Kenyan News: Tech

Autochek has today secured $13.1mn in seed funding. Co-led by follow-on investors, TLcom Capital and 4DX Ventures, the round also included participation from existing investors, Golden Palm Investments, Enza Capital, Lateral Capital as well as new participants, ASK Capital and Mo

Jumia has started publicising its upcoming Black Friday month with dates set to between 5th and 28th November 2021.

LG Electronics East Africa (LG) has rolled out a campaign to educate consumers on emerging trends in TV technology so as to make informed purchase decisions aligned with their needs, as the company steps up its customer outreach activities in the region. According to LG Electroni

Equity has announced it is relaunching 'Eazzy Net' as 'Equity Online' after making changes in line with its One Equity strategy

Showmax says this the ultimate viewing experience and says it is the first of of its kind in the African space

160 companies have been shortlisted for Africa CIO100 Awards, dubbed the Oscars of the tech world. This marked the completion of the first phase of the technical analysis of data from which the CIO100 top companies in Africa will be chosen. This is a critical stage where the cont

Kepple Africa Ventures has said it has relinquished its investment in Wapi Pay.

Apple has announced new M1 Max and M1 Pro chips with new 14 and 16-inch laptops. And they have a notch, but no FaceID!

AutoChek has officially widened its operations in Kenya as part of its pan-African expansion.

WhatsApp has finally started rolling out end-to-end chat cloud backups. With this, users will be able to keep a copy of their messaging history backed-up without worrying about compromising their privacy. WhatsApp is rolling out the feature to users gradually and will be monitori

Social media and mainstream media platforms went abuzz with claims that toxic Ceres Juice recalled from markets are still retailing in shops and supermarkets. Following a statement by South African Based company pioneer foods, Ceres Apple juice has been recalled for having high l

Safaricom and the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) launched the NHIF mini-app within the M-PESA Super App. The NHIF mini-app will provide all NHIF services through the Super App, empowering customers to access services wherever they may be without visiting NHIF offices or

NHIF says payment and account reconciliation services are already live on the mini-app, with procedure approvals set to become available soon. 

LG Electronics will substantially expand the availability of content streaming options for third-party TVs running its proprietary webOS platform. With the firmware update now rolling out, viewers with webOS TVs can enjoy an enriched viewing experience with even more popular serv

Bolt has forged a partnership with Rubis Energy Kenya to offer drivers who operate on the Bolt platform discounted prices on fuel commodities in a bid to cushion drivers from the escalating fuel prices witnessed in recent times. The partnership will see Bolt drivers get a prepaid

Fuliza customers will have their M-Shwari and KCB M-Pesa accounts blocked and their balances could be used to settle outstanding repayments.

OPPO has unveiled the global version of its custom UI. The company has announced that its new custom UI, ColorOS 12 is out and is based on Android 12. This is the global version of ColorOS 12 as the Chinese version of the custom ROM was unveiled back in September. ColorOS 12 adds

Kenyan students have been challenged to apply and participate in this year’s global innovation challenge program which is taking place in 44

Sabrina Chepkemoi and Marrieta have been crowned Young Scientists of the Year for the best innovation at the 2021 Young Scientists

TECNO's Phantom X and Camon 17 will be first to receive Android 12 HiOS 8.5 Upgrade.

Out of the more than 206 000 mobile malware attacks blocked by Kaspersky solutions for the Middle East, Turkey and Africa (META) region in just 6-months measured, between January to June 2021, over 30 000 of these attacks combined originated from Nigeria (14 071), Kenya (10 697),

OPPO says it has given itself a target of bringing ColorOS 12 to over 110 smartphone models with over 150 million users by the end of 2022.

Leading pan-African technology group Liquid Intelligent Technologies through its innovation and partnerships arm Liquid Labs

Yesterday, HMD Global officially unveiled its latest tablet to the market. This tablet has a 2K display and comes with an 8MP rear facing camera. The tablet also has stereo speakers and dual microphones. The Nokia T20 comes with 3/4GB of RAM, dedicated Google Kids Space, and an a

The new version of Android will be known as Android 12 Snow Cone thanks to an announcement by VP Engineering for Android.

The new Nokia T20 Tablet is a budget offering from HMD Global with a huge battery and a 2K 10.4-inch display.

TECNO has unveiled the Camon 18 Premier. It features an AMOLED Panel, triple camera system, Helio G96 processor, 33W Fast charging and much more.

AppsFlyer has released the 2021 edition of its State of eCommerce App Marketing report. The report outlines the key global trends to guide marketers in

Young Scientists Kenya (YSK) in partnership with the Ministry of Education, The Embassy of Ireland, and BLAZE by Safaricom have today kicked off the annual four-day National Science and Technology Exhibition for secondary school students. The exhibition, which was officially kick

YSK (the Young Scientists Kenya) in partnership with Kenya's Ministry of Education, the Embassy of Ireland, and Safaricom's BLAZE, has kicked off the annual National Science and Technology Exhibition for Secondary School students

Here are the expected specifications of the Infinix NOTE 11 PRO which is expected to be available soon.

Young Scientists Kenya (YSK) in partnership with the Ministry of Education, The Embassy of Ireland, and BLAZE by Safaricom

Students in Universities and tertiary institutions will now have access to health cover and services to help address wellbeing issues faced by young people in the newly launched O3 Plus project dubbed Our Lives, Our Rights, Our Future. Through the newly launched initiative, the U

Microsoft has today announced the rollout of Windows 11. This is the latest major OS update by the company and with it comes a number of new features to the popular OS. With Windows 11, Microsoft has changed some aspects of the design offering a much cleaner interface with additi

WhatsApp is said to be working on a new feature that will allow users to continue listening to voice notes even after they close the chat.

OPPO Kenya has launched a mobile photography competition with an aim to support the continued revival of local tourism by encouraging more Kenyans to visit the national parks and game reserves. The Reno6 5G wildlife mobile photography challenge will see the top three contestants

Airtel Africa plc, a leading provider of telecommunications and mobile money services, with a presence in 14 countries across Africa, announces that further to the Company's appointment of Olusegun "Segun" Ogunsanya, as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Segun has beg

DPO Group has finalized its acquisition by Network International, a globally renowned enabler of digital commerce across the Middle East and Africa. In a landmark deal for the African payments space, Network International has acquired 100 per cent of DPO Group, which will continu

CA launched the second phase of the National Child Online Protection (COP) campaign dubbed, “Huwezi Tucheza: Tuko Cyber -Smart."