Author: Kaluka wanjala

Late last year, a number of Safaricom Home Fibre customers started experiencing slow speeds on the network. Most people reported having problems using Home Fibre if a device in their network was downloading something. This should not happen in my opinion as we download things from the internet regularly and this does not mean that when this is happening, no one in our network should be able to use it. This is something you expect in 2014 but not 2018 or 19. The weird bit about all this was that sometimes you could be updating an app on your phone…

Lava, an Indian phone manufacturer, has officially entered the Kenya market. The phone manufacturer officially introduced its affordable smartphone line to the country yesterday saying that this is part of its aggressive business expansion in international markets. Besides Kenya, the company will also expand to Nigeria, Ghana and Sudan. Some of the company’s phone are already available in Kenya through offline retail stores and online through Jumia. These are bound to shake the entry level market segment that is currently dominated by the Transsion Group. For the consumers, the more players there are, the better it is as prices will…

The latest smartphone to launch in Kenya is the Huawei Y7 Prime 2019. This phone was officially launched yesterday and is currently available on pre-order through Jumia and offline retail stores. The Y7 2019 replaces the Huawei Y7 Prime 2018 that we reviewed last year. learn what Huawei is saying about this phone here. So, what does the new Huawei Y7 Prime 2019 have to offer? Let’s find out. The Huawei Y7 Prime 2019 is competing with the Infinix Hot 6X, OPPO A3S, Tecno Camon 11 and Samsung Galaxy j6+. The phone comes with a few upgrades when compared to…

Huawei has today unveiled its latest smartphone into the country. This smartphone, the Huawei Y7 Prime 2019 is currently available on pre-order through Jumia and through offline stores. You can learn more about this phone here. The Huawei Y7 Prime 2019 will be available on pre-order from today to February 7. Its recommended retail price will be Ksh 17,999. The company says those who want to pre-order this phone can do so through Jumia or through offline stores. The Huawei Y7 Prime 2019 is the successor to the Y7 Prime 2018 and comes with upgraded cameras, a snapdragon processor and…

Snapchat was at one time a force to reckon with and some internet giants like Facebook even took notice. The app was very popular with the younger generation and people thought that it would take over the market and pose serious threats to established platforms like Facebook and Instagram. When Snapchat launched, one of its differentiating features was the private nature of snaps and the disappearing snaps. This was and still is different from what we are used to seeing on other social platforms that we are accustomed to. These differences did not help Snapchat so much as the app…

HMD Global has added the Nokia 3.1 Plus to its growing list of Nokia smartphones available in Kenya. The company has announced that the Nokia 3.1 Plus is available in Kenya for Ksh 17,500 and this means that it will compete with devices such as the Tecno Camon 11, Infinix Note 5 and the soon to be announced Huawei Y7 Prime 2019. HMD Global has been working hard to flood the market with Nokia smartphones and the 3.1 Plus is the latest one. Late last year, we saw the company launch the Nokia 5.1 Plus and the Nokia 7.1 Plus.…

For those of you who use WhatsApp for web, you may be happy to know that the company is updating it with a few improvements and security fixes. One of the main addition is the inclusion of picture-in-picture support a feature that has been available on its mobile apps for ages. Back to WhatsApp for web, WABetaInfo is reporting that the feature is available in version 0.3.2041 of the service. “WhatsApp has finally submitted a new update for the web platform, giving the possibility to use the Picture in Picture feature for videos hosted on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and Streamable,”…

Facebook is one of the most popular applications out there. Its official app for Android has been downloaded over 1 billion times from the Google Play Store. This is one of the handful of the apps that has crossed the 1 billion mark. Besides Facebook, some of the other popular apps are Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp. These are some of the most downloaded and used applications out there and they are all owned by Facebook. The company has dominated the social media space but it is far from done. It has been revealed that Facebook has plans to integrate the…

If you are into Android customization, you may have come across some icon packs at some point. There are free ones, which are really good by the way, and paid ones which you can all get on the Google Play Store. If you have been eyeing some premium Android Icon packs but have not yet pulled the trigger to buying them, you may be happy to know that there are five of them that are currently available for free for a limited time. These Icon packs are usually listed to $1 (Ksh 100 or thereabouts) but you can now get…

Safaricom’s M-PESA Global has been shortlisted for the Global Mobile Awards 2019 (GLOMO Awards). The service which was launched in November last year has been nominated under the Best Mobile Innovation for Commerce. M-PESA global allows all M-PESA customers to send money to any individual across the world through a variety of channels including directly into their bank accounts, and for pick up at more than 500,000 Western Union agent locations. “We launched M-PESA Global as part of our strategy to open up M-PESA to the world. The fact that it has been recognised at a global event that is…