Lets be honest, you’re fed up of loading “MBs” over and over again. And now that video streaming services like Netflix have opened shop in Uganda , it’s about time we had super fast unlimited internet. Thankfully, optic fibre internet could be coming to homes in Uganda this year. According to insider information from people who work with Soliton, the company that’s been laying fibre cables around Kampala in partnership with Google, fibre-to-home broadband internet packages will soon be offered by ISPs working with Google....

Tucked away in the heart of all smartphones is a System on a Chip (SoC) or chipset. Often mistakenly called the ‘processor’, this chipset houses cutting-edge technology that powers the devices in use today. Relative to their size, these SoCs often go head to head with PCs in specs and overall performance. Not that it’s a competition. Whereas there are numerous smartphone chipset manufacturers out there, our post will be a death match pitting Qualcomm vs MediaTek ....

Internet wars are heating up. Just last week MTN Uganda responded to an outrage from their customers about their abrupt price changes on their social bundles by increasing on MB/Shs on their SWIFT bundles. Meanwhile little known but ambitious 4G LTE network Tangerine is slowly upping up their game. Tangerine got a bad rap from our mobile editors who had a month-long review of their service. Despite having unbelievably cheap data bundles, Tangerine really compromised on their first Mifi which has a very poor battery, non-responsive buttons and could only take 3 users max....

We did an unboxing and first impressions piece for the Tecno Camon 17 smartphone. All round, the device was great – with its attractive specifications. However, beyond the flowery specs that’s slammed on new smartphones by manufacturers, we decided to dig deeper and do a full review of the Camon 17 smartphone. This review will focus on the actual performance of the device. In this post, we will explore subtopics like the phone camera, battery, and actual performance....

In November 2016, TECNO Mobile became the new official Tablet and Handset Partner of Manchester City joining the likes of Huawei and Oppo in sponsoring football clubs. The deal hoped to see the two combine on marketing and advertising campaigns around the globe seeing as City’s fan base continued to grow in the over 40 emerging markets where Tecno is one of the leading phone brands in. Tecno’s Camon CX and CX Air have seen very good sales numbers since their launch and Tecno is now introducing a Limited Edition CX....

If there is one thing that the TECNO smartphone brand has been consistent with, in Nigeria, over the years, it is the fact that they’ve been able to balance affordability and quality on all their smartphones – which isn’t the case for a lot of phone brands. The TECNO Spark line of smartphones is one that has maintained this balance to this day. Every year, TECNO unveils a new model of the Spark series; with upgraded as well as new features, and also maintains its affordability status in the process....

We unboxed the TECNO Spark 5 over a week ago and on the face of it, the device was a good one. By “good one,” we mean the design/aesthetic was brilliant and the overall build was sturdy & impressive. We used the device for approximately 10 days and detailed below is our review of the TECNO Spark 5. Let’s get right into it. Perfomance Before anything, let me just put this out here: the TECNO Spark 5 is NOT built for the heavy stuff....

The new member of Tecno’s affordable Spark series are the Tecno Spark 4 Air and Tecno Spark Go, Both smartphones belong to the entry-level category and share a bunch of features. However, the Tecno Spark 4 Air is the one with more specs here but looks very much like Spark Go with just a few tell-aparts. So let’s get into the nitty-gritty of the specs on the smartphones. Tecno Spark 4 Air Tecno Spark Go Key Features Tecno Spark Go 6....

Telegram Messenger has debuted some new interesting features, including Instant View (does that sound familiar?) and anonymous blogging platform called Telegraph. Telegram has also thrown in searching for chat history by calender days, viewing entire sticker packs for recently used stickers, viewing Groups in common with a contact along with other various app improvements. You can jump over to the Telegram Blog to have a look at the whole shebang....

If Telegram were a country, it would have been the sixth largest country in the world. This is precisely so because the messaging platform was used by 200 million people within the last 30 days, an insane number by any standards. Telegram credits reaching this milestone to the users who make invitations to potential users for them to join, since it is never promoted with ads. Unlike other popular apps, Telegram doesn’t have shareholders or advertisers to report to....

Chromebooks are a solid choice if you want a fast, secure, and simple device for work, school, or casual use. And right now, some of the best Chromebooks are heavily discounted across major retailers. Whether you’re after an ultra-budget machine or a premium experience without the premium price tag, June’s top Chromebook deals have something for everyone. These top deals curated by our editors and directly from our partner website ChromebookFinder....

What differentiates these platforms is how they make their profits and the list of partner shops or merchants they have signed up with. The platform you use determines how much money you will pay as interest or the general price for an item. In Uganda, there are 3 primary ways the BNPL platforms make money: In order to generate a profit, a few platforms increase item prices to cover overheads. The majority of the Buy Now, Pay Later platforms in Uganda add interest rates to the item you are buying....

In this connected age, more often than not, we find ourselves sharing a lot of digital files. This could be anything from Word documents, funny cat videos, memes, photos. For these, it is easy to simply mail them. If you are a little more savy, instant messaging services like Telegram, WhatsApp will serve you just fine. Trouble comes when you need to send a large file. Try sending it via email and you quickly realise that most email services allow you to send a maximum of 25MB files....

Xiaomi just announced the Redmi Smart Band Pro , a fitness tracker that’s somewhere in between the rectangular-shaped fitness bands like the Mi Band series and a square-shaped smartwatch like the Mi Watch Lite. This form-factor is targeted towards users who want a bigger screen for a fitness tracker but aren’t willing to foot the bill for a bigger Smart Watch. The Redmi Smart Band Pro in terms of specs and features mirrors the smaller Mi Band 6 launched a couple of months ago....

Depending on the type of gamer you are , you can either have not existent, moderate, or super high expectations from your gaming mouse. From just needing it to be able to right and left click, to requiring a plethora of side options at your disposal. There’s a lot to consider when weighing the pros and cons. We hope this gaming mouse buying guide will elevate your gaming experience to the next level....

Before we even go far, let me present to you a hypothetical scenario. Imagine a vitz running on a high end V8 engine. Quite unlikely. How about a state of the art SUV costing as low as a vitz? Maybe, but feasibly impossible. For just N14K or approximately $86, you could get your self a smartphone whose specs will make your jaws drop. Innjoo, a smartphone, is now available for sale exclusive on Jumia Nigeria ....

We’re almost getting into the festive season which means one thing for the mobile world, launch after launch of flagships from our favorite manufacturers. In the past few weeks we’ve seen the launch of Tecno Phantom 8 and now, Infinix has launched its 2017 flagships, Infinix Zero 5 and Zero 5 Pro in partnership with e-commerse site Jumia. The successors to last year’s Infinix Zero 4 and Zero 4 Plus , both spot a dual camera set up and come in a set of flashy new colors; sandstone black, champagne gold and bordeaux red, bronze, gold, black while packing impressive specs....

It’s no secret that Africa leads the pack in mobile money payments. But just how much deployments are there and how Africa compares to the rest of the world is still largely unknown. That’s why Francis Lubanga, a Telecom and Mobile finance expert who also maintains an industry blog created a map showing mobile money installations across the world. According to the map, Africa for instance has over 50 Mobile Money providers while Asia has more than 20, South America has about 6 and North America has none....

Thunderbolt was earlier thought to be a replacement for USB but with Intel announcing that the forthcoming Thunderbolt 3 will have USB Type-C connectors, the path is much clear for a single port to feed all. In these times when having one of the two ports as a feature specification is becoming a consideration for purchase, device manufacturers are surely very confident about the future of connectivity. What then is the difference between Thunderbolt 3 and USB-C?...

Camera phones became a thing as far back as 1999 with the Kyocera Visual Phone VP-210, today it has become a deciding factor for buying a phone. Another fun fact is, the first camera on a smartphone was a selfie camera. Enough with the history lessons, let’s get into inexpensive smartphones with good cameras that you can get in this present day market. In today’s world (of social media), camera quality is imperative to most smartphone users, especially in the younger generation....