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Kobo360 is a Nigerian startup that connects truck owners and companies to transport services with presence in Ghana, Kenya, Togo and its home country Nigeria. The company was able to secure a $20 million Series-A funding led by Goldman Sachs and later amassed $10 million in working capital from Nigerian commercial banks. This makes it the second-highest funding round secured by a startup in Africa this year behind Swvl’s funding round that closed at $45 million....

The long wait is seemingly coming to an end. HMD Global, the new home of Nokia devices has announced that the 2018 Nokia 5 is now available in the Kenyan market in accredited retailers in country. The signature aluminium unibody design has been refined to achieve ultimate quality, style and feel in the hand, while still retaining the rigidity and reliability you expect from a Nokia smartphone. With its higher-resolution display, 40% faster processor and improved cameras, Nokia 5....

But in the event that you find something you really like online and want it shipped to Uganda, here are some of your options. Intraline Online Intraline Online is a subsidiary of Intraline Shipping. Intraline Online is an eCommerce platform that let’s you shop for the best brands from online stores worldwide and deliver to you at your convenience. They claim to source for the finest products while getting you the best available deals on the market....

Back in September of 2020, Oppo unveiled the Reno4 smartphone —a mid-range smartphone packed with 8GB/128GB storage, coupled with a quad-camera setup, and backed by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G chipset. However, 6-months later, Oppo is unveiling the successor to the Reno4—the Oppo Reno5— in Nigeria. Here is what the OPPO Reno5 has to offer: OPPO Reno5 Key Specifications Display : 6.4″AMOLED, 90Hz refresh rate. Weight : 171g Chip Set : Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G OS : Android 11, ColorOS 11....

Paystack and Flutterwave are the two names that easily come to mind when payment processing is mentioned in Nigeria. The two payment processors are currently used by a large number of businesses, entrepreneurs, large corporations, freelancers and more. Before a business makes an educated choice on which payment processor to use, however, it is best to look at the features that both offer among other things. This piece is meant to make the whole process easier by highlighting relevant parts of the products a merchant, business or freelancer might need to make a sound decision....

Why Now? An inforgraphic created by Business intelligence company DOMO this year says it all. The inforgraphic gives us an idea on just how much data is generated every minute. Every minute: Facebook users share nearly 2.5 million pieces of content. Google receives over 4M search queries Twitter users tweet nearly 300,000 times. Instagram users post nearly 220,000 new photos. YouTube users upload 72 hours of new video content. Apple users download nearly 50,000 apps....

After its IPO last month , Rocket Internet, German headquartered e-commerce magnate, venture and startup incubator has announced the grand plan for the next decade. Fronting their proven winners as the benchmark of success, their future is somewhat bullish. In Rocket Internet speak, a proven winner company is that which is part of its largest and most mature companies, typically showing a last funding round valuation of at least €100 million and having a track record of at least two years....

WhatsApp is the undisputed king of Instant Messaging, if shear number are anything to go by. Feature-wise, that’s debatable(a story for another day). Safaricom knows this and also understands that the millennials make the bulk of WhatsApp users. Safaricom has been taking keen interest on the youth and the Blaze platform is an example. Blaze is a taarif for Safaricom users aged between 18 and 26, and is aimed at offering this demographic products that best fit their needs....

Samsung has taken the veil off the official latest entrants into the new Galaxy S20 family of devices. These are the South-Korean giant’s 2020 flagship smartphones, taking over from last year’s trio, the Galaxy S10, S10e, and the S10 5G . This year, we also get three devices: the Galaxy S20 , Galaxy S20 Plus and the maxed out Galaxy S20 Ultra . So what do these devices bring to the smartphone industry?...

Shopify Shopify is arguably the most popular ecommerce website builder. It is not just an ecommerce site builder but also an overall ecommerce management platform. You can host and purchase a domain directly on the platform. Shopify allows you to set up a functional online store in a very short time thanks to the thousands of themes (free and paid) you can choose from. The platform works well even for first time users with out design or coding experience....

“You are witnessing the birth of a global TV network,” Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said in January of 2016. At the time, the streaming service was already available in about 60 countries; he had just announced that another 130 countries had just been added. With that, many African countries, Kenya included, were officially supported by Netflix. A way to pay for your monthly subscription Well, first of all, you will need a way to pay for your monthly subscription....

Just a month ago, Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 710 chip – a chipset designed for manufacturers to create mid-range smartphones with advanced features like AR Emoji, Animoji and Face ID. The company seems to be working harder on this and is bringing more premium technology advancements to lower Snapdragon tiers, in a bid to transform the mass-market consumer experience. They have announced three new chipsets in the Snapdragon 632, 439 and 429 Mobile Platforms, engineered to bring higher performance, better battery life, more efficient designs, impressive graphics and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities into budget smartphones....

If you’re in the lookout for a budget Active Noise Cancelling(ANC) wireless stereo headphones, then the Taotronics soundsurge 90 or TT-BH090 are a great candidate. I have been using these headphones for a while now and I can tell you, I am pretty impressed by the sound quality, battery and general build quality of these ANC headphones. With built-in mic and ANC technology, these headphones are not only great for listening to music playback but also for making online calls on Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google meet etc....

In the last couple of months, we have seen smartphone brands unveil new iterations to different smartphone series. Tecno unveiled the Camon 17 series , the latest addition to the Camon family, Infinix also introduced the latest addition to its NOTE series – the Infinix NOTE 10 . Both devices carry a couple of similar features and specifications that might make it difficult to decide which to go with. so, in this article, we will be talking about their similarities and what sets them apart....

The Tecno Phantom Pad N9 is the first tablet from Tecno, and attempts to compete with other tablets by Samsung, Apple and others. Does it succeed? I would say yes, most certainly it does. The tablet has been available from July 2013, and is still being sold now in the N9 model and the P9 mini model . Let’s take a look at the specs of the device before I tell you why this model is great....

The Information Systems Audit and Controls Association (ISACA) is organising an information security conference. Here are the details. What is ISACA all about? The Information Systems Audit and Controls Association (ISACA) is a leading global provider of knowledge, certifications, community, advocacy and education on information systems (IS) assurance and security, enterprise governance and management of IT, and IT-related risk and compliance. It also advances and attests IT skills and knowledge through the globally respected Certified Information Systems Audit (CISA), certified information Systems Manager (CISM), Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT) and Certified in Risk and Information System Control (CRISC) designations....

Jumia Uganda is not done with giving back to its customers. Yet again, shoppers on the platform are getting the opportunity to upgrade and update their homes and daily-use appliances at incredibly low prices. This is through a sale event dubbed the Jumia Big Home Makeover , with a promise of ‘the best deals for every room in your house’. The sale is scheduled to start on April 16th, 2018 and will run through the 26th of April only on the jumia website and through the free Jumia app....

Smartphones have evolved over the years. From the era of full-fledge bezel smartphones, OEM’s have continuously used creative approaches to try to achieve the highest screen-to-body ratio for their devices. While some brands adopted the dot-notch display design for their selfie camera placement, other brands like OPPO adopted pop-up selfie cameras in some of their smartphones. While all of this was going on, we always knew it was only a matter of time before we saw the introduction of smartphones with clean screens – with no bezels or visible front-facing cameras....

TIGO Tanzania yesterday launched a brand new 4G LTE technology that will make it the biggest and fastest Internet network in the country. Speaking at the launch, Tigo Interim General Manager Cecile Tiano said: “This once again demonstrates our company’s commitment to the digital lifestyle transformation and its leadership in delivering cutting edge technology and innovation in this market.” The 4G LTE network means faster speeds to surf and download content from the Internet and make Skype calls....

With major telecoms like Airtel Uganda devoting a large part of their advertising effort to announcing the launch of countrywide 4G coverage, a lot of people are looking to get a 4G smartphone to take advantage of this improved handheld experience. If you have just swapped your old 3G only SIM (maybe you swapped it already) for a new 4G SIM card and out looking for a 4G smartphone, Infinix has a number of 4G smartphones that you can buy....