What You Need to Know About Samsung’s New Wearables, the Galaxy Ring, Galaxy Watch 7 and Watch Ultra
July 16, 2024
Last week, Samsung unveiled its latest foldable smartphones, the Galaxy Fold 6 and Flip 6. You can pre-order the new foldables from Samsung here. At the same event, the company also unveiled its latest wearables,…
Kenyan Skincare Startup, Uncover, Closes a $1.4m Seed II Funding Round
July 15, 2024
Uncover has successfully closed a $1.4m Seed II funding round led by EQ2 Ventures and IgniteXL Ventures, with participation from Chui Ventures, Samata Capital and Altree Capital. As part of the round, Uncover also facilitated…
How to Pre-Order the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 or Z Flip 6
July 15, 2024
Last week, Samsung officially launched its latest foldable smartphones, the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Flip 6. Both phones will be available in Kenya next month for ksh 264,000 and Ksh 148,000 respectively. You can…
Digital Taxi Drivers in Nairobi Hold Protest Demanding Better Pay
July 15, 2024
Digital taxi drivers in Nairobi are on a go-slow today, demanding better pay and enforcement of the rule that requires digital taxi platforms to take only an 18% commission for every ride. The drivers are…
Safaricom Reschedules Today's Planned System Maintenance to a Later Date
July 14, 2024
Safaricom has rescheduled its planned system maintenance that was to happen today to a later unspecified date. The planned maintenance was set to take place tonight from 11pm to 4am tomorrow (Monday, 15th July). During…
Hotpoint to Offer Up to 40% Discount on Select LG Products
July 12, 2024
Hotpoint Appliances Limited, one of the leading sales channels of LG appliances and equipment, is offering mega-discounts up to 40% as part of its 40th anniversary celebrations, which began at the end of June and…
Huawei unveils new hybrid cloud offering for Africa
July 12, 2024
Huawei has announced the launch of its Huawei Cloud Stack 8.3 offering to accelerate industry intelligence for Africa. The launch of the offering was announced at the Huawei Africa Connect 2024 conference in Johannesburg, South…
State House Swiftly Removes All Dismissed Cabinet Secretaries from Website
July 12, 2024
Right after Kenya’s president, William Ruto dismissed all his cabinet secretaries, State House swiftly removed all of them from the president.go.ke website. Even though this was expected, the speed at which they were removed from…
Kenya university lecturers call for infrastructure improvement to ease AI adoption in teaching and research
July 11, 2024
Kenyan university educators are calling for an urgent review of existing infrastructure within higher education institutions to allow for the seamless integration of artificial intelligence in classrooms and research. This was a key takeaway from…