Bolt is Nigeria’s biggest ride-hailing platform. The Estonian-based mobility company is active in about 10 cities in Nigeria. And like other tech companies, Bolt has what it calls ‘ Bolt Wrap-up ‘. Wrap-up is an annual feature that gives its users a summary of their activity on the platform in the past year. With Wrap-up, Bolt provides users with a personalized overview of their rides history, expenses, etc, over the past year....

Huawei is set to launch its latest smart wristband, the Huawei Band 8, on April 17th . The company has shared a promotional poster of the Band 8, revealing several details that showcase the wearable’s updated look and feel. This comes to succeed the Huawei Band 7 , and take on the competition from fellow Chinese OEM, Xiaomi, the Xiaomi Band 8 . The Huawei Band 8 comes with a redesigned frame that is flat from all sides and made of ceramic , giving it a sleek, modern look....

Huawei underlined its innovative capabilities, walking away with several awards at this year’s Mobile World Congress (MWC), which took place in Barcelona and online from 28 June to 01 July. As the world’s largest exhibition for the mobile industry, Mobile World Congress plays a pivotal role in setting the tone for space over the course of the coming year. Huawei has played a central role at MWC for some time now and the 2021 edition was no exception....

Huawei Uganda a week ago launched two new budget devices from its Y-series generation of smartphones ; Huawei Y3II and the Y5II. Both devices are targeting the first-time smartphone owner, or that person that is upgrading from a feature phone to a smartphone and that person on a budget who would like a quick replacement for a phone. The 2 devices were announced in April this year and were available to buy by June 2016....

The iDroid Royal V7 is the first flagship smartphone from iDroid USA, a U.S-based company that manufacturers smartphones and tablets. Idroid USA is operational in the U.S, Europe, Asia and Africa. They launched in Uganda in March with two smartphones; the iDroid Tango A5 and the iDroid Royal V7. The iDroid Royal V7 specs The Royal V7 is a phablet that spots a 5.5 Inch IPS touchscreen with a resolution of 540×960 pixels (240dpi)....

The widely popular Infinix Note 3 has a successor — the Infinix Note 4. Infinix Mobility has partnered with e-commerce site Jumia Kenya to offer the Infinix Note 4 exclusively as from 3rd July 2017. You can pre order your device on the online retailer’s website for the price of Ksh 13,999 (about $134 or Ugx 485,000) and they will start shipping as soon as this week. The Note Infinix 4 is a total upgrade from its predecessor, the Note 3 both inside and out....

It’s generally understood that when you are going to a costume party, you ought to look the part and also dress the part. In this Infinix Note 5 review, Infinix (Going for UGX 769,000 or $200) obviously didn’t get the memo. Under the auspices of the Android One project, the Infinix Note 5 strips down to its bare minimums, ditching its custom XOS (Now on Hummingbird) skin in favor of a truly minimalist Android experience....

Instagram has joined the long list of Saas platforms letting users see a review of how they spent the year on the platform. From Spotify to YouTube Music, Apple Music, and now Instagram, you might have seen some people share their year in review on their social media pages. Instagram’s Playback feature will show users a curated Playback of 10 Stories. “To help you look back on your special moments this year, we created a playback from your 2021 stories”....

Intelworld , a technology startup that specializes in creating digital commerce and digital financial services has made it to the innotribe start-up challenge 2015. The startup is 1 of 60 (14 from Africa) startups selected to pitch products at the regional show cases to be held in Cape Town, New York, London and Singapore. Innotribe is SWIFT’s fintech innovation initiative that brings together highly qualified financial services experts, angel investors, venture capitalists, and global fintech and financial decision makers....

​Days are counting down to the #JumiaMobileWeek discount sale and the company has unveiled its second Mobile Report, a unique insight into key Mobile Penetration trends within Uganda and across Africa. 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....

Jumia Uganda is pleased to launch our first White Paper. The paper presents a unique insight into key Mobile Penetration trends across Africa – and Uganda specifically; the impact mobile has on Internet penetration and mcommerce in Uganda; and the profile and behaviour of customers shopping online on Jumia. Our research also explores how the mobile phone market has democratised Internet use; and the role mobile brands, mobile operators and m-commerce have played in creating an enhanced customer experience....

The Kenyan Immigration Department has today launched the e-passport and joined the global movement to have its current booklet passport phased out by the year 2019. The upgrade is aimed at attaining the target of having higher security for the passports and conforming to the globally accepted regime of passport systems. With the launch of the e-passport, the application process for a passport is expected to be cut down to less than two weeks for new applicants and only 3 working days for renewals....

The list of medical emergencies that require immediate evacuation is endless. By definition, an emergency is a serious unexpected situation that requires immediate action. Not having the right contacts for such a situation can turn out to be a fatality real quick. This is why we have compiled a comprehensive list of all the emergency services contacts in Kenya for you. As you may know, most ambulances come with both basic and advanced medical equipment for medical support and qualified staff....

Safaricom has launched a new promotion aimed at rewarding its loyal M-Pesa customers and agents. This comes less than a week after National Treasury said it would increase the excise tax on mobile money transfers to 12%, up from 10%. ‘Maisha Ni M-PESA Tu’ as the promotion is called, will reward customers every time they send and receive money, transfer money from a bank account to M-PESA and for all Lipa Na M-PESA transactions....

Almost three month in the market, MicroPay is the latest mobile money payment platform in Uganda. The platform claims to be your single one-stop money transfer and payment center integrating several financial institutions and merchants in one platform. Starting with an Android App currently Free for download in the Playstore, MicroPay is determined to be the next big thing in the rapidly changing financial industry in Uganda. The platform offers;...

MTN Mobile Money Uganda Ltd has paid Shs 19.7bn to the customers for the past three quarters since the company started paying interest on customers’ mobile money account balances in September last year in fulfillment of the newly enacted National Payment Systems (NPS) Act, 2020. Richard Yego, the Managing Director at MTN Mobile Money Uganda Ltd said the company paid Shs 5.7bn to 19.9million customers in the second quarter, Shs6.5bn to 19....

MTN Uganda has announced their intention to proceed with an initial public offer (IPO) and subsequently list on the Uganda Securities Exchange (USE) . This follows the requisite approval by the Capital Markets Authority and Uganda Securities Exchange for MTN Group to sell 20% of its shareholding in MTN Uganda to the public. MTN Group owns 96% of MTN Uganda . The listing is in line with the Group’s strategic priority to create shared value, partly through ensuring broad-based ownership in its operating subsidiaries....

MyDigitalBridge Foundation in partnership with Microsoft and Adaptrum, with support from the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and Millennium Challenge Account (MCA)-Namibia, has successfully trialed the Namibian TV White Spaces (TVWS) pilot project. The intention is to provide a blueprint of broadband internet connectivity countrywide. Called ‘Citizen Connect’, the pilot consists of a network deployed over a 62km x 152km (9,424 km²) area covering three regional councils: Oshana, Ohangwena and Omusati, and connecting 28 schools in northern Namibia....

Currently, downloading videos is only available for smartphones running Android and iOS but hopefully it soon will support desktops as well. Another thing to note, you won’t be able to download everything on Netflix. On a plus side, you can download most of Netflix original shows and that’s quite the catalogue. You can download videos in HD quality, if you have the data to burn, and the storage space. The more conservative users have the option to get Standard quality, good enough to watch while saving on data....

Many governments around the world are actively embracing technology in a bid to discharge their mandate better and serve the public. This ranges from allowing online access to services and the digitization and automation of other aspects of governance. In Kenya, we have eCitizen , a centralized portal that acts as a one-stop-shop for all government services, from Immigration services to the Registration of companies and Taxes and everything in between....