Author: Kaluka wanjala

If you have had money in your PayPal account, then you know that withdrawing it to your bank account or to M-Pesa was never an easy process. There have been third parties who helped do this but not everyone knew about them. This meant that those who mostly work online and get paid through PayPal did not have a smooth and easy way to get their money unless they were comfortable using the third parties that facilitated this. If you are one of the many people who have been looking for a better way to withdraw money from your PayPal…

The Itel S32 LTE is the latest smartphone by the company and is the successor to the Itel S32 that we saw last year. This new one is the LTE version as you could probably tell from the name. The phone is available in Kenya for a recommended retail price of Ksh 13,500, not the cheapest phone out there. This puts its right there with the Infinix Note 4 and the Tecno Camon CX Air. The Itel S32 LTE has a dual selfie camera setup and this is its main selling point. We live in a world where consumers demand…

Xiaomi is currently one of the top 5 smartphones in the world according to IDC. The Company shipped 90 million smartphones in 2017 and expects to ship 100 million units by December this year (2018). The company started the year on a high note with new smartphones left right and centre as it tries to reach out to a bigger audience. During Q1(first quarter) of 2018, Xiaomi shipped 10 million units per month. If you do the simple math, you can see that if this trend continues, the company will be able to sell at least 120 million devices by…

Pangea has shortlisted 11 start-ups who will be considered for funding of up to 50,000 USD per startup. The 11 start-ups companies are drawn from Kenya-9, Egypt -1 and Nigeria-1. The selection panel, consisting of experts from Innovation Norway, BDO EA, Mastercard Foundation and Longitude Finance, commented that the selection process was a tough exercise. “The initial expectation was that we would settle on 10 companies but we ended up with a list of 11. This is evidence that a good number of the start-ups made a strong business case. We were spoilt for choice” said Jane Save Ndungo, a senior market…

Tecno has just unveiled the Camon X and Camon X Pro smartphones in Nigeria. These are camera-centric devices but are not the only devices the company has introduced. Tecno has also taken the stage to introduce its new smartphone series, the Tecno F Series. The company is saying the new F series will be its new mid-range line-up that will join the Phantom, the Camon, the L series among others. With the F Series, Tecno says that they will also have impressive cameras even though that is not their unique selling point We will have to put them to the…

Tecno has finally unveiled its latest camera-centric device, the Tecno Camon X Pro. This phone has been unveiled in Nigeria and will be available in Kenya in Mid-April. The Tecno Camon X Pro has a 24MP selfie camera which is just crazy to think about. Huawei recently unveiled the P20 Pro that also had a 24MP front facing camera and I was not expecting Tecno to do the same this year. The Camon X Pro is not the only device the company has unveiled, we also got to see the standard Camon X that has a 20MP front facing camera.…

The latest smartphone from Tecno, the Camon X, has finally been unveiled and we do have a review unit. With that, I thought it was a good idea to show you guys what you will be getting in the box and give you my first impressions of this new phone. Before we get to that, we’ve got to learn a few things about the Camon X. it is the successor to the Tecno Camon CX and CX Air from 2017. It’s main selling point is the 20MP front facing camera, if you are planning to buy its big brother, the…

Equity Bank has today announced a review of withdrawal charges on its Equity PayPal Withdrawal service. Effective March this year, the new tariffs will see users pay as low as 1% on withdrawals made from their PayPal account. While announcing the new development, Equity Bank Group CEO and MD, Dr. James Mwangi noted: “Financial inclusion continues to remain at the core of our business strategy. We have listened to our customers and introduced new tiered withdrawal charges.” The new rates for withdrawals from PayPal to Equity bank accounts will see customers withdrawing $5001 and above being charged 1% of the…

The cheapest Nokia smartphone by HMD Global is coming to Kenya. The company says that this smartphone, the Nokia 1, will be available in the country as from April 16 for Ksh 9,500. This is the recommended retail price and you will probably be able to get it for less depending on where you buy it from. The Nokia 1 is the first smartphone by the company to run Android Oreo (Go Edition). This is a version of Android that is specifically made for entry level devices with 1GB or RAM or less. This version of Android also comes with…

A couple of days back, Huawei unveiled its latest flagship family, the P20 series. The company was very vocal about this device as it was expected and made sure everyone knows it exists. Fast forward a couple of days later and the company is back with another smartphone, the Huawei Y7 Prime 2018. The company has quietly unveiled this device without the pomp and colour we saw a couple of days back. The Huawei Y7 Prime 2018 is a mid-range smartphone that borrows a few things from the company’s current flagships, the Huawei P20 and P20 Pro. To keep up…