Samsung today announced that the Galaxy S 4 has hit 10 million in less than a month after commence of shipping, a few days after hitting 6 million on May 10th. That was on the 27th of April when it started selling concurrently in several countries across the world. This is estimated to be a rate of four units per second sold. This makes it the fastest selling smartphone...
In June 2011, the Bank of Canada introduced the polymer bank-note series. The new notes spotted unique security features. With this anti-counterfeiting features people have not been bothering to verify any of this new bills. According to RCMP Sgt. Duncan Pound, there’s overconfidence among the public such that when retailers see the strip and the polymer looking...
Orange Kenya also joined on the fray, albeit late to sell the Galaxy S 4. Orange Kenya is selling the Galaxy S 4 in two price options. These being Kshs 58,000 and come with an Orange SIM card that will be loaded with 500MB data for 4 months. The other option is get it priced at the retail price of Kshs 65,000 and some 10 GB data valid for 3 months. This is an offer...
Ever dreamt of logging in to your email inbox and sending money to your loved ones instead of wading through an endless list of spam emails? Google got you covered. With Gmail and Google Wallet all that is entirely possible. How do you go about it? As you’ll see in the video at the end of this post and in the photo below, you simply hit (okay, click on) the $ sign...
Samsung earlier in the year set targets of reaching 10 million sales of the Galaxy S 4. It seemed distant, but after shipping 6 million devices by May 10th, this is not a pipe dream. Samsung shipped 4 million Galaxy S 4 in 4 days of April from the 26th and the end of the month, a sign that things are only better. Samsung has created so much confidence in their brand...
From some time this June-July you will no-longer associate the logo below with Blackberry only, it will be open to two more OSes. Android and iOS. So you can start imagining your iPhone 5 donning some other fruit other than Apple, or the next big thing with some dark fruit within, evil huh? Yes, Blackberry has announced that BBM channels will be available for Android...
Huawei Ascend W1 is the lone Windows Phone 8 device from Huawei, announced on January right after CES. The Ascend W1 was to go into the market within the same quarter but that did not happen, atleast in the Kenyan Market. Microsoft later in February announced it as Huawei 4Afrika with the idea to bundle it with an app store specifically for the Africa market. Microsoft...
Stephen Elop, Nokia CEO, came under heavy fire on Tuesday when investors expressed their discontent with his attempts at catching up with smartphone leaders, Apple and Samsung. At the AGM in Helsinki, shareholders suggested that Elop should reconsider the decision to switch to Microsoft’s mobile operating system. The move has caused Nokia to fall from smartphone...
Dimension Data plc has made an open market offer to purchase 100% of AccessKenya’s issued share capital for Kshs 14.00 per share, an offer which amounts to Kshs 3.052 billion. AccessKenya currently has 218 million shares in issue. The closing price per share for AccessKenya as of Friday 3 May 2013 was Kshs 9.85. The company’s turnover in 2012 was KES1.9 billion...
Samsung’s flagship device of 2013, the Samsung Galaxy S 4 has finally had it’s launch in Kenya. This follows a global launch and a South Africa launch for the entire Africa. The device is already available in the market after having gone through a successful pre-order via two of the largest Telcos in Kenya, Safaricom and Airtel. Safaricom was selling it...
Safaricom has today sold the first of the Samsung Galaxy S 4 devices pre-ordered in Kenya. The mobile network operator opened up pre-orders earlier last month at a price of Kshs. 58,000 with a Kshs 15,000 deposit. The customers today have since started to collect the devices. Janet Atika, Head of Retail at Safaricom who presided the event says that Galaxy S 4 will...
Qualcomm’s fiscal earnings for Q2 2013 have exceeded its expected revenue for the quarter. The chip designer has raised its estimated device shipments for 2013 based on the strength of the quarter. New Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 and 800 processors are facing a high demand in emerging markets as smartphone sales continue to soar. Paul Jacobs, the company’s...
Samsung Galaxy S 4 was the first device to successfully go through a pre-order process, and by two of the biggest mobile carriers in Kenya. Safaricom and Airtel had organized a pre-order for those wishing to be the first to get the the device, without queuing when they arrive to the shops. Well, the day is finally here. Tomorrow, Saturday the 4th of May the Galaxy...
Bharti Airtel acquisition Warid Telecom has put Warid customers on edge as some are concerned that they won’t be able to maintain their numbers. The deal which is Airtel’s first in-market acquisitin in history, has seen customers suggest that they may end up missing out on popular products currently offered on the Warid network. Head of Communications...
Sony hasn’t gotten out of that position between the rock and a hard place where profits and losses are concerned. This marks the second year straight of no profits. The Next Web reports that Sony Executives have since yielded to a proposal by their CEO Kazuo Hirai backed that the Sony Board to forgo bonuses in this fiscal year. A sum that would take the annual...
The Safaricom Academy is a 2 year Masters degree program established to meet the emerging needs of global telecommunications. Since its inception, the Academy has admitted 142 students with 112 of them receiving full sponsorships from Safaricom. The first group of 89 students have successfully completed the course and will be awarded a Masters of Science in Mobile...
At a press event last night, Orange Kenya launched a two month promotion to reward prepay mobile internet users for consumption. Each purchase from 50MB to 5GB will qualify for on-net bonus airtime of Kshs 20 to Ksh 700 and unlimited bundles qualify to free Holla Tariff subscription for the unlimited bundles duration. See below the arrangement. Bonus offer breakdown Data...
Samsung Galaxy S 4 is currently being launched in South Africa, Johannesburg at the Johannesburg Conventional Centre. George Ferreira, COO Samsung Africa who is presiding at the event has announced that the Galaxy S 4 will be available in South Africa in most shops from 27th of April from most devices retailers. ...
Samsung Galaxy S 4 will be launched in South Africa this week on Friday. There after shipping of devices starts. Here in Kenya, the Galaxy S 4 will be available for sale from the second week from Safaricom. As usual, this phone will have a stampede judging by the Galaxy S 3 whose first orders run out as soon as the landed in the shops. Safaricom, Kenya’s biggest...
Headquartered in Mauritius, afb has invested Kshs 250 million capital in their new Nairobi offices. The company already has operations in Lusaka, Accra and Cape town. afb views Nairobi as the financial heart of the East Africa region. This has led the company to use it as a launching pad to revolutionize credit access in East Africa. afb has been partnering with...
The most recent CCK report announced over the weekend puts Kenyan Internet users at 16.2 million representing a 40% of the Kenyan population with access to the internet. And actively using it. This representing an 11.6% increase in the quarter ending December, means that businesses need to change their perception of the internet as a way of just emails and keeping...
