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A first of its kind platform in Kenya, East and Central Africa, BLAZE was founded on what Kenyan youth say is most important to them: freedom, friendship and success. BLAZE has launched a new platform dubbed BLAZE LINK, an aggregator of e-learning resources built to enable young people upgrade their skills through online courses and empower them to pursue success in their professions of interest. BLAZE has brought on board partners like Google, IBM, Wezesha, Cloud Factory and Brighter Monday to offer thousands of free online courses cutting across multiple disciplines including sales and marketing, finance, agriculture, creative arts, programming and development among others....

Dubbed “Maisha Ni Digital” the campaign hopes to give at least 10 million Kenyans access to the internet through their mobile phones and has partnered with Google to unveil Kenya’s most affordable smartphone: Neon Kicka 4. The Neon Kicka 4 smartphone runs on Android 8.1 (GO Edition), which is optimized for entry-level devices, and supports high-speed 3G Broadband, allowing users to enjoy the speed, reliability and wide coverage of the Safaricom network....

Until now, Safe boda customers only had cash as the only supported mode of payment. Credit system was available but for business users. However, starting last week, the company rolled out credit as one of the payment methods. Users pre-load their accounts using Mobile money system for now. Credit/debit cards are not yet supported. Related post: Safe boda gets you around Kampala cheaper and safer To buy credits, open the app, then go to Payment options > Add credit > Enter amount > Enter Phone number and then purchase....

Now, SafeBoda’s next destination is the most-populated country in Africa, Nigeria. Given that Nigeria also runs one of the biggest economies in Africa, the decision to expand to the region is a good move; if SafeBoda intends to dominate the bike-hailing ecosystem in Africa, Nigeria is the next best country to be. The Nigeria expansion news is, however, in contrast with earlier suggestions that SafeBoda would likely kick-start its operations in Tanzania’s capital, Dar es Salaam before expanding to other African countries....

The Galaxy S10 flagship series will be released later this month and as the official unveil date draws near, more solid information keep surfacing by the hour. This time, German web-based IT platform, WinFuture releases what is reported to be official photos of the cheapest version of the Galaxy S10 series. In addition to Samsung releasing the device in four (4) different colour variants (Prism Black, Green, White, and an exclusive Canary Yellow), the cheapest Galaxy S10 will be codenamed the Galaxy S10 E, contrary to “Galaxy S10 Lite” as earlier rumoured....

Many people often cry foul of the GPS on their phones eating up their battery power. Quick thinking dictates that disabling the feature will slow down the drainage, and however right this may be, it is not the exact solution to the problem. Disabling just keeps it from turning on when you want it. You have to understand that enabling or disabling GPS is just a permission setting, where you are granting permission to or blocking apps from accessing the device’s location respectively....

Restaurants, Coffee shops and Hotels are turning to offering value-added services such as DSTV and now Wi-Fi to lure potential customers, drive more customer loyalty and build brand credibility. Some of these Cafes include; 1. Café Roma – Muyenga 2. Ban Café Oasis Mall 3. Ban Café – Grand Imperial 4. Bean Café – Kansanga 5. Jakob’s Cafe – Kansanga 6. Cafe’ Marie – Quality Mall 7. Tuttle Fruitti – Garden City Mall 8....

There are a couple of reasons anyone might want to play music in the background of a Zoom meeting. Imagine running a gym class online? Having music playing in the background can help set the mood and get things going, or midway through your Zoom meeting, you could use music to ‘break the ice’. Or a networking event; low-fi hip hop beats could be played in the background throughout the hangout....

Startimes currently currently carries 3 smartphones; the Solar Mini, Solar Note and the Planet Note. All smartphones are dual sim, run on 3G and all of them are powered by Android Kitkat. The Solar Note is Startimes high-end device. //Startimes Solar Mini specs Android 4.4 OS, 3.75G Network, 1.3GHz Quad-core Processor, 4.0“ WVGA touchcreen, 8MP AF back camera, 0.3MP front camera，4GB ROM + 512MB RAM, Dual SIM Dual Standby, 1500mAh Li-ion battery //Startimes Planet Note specs Android 4....

The next logical thing was probably to turn to the internet to do some window shopping for a home theatre system. I would be willing to bet that the window shopping experience wasn’t as straightforward as you had hoped it to be. You were probably thrust into a disorienting vortex of numbers and dots like 5.1, 7.1, and 5.1.2. Today we’ll focus on explaining what the numbers and dots mean in surround sound naming schemes....

In the past few months, we’ve seen a bunch of new offers from the brand including devices like the Tecno Spark 7p, the review to which you can find here, the Tecno Camon 17, just to mention a few. Keeping to the same pace, we now have reports of Tecno unveiling yet another device, this time an update to its Pova-line up. The Tecno Pova 2 has just been unveiled in the Philippines....

Airtel announces top-level organizational changes in its Africa Operations Airtel, a global telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, today announced top-level changes for its Africa operations. To further enhance the level of empowerment and enable faster decision making as well as speed to market, the Company also unveiled a new cluster based organization design. Techjaja gave us this story in detail Vodafone Uganda makes 1 year in the Ugandan Market It’s been one year since Afrimax Group and Vodafone group merged to give birth to Vodafone Uganda Limited and Launch their 4G-LTE network....

This year’s battlefield will be hosted in Lagos on December 11th, in front of a live audience and top judges, to choose “Sub-Saharan Africa’s Most Promising Startup” whose founders will win the cash prize plus a trip for two to compete in Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch’s flagship event, Disrupt in 2019. TechCrunch states that the Africa’s tech scene has continued to develop at a rapid pace since last year’s Startup Battlefield Africa....

Most people think the default messages app is the only app you can use to chat with your friends even without the internet. Here, I discuss other apps available for that purpose. Chomp SMS This app is available only for Android phones right now. It gives you a lot of freedom to customize the app according to your theme. You can even send Multimedia Messages and block some numbers. It is available in two versions that are paid and free....

Here are restaurants with food below UGX 10,000 on Jumia Food. Ref Cafe This restaurant provides fresh fruit juices and many more healthy foods. Some of the foods it offers either equal or below UGX 10, 000 are: Kombucha Acai Berry Vietnamese Iced Coffee Bullet Proof Coffee Brownies (v) Ref crunchy bites (V/GF) Raw Bar (V/GF) Fresh Orange Juice Fresh Coconut Water Sunrise Iced Latte Cold brew Mr. Goldens Restaurant This eating place mainly provides chicken, snacks and fast food....

There are also indications that the company will begin to produce original Nollywood movies. This was after it created a “NetflixNaija” profile on social media platforms. This post compiles 10 of the top Nollywood movies on Netflix in 2020. Read through. Top 10 Nollywood Movies to Watch on Netflix 1. Love is War This movie, produced by stellar producer Omoni Oboli, started showing on Netflix from April 29th, 2020. It talks about an adoring couple that decided to test the strength of their marriage....

However, as they say, things have changed. Now thanks to mobile wireless technology such as 3G and smart devices that are increasingly becoming ubiquitous like 3G USB modems and smartphones, there’s now not just one, but several ways of accessing the internet at home. So lets explore some of the options you’ve for checking your emails, finishing that report or checking on what your friends are upto on Facebook — at home....

Huawei. Huawei Technologies Co. is a Chinese multinational networking, telecommunications equipment, and services company headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong. It is the largest telecommunications equipment manufacturer in the world, having overtaken Ericsson in 2012. As of 2018, Huawei is the second largest smartphone manufacturer in the world behind Samsung. This one of the Chinese smartphone brands that has evolved to become one of the lynch pins in the smartphone industry. With fully documented history in reverse charging technology, Huawei has successfully made the first wireless reverse charging smartphone in the Mate 20 Pro....

Today, it has become a one-stop-solution to identify calls, send messages and now free VoIP calls with Truecaller Voice. This new venture feels like a natural course of action seeing as high-speed internet is quickly becoming widespread. Like many other VoIP solutions like WhatsApp call, Viber and Skype just to mention a few, Truecaller Voice works over both WiFI and mobile data. Truecaller says they have optimized Truecaller Voice to offer a clear, crisp and high-quality call even when data or WiFi coverage is low....

While not always nefarious, the reasons for using VPNs are many and just as varied. Internet users often use VPNs to access content not available in their home countries such as Netflix, Pandora, Spotify, Play Store Apps, online magazines and some such. Others use VPNs to access sensitive information such as online banking, test SEO and other marketing strategies, and obviously safely carry out torrent downloads. The directive to block VPNs came after a meeting with telecom operators and government officials from the Finance Ministry, URA (Uganda Revenue Authority), and UCC presided over by Godfrey Mutabazi, the UCC Executive Director, A complete list of OTT Apps that will be Taxed in Uganda Ugandans have been looking for ways not to pay for the OTT tax to access social media which has been a been a free service....