Huawei’s Y-Series of smartphones is geared towards meeting the needs of the youthful users in the market. These devices have often offered very good value for money by packing advanced features, features that the young users look for when making smartphone purchases. The Y9 2019 released in October 2018 was a really good value for money and the upcoming refresh, the Y9 Prime 2019 seeks to push that envelope even further....
The performance of a computer is in most cases a result of the tune to which a user sets it. How you go about the performance of a CPU microprocessor will adversely determine the results you will get of it; and this is precisely through the operations in Hyper-Threading, Turbo Boosting, and Overclocking. You will realize that they play close to the same role, but their individual part is the most important....
In today’s digital age, PDF files have become an essential tool for businesses and individuals alike. They offer a convenient way to share and store documents, ensuring that they maintain their format across different devices and platforms. However, managing PDF files can be a challenge, especially when it comes to editing, merging, splitting, and converting them. That’s where iLovePDF comes in, an all-in-one tool that simplifies the process of managing PDF files....
Infinix Mobility has officially taken the veil off the Infinix Hot 6X – the device it has touted for weeks on social media under the #SeeEverything hashtag/campaign. The Hot 6X comes as a sequel to the Infinix Hot 6 and Hot 6 Pro and it is the latest entrant into the OEM’s renowned “Hot” line of smartphone. Being an upgrade to these devices, a number of modifications were made both on the externals and internals of the device....
Quick Questions Looking for an entry-level phone or your first smartphone? Need a short term replacement or a secondary smartphone? Looking for a big battery smartphone? Want a smartphone on a budget? If the above is what you are looking for, then the itel A56 is your best bet but if you are looking for more, you may want to try other options. For many years now, itel has been making entry-level devices driving device penetration in Africa with affordable and quality feature and smartphones ....
Itel is a reliable mobile phone brand that has provided budget-friendly mobile communications technology to everyone. However, the brand has now dabbled in the laptop business with the announcement of its first laptop – the Itel Able 1 laptop. This laptop device was introduced at the online launch of the Itel P37 mobile smartphone. Itel Able 1 Laptop Key Specs Display : 14 inches HD (1366×768) Design : 19.9mm slim body design Operating system : Windows 10 Home Processors: Intel® Celeron ™ N3450 (Quad core, 1....
Kenya’s largest online shopping company has unveiled its much awaited Marketplace, an online platform that will allow suppliers and entrepreneurs to sell their products directly to the company’s huge customer base. Entrepreneurs will decide what to sell and at what price, upload a picture of the item and create a description of the product, and after approval the product will go live on www.Jumia.co.ke . JUMIA will handle the product storage, marketing, customer care and delivery....
Kenya’s leading online accommodation marketplace SleepOut.com , which allows users to find, offer and book unique accommodation online has today has raised approximately US$200,000 in seed funding to finance expansion across markets in Africa and the Middle East. The round of funding was led by African Media Ventures Fund, an is Amsterdam-based Africa seed fund. Lot Carlier, Managing Partner at AMVF said, “We are truly excited to embark on this venture....
Tugende, a for-profit social enterprise based in Uganda, announced its launch of Tugende VIP — a premium brand of signature dressed and highly trained drivers of motorcycle taxis colloquially known as boda bodas. Tugende VIP currently works via a web app where a prospective passenger locates the nearest boda boda driver by help of an interactive map. Upon which, they are provided with a sheet (available for download) containing the driver’s contact details and fact file....
When smartphones with 8GB RAM hit the market, we thought we’d seen it all. Little did we know things were about to go ablaze! This year alone, not less than five smartphones were launched with 10GB RAM . It’s interesting that Lenovo announced the Lenovo Z5 Pro GT with 12GB RAM when 2018 hasn’t even ended. As this has raised the standards, trust me, we’re in for a treat in 2019....
Infocom, now owned by Liquid Telecom, the leading independent data, voice and IP provider in eastern, central and southern Africa, today unveiled a major upgrade of its international Internet gateway in Kampala – with the installation of technology to provide 16 times more international Internet capacity: in the form of advanced networks to the local Internet service providers supplied by Liquid Telecom. Liquid Telecom, which last year acquired one of Uganda’s longest serving and best respected internet service providers, Infocom, is the only internet company with its own fibre ring drawing on all five undersea cables entering East Africa, and linking Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania in thousands of kilometers of fibre optic cabling....
Tecno Mobile, launched in 2006, is a Chinese mobile phone manufacturer with its headquarters in Hong Kong – with major focus on the African and Southeast Asian market. Tecno made the decision to enter the African market in 2008, and right now, it is the top-selling phone maker in Africa and considered one of the biggest smartphone brands on the continent. Much of Tecno’s success in Africa has been because the Tecno brand was designed specifically to fit the demands of the region – dual sims design, long-lasting batteries, etc....
Mid last month, we announced that iDroid USA Technologies wa s set to launch in Uganda . Well, they are here finally with two blazing smartphones, the iDroid Tango A5 and iDroid Royal V7 going for prices of Ugx 649,000 and Ugx 949,000 respectively. At an event held yesterday at Sheraton Hotel Kampala, Jawad Qureshi, the Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer of iDroid USA described Uganda as their “new home”. Founded by four IT entrepreneurs with a shared vision of building easy to use Technology, the device maker is operational in the USA, Canada, EU, Latin America and now Uganda....
What if broadband could be made affordable to communities who have never been connected to the information highway? Microsoft South Africa, in partnership with the Department of Science and Technology (DST), the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, the University of Limpopo, and local networking firm Multisource, with regulatory support from the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa, today celebrates the official implementation phase of the highly anticipated TV White Spaces pilot project at the University of Limpopo....
MTN Uganda in partnership with NITA-Uganda have today unveiled a new app that will be used for geo-fencing and tracking COVID 19 patients that are under home based care. The new app named E-pass (Electronic pass) is intended to help the Ministry of Health truck and geo-fence the movement of COVID 19 patients under home based care thus reducing the number of non-critical patients that get admitted in hospitals. At the height of the pandemic, many people would be rushed to health centers, even those that were not in critical conditions, a situation that overwhelmed health centers and also stretched the limited resources in hospitals....
MTN Uganda announced yesterday that it was extending its mobile money platform to online merchants enabling online visitors to directly pay for goods and services using their mobile money accounts. The integration is quite simple. All you have to do is simply log on to any website supported by the network, select MTN Mobile Money as the payment option. You will then be required to enter your Mobile Money number at which you’ll receive a notification on your phone prompting you to confirm payment by punching in your Mobile Money PIN....
MTN Uganda has zero rated a number of Universities online learning platforms allowing students and lecturers free access to study at home during this period of the COVID 19 lockdown. This means that no data charges will apply to these educational websites as students and lecturers will be able to utilise them to continue with learning and teaching from home. Like all other education institutions, the universities officially closed on March 20 after a directive from President Yoweri Museveni that all places of mass concentration suspend their operations to prevent the spread of Covid19....
Quotable: “To be able to accelerate the financial inclusion that mobile money is at the fore front of supporting, affordability is key. This is why we have taken a decision to reduce the mobile money rates for sending money in the transaction ranges that the majority of our customers transact. We are making it more affordable for the customer to send money using MTN Mobile Money.” ~ Wim Vanhelleputte , MTN Uganda Chief Executive Officer...
One of the most annoying things when browsing over web pages is when a video plays automatically, at the expense of your limited internet resources, power and even comfort. So annoying it is that you could even quit whatever you are doing in the name of closing the autoplay. Well, Google is reversing the evil in this with its latest update to the Chrome web browser. In a newly designed policy, there are some goals that Google looks to achieve....
After giving Safaricom two weeks exclusive selling rights of the New OPPO A71, the device is now open for sale to all company dealers in the country. The move comes after the device retailed for two continued weeks at Safaricom shops at a retail price of 19,990ksh after its official launch on 29th last month. The device has seen tremendous buzz in the internet for its capability of offering premium design and enhanced features that guarantee high performance, superb photography and unique design....
