Author: David Indeje

Oppo’s periscope solution offers 10x optical zoom on a phone which includes three cameras covering a range of 16mm to 160mm, hence a 10x zoom. Mobile devices manufacturer, OPPO, has built an innovative smartphone camera technology with its 10x lossless zoom positioning itself as an important enabler of mobile imaging technology. Driven by consumer insights, OPPO has been investing heavily in innovation with a huge commitment to R&D. “We’re proud to deliver our first Innovation Event for media and partners today” OPPO Vice President, Anyi Jiang, comments “innovation is our top priority and we have made many recent developments to…

YouTube is disabling all comments on videos featuring young children in an attempt to protect minors from an organised ring of pedophiles. “These efforts are focused on videos featuring young minors and we will continue to identify videos at risk over the next few months. Over the next few months, we will be broadening this action to suspend comments on videos featuring young minors and videos featuring older minors that could be at risk of attracting predatory behavior,” YouTube wrote in a blog post. Only a select few channels with children will be allowed to include comment sections, but, “These…

Massmart Holdings Ltd , one of South Africa retailers eyes Kenya in its expansion plans dubbed ‘Grow Africa” between 2019 and 2021. The retailer made the announcement on Thursday after reporting reported a 31.7% fall in full-year earnings for the period ending 30 December 2018. Massmart currently has 47 stores in 12 African countries. In Kenya, the retailer trades as The Game Stores says it will open four more stores by 2021, with its building materials and appliances chain-Builders Warehouse, set to open its doors in Nairobi this October. Massmart opened its flagship Game store in Nairobi in 2016. “Zambia and…

The Kenya National Assembly on Thursday has passed the Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2018 introducing penalties for insurance fraud. The Bill if assented into law, will ensure that insurance companies comply with the standards of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) on addressing insurance fraud. https://twitter.com/NAssemblyKE/status/1101092749594513408 The Bill was submitted to the National Assembly by Treasury’s Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich in proposals made in the 2017/18 fiscal year budget. “The bill seeks to amend the Act by introducing a legal provision creating offences on insurance fraud, including penalties intended to address the problem of insurance fraud that continues to be…

Kenya’s overall inflation rate decreased to 4.14%, the lowest in six months as the prices of food commodities and transport eased, the statistics bureau said on Thursday. The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) said: “The cost of several foodstuffs in February 2019 was much lower compared to the same period of the previous year-These lower prices contributed to a relatively low overall inflation in February 2019.” For instance, maize grain recorded a drop of 41.0%  from Ksh.60.37 per kilogramme in February 2018 to Ksh.35.63 in February 2019. Similarly, the prices of sifted maize flour, spinach and tomatoes declined by…

Discrimination against sexual minorities in Kenya is costing it 1.7% of gross domestic product (GDP) per year, translating to over Ksh 100 billion, a report by Open For Business, an alliance of big companies including tech companies Google and Microsoft and Deutsche Bank. The report ‘The Economic Case for LGBT+ Inclusion in Kenya’ says this is as a result of poor health outcomes, reduced tourism and low productivity. “A focus on LGBT+ inclusion can help provide the infrastructure necessary for sustained economic growth,” reads the report. “LGBT+ inclusion can act as an enabler in achieving the economic transformation Kenya is…