Author: Kaluka wanjala

One of the latest wearables from Huawei, the Huawei Watch 3, is finally available in Kenya for Ksh 65,000. This is quite a premium price and you expect premium performance and reliability from this watch. This smartwatch promises amazing battery life with Huawei promising up to 14 days on a single charge. I have used other Huawei wearables before and they do get close to this and I am confident the Watch 3 can get close to that too. The Huawei Watch 3 has a 1.43-inch AMOLED display that has a resolution of 466×466 pixels. The display is covered with…

LG is regularly upgrading its TV line-up and in 2021 there have been some new features added to the LG TVs. The LG TVs are already on top of the market and upgrading them with new features means that it will even be better than the previous series. In this post, we will be highlighting some of the new features you should expect to get on the 2021 LG TV series. AI Picture Pro With the 2021 LG OLED series, you can get clear and vivid images thanks to the updated AI tone mapping algorithm and scene analysis. In addition…

A freelance dance choreographer who also doubles up as an MC and hype man has been named the winner in the just-concluded “Paca Dance Challenge” – a collaboration between LG Electronics and Ubisoft’s Just Dance via TikTok in Kenya. 26-year old James Kimani, a student of Business Information and Technology at Strathmore University, was voted winner by fans for his enthralling dance style and creative and fun-filled videos. Kimani, who is also an LG 100 Club Influencer, takes home the grand prize of an LG NanoCell TV 55 INCH NANO 79 Series from LG’s latest stable of AI-enabled home entertainment…

The Ministry of ICT, Innovation and Youth Affairs has today launched an AJIRA Digital Club at the Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology in a bid to reach more youth and expand footprints of the AJIRA Digital Program across the country. The club that will be run by students, will act as additional training, incubation and mentorship forum that help equip the students to access digital and digitally-enabled job opportunities. “The Ministry seeks to empower more Kenyan Youth with skills that will enable them to earn from digital and digitally-enabled jobs. We want to create more opportunities in the gig…

Usiku Games has unveiled the first of its kind amateur football mobile game to promote outdoor physical activities and encourage sportsmanship among youths in East Africa. The mobile football game, dubbed Footah, aims to transpose what the youth learn from the physical football pitch to a virtual gaming space as they continue to learn critical life-changing values such as fair play, self-confidence, sportsmanship, teamwork, discipline, and social diversity. The mobile game was developed through a public private partnership between GIZ Regional Project “Sport for Development in Africa” (on behalf of the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development, BMZ) and Usiku…

The Infinix Zero X Pro is one of the latest smartphones from the company to launch in Kenya. The phone is currently available in stores for Ksh 37,000. This is currently the most expensive smartphone from the company available in Kenya. The Infinix Zero X Pro comes with a 108MP main camera at the back which has a 60X periscope moonshot camera and Infinix’s Galileo Algorithm Engine, a top-notch software feature allowing a high resolution looking shot of the Moon. Users can capture a crisp image of the moon using Infinix’s “Super Moon Mode” combined with the 108MP OIS main…

The Tecno Camon 18 Premier is the latest from Tecno and is currently available in stores for around Ksh 39,000. The is the premium version in the Camon 18 series. The others are the Camon 18 and the Camon 18p. In this post, I will be comparing the Tecno Camon 18 Premier to the Samsung Galaxy A52. These two devices have a number of similarities with some key differences that set them apart. Both these are mid-range devices from their respective manufacturers. The A52 has been in the market for a while while the Camon 18 Premier is the latest…

The Infinix Zero X Pro undoubtedly comes with a very superior camera seen on any smartphone from the company. This was the key selling point when the company launched the phone a few weeks back. The Infinix Zer0 X Pro is available in Kenya for around Ksh 37,000. This is the most expensive smartphone from the company available in the country at the moment and from what the camera delivers, it is worth that amount. The one stand out feature when it comes to the Zero X Pro’s camera is the SuperMoon mode. This lets you capture the moon is…

The OPPO Reno6 5G battery has been ranked as the best globally by the Dxomark Battery ranking with a score of 96, amongst 40 smartphones tested to date. OPPO Reno6 5G equipped with 65W SuperVOOC 2.0 fast-charge technology can be charged to an indicated 100% in 29 minutes and an actual full charge in 35 minutes. This is one of the reasons for scoring 109 in the charging performance category. DXOMARK’s test also shows that the device can gain over 10 hours of autonomy with just a 5-minute charge when the battery level is under 50% capacity, providing quick-boost autonomy ahead of…

All of us use our phone in realtime and interact with them more frequently than with any other devices.  A study of 11k RescueTime users (a software company) found that people spend around 3 hours and 15 minutes a day on phones. Device makers must then set aside the assumption that people are interacting with just a flat, glass screen.  A device that most of us look at first thing in the morning and only let go when we sleep needs to be an extension of who we are. Hence why design of mobile phones apart from functionality has become…