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Kenyan DJs Are Going Live on Instagram to Keep You Entertained Amid The COVID-19 Pandemic
With the COVID-19 pandemic already in Kenya and the country now in curfew, it can get boring staying indoors so now Kenyan DJs are...
Uber Kenya Suspends Night Pickups From Today Until Further Notice
Uber Kenya today has announced that they are suspending night pickups due to the national curfew that was imposed by the President recently.
"Following the...
OPPO Implements Measures in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
OPPO is a major smartphone player in the world and today they have announced a raft of measures they are implementing in response to...
Showmax Adds Live News Streaming From Popular News Networks
Showmax, Multichoice's video-on-demand service has added a pretty nifty feature that will make some users quite happy.
They have now added live news streaming on...
Safaricom Kes 1000 M-PESA Waiver Accidently Skips Business Accounts, Fix is Incoming
A few days ago, the CBK directed mobile operators and financial institutions to adjust their mobile money products to cushion the adverse effects of...
Huawei P40 Series are Official With Impressive Cameras and Still no Google Services
Today, Huawei has finally unveiled the P40 Series which are their new flagship smartphones that are known for their camera prowess. These are the Huawei P40,...
High Taxes on Kenyan Mobile Market Hurting Growth – GSMA Report
The mobile market in Kenya has registered growth year on year. Thanks to the proliferation of fast 4G network and the extended use of...
YouTube to Soon Let You Choose Default Video Quality on Android
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has had governments worldwide enforce measures to contain the viral outbreak through lockdowns, quarantines and self-isolation. YouTube is seeing an...
How To Watch the Huawei P40 Series Launch
Huawei will later today be launching the P40 series. The new Huawei P40 phones will come with its new HMS ecosystem which is an...
Apple Considers Delaying iPhone 12 Launch By Months Due to COVID-19
The coronavirus pandemic has rocked the global capitalistic system and it is forcing companies to make some difficult decisions.
According to Nikkei, sources say that Apple is...
Infinix Reveals the Quad-camera Touting Hot 9 with a Mammoth Battery and 128 GB of Storage
We reviewed the Infinix Hot 8 just before we concluded one of the most underrated years in history, 2019. The successor to the 8...
Samsung Galaxy Note 10 and S10 Series are Getting Some of S20’s Camera Features
It is has been over a month since Samsung announced its flagship Galaxy S20 series which came with new camera features in tow. Samsung...
Facebook Partners with Kenya Government Share Coronavirus Facts via WhatsApp
Facebook today has announced that they are partnering with the Kenyan government to keep Kenyans informed about the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
The company in collaboration...
Report Predicts Influencer Marketing Will Grow in Kenya in 2020 Despite Erosion of Trust
The last decade led to the exponential growth of social media use. Since more and more people were signing up to these platforms, another...
2 in 10 Kenyans Believe Everything They Consume Online as Kenya Tackles Fake News – Ajua
There is a joke that any family WhatsApp group with parents tagging along is the epicenter of fake news because parents are new to...
YouTube Will Stream Videos in 480p By Default Globally Due to Coronavirus
The coronavirus pandemic has brought about a new problem with streaming services. Due to forced quarantine and lockdowns, it is apparently putting a strain...
Huawei P40 Showcases its Camera Prowess in These Leaked Images
If you've been holding on to get a premium Android smartphone that excels at photography too, then the Huawei P40 is the one to...
Disabling the “Contact Joined Telegram” Setting Never Works, This is Why
Telegram Messenger may not be as popular as WhatsApp but it has hundreds of millions of users around the world. People love it for...
mySafaricom App is Temporarily Forcing Customers to Use Mobile Data for Valid Reasons
As of last week, Safaricom customers realized that the mySafaricom app was forcing them to use mobile data even after setting it up previously....
Loon to Beam 4G Signals to Larger Central Kenya in the Next ‘Few Weeks’
Earlier today in an address by President Kenyatta, it emerged that Project Loon, the high-flying, internet-beaming balloon project by Telkom Kenya and Google (Alphabet)...
Ushahidi’s Basic Plan is Now Free in Support of Coronavirus Response
A number of you may not know Ushahidi, but it is a Kenya n tech company with a mapping platform that is used for...
City Star Shuttle Passengers to Pay Fare Via M-PESA in New Partnership with Safaricom
COVID-19 cases keep escalating, and the government of Kenya, among other key institutions, most of which are healthcare and internet companies, have been at...
Google Loon and Telkom Kenya Get Approval to Rollout Commercial 4G Internet to Remote Areas
Kenya has signed an agreement with Google Loon which will provide internet access to Kenyans as they work from home during the coronavirus pandemic.
This...
Kenya’s President Twitter Account Resurfaces, But it is Not What You Think
Heads of States all over the world have embraced social media and they have official accounts that people interact with.
Kenya's President, Uhuru Kenyatta, had...
Kenyatta National Hospital To Use Big Data, Connectivity and AI in Coronavirus Detection
The coronavirus pandemic has forced governments all over the world to step up and put stringent measures to detect and contain it. In Kenya,...
KCB and Safaricom Set Aside Kshs 30 Billion For Lending, Opens Door to Blacklisted Defaulters
Safaricom and KCB have today announced that they have set aside billions of shillings that will be made available for people to lend.
The companies...
Report Shows Sub Kshs 10,000 Smartphones are Still King in Kenya
Smartphone adoption in African countries like Kenya has been rising over time. Feature phones are still king on the continent but cheap smartphones are...
Airtel Offers Free Access to Longhorn Publisher’s E-Learning Platform
The coronavirus outbreak has forced a digital transformation of sorts to various industries around the world. A critical sector is the education one which...
Facebook’s New Design and Dark Mode For Web Rolls Out Globally
Facebook started rolling out their much awaited web design refresh yesterday globally after months of waiting.
This redesign was announced during their annual F8 conference...
Equity Waives Mobile Banking Transaction Fees, Card Payments Now Contactless
Equity Bank hosted two meetings yesterday: one that announced the 2019 FY financial results and another one that was exploring options to lessen the...
