Telecoms

Airtel Kenya, the country's second largest telco was a little slow to hop onto the 4G train, getting beat to the party by Telkom Kenya, and even Faiba 4G in some towns. Today, the company has announced the rollout of over 800 3G and 4G... Read More

In light of recent aggressive pricing of products from Telkom and Airtel, Safaricom is trying to keep up by today introducing a new 'all in one monthly bundles' that should see its customers enjoy discounted data and call rates, all in one convenient package. In... Read More

In a move that could see a more formidable competition to market leader, Safaricom; Telkom Kenya Limited and Airtel Networks Kenya Limited, today announced the signing of a binding agreement that will see the shareholders of the two companies enter into an agreement to merge... Read More

MTN Uganda is reportedly in talks with Government that could see them sell stake to NSSF. Consequently, this will bring a rise in local proprietorship in Uganda’s biggest taxpayer from the current 5%. The telecommunications regulator late last year while recommending MTN’s license renewal recommended... Read More

You might have heard the news by now that Smile Uganda is letting people stream videos for free on YouTube when using their services. Feeling left out, here is how to get your groove on and say “farewell” to FOMO (fear of missing out). Ever... Read More

Unlimited Internet is not unlimited. Puzzling? Yeah, it is very perplexing. You just splashed out a chunk of your money and bought an unlimited Internet bundle from your favorite Internet Service Provider. You are thinking about doing a lot with this. Maybe catching up with... Read More

If there's anything to remember about 2018, it's the controversial daily OTT tax introduced by the Ugandan government mid this year. With it also came interesting ways of evading the tax for those that thought it was unfair for the government to censor their online... Read More

Kenya is set to become the first African country to deploy Loon's internet-beaming balloons. Loon has already begun importing and installing ground equipment and infrastructure in readiness for the deployment on Telkom’s network expected in the first half of 2019. Loon’s Chief Executive Officer Alastair... Read More

In this day and age, the internet is everything. We heavily rely on this worldwide infrastructure for almost every aspect of our lives today. Facebook and Twitter for keeping up with friends and family, Skype and a bunch of other apps for video calling, entertainment,... Read More