Armed thugs caught on CCTV robbing a man in Kilimani arrested

By Tonny Ndungu,

Four suspects connected with a daring daylight robbery incident along Lenana Road have been arrested by DCI detectives based in Kilimani. The suspe...

TECNO, UNHCR to support education for African refugee children

By Citizen Reporter,

Leading smartphone brand TECNO has announced a new partnership with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) that will provide qualit...

Tecno , UNHCR

Amazon in talks to buy Ksh.200 billion stake in Bharti Airtel

By Reuters,

Amazon is in early-stage talks to buy a stake worth at least $2 billion (approximately Ksh.200 billion) in Indian mobile operator Bharti Airtel, three...

Amazon , Bharti Airtel , Reliance Jio , Vodafone Idea

TeleAfya: Mobile app launched to help patients request for medical care

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Kenyans can now access medical services much more conveniently following the launch of a mobile application that connects patients to doctors for medi...

TeleAfya

IDEMIA appoints new East Africa head to drive regional expansion

By Citizen Reporter,

IDEMIA, global augmented identity solutions provider, has appointed Henry Mkuzi as its East African Region Sales Director as part of the company’s p...

Henry Mkuzi , IDEMIA , Yann Delabrière

Fighting fakes: Mobile phones the most counterfeited goods in Kenya

By Dorcas Wangira,

Kenya loses an estimated Ksh. 30billion every year in tax evasion, unlicensed goods and counterfeit, according to various studies. The country is t...

mobile phones , phones , smartphones

WHO readies coronavirus app for checking symptoms, possibly contact tracing

By Reuters,

The World Health Organization (WHO) plans to launch a coronavirus app in May to enable people in under-resourced countries to assess whether they may ...

coronavirus , coronavirus app

We’re all glued to our screens right now. Here’s how you can protect your eyes

By CNN,

With much of the globe now under coronavirus-related restrictions, we have never been so tethered to our screens -- for work, to connect with friends,...

digital learning , Eyes , laptops , Zoom

‘Maths is the easiest subject on earth,’ says Babu Owino as he conducts online lesson

By Ian Omondi,

Embakasi East Member of Parliament Babu Owino on Friday sparked excitement on social media as he conducted an online high school Mathematics lesson. ...

Babu Owino , KCSE , Mathematics

Safaricom dials up Google for 1 million smartphones offer

By Reuters,

Safaricom is partnering with Google to offer 1 million affordable smartphones, its chief executive said on Wednesday. The Kenyan company, which is ...

Safaricom , smartphone

China is installing surveillance cameras outside people’s front doors…and sometimes inside their homes

By CNN,

The morning after Ian Lahiffe returned to Beijing, he found a surveillance camera being mounted on the wall outside his apartment door. Its lens was p...

china , surveillance camera , Weibo

Apple unveils new Ksh.40K budget iPhone

By CNN,

After years of releasing smartphones with four-figure dollar price tags, Apple is reintroducing a lower-cost, stripped down iPhone model in an apparen...

apple , iPhone SE , Tim Cook

Infinix launches ‘stay home and stay safe’ campaign

By Citizen Reporter,

The global pandemic caused by the spread of COVID 19 has changed life across the globe. In Kenya as well, many people have been compelled to restri...

WhatsApp under scrutiny over fake coronavirus messages shared by users

By CNN,

WhatsApp, which is owned by Facebook (FB), is coming under renewed scrutiny over how it handles misinformation as the coronavirus pandemic rampages ac...

coronavirus

What is social distancing and how does it help in fighting coronavirus?

By CNN,

If, like me, you've been receiving emails from most every organization you're involved with saying that classes, lectures, services, and other planned...

coronavirus , social distancing

Smartphones may make your headaches worse, study finds

By CNN,

If you think the time spent on your smartphone could be contributing to a relentless headache, you might be right, a new study finds. That was the ...

smartphones

Facebook hosts Safer Internet Forum in Nairobi

By Citizen Reporter,

Facebook in partnership with Watoto Watch Network on Friday hosted the “Facebook for Safer Internet Forum” to demonstrate how the company and Its ...

facebook

New Samsung Galaxy S20 to cost Ksh.138K

By CNN,

Samsung has a new weapon in the flip phone wars. The world's biggest smartphone maker unveiled a new foldable device, the Galaxy Z Flip, at its Unp...

Samsung

Two-day charge and dual camera: Key features of Nokia 2.3

By Paul Ombati,

Nokia 2.3, a new generation smartphone from HMD Global has premiered in the Kenyan market after its launch in Cairo on December 5. The new Nokia 2....

dual camera , Nokia 2.3

How you can avoid matatu hustle this Christmas with Tecno

By Citizen Reporter,

The Christmas season is around the corner! And like always, we are about to be caught up in the last-minute rush, and more so, while travelling upcoun...

Tecno