Author: Kaluka wanjala

Another week, another Android Pie update from HMD Global. This latest update is rolling out to the Nokia 5.1 which you can get in Kenya for as low as Ksh 17,000 on Masoko. The phone has been available in the country since late last year and is part of Nokia’s growing mid-range family. The Nokia 5.1 gets Android Pie update that comes less than a week after the company pushed it out to one of its other smartphone, the Nokia 3.1. At this point, HMD Global seems to be the only serious company when it comes to pushing out Android…

Google has announced the third Launchpad Accelerator Africa class that will start on 1 April 2019. The Launchpad Accelerator was first announced in 2017 and is part of Google’s initiatives that support the African entrepreneurial ecosystem. Last year, two Kenyan startups were part of this class and this year the number has doubled to 4 startups from different sectors. Besides the three Kenyan startups, there are other 7 startups from 5 other African countries including Egypt, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Uganda. Here are the four Kenyan startups that will be part of this class. Data Integrated Limited (Kenya): Automates…

The Infinix Hot 7 series has finally been launched in Kenya. The phone comes in two variants, one with 1GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage space and the other one has 2GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage space. These two phones have been up on pre-order through InfinixMall and now are available to buy for Ksh 9,999 for the 1GB variant and Ksh 10,999 for the 2GB variant. You will be able to buy these phones through Infinixmall or through Infinix retail stores countrywide. The phones are not available through Jumia or Kilimall and I am…

Last week, Amitruck, a mobile app connecting pick-ups, truckers and shippers was launched in Kenya. The mobile phone application is seen as a key catalyst in transforming the transportation of goods in the country. The application will help improve the working relationships between truck owners and their drivers. The app’s name originates from the French word ‘ami’ meaning friend, Amitriuck uses mobile and cloud technology to provide a friendly, efficient and affordable way to the customer to deliver goods of all sizes across Kenya and neighbouring markets by accessing their fleet/network of trucks in the mobile app. Speaking during the…

Huawei introduced the Y6 Prime 2019 smartphone to the Kenyan market earlier this week. The phone is on pre-order through Kilimall and will be available through the ecommerce and other offline stores for Ksh 13,499. The Huawei Y6 Prime 2019 is the second Y Series smartphone the company has launched in Kenya this year. The other one was the Huawei Y7 Prime 2019 that is available in the country for around Ksh 17,999. The Huawei Y6 Prime 2019 is the smaller brother to this and you can tell that from the price and from its specifications. So, what does the…

We rarely see Android updates roll out to smartphones under Ksh 14,000. Most of the smartphones within this price range come with the latest version of Android out of the box. There are some that still get updated but the list is not that long. HMD Global is one manufacturer that has been updating its devices with the latest Android versions and the latest one is the Nokia 3.1. The company is pushing out Android 9.0 Pie, the latest version of Android, to this smartphone across the globe. The Nokia 3.1 is not the cheapest smartphone by HMD Global to…

Sending files to your friends or colleagues can be an easy process or can be very complicated depending on the file size and even distance between the two of you. There are a number of file sharing services out there, some free and some you have to pay for, but they are all there to address the needs of different users. Mozilla wants a share of this sector and has launched its own file sharing service. This new service is called Firefox send and lets users upload files to the service and then they can share the URL with others.…

Over the years, we have seen different versions of Windows, Microsoft’s Operating System. Windows is the widely used Operating System and has evolved to what we have today, Windows 10. Before Windows 10, we had Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. These were not popular versions of the OS as they were seen to be very different from earlier versions such as Windows 7. Most people did not want to upgrade to Windows 8 or 8.1 saying that they would rather wait for the next version which at that time was not in active development. With the release of Windows 10,…

The Kenyan smartphone scene keeps getting bigger by the day and the latest smartphone to make its way to the country is the Xiaomi Redmi Go. This is Xiaomi’s first Android Go smartphone that we have known was going to launch in the country soon but we did not have an exact date. Since the Xiaomi Redmi Go is and Android Go smartphone, it comes with a tweaked version of Android that should run smoothly on devices with low end hardware. Android Go smartphones tend to be affordable (below Ksh 10,000) and are perfect for a market such as Kenya…

Using M-Pesa is something Kenyans are used to and most find it to be the most convenient way to make payments. During the second quarter of the 2017/2018 financial year, total M-Pesa transactions grew to Sh1.17 trillion and this shows you how important M-Pesa is to the economy. During this period, the total number of transactions stood at 308 million. With the adoption of ecommerce in Kenya, M-Pesa will keep growing as has been the case the last couple of years. Most Kenyans do not have access to credit cards and not all those with debit cards prefer using them…