Trump bars U.S. transactions with eight Chinese apps including Alipay

By Reuters,

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order banning transactions with eight Chinese software applications, including Ant Group’...

Donald Trump

If you want to travel next year, you may need a vaccine passport

By CNN,

Now that coronavirus vaccines are starting to roll out in the US and abroad, many people may be dreaming of the day when they can travel, shop and go ...

coronavirus , vaccine passport

OPINION: How smartphones are transforming the gaming industry

By Guest Writer,

The gaming industry’s evolution has been among the most rapid shifts in any form of entertainment and is one of the most profitable in the entertain...

App Annie , Gaming , realme

OPINION: From Survive to Thrive; working together for a better Africa

By Guest Writer,

By Chen Lei Technology is getting us through the pandemic, and technology can also drive our continent’s recovery in the post-pandemic era, w...

Alibaba Singles Day sales rake in Ksh8 trillion as Chinese shake off COVID-19

By CNN,

China's annual Singles Day online shopping bonanza regularly hauls in tens of billions of dollars for Alibaba and other e-commerce and retail companie...

Alibaba , singles day

Affordable mobile devices a big opportunity in driving 4G migration

By Agencies,

There are significant business opportunities in the mobile-broadband space in building an ecosystem of affordable mobile devices to support user migra...

Lee Kun-hee, who made South Korea’s Samsung a global powerhouse, dies at 78

By Reuters,

Lee Kun-hee, who built Samsung Electronics into a global powerhouse in smartphones, semiconductors and televisions, died on Sunday after spending more...

Lee Kun-hee , Samsung

Tecno mobile brings the camera phone Pioneer Camon 16 Premier to its global grand launch

By Agencies,

The first AR online launch integrating technology and photography hosted by TECNO came to a successful conclusion on September 4, 2020. Following t...

Infinix partners with fashion icon on Zero 8 launch in Kenya

By Agencies,

Infinix, a global leader in consumer electronics market, has launched the ZERO 8 in the Kenyan market. ZERO 8 is the company’s flagship series for 2...

Smartphone brand realme launches new C-series in Kenyan market

By Ian Omondi,

Fast growing smartphone brand, realme, seems to have gone all-out to supply the Kenyan market now officially launching the much-anticipated realme C15...

realme C15 , smartphone

Airtel Kenya Introduces Airtel TV

By Sponsored,

Airtel Networks Kenya Ltd on Friday announced the launch of its Airtel TV app that offers a whole new world of entertainment via mobile phones. The...

Airtel Networks Kenya , Airtel TV , Prasanta Das Sarma

Safaricom unveils Ksh.20-a-day smartphone deal

By Kepha Muiruri,

Giant telco operator Safaricom has set its sights on reaching one million new 4G users through its launched smartphone ownership financing scheme. ...

Peter Ndegwa , Safaricom

University of Nairobi to hold virtual graduation ceremony in September

By Ian Omondi,

The University of Nairobi (UoN) will on September 25, 2020 hold its 63rd graduation ceremony virtually amid the COVID-19 pandemic that has crippled ga...

COVID-19 , graduation ceremony , Prof. Stephen Kiama , University of Nairobi.

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

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