If you are looking for a pair of affordable wireless earbuds with a powerful bass and a sleek design, you might want to check out the Anker Soundcore P20i. These earbuds are sold under different names in different markets, such as the Anker P25i or the Anker R50i in India, but they are essentially the same product. For the sake of this post, we will continue to call them the Soundcore P20i....
Let’s start by saying that when you buy a smartphone from abroad that has 4G LTE bands not supported in Uganda, you will not be able to get 4G speeds at all. Some of the challenges with this is that you might buy a country specific device that was made to best function in a particular region and not the other. A classic example is with 4G LTE devices. When buying a smartphone and you are interested in the fact that it has 4G LTE speeds, you want to be mindful of what 4G LTE bands it supports....
Blogging and vlogging nowadays have become opportunities for people everywhere to express their feelings, learn, covering stories and inspire others. The two are both powerful, they are great at generating traffic, building clients loyalty and leads thousands of visitors hence put some clean money into your pockets. In reality, deciding which one to put your money on requires a lot of decisions to make. For the last few years, video content online has been growing at a rapid speed, and some bloggers are wondering if they should engage in vlogging too....
Safaricom, Kenya’s leading mobile network operator, is preparing to launch satellite data services in the country, in a move that could shake up the market and pose a challenge to Starlink, the ambitious project of billionaire Elon Musk. Safaricom will offer the service through a partnership with Starlink’s rival AST SpaceMobile, which has signed agreements with the telco’s ultimate parent firm Vodafone Group Plc. AST SpaceMobile aims to provide low-cost broadband connectivity to rural and remote areas using a constellation of satellites that can communicate directly with standard 4G smartphones....
It is normal for gadgets and other accessories to get accidentally damaged by users but they sometimes come at a (costly) price. While smartphones are generally made of several individual components, the screen/display is arguably the most expensive. Sometimes, replacing the screen of a device might cost you as much as one-third of the original retail price. The Samsung Galaxy S10 is a perfect example. The Galaxy S10 officially sells for $649....
If you can recall, just as the Covid-19 pandemic was peaking in March 2020, the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) put in place several measures to cushion Kenyans against the financial implications of the pandemic. One such measure was the waiver of all transaction charges between mobile money wallets and banks. Such as transaction charges for M-Pesa to bank transactions. This was all in an effort to minimize the usage of physical cash which was a potent medium for spreading the virus....
The tech industry is undergoing a concerted drive towards making wireless devices ubiquitous . From wireless charging to wireless computer mice, and wireless earphones , this is basically the new frontier. But it hasn’t been all smooth sailing. Case in point: consumers initially protested Apple’s bid to do away with the audio jack slot in favor of wireless earphones. Unsuccessfully, I might add. As device manufacturers get on board, the novelty is wearing off pretty fast....
Cloud Computing & Information Security Conference, CCISC, 2013, brings together African enterprises, telecommunications, and innovative & agile service providers/vendors from the IT world, all under one roof. CCISC 2013 provides attendees with a unique arial view of the Cloud & ICT Security industry, offering the chance to learn from and network with the attending key players. CCISC,2013 will be held from the 24th – 26th of July 2013, in Harare, Zimbabwe at the 5 star luxury hotel Meikles Hotel....
Smart cameras are a key part of any smart home ecosystem. They act as your watchdogs when you are away on vacation or in the office during the day. These days, we’ve got a variety of smart home cameras to choose from; Blink’s set of cameras, Wyze cam , Ring doorbell, Arlo Cam, Nest Cam, etc. While all of these smart home camera brands (and others not mentioned) come with various amazing features that set them apart, one feature they all have in common is video storage space (Cloud Storage vs Local Card options)....
What is the CMS Africa Summit all about? CMS Africa summit is a premier Web, Business, and Mobile event in Africa that gathers developers, E-commerce professionals, ISPs, Web administrators, Telecoms and Open Source Organisations among many others in a 2 day summit. Who is Invited/Who is CMS Africa Summit for? Among the many people who love CMS Africa summit, here are some who find it a must attend event. Web Developers, Bloggers, Web Hosting Companies, E-marketers, Online Sellers, E-commerce professionals, Internet Service Providers, Internet start-ups, Web Administrators, Open Source Organisations, Mobile bankers, E-bankers, University Students among others....
Last year in March, the government of Uganda took over Uganda Telecom (UTL)’s operations, after the Libyan government – who were the majority shareholder – pulled out of the troubled telecom. 14 months down the road, life seems to be still for the telecom company and the search for a new investor in yet another UTL take over has been underway. As reported by the Daily Monitor, the government set up a deadline of up to May 26 to “pick a fitting investor from multiple companies that have shown interest” in taking over UTL....
Cubot is a little known electronics manufacturer hailing from Shenzhen , the electronics capital of the world. Shenzhen, for those who don’t know, is home to global heavyweights Huawei, OnePlus, Tencent(WeChat) and Foxconn (makers of the iPhone) to name a few. That ought to give you pause, and an open mind for this new kid on the block making a splash. As of now, Cubot has joined a concerted Chinese invasion on the Kenyan market comprising the likes of Infinix, Tecno, Oppo, Vivo, Doogee, and Xiaomi....
There is a thick and dark cloud hovering over Silicon Savannah, Kenya to be exact. The gods are at war, and the forecast can’t tell whether it will be raining data packets or the mudslinging will still continue. From last month, Kenya’s leading local cloud service provider– Angani — has been embroiled in severe internal conflict. It’s reported that conflict was a botched attempt of a hostile takeover by the company’s board that resulted into a service outage....
July is almost done. We hope it’s been a great month as it has been for us. For this week’s hand-picked articles, if you run a start-up or even have been in business for some time, there’s a great list of business models that you pick from a list of successful (internet) companies around the world. Also Seth Bannon lists some great lessons he has learnt from his mistakes running a start-up business....
Chances are that you have not installed Facebook’s mainstream messenger app because either it’s too big for your phone or consumes a lot data. But now Facebook has released a lightweight and slightly faster version of its main messenger app dubbed “Facebook Messenger Lite”. Facebook Messenger Lite is really small — about 10MB — compared to the main messenger App. This means it occupies less storage space on your phone making it install faster....
Fezah artists will now get regular airplay on 106.1 Jazz Fm in a partnership with Jazz FM aimed at promoting the growing number of talented artists available on the Fezah App. Fezah is entertainment’s booking app available through Google Play , with over 150 musicians, bands, and DJs from Uganda and Kenya. 106.1 Jazz Fm is your home of Jazz, Blues, and Soul in Kampala, streaming internationally on www.jazzfm.co.ug ....
Google has been on a mission lately. The company has been updating its first-party apps to the “Google Material Theme”, its own in-house design language. Most recently, we saw Google Keep, now Keep Notes get the treatment and now, Files Go is getting the same, and receiving a new name in the process. The beta version of the app has both the stereotypical, mostly-white design, and it now just goes by the name of “Files....
On Day three of a wild fire, the fire extinguisher seems to turn up. The beginning of July has defined that Ugandans using social media are obliged to pay an excise OTT tax of Ugx 200 ($ 0.052 ) daily for use of Over-The-Top (OTT) services. Already three mobile telecoms including MTN, Airtel and Africell Uganda have started following the directive from the Government of Uganda in regards to the new Social Media tax....
Smartphones have really come of age. When the iPhone launched about a decade ago, only a handful of people could afford it in select countries around the world. But the iPhone showed us a glimpse of what a phone should truly be in the 21 century. That’s why Google very soon after with its Open Android platform launched about a year later ushering in a whole new world of mobile computing....
Torrent networking has got to be the most popular form of Peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing in the world today. For a long time, many users of torrents have been operating in some legal grey area, if not leaning towards the illegal side of things altogether. For that reason, Torrent has been very unpopular with many authorities and other copyright bodies. Torrent has been kinda synonymous with Piracy in this internet era but its basic structure means it is almost impossible to stem out....
