced its commitment to champion the overall expansion of digital laundromats across the country and formalize…
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Gadgets
Itel brings camera focused itel S18 smartphone series to Africa
itel has officially launched its newest high-definition short video smartphone S18 Series in Kenya and other African markets comprising the…
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Epson is injecting KES 83 billion to support environmental sustainability
Japanese printing and information technology company Epson has set aside KES 83 billion to support environmental sustainability efforts over the…
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OPPO Reno8: Elevating the Reno Series to a New Level in Portrait Performance
Portrait photography and videography has been ingrained in the OPPO Reno series since its inception in 2019. With the launch…
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Cisco Networking Academy has trained more than 1.07 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa to date
Cisco has trained and upskilled more than 1.07 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa through its Cisco Networking Academy since it…
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Xiaomi plunges into the gaming market with a 75″ inch Redmi XT Gaming TV
Chinese manufacturer Xiaomi continues to raise the bar by launching products that directly go into competition with more established brands.…
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KCB and TerraPay partner to enhance cross-border remittances
KCB Bank Kenya customers will now be able to seamlessly receive funds from the diaspora to their accounts in Kenya,…
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[Interview] We’re driving Web3 adoption in Africa, Polygon’s Damilare says
Web3 is the latest iteration of the Internet that relies largely on blockchain technology, artificial intelligence, and machine learning (AI).…
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African Governments Urged to Establish Favorable Digital Laws and Policies
Governments across Africa have been urged to expand digital rights and inclusion on the continent by formulating favorable laws and…
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EzyAgric and Pezesha launch Buy Now Pay Later services for Ugandan agro-dealers
Kenyan fintech Pezesha has partnered with EzyAgric to launch a buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) scheme for agro-dealers all over Uganda. EzyAgric has…
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TECNO FAN Club Launched at The University of Nairobi
TECNO has partnered with the University of Nairobi to launch the TECNO Fan Club at the learning institution. The Fan…
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South African fintech JUMO launches Vela asset management engine
South African fintech JUMO has launched Vela, an asset management engine built to give investors access to real social impact…
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American Tower and Airtel Africa announce new communications sites partnership
Airtel Africa has announced that it will use African operations (ATC Africa) communications sites to support its network rollout across…
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Reviews
Redmi A1+ Unboxing and First Impressions Review
Redmi A1+ Unboxing: The was launched in Kenya last week. The entry-level smartphone runs Android Go and joins the range…
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Startups
All products purchased via Lipa Later will now be insured by insurtech firm Lami Technologies
Buy now, pay later (BNPL) company Lipa Later Group has partnered with Lami Technologies to offer its consumers affordable credit insurance…
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Safaricom officially goes live in Ethiopia
About 16 months after winning a telecom license to operate in Ethiopia, Safaricom has today finally gone live in the…
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Microsoft to support continuous transformation of Africa’s Financial Services Industry
Transforming the Financial Services landscape in Africa will be a critical driver of economic prosperity across the continent, a banking…
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How African Digital Heritage is using digital mapping to preserve Mau Mau history
Part of the indelible part of Kenya’s struggle for independence is the undignified and humiliating detention camps from which the…
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Showmax is offering 3 months free to customers who purchase Vision Smart TVs
Showmax and Vision Plus have partnered to give customers who buy a Vision Plus smart TV three free months of…
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Unicorn Growth Capital, EchoVC join Celo Foundation to support Web3 projects across Africa
Unicorn Growth Capital, an Africa-focused venture fund investing at the intersection of traditional finance (TradFi) and decentralized finance (DeFi), and EchoVC,…
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Reviews
Redmi Note 11 Pro Review: Worth Buying
Xiaomi officially launched the Redmi Note 11 series in Kenya back in February. The series comprised three models in total,…
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Twiva partners with Caroline Mutoko for MSMEs training
Caroline Mutoko and influencer-powered social commerce platform Twiva have partnered to highlight and train Kenyan Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises…
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Safaricom, NCPWD Link Persons with Disabilities with Job Opportunities Through Online Portal
Safaricom has partnered with the National Council of Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD) to connect persons with disabilities with job opportunities…
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Interviews
[Interview] We’re consolidating African retailers’ business needs in one easy-to-use platform, MarketForce CEO
As the e-commerce marketplace expands, new players are stepping in to make it easy for merchants to source products and…
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Pan-African social agency hosts climate justice capacitation workshops ahead of COP 27
Pan African social agency, Crtve DEVELOPMENT (CD) is hosting a series of training and sensitisation workshops to build a voice…
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Nokia announces new devices, introduces a recycling plan for smartphones
Nokia has announced the arrival of a new tablet, the Nokia T21 and three new smartphones, which the company says…
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Register your sim card before October 15th to avoid getting disconnected
At the beginning of the year, the Communications Authority (CA) reinforced its push to have mobile users register their sim…
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CYBER SECURITY
Cybersecurity is foundational for an economic recovery that works for all, says Dell
With citizens, governments, and businesses more dependent than ever on digital connectivity, one of the most pressing sectoral issues for…
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Startups
Nigerian fintech Grey raises $2M to simplify cross-border payments across Africa
Grey, a fintech started by two Nigerians to simplify sending and receiving foreign payments for Africans, has raised $2 million…
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Startups
Koolboks Closes $2.5M Seed Round to Scale Solar Refrigeration Across Africa
Koolboks, the sustainable cooling company providing accessible cold storage solutions to businesses across Africa, has closed a $2.5M Seed funding…
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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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List of LG products that can be controlled and monitored via a mobile App
As of May 2022, the total app downloads globally reached 36.9 billion in Q1 2022, a 1.4% increase compared to Q1…
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[Interview] Sara Badru: Tech programs shaping the foundation for women in digitally enabled jobs
As Kenya’s digital economy propels the country’s economic growth, a lot more needs to be done to prepare citizens and…
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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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OPPO announces a two-year multi-competition partnership with UEFA
OPPO has announced a partnership with UEFA across different UEFA competitions including the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Super Cup, UEFA…
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How Africa’s sports photography scene has evolved and what it’s like now
A brilliant capture speaks a thousand words. They are incredible moments in a game that showcase the sheer determination, perseverance,…
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Safaricom intends to build most of its technology in-house
Kenya’s leading telco Safaricom has revealed that it intends to ensure a huge percentage of the technology it uses is…
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Reviews
TECNO Camon 19 Pro: How Does it Compare With the Competition?
Tecno Camon 19 Pro is among the devices in the Camon 19 series that TECNO unveiled in the Kenya market…
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M-Pesa Pay Bill Numbers now accept Airtel and Telkom mobile money payments
Telkom and Airtel customers in Kenya will now be able to now make direct mobile money payments to an M-PESA…
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Infinix NOTE 12 VIP Review: Infinix went all in
The Infinix NOTE 12 VIP is quite an interesting device that Infinix unveiled into the Kenyan market back in May. …
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Realme 9 4G review: A mid-range champ but is it any good?
Realme 9 4G review: If you’re a realme smartphone user you probably already know what to expect from the company.…
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