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810 Million Women Still Offline as Mobile Gender Gap Persists, GSMA Warns
Women in low- and middle-income countries remain 12% less likely than men to use mobile internet, leaving 810 million unconnected,…
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Truecaller Launches of Travel eSIM Service
Truecaller has announced its entry into the travel eSIM segment through the launch of services aimed at travellers. The initiative…
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Samsung Opens One UI 9 Beta to Galaxy S26 Users
Samsung Electronics has started rolling out the beta version of One UI 9 for the Galaxy S26 lineup, giving users…
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M-KOPA Surpasses 1 Million Branded Smartphone Sales in Just 12 Months
Leading fintech M-KOPA has announced it has sold over 1 million of its branded smartphones within just 12 months of…
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Safaricom Pushes for Infrastructure Sharing to Bridge Africa’s Connectivity Gap
According to the latest data from GSMA, Sub-Saharan Africa remains the least connected region globally. While mobile internet access is…
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HMD Arc and HMD 130 Music Launched in Kenya
Human Mobile Devices (HMD), the makers of Nokia phones, has officially rolled out the HMD Arc and HMD 130 Music…
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Australia’s Fulgo Mobile Expands into Kenya, Appoints New Country Manager
Fulgo Mobile, an Australian-owned and operated mobile device company, has expanded to Kenya. As part of its expansion, the company…
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TRENDING
How Gen Z is Shaping the Future of Mobile
Gen Z has emerged as a key demographic in shaping the future of mobile technology, not just in Kenya but…
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Kenya’s Smartphone Financing Crisis: The Rise of Phone Flashing
Kenya’s smartphone financing sector faces significant challenges due to the rise of “phone flashing,” an illegal practice allowing users to…
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Vivo V40 Lite Officially Launched in Kenya
Vivo has today announced that the V40 Lite is available in the country, right off the heels of the main…
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Gadgets
Poco M6 Pro, C75 Set to Launch in Kenya
Poco is set to relaunch in the country with the unveiling of the Poco M6 Pro and the Poco C75.…
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Gadgets
Android 16 Launch Set for Early 2025: Everything You Need to Know
Google is changing the release timeline of its mobile operating system starting with Android 16(codename Baklava) next year. The tech…
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GSMA, ITU and World Bank partner to boost handset affordability
The GSMA, World Bank, and other global institutions have announced a new coalition to improve handset affordability for lower-income populations.…
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Gadgets
Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold6 and Z Flip6 with advanced AI features officially launched
Samsung on Wednesday officially announced its latest foldable smartphones, the Galaxy Z Fold6 and Galaxy Z Flip6. This year, Samsung…
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The Evolution of Mobile Phone Technology
Communication around the world has been a tale of change, a change that has never stopped unfolding. Since the days…
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New Mobile Termination Rates affected Safaricom’s half-year results
In August this year, the Communication Authority (CA) introduced new Fixed and Mobile Termination Rates (FTR and MTR). These are…
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Northern African Countries Have the Cheapest Data in the Continent, Report
A report analyzing mobile data costs across 233 countries has revealed that Israel has the cheapest data costs in the…
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BUSINESS
Airtel Kenya splits its mobile money business into a separate entity
The financial sector is undergoing a season of massive disruption occasioned by aggressive innovation. Offering financial services is no longer…
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Africa is Working to Abolish Roaming Charges, CS Mucheru
Mobile users in Africa could benefit from cheaper cross-border call rates if Kenya succeeds in its push to have telecoms…
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Samsung introduces Samsung Wallet to help users store their digital keys and more
Samsung has stepped into the growing development of e-wallet services with the launch of Samsung Wallet which was announced by…
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Reviews
Infinix HOT 12 Play vs TECNO Spark 8P: Who Takes The Crown?
Infinix HOT 12 Play vs TECNO Spark 8P: The Infinix HOT 12 series and the TECNO Spark are one of…
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We’re not killing the reverse call feature, Safaricom CEO says
Safaricom CEO Peter Ndegwa has refuted claims that the telco is planning to kill its reverse call service. The CEO…
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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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Apps
3 trends set to dominate African mobile apps in 2022
In 2021, the mobile industry in sub-saharan Africa continued to show incredible resilience against the impacts of Covid-19 and experienced…
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Apps
NRG, x-Mobility launch BeMobile calling app targeting African youths
NRG Media Group has launched BeMobile, a new mobile app targeting the African youth market. The app has been launched…
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Over Half World’s Population Now Using Mobile Internet, GSMA Report
GSMA has launched its global State of Mobile Internet Connectivity Report 2021 showing that, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, more than half of…
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Affordable devices a big opportunity in driving 4G migration in Africa
There are significant business opportunities in the mobile broadband space in building an ecosystem of affordable mobile devices to support…
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Gadgets
Qualcomm 215 Mobile Chipset for Budget Devices Announced
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 200 Series chipset for budget-oriented devices has finally received a revamp with a successor to the obsolete Qualcomm…
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Mobile content consumption in Kenya on the rise, Nendo report
Data consumption in Kenya is expected to hit the 1 billion gigabyte mark by 2022 with more Kenyans now consuming…
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80% of women in low- and middle-income countries are now mobile owner, GSMA Report
80 per cent of women in low- and middle-income countries are now mobile owners. This is according to the GSMA’s…
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Government and Private Sector to collaborate on Mobile Phone Data Protection & Privacy Framework
The Government has committed to work with telecommunications companies and civil society advocates to develop a data privacy and protection…
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Samsung is working on industry’s First 1TB memory chip for smartphones
Samsung now says it has begun production of industry’s first one-terabyte (TB) embedded UFS, for use in next-generation mobile applications.
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The 2019 trends impacting mobile on the African continent
According to the GMSA Mobile Economy 2018 report for sub-Saharan Africa, mobile subscribers rose by 44% in 2017 and this…
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COLUMNS
IT Leadership: These five technologies are transforming the travel experience
The whole notion of what today’s hyperconnected travellers want, and what they value, has changed. While cost, choice and convenience…
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More than half of Sub-Saharan Africa to be connected to mobile by 2025
More than half of the population of Sub-Saharan Africa will be connected to mobile service by 2025. This means there…
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COLUMNS
Guest Post: How Mobile Technology has changed how companies do business.
By Brenda Kimuyu, Guest Contributor Mobile technology has become very popular around the world in recent years. According to Statista, a…
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TECNO Mobile now Official Tablet and Handset Partner for Manchester City
Tecno Mobile has unveiled a new partnership with English Premier League side to their official to be the official tablet…
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COLUMNS
Key Features in the Successful Future of Android Development
Without a doubt, the world is going mobile. Some statistics shows that there are billions of Smartphone and mobile device…
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BUSINESS
5 Ways Technology Trends Have Shaped the Travel Sector
Different sectors have experienced the reign of technological innovations in different ways, but perhaps it’s the travel sector that has…
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News
Samsung already feeling the effects of the Galaxy Note7 Recall And Sales Halt
You are all aware of how Samsung was forced to make a global recall of the Galaxy Note7. This was…
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African startups can now apply for the GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator Innovation Fund
The GSMA Mobile 360 series finally came to an end last week in Tanzania. The 2-day conference brought together industry…
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mi-Fone objects to Xiaomi entering Africa with similar name
mi-Fone the FIRST African Mobile Devices brand objected to Chinese Smartphone giant Xiaomi and their African distributor upcoming plans to…
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Security Dominates as Middle East and Africa Healthcare Goes Mobile
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) healthcare market is seeing the widespread deployment of mobile technologies, with the short-term outlook…
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BUSINESS
Stima sacco launches m-pawa, a revolutionary mobile solution
By Nixon Kanali, TechTrendsKE Stima Sacco has unveiled a new service that will see its members access an array of…
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COLUMNS
Hellofood: How mobile devices provide content for foodies
According to Mobile Marketer, “the average smartphone user consistently has only about 26 apps on their device at any given…
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Startups
Startups: SokoText changing lives of small and medium enterprises via SMS
After featuring Olivine Technologies, a Kenyan Startup that specializes in the design and development of software solutions for small and medium…
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COLUMNS
How can Africa’s financial services industry become more mobile?
The mobile has proven itself as a major disruptive power within Africa’s financial services industry. Around a billion African consumer…
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Startups
Startups: M-Translate, the New Alternative to Google Translate
A new startup wants to revolutionize how you translate information online into different languages. Through their Mobile Translate service ,…
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Apps
Ebola Survivors Across West Africa Share Life-Saving Tips Via Mobile App
#ISurvivedEbola the groundbreaking West African multimedia campaign, has launched a new, interactive mobile app that allows Ebola survivors to connect…
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