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Huawei mobile Kenya opens its fourth experience store located at the Yaya center

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Huawei mobile Kenya opens its fourth experience store located at the Yaya center

Huawei mobile Kenya has unveiled a new experience store located at Yaya center in Nairobi city, the shop is aimed at serving customers along Ngong road, Kileleshwa, Kilimani, Lavington and its environment. The move is amongst many of the company’s visions of moving closer to its customers, especially during the busy festive period. It’ll join other stores currently operated by the tech giant including Sarit Center, Village Market and TRM.

According to Huawei mobile country head Jim Zhujie, tech gadgets have over the years become some of the most preferred gifts during the festive season. And while some customers may be looking for these gadgets, finding the perfect gift for loved ones remained a tough call, Zhujie continued. He acknowledged that holiday season was when most customers shopped for gifts to give their loved ones and didn’t want to miss out.

By opening an additional outlet, Zhujie said the company would avail it’s expansive range of products including wearables, audio devices, laptops as well as laptops to make the process of buying a new gift less daunting. The country head further said the company had compiled a gift guide with some interesting tech gadgets that would make perfect gifts during this festive period.

Gift gadgets on offer from Huawei

Audio devices

Customers have options ranging from over-ear wireless headphones such as the Huawei FreeBuds 3.

Wearables

When it comes to sports and fitness trackers, there’s a Huawei Watch Fit as well two other slightly priced smartwatches to choose from including the Huawei Watch GT2.

Tablets

The HUAWEI MatePad 8 will also be on offer for customers looking to reward their loved ones with a nice tablet from the company.

New MPESA charges starting January 2021 announced, here is how much you’ll be charged

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New MPESA charges starting January 2021 announced, here is how much you’ll be charged

Safaricom has announced new MPESA tariffs that will take effect staring January 2021, this comes after the regulator showed no interest in extending current relief guidelines that saw Kenyans transact amounts up to Ksh. 1,000 without attracting additional costs. Kenya’s central bank had unveiled new regulations earlier on this year, aimed at cushioning Kenyans from adverse economic effects caused by the covid-19; the move however, negatively impacted revenue from Safaricom which saw reduced income from MPESA during the same period compared to a year earlier.

While announcing the new tariffs, Safaricom indicated they had considered guidelines issued by the regulator when coming up with new rates. The telco said it had reduced new MPESA charges for the year 2021 by up to 45 percent on low value transaction bands in line with the regulator’s guidelines with regard to pricing of mobile money services.

In the new structure which is expected to affect at least 90 percent of MPESA customers, there are notable reductions from what customers used to pay pre-corona period. Sending amounts between Ksh. 101 and Ksh. 500 will cost only Ksh. 6 down from Ksh. 11 and amounts between Ksh. 1,500 and Ksh. 2,500 only Ksh. 32 from previous Ksh. 41. Consequently, transactions less than Ksh. 100 will remain free as well as moving cash between banks and MPESA wallet.

New MPESA Charges for the year 2021

TRANSACTIONRANGE (KSHS)TRANSACTIONTYPE AND CUSTOMERCHARGES (KSHS)
MINMAXTRANSFER TO M-PESA USERS, POCHI LA BIASHARA AND BUSINESS TILL TO CUSTOMERTRANSFER TO OTHER REGISTERED MOBILE MONEY USERSTRANSFER TO UNREGISTERED USERSWITHDRAWAL FROM M-PESA AGENT
149FreeFreeN/AN/A
50100FreeFreeN/A10
101500664527
5011,00012124928
1,0011,50022225928
1,5012,50032327428
2,5013,500515111250
3,5015,000555513567
5,0017,500757516684
7,50110,0008787205112
10,00115,0009797265162
15,00120,000102102288180
20,00135,000105105309191
35,00150,000105105N/A270
50,001150,000105105N/A300

MPESA ATM WITHDRAWAL CHARGES

ATM WITHDRAWAL
TRANSACTIONRANGE (KSHS)CUSTOMER CHARGE KSHS)
MINMAX
2002,50034
2,5015,00067
5,00110,000112
10,00120,000197
OTHER TRANSACTIONSKSHS
ALL DEPOSITSFREE
M-PESA REGISTRATIONFREE
BUYING AIRTIME THROUGH M-PESAFREE
M-PESA BALANCE ENQUIRYFREE
CHANGE M-PESA PINFREE

Lamu police arrest man suspected of flying unmanned aircraft (drone) above its post

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Lamu police arrest man suspected of flying unmanned aircraft (drone) above its post

Police in Lamu have arrested a man suspected of flying unmanned aircraft popularly referred to as drone above a police post in the region. As per reports from the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI), officers who were on duty at the center noticed an object hovering above the compound, which was later confirmed to be unmanned aircraft upon doing some investigations. This led the officers to quickly begin investigations that would later end up with the suspect in custody.

According to initial details, the officers were told the suspect had traveled from Mombasa to Lamu to visit relatives. Report from the DCI further explains the suspect was undergoing additional interrogation to ascertain veracity of his claims as well as the motive behind it. Kenya is at its initial stages in passing regulations with regards to drone operations in the country and so far, stake holders have been invited to provide opinion on the same.

The DCI was quick to mention that a police station was amongst gazetted jurisdictions that must be observed as high security areas. Therefore, the public is advised to avoid such places, more so airspace above them. The officers cautioned the public that such places are restricted from anything that could compromise security such as flying drones above them.

According to the new regulations, the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority indicated that unmanned aircrafts referred to as drones are prohibited from these places. This is according to a legal notice 76 that was signed last year on March 26th.

The notice stipulates a jail term not exceeding 12 months or a fine not exceeding Ksh. 100,000 or both for persons found to be in violation. This notice however excludes drones operated by the Kenyan government.

How to have more than one WhatsApp account running at the same time on your phone

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How to have more than one WhatsApp account running at the same time on your phone

Ever wondered if it was possible to have more than one WhatsApp account on your phone without using third party? Technical you can, but you must have just the right device to achieve this. For android lovers, there are plenty of devices that you can install WhatsApp and have more than one account running on them. This can be useful in countries like Kenya where almost everyone that I know of have more than two SIM cards on their devices for various reasons. On the other hand, the only possible way to have more than one WhatsApp account on an iPhone is using a personal and business account.

Here in Kenya, while there are circumstances that may force someone to have more than one SIM card such as a Safaricom SIM for MPESA operations and a Telkom SIM for Data or Airtel SIM for their affordable calling rates, there shouldn’t be any hinderance to have two WhatsApp accounts on your Dual-SIM phone. And to be fair, WhatsApp is widely used across the world, not to recognize it’s importance, especially in the instant messaging field.

So, if you ever wanted to have multiple accounts of the most popular social networking service, you should and is possible. In fact, there are several people using multiple accounts thus far. Another reason to have two accounts could be just to keep personal stuff private from work stuff, which makes even more sense. We are going to elaborate how you can configure two WhatsApp accounts on the same device without having to logout to enable the other account.

How to setup two WhatsApp account on your device

Before we get into the nitty-gritty, there are a couple of important points to note;

  • The trick works on devices that support dual-sim, most midrange and budget android devices already do have this capability
  • Secondly, iPhone owners are not lucky this time round, the only possible way to enable on an iOS device is using a business and personal account simultaneously

Now let’s dive in;

First option: Using Built-in capability

Believe it or not, some devices come with a built-in feature for the functionality to work. In most cases, these devices support something like “App Cloning”, which essentially allows an app to run two accounts on the same device simultaneously. These devices already have this feature, baked-in the OS; OnePlus has “Parallel Apps”, Xiaomi phones come with “Dual Apps”, Realme has “Clone Apps”, Vivo devices come with “App Clone” while Samsung has Dual Messenger.

This method is illustrated using a Xiaomi Phone, but the process should be pretty similar.

  • Slide down the notification bar to expose shortcuts menu, you should see the settings icon at the top-right corner
  • Tap on the icon, then scroll down until you see “Dual Apps” option and tap it
  • Next, look for the WhatsApp icon from installed apps and toggle the option to enable Dual App.
  • You may need to enable Google Services to clone account, in this case a notification saying “Dual App for Google Services”, tap on Turn on
  • Once turned on, the icon will be added to the home screen market “Cloned App”
  • You can now configure two WhatsApp accounts, one on original app and another on the cloned App.
Last Option: WhatsApp for Business
  • Head over to your respective app store and install both WhatsApp and WhatsApp for business
  • Next configure both apps with respective accounts.
  • That’s it!

No free cash transfers on amounts less than Ksh. 1,000 starting January 2021

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No free cash transfers on amounts less than Ksh. 1,000 starting January 2021

Kenya’s financial regulator – Central Bank of Kenya will not extend regulations put in place to allow free under Ksh. 1,000 cash transfers on mobile wallets such as MPESA that are set to expire at the end of the year on December 31st 2020. The new regulations were enforced back in March of 2020 to help mitigate the effect of Covid-19 pandemic which put pressure on a lot of low-income households in the country. Additionally, in an effort to curb its spread, the government encouraged Kenyans to use cashless transactions which may otherwise have fueled the virus.

While the measures were initially intended to last for six months, the government through the financial regulator extended the guidelines until the end of this year despite protest from companies like Safaricom. Kenyans were able to sent multiple amounts below Ksh. 1,000 daily without incurring any transaction charges, a move that strained relations between Safaricom – Kenya’s largest mobile service provider, owner of MPESA mobile money services and the regulator.

The guideline provided much needed relief to low-income Kenyans while at the same time reduced the overall revenue Safaricom generated from MPESA. During the same financial period, Safaricom’s revenue from MPESA dipped compared to last year. It eventually impacted Safaricom’s earnings, although the operator had generally experienced increased business volumes. Consequently, there are reports of Safaricom intending to cut down transaction costs on some customers to encourage increased volumes. There are also plans for the largest mobile service provider to expand its service offering within MPESA to include; Unit Trust, Insurance and Savings.

In a statement released by the Central Bank of Kenya, the regulator indicates it had reassessed emergency measures put in place with intention of consolidating on gains made so far and also facilitate a transition towards sustainable growth of the mobile money ecosystem. The regulator noted it had consulted payment service providers and thereby allow emergency measures to expire on December 31, 2020. Payment service providers are expected to introduce revised pricing structures from January 1, 2021.

Revised guidelines are as follows;

  • No charge on transactions below Ksh. 100
  • No transaction costs for transferring money between mobile wallets and bank accounts
  • Sacco’s will however be allowed to levy a charge for transfers between SACCO accounts and mobile money wallets

How to get Safaricom’s twende tukiuke signature tune for free for Safaricom subscribers

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How to get Safaricom’s twende tukiuke signature tune for free for Safaricom subscribers

There’s something special on having a custom ringtone for your callers to listen to before you finally pick up their call. To some its quite entertaining and in some cases, it might actually change the mood of the caller depending on what exactly are the circumstances of their call. But the problem with having such features on the Safaricom network is that it usually comes at a price, and knowing how the biggest mobile service provider in the country operates, rarely something is truly free.

Setting a custom ringtone through the Skiza tune service usually costs around Ksh. 1 per day, you have a number of preset ringtones that you can actually have as a caller ringtone tune. But during the telco’s twentieth birthday dubbed twende tukiuke, it unveiled a signature tune that subscribers can actually have at no daily costs. Customers on the network can set the twende tukiuke signature tune for free on their devices.

How to set twende tukiuke as your Skiza tune for free

  • On your mobile phone, dial *811*960#
  • You’ll get a message indicating the Skiza tune was downloaded successfully and that it’ll be renewed at KES.0
  • You can manage by dialing *811*0#
  • You can disable by dialing *811*0# followed by “Skiza Tunes”
  • Choose the Tune and after confirming a message will be shown indicating it has been successfully deleted.

HMD Global unwraps Nokia C1 Plus with android 10 Go Edition and a removable battery

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HMD Global unwraps Nokia C1 Plus with android 10 Go Edition and a removable battery

HMD Global – the company behind Nokia brand has pulled wraps-off the latest Nokia C1 Plus handset which had been teased online in the course of last week. The company appears to prioritize functionality over form in the new device with some features that have since disappeared on handsets compared to the days of yore. For instance, users will have the opportunity to easily slide-off the rear panel and replace a removable battery without having to remove any screws or melt glue, something that was common back in the days but have since disappeared on current devices.

The handset is an effective replacement to last year’s Nokia C1, coming exactly one year after the original C1 was unveiled in December of 2019. Loaded with some interesting upgrades – unfortunately except on the display panel which remains at 5.45-inch with same resolution 480×960 pixels, the device is clearly targeting the entry-level segment looking for something that works. We now get 4G connectivity on a device that costs €69 (Ksh. 9,000), a worthy upgrade over last year’s which could only support 3G frequencies.

Nokia C1 Plus Specifications and Upgrades over the predecessor;

Display Screen and Selfie Camera

It’s not clear why HMD settled on the “Plus” moniker for this handset considering the screen size and resolution remains the same at 5.45-inch (480×960 pixels). Nokia C1 Plus still features the same-old chunky bezels and in fact has a slightly lower screen-to-body ratio compared to its elder sibling at 72.2 percent compared to 72.6 percent. The lower-end of the front panel features Nokia branding, which has been moved down from the top bezel on the previous model. The selfie camera housed within the top bezel still features same 5MP sensor we had on the older model.

Removable Battery and Primary Camera;

Turning the device back, you’ll get a 5MP rear sensor which was featured on the older device, we really expected some upgrade hear; but nevertheless, you still have a removable panel that allows users to easily swap batteries without any technical skills. Having a price tag that low, much of these compromises were expected, except for some noteworthy upgrades that are minimal over last year’s model. It packs a 2,500mAh battery, that should perform averagely with of course daily charging.

Everything else under the hood;

The most noteworthy upgrade over the C1 is actually the android version, which is now version 10 instead of last year’s 9. It is powered by a quad-core processor clocked at 1.4GHz, coupled with 1GB RAM and 16GB built-in storage, these are the same configurations we got on the older model. The storage is expandable up to 128GB via a microSD card.

In terms of connectivity, there’s a 3.5mm audio jack, microUSB port for charging, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n (supports only 2.4GHz), and Bluetooth 4.2. as expected, the network has been upgraded from 3G to 4G LTE out-of-the-box. As the device goes on sale starting this December, we’re unsure when exactly Kenyans can have a chance to buy it. But when it does come, it’ll be available in two variants of Blue and Red.

Huawei Watch Fit finally available across retail stores in Kenya for Ksh. 11,999

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Huawei Watch Fit finally available across retail stores in Kenya for Ksh. 11,999

Recently announced Huawei Watch Fit, that features a rounded rectangular face is now available in various retail outlets across the country. The wearable device is going for Ksh. 11,999, making it the most affordable smartwatch that Huawei is currently selling in the country. Under the hood are some interesting features including animated fitness courses, workout modes as well as scientific health tracking features.

While announcing its general availability, Huawei Mobile Kenya Country Head Jim Zhujie acknowledged how users had been trying out new forms of exercises such as going for long distance runs, experimenting with Yoga or Pilates and noted how the new device caters for their needs. Zhujie further said the Huawei Watch Fit was equipped with features that’ll allow users to exercise anytime, anywhere.

Zhujie concluded by noting a growing consciousness from consumers who want to keep a tab on their personal health. According to the Country Head, most consumers look for comprehensive health tracking features that can track heart rate, sleep, and blood oxygen saturation (SpO2) monitoring.

Amongst current Huawei watches, the Watch Fit is the only wearable to feature a rectangular design, it comes with a 1.64 inches AMOLED display panel. Users will have an option to choose different colors such as mint green, sakura pink, and Graphite Black. It also comes with a breathable strap design that is complemented by a long-lasting battery to ensure users can wear for days or even weeks on end.

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