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According to Techweez, a Kenyan Tech blog, the devices are already in the country ready to launch and be shipped out. The device will reportedly run Android operating system, packed with a 4G SIM, allow for video on demand, gaming and also will have HD resolution. ZukuTV, a Pay TV service provider in Kenya is already offering a “tripple play service” that combines TV, Internet and phone services all in one through fibre network in select areas in Mombasa....

“Speaking during the handover ceremony of the land in Jinja District yesterday, the acting executive director for Uganda Investment Authority, Dr Francis Ssebowa, warned the companies against producing poor quality cars. We are giving you this land today with a hope of getting the best car products that will be admired by everyone in the world,’’ He said the government expects to get revenue and employment for its people in the factories being created....

With the latest mobile applications of the platform, that is version 131.0.0.29.69 and above for Android or version 99.0 and above on iOS, you are able to search for available wi-fi hotspots within your area and go ahead to experience them. Facebook can send you a notification on finding these places, just as the feature can be found under the More tab in the app manually. On the first time that you use the Find Wi-Fi feature, you can activate it by tapping Enable Find Wi-Fi....

Until now, you had to Sign in to your Google Account on android.com/devicemanager and the remotely control your device. However, thanks to the recent update to the device manager, you will be able to log into someone’s Android Device Manager app, with your account, and track your device. This is more convenient than say carrying a laptop around town to track your device. I recall how awkward that was when I lost my Lumia running Windows Phone 8 but with similar feature called “find my phone”....

Consequently, the continent may be the next emerging market to make significant strides in online shopping. Research firm Statista estimates that the ecommerce sector in Africa generated $16.5 billion in revenue in 2017 and forecasts revenue of $29 billion by 2022. Three countries — Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa — dominate e-commerce sales. Kenya has a population of 48.5 million and an impressive 79 percent internet penetration. This is because Kenya is home to M-Pesa, the mobile wallet provider started by mobile telecom provider Safaricom....

The Mi Band 6 was launched at the beginning of the year in March starting with the Chinese version. The global version was later on released for Indian and European markets. I got myself the Mi Band 6 from Gearbest which I have been using as my daily driver up from the Mi Band 5. Summarily here’s what I liked and don’t like; Liked Bigger display SpO2 blood oxygen monitorMore fitness modes Affordable price point...

Michael Joseph had been at the helm of Safaricom for years, and it was during his tenure that Safaricom’s revolutionary mobile money platform, M-PESA was debuted. He gave up the reigns to the late Bob Collymore in 2010 as he moved on to other ventures, later ending up as the CEO of the struggling national carrier, Kenya Airways. Collymore took over from Joseph, nine years ago, and was CEO until his demise on Monday when he succumbed to cancer....

Today, the OEM has unveiled the Motorola One Vision. This Exynos-powered phone sports a super-tall 21:9 display with a hole-punch camera, and it runs Google’s Android One build of the OS. The Motorola One Vision has a 6.3-inch 1080p display that has that Galaxy S10 hole on the upper left corner. This houses the front-facing 25MP camera. The punch hole is much larger than the one on the Galaxy S10....

Brand Finance acknowledged MTN’s strategy to grow revenues through data and digital, while also focusing on growing its subscriber base. MTN’s brand strength rating was also upgraded from AAA- to AAA, in recognition of an increasingly strong leadership position in telecommunication services throughout Africa, as well as increasingly resilient network investments. Related Article: MTN Homeland lets you send money and buy airtime from Abroad to over 7 African countries The CEO of Brand Finance, David Haigh said: “MTN is to be commended for its performance in its home market as well as further afield....

— Uber Kenya (@uber_kenya) January 21, 2015 What is uberX? For those who don’t know, uberX is our low-cost alternative to move you around Nairobi in a safe, cheap and reliable way. Our uberX platform is already available in many African cities, such as Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, Lagos, Cairo, and now it has arrived in Nairobi! Uber claims it’s a safe transportation network because its partner drivers follow “gold standard safety measures, designed to improve safety & reliability”....

E-commerce only platforms like Jumia aside, some physical stores have also made it easy for people to make a purchase on the internet and have their products delivered unswervingly to their door steps. So, offline vs online shopping, which one is the best? Offline vs online shopping Let’s take a closer look at the advantages and disadvantages of online and offline shopping to help you choose which is best for your needs....

The company now seems to be going for the jugular as it prepares to pivot into the hardware industry with the launch of its own line of smartphones. Opera has been teasing its new product across its social media channels and through pop-up ads within its app(s). Going by available information, the Opera smartphone line would be called “OLLA” and here’s what we know about it so far. OPay OLLA phones: Varieties We do not know for sure how many OLLA phones Opera would debut into the market, neither do we know how they will be grouped/categorized (into series)....

Specs The Oppo Find X features a 6.4-inch curved-display and runs on a Snapdragon 845 processor and 8GB of RAM. Other specs include a 3730mAh battery, 256GB of on-board storage, a 25-megapixel front-facing camera and a dual-lens rear camera (16MP+20MP). As usual, it’ll run on the latest version of the company’s ColorOS Android skin and support their proprietary VOOC fast-charging. It’s also packing a form of 3D face-scanning akin to that found in the iPhone X, and support for Animoji-inspired 3D Omojis....

With Matatu Champion, players can choose from a selection of 3 different money matches; 500 shillings for The Street level, 2,000 shillings for The Expert level and 5,000 shillings for Abagezi. Once one of these games is unlocked, a player’s money is on the line and they must try to play all their cards before the opponent in order to win the game. The lucky winner takes all and the loser goes empty....

Texting Android users from the iPhone is often loathsome as many of these features don’t work on SMS, the platform’s fallback protocol that’s been around for decades. Of course, popular cross-platform services like WhatsApp and Telegram work well regardless of a user’s operating system preference. For Android users, it has been a mixed bag of defragmented, disjointed efforts to replace SMS until recently when Google finally picked up the slack and built RCS into its Google Messages app, an app that, today, comes preinstalled on many Android phones and one that can be easily sideloaded onto any Android device....

We have already talked about eSIM on this platform and you can explore to learn more about this new advancement in mobile tech. In Kenya, we recently saw Faiba4G, the country’s youngest and disruptive teleco introducing this to its users although we still don’t have the numbers for how this feature is going. Now, the country’s biggest, and arguably, most innovative telecom company, Safaricom, is introducing support for eSIM. In a low-key announcement via the company’s Twitter account, it is now official, Safaricom supports eSIM....

With the new partnership, transactions made using Ria will be a lot more seamless. This means that customers who send money to M-PESA through Ria will be informed of the applicable exchange rate and transaction fee before performing the transaction. Also with this partnership, funds sent through Ria will be automatically reflected immediately in a customer’s M-PESA balance. This saves everyone a lot of hustle in the form of currency conversions....

Safaricom has today launched a new app that is set to help its over 100,000 merchant customers with Lipa an M-PESA services. This app will act as a portal to help them better manage their businesses. The app should allow business owners to withdraw funds from their merchant accounts to their M-PESA, Bank accounts or at an agent, among many more features. Essentially, this app comes to complement and further streamline the current USSD (*234#) menu....

Online directories in Uganda are still taking baby steps but efforts are being made to create information online. Schools Uganda now aims to list all Ugandan educational institutions in one web portal. From their about us page, “SchoolsUganda.com uses the power of the Internet to help parents get more informed and engaged in their children’s education.” The platform lists nursery, primary, secondary and higher institutions of learning on its platform....

Downloading and Signing Up to Chipper Cash Sending Money from Airtel Money to MTN Momo Related Article: Send money from Uganda to 6 other African countries with Chipper Cash In case, you just wanted to transfer cash from your Airtel account to your MTN account, you select the Cash out option. Click on Profile at the bottom-right corner of the app page and select cash-out.Enter the amount you would want to cash-out then enter your MTN number....