Star Times, the latest entrant in the pay TV service, is offering GTV and Smart TV subscribers some form of compensation for their losses following the exit of GTV and Smart TV from the Kenyan Market under unclear circumstances. Those with GTV or Smart TV decoders will…
If latest statistics from Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) are anything to go by, August was a friendly month for Kenya. The Consumer Price Indices (CPI), measure of changes in the price level of consumer goods and services purchased by households, decreased by 0.31 per…
We have so far covered Safaricom’s, Airtel’s and Orange mobile internet data plans designed for mobile phone users, today we will look at what Yu mobile has to offer. Yu Mobile, the only mobile service provider yet to join the…
A year into the market pesaDroid is changing how we view mobile money. It is an Android app that observes your M-Pesa SMS messages, enabling you to visualize your transactions in different ways as well as generating several statements from these transactions. The question then is, how…
Owning a smart phone comes with one major additional expense, buying mobile internet bundles. Safaricom has a couple of data plans suitable for mobile users. The daily mobile internet bundles, with a 24 hours validity period and the 7 days prepaid data plan. Based on how you surf…
Few things are more relaxing than a hot shower at the end of the day to help the body recover. Unfortunately for most Nairobi residents, running taps and showers are luxuries reserved for a select few. Dr. Alex Awiti, an Ecosystems Ecologist based at Aga Khan…
DStv Mobile today announced a reduction in both costs of DStv mobile devices and montholy subscription to DStv mobile channel bouquets. Based on the DStv mobile device you choose and channel bouquet you subscribe to, below is a breakdown of the initial costs of getting a…
GOtv celebrates its first anniversary by reducing its monthly subscription and installation rates. A GOtv decorder now costs KES 4,899, down from KES 5,500, reflecting a KES 601 price reduction while the monthly subscription fee has also been reduced to KES 599 per month, down from KES 720 per month,…
Banki Ya Maji, a new app, is being developed that will see you earn from reducing the volume of water you use daily. This service will entail an individual/household opening an account with Banki ya Maji (BYM) , principally via the internet providing the required details. Thereafter, BYM will…