Like we saw last year, in the inaugural release, the #JumiaMobileReport2018 assesses the impact mobiles have on Internet penetration and mcommerce; how the mobile phone market has democratised Internet use; the role of mobile brands, mobile operators and m-commerce have in creating an enhanced customer experience; and the profile and behaviour of customers shopping online on Jumia. The 2018 Mobile Report, which was launched in Kampala, revealed that 77% of Ugandans who visited the Jumia Website opted to do so using their mobile devices while the number of those who visited the site with desktop computers only contributed 23%....

The first episode of Life Apps premieres on Al Jazeera English on Wednesday, 27 November 2013. In Silicon Savannah, Africa’s technology capital Nairobi is a hive of entrepreneurial Kenyans in a thriving technology industry. However, while some in Kenya are moving forward, four out of every ten Kenyans still live on less than two dollars a day. Muniu Kariuku is co-founder and chief technology officer at Bityarn Consult, a Nairobi-based app developer....

Samsung has a fairly good dealership chain that sells and distributes their phones. That includes authorized electronic stores like Midcom, Simba Telecom shops, Transtel Uganda, UgaSung and mobile networks like MTN Uganda. Buying a device from a mobile network is slightly more costly than from electronic stores. That’s because Mobile Networks bundle their phones with mobile data even though it’s advertised as “Free”. How to buy the right phone for you Here at Dignited, Smartphones are divided into 3 categories; Entry-level, Mid-range and High-end smartphones....

I have been using the Mi band fitness trackers since the Mi band 4 and so naturally I was looking forward to Xiaomi’s Smart watches. The Mi Watch Lite is a sub $50 smartwatch that follows a square form-factor you would expect from a smart watch. The watch measures 41 x 35 x 11.9 mm and weighs only 35g. It features a TFT 1.4″ touch screen with resolution of 320×320 pixels(323 ppi)....

In a blog post from the company’s Identity division, it was announced that the phone sign-in is now globally available for iPhones and Android smartphones. With the Authenticator app, you can set up your account on your mobile and just enable phone sign-in through the settings menu. Once you enter your Microsoft account handle, you will get a prompt from the app to approve the login; for which you are only required to just tap the Approve option, basically removing any need for passwords....

This release is a direct competition for Macbooks and Chromebooks that are popular on campus environment. It comes with a lighter body and longer lasting battery compared to the Macbook. The Surface Laptop has a 13.5-inch PixelSense display with a 3:2 aspect ratio; with 3.4 million pixels. Microsoft says this is the thinnest LCD touch model ever created and put into a laptop. The screen also supports Surface Pen, enabling a user to draw on the display just like other Surface devices....

This means if you you loaded 20MBs that goes for a price of UGX 500, you would get 40 MB or if you loaded 50 MBs that goes for UGX 1,200 you would get 100 MB. When the party is over, you can check out our comprehensive comparison of data plans from all the Telecoms in Uganda. — MTN Uganda (@mtnug) October 8, 2014 Update: Airtel Uganda too has an Independence promotion....

MTN Mobile Money customers can now generate a four digit TIN by dialling *165# from their mobile phone which can then be used at any Interswitch ATM across Uganda on a 24/7 basis to access their money. Speaking at the launch at Serena Hotel, MTN Uganda’s Chief Marketing Officer, Ernst Fonternel, underscored MTN’s mission of making the lives of its customers a whole lot brighter through convenient and cost effective solutions such as access to MTN Mobile Money through ATM platforms....

The FOX Networks Group is a leading entertainment network, and will be joining an extensive offering of over 70 entertainment and sports channels on the Kwesé TV bouquet. These popular channels from the FOX Networks Group portfolio, will give subscribers an all access pass to globally acclaimed series & dramas as well as a walk on the wild side with nature’s inhabitants. FOX Africa is a destination to some of the biggest television franchises in the world including the cult series “The Walking Dead” (now in its 8th season), cultural phenomenon “Empire” (now in its 4th season), and the award winning “Atlanta” (season 2 starting in 2018)....

The new 8.1 swaps out the 7 Plus’ Snapdragon 660 for a Snapdragon 710, and it includes a notch and HDR10 support for its 2160 x 1440 resolution display. The rest of the internals are exactly what we have come to expect from the given price-point. That is 4GB of RAM coupled with 64GB of onboard storage, that is expandable by an SD-Card up to 400GB. Powering this beauty is a 3500mAh battery and thankfully, it supports fast-charging....

— NWSC (@nwscug) February 10, 2014 The Minister of Water and Environment and the MD of National Water launched the facility early this morning stating that it has been designed to serve all customers on Social Media in this case Twitter. The Hub also contains a call centre to address issues that might not be easily addressed on Social Media. The rise of Social Media, has seen a growing competition between mainstream businesses and corporations as to who best serves their customers....

OnePlus phones typically come with the latest and greatest processing internals around, and although we weren’t expecting the OnePlus 6 to be any different, OnePlus has confirmed a few of the specs we’ve been anticipating for some time. On the company’s forums, OnePlus CEO Pete Lau made it official. OnePlus 6 will be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 845 processor, 8GB RAM, and 256GB of storage. There might also be a 6GB RAM option with less storage like it did with the 5T....

Android Authority reports that there was a little bit of friction between Oneplus and Cyanogen that saw the Oneplus One being temporarily banned in India due to an exclusive contract Cyanogen had with Indian Mobile manufacturer Micromax. OnePlus already saw possibilities of future hindrances for growth so they quickly put together a team to start developing their own custom ROM. Having their own software will make Oneplus join the likes of HTC with the “HTC Sense” and Samsung with “Touchwiz” who run forked version of Android for very many reasons including product differentiation....

To me, and many other enthusiats, the headlining feature of the new Oppo F9, other than the cute little notch, is the company’s proprietary fast charging technology, VOOC. This has for a long time been reserved for the much more expensive Oppo devices. A rebranded version of the same technology is used in OnePlus devices as Dash Charge and boy are the reviews intriguing. VOOC technology uses low voltage and high current charging solution....

On Windows 10 for instance, there are a bunch of reasons why you might be encountering problems connecting to other devices through Bluetooth, and in this post, we’ll go through some methods you can use to get it resolved. That said, before we get into that, there are a bunch of things you must make sure are in place to be sure there is indeed a problem with your Bluetooth, to begin with....

As part of an on-going global launch of the Galaxy S5 Smart Phone in key markets and just a week after the launch of the handset in Africa at a colourful event in South Africa, Samsung Electronics East Africa is taking the lead to unveil the latest addition to the Galaxy S line. Uganda becomes the part of the pioneer African countries in which the smartphone has been launched, after South Africa, Zambia and Kenya....

The Galaxy Wide 2 will run on the latest Android version (7.0 Nougat), equipped with a 3,300 mAh battery life and rocks a 5.5-inch HD LCD display. It is also powered by an octa-core 1.6GHz processor along with a 2GB RAM, 16GB inbuilt storage and upto 256GB expandable microSD card slot. The smartphone features a 13MP main camera with LED flash and a front 5-megapixel selfie camera. Galaxy Wide 2 (J7) full Specs Announced: May 2017 Model: SM-J727S Weight: 170g Dimension: 151....

It will start making the change in the first half of the 2019. It also aims to only use paper packaging materials certified by forestry initiatives by next year. According to Samsung, it plans to use 500,000 tons of recycled plastics and collect 7.5 million tons of discarded products by 2030 both cumulative from 2009. Samsung is said to have formed an internal task force to come up with innovative packaging ideas that avoid plastic....

On the company’s plans for the newly-raised funds, Sendy’s CEO (one of the four co-founders), Mesh Alloys notes that funds from the Series B will be channeled to further develop its service offering by improving its (data and engineering) teams — even though he thinks they are “miles ahead of our competition today when it comes to tech”. There were no detailed talks about expansion into other African regions but the company already boasts of operational presence in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania with about 5,000 vehicles registered to its platform....

Since the talk about privacy policy changes began, many WhatsApp users have started considering other options (Signal, one of them), especially after Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, tweeted that he uses the app, and not WhatsApp. What is Signal? Surprisingly, Signal has been around since 2014 but not much attention was paid to it. The messaging app was developed by the Signal Foundation, a foundation created by WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton and Moxie Marlinspike, an American cryptographer....