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For quite some time now, the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has been seeking to ring-fence mobile money services away from telecom businesses. To this effect, the second biggest telecommunications service provider in Kenya, Airtel Networks Limited has split with Airtel Money. This separation has seen the birth of a new entity – Airtel Money Kenya Limited (AMKL) . Going forward AMKL will oversee the operations of Airtel Money services. This is an endeavor that was initiated way back in 2019....

Summary Airtel Uganda recently launched the Wingle; a 3G WiFi dongle by Huawei. Just imagine your USB dongle but with WiFi this time. The Wingle is a small portable and easy to set up device that can get up to 10 devices connected via WiFi. The Wingle is a lovely device with quite an unfortunate timing to debut into the Ugandan market since as MiFis have invaded the market and can do whatever the Wingle does and probably better....

Alcatel isn’t known for pushing high-end smartphones the way that the likes of Apple, HTC, Samsung do. They majorly produce feature phones (Katochis), entry-level and mid-range phones which are usually sold through partnership with select mobile telecom networks. Alcatel Mobile Phones is a phone brand that’s a result of a joint venture between Alcatel-Lucent of France, a telecom equipment vendor and TCL Communication of China. It’s a French-Chinese phone company which is becoming quite common nowadays....

Tell me if this scenario is familiar. You are copy-pasting text from a web-page to a document, or between two different media. You copy a large chunk of text that you have carefully selected. However, you get a little distracted on your way to the destination you’d wish to paste this at. You see something a little interesting and you copy that. You paste the huge chunk at your destination but it all disappeared when you copied something else....

These days, finding True Wireless (TWS) earbuds that do not have the Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) feature is a rarity – that wasn’t always the case. Also, the true wireless earbuds market has never been as crowded as it is in 2021, with loads of brands unveiling top-quality earbuds day after day. This, however, makes choosing the right one for you a challenge. We’ll be sharing our best recommendations for 2021 in a bit....

If you’re a fan of Apple technology, you’re likely already looking ahead to the release of the iPhone 15. While we don’t have an official launch date just yet, rumors are already swirling about what we can expect from this newest addition to the iPhone lineup. From new features to updated specs, there’s plenty to be excited about. So, let’s look at what we know so far about the iPhone 15....

The ride-hailing scene in Nairobi is a rather vibrant one. Players like Uber, Bolt, inDriver and Little are all fighting for a chance to be the ones to drive you around town. However, for a while now, the privilege of hailing a ride has been exclusive to major towns as many of these players only focus on the cuties. In Kenya, That is Nairobi and Mombasa; although operations in Kisumu have launched....

CES2019 is underway in Las Vegas and as has been the case with all previous CES from previous years, in between the genuinely useful innovations, we expect to see the unexpected. It is 2019 and smart assistants are now really good; Google Assistant being the leader of the pack. It all started with the smart voice assistant on our phone and it seems as though everyone is now incorporating Google Assistant into their product....

Xiaomi is one of China’s leading name-brand smartphone manufacturers alongside the mighty Huawei, OnePlus, Oppo, and Vivo which rule the roost in that neck of the woods. What! Never heard of them? Neither have a good number of people worldwide and it’s telling to note that outside of China many of these wonderful smartphones don’t command much respect from the masses, that is with the exception of Huawei which has officially joined the big boys iPhone and Samsung on a global scale....

Fintech startup sent some shock waves last month when they declared zero-fee cross-border money transfers . We were all excited for this given that the incumbents like Western Union or banks were either too slow or too expensive. Chipper cash offers not only instant cross-border money transfers across five countries including Uganda, Kenya, Ghana, Tanzania, Rwanda but also at zero cost — at least we thought. This week, Chipper cash sent out a notification to its users telling them of pending addition of “tiny” fees to cross-border transactions in the “coming weeks”....

Capturing your Chromebook’s screen or recording it for instructional videos, product demos or tutorials has been a snap. ChromeOS supports these features out of the box by using shortcuts Ctrl + Show Windows for full screenshots and Ctrl + Shift + Show Windows for partial screenshots or recording. But now starting with ChromeOS 103, there’s a dedicated screencast App that does this and more. The new screencast App adds three more features to the built-in screencast App; auto-generated transcripts, markers, and sharing ....

Do you have that curious friend that always navigates away from the funny meme you are trying to show them to other apps? Do you give your kids your phone to play games sometimes? Well, there’s a great feature in Android that prevents whoever you hand your device to from intentionally or accidentally leaving the app you want to let them use. It’s called “Screen Pinning,” and it can be activated in Settings under “Security....

The music streaming industry is a highly competitive and dynamic market, with many players vying for a share of the listeners’ attention and wallets. While Spotify and Apple Music are often considered the dominant forces in this field, there are other alternatives that offer different features and advantages for music lovers. In this blog post, we will compare three underdogs: Deezer , Tidal and YouTube Music . We will look at their pricing, catalog, sound quality, user interface, and exclusive content, and see who comes out on top in 2023....

Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8.1 is finally here, but for developers to preview. Windows Phone 8.1 is Microsoft’s latest iteration of its Mobile operating system that’s competing against Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS. Registered Windows Phone developers can now start downloading the update on their devices. If you don’t have an account, you can register for an app developer account , which will cost you $19 a year as an individual or $99 a year as a company....

Android viruses have hit the headlines before, leading users to think that installing some sort of security software is a good idea. It goes almost without saying: the more popular Android becomes the more cases of malware we’re going to see as it keeps getting targetted it is for the bad guys….just ask Microsoft. But do you really need to install a resource- and battery-hogging antivirus app on your phone that is going to plague you with irritating notifications?...

Oraimo has amassed quite a few power banks for a brand that is fairly new in the accessory scene. That being said, the Oraimo Pilot OPB-P206DN is the latest in the category and it packs a 20000mAh capacity. The power bank is available as an online-only exclusive deal but you can get it from second sellers but this is mostly at a higher price. Oraimo, which is a subsidiary of Transsion Holdings same as iTel, Tecno, and Infinix is doing well as it recently celebrated its 100 million global sales landmark....

Yes, it does but not by a big margin. With online security becoming a day-to-day need, for whichever reasons one may have, people would natuarally want to stay safe while using the Internet – and that’s when the VPN comes in as a solution. But when it comes to this Virtual Private Network (VPN) technology, data usage is one of the most misunderstood notions, and many people have unsolved misconceptions about it....

Multichoice, the parent company of satellite digital service provider DStv is taking intense heat from Netflix, the online video and movie streaming company. The company is now building TV for the internet generation with its DStv Now. A month ago the company announced support for DStv now app on Samsung, Apple and Android TV platforms. Now they are extending that even further to LG smart TVs, specifically most 2017 and 2018 models running webOS 3....

In a bid to make it easy for sports fans to find their favorite sport on DSTv, SuperSport is revamping its programming to offer viewers an easier navigation and much less duplication. This new schedule will take effect on July 4th, with provision of a series of sporting events as they unroll through out the summer. Gideon Khobane, the SuperSport CEO , says that they are making these changes to give DStv customers an even better viewing experience, making it easier to navigate the wide variety of sports in the back-to-back channels....

Just recently, Multichoice announced a new streaming service, DStv Stream . This new streaming service will replace its popular streaming platform “ DStv Now ”. Just like DStv Now, DStv Strean is a platform that will offer users the opportunity to watch their favorite tv shows online on their desktop or laptop or with a mobile app on their smartphone, tablet, and smart TV. DSTV Stream: What You Must Have First, you need an active DStv Subscription....