Tech

Safeboda has proved the top position in East Africa's Boda hailing industry. In Uganda, Uber boda, Taxify boda, Dial Jack and the Pikime have battled down the Orange branded service in 2018, and the former still face the same company in Nairobi after a silent rollout earlier this year. Well, Safeboda has yet quickened the service for its customers with a new intuitive design available for upgrade/download.

Online shopping in East Africa has transpired from a corporate service to an all-round service that can be used by anyone with internet access. Aligning the smartphones revolution in East Africa, the need for more solutions is shooting up high and has seen Tuskys join the market dominated by Jumia and Kilimall in Kenya.

Facebook Flex is a new service in Rwanda that allows social media fanatics to access the world's most popular social media website without necessarily loading data. In Uganda, Facebook Zero was the real deal before OTT tax came into the picture with VPNs becoming more popular than before. Well MTN Rwanda has partnered with Facebook to allow free access to everyone willing to use social media in whatever way

Malaria in Africa will soon be a long gone story with a new smartphone app able to track identify carriers in a small blood sample. The mobile malaria detection app was developed in Uganda’s only AI lab at Makerere University and it’s the first of its kind in the country. Just like any other startups that have grown from Zero to trustable solutions, the un named app is a broad solution with an even wider problem to tackle

Huawei is a Chinese manufacturer that has proved to be a leading contender on the top 3 worldwide manufacturers. In Kenya, Huawei has unveiled a new budget-friendly smartphone Under its Y-series range. The Y5 lite is a smaller version of the 2018 Y5 prime with a favorable pricing structure making it one of the very affordable smartphones of 2018. As if the price structure is not enough, the Y5 lite is further powered by Android Go

Uber has internationally become a household name in many countries with its ride hailing services topping the charts everywhere. In EastAfrica, you can't fail to mention Uber if you wish to travel by a modern taxi hailing service. However, the story is not the same in the Boda hailing sector which is so far dominated by Safeboda that recently crossed over to Nairobi. It's by this quest that Uber now takes on Taxify boda and Safeboda in competing for the top boda hailing spot