Opinion
Insightful commentary, opinion and personal viewpoints on the latest trends, products, and issues in the tech world. Expect bold takes and thoughtful analysis.
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The Hilarious (and Wrong) Ways Grok on X Auto-Translates Kenyan Posts
Back in June, X replaced Google Translate with its own in-house Grok translation tool on the web version. I was…
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Safaricom Keeps Changing or Removing Affordable Data Bundles, Often With No Warning
If it feels like Safaricom is playing a weird game of βnow you see it, now you donβtβ with its…
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Why Cybersecurity Is No Longer Optional in Africa’s Mobile-First Economy
Africa's mobile-first economy demands robust cybersecurity as digital transformation accelerates across banking, identity, and essential services.
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Mastering Digital Banking in Africa through Front-to-Back Process Digitisation
African banks must adopt front-to-back digital transformation integrating customer journeys, legacy systems, and AI to boost efficiency, inclusion, and growth.
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The 2025 FIFA Club World Cup is Packed with Tech Innovations, But Here are My Top 3 Picks
As a Chelsea fan watching the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 all the way from Kenya β yes, even those…
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MultiChoice is Prioritizing Short-Term Profits Over Long-Term Loyalty
βFewer subscribers? No problem. Weβll just charge more.β That might as well be MultiChoiceβs new business mantra, because despite bleeding…
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MultiChoice’s “We’ve Got You” Promotion Is a Band-Aid on a Bleeding Business Model
MultiChoice's latest promotion masks deeper problems with pricing strategy and streaming execution while subscribers flee to competitors
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X (Formerly Twitter) Has Become an Ad Jungle, With Up to 7 Consecutive Ads Cluttering My Timeline
Insights At a Glance: My X timeline has become overwhelmed with consecutive ads β up to six or even seven…
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10 Years of Airtel UnlimiNET Bundles: What’s Changed So Far?
Insights At a Glance: More options in 2025: Airtel added more pricing tiers (KES 20 daily; 50 and 300 weekly;…
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Should Airtel Kenya Launch a Cheaper Smarta Bundle at KES 500 Per Month?
Insights At a Glance: Airtel Kenyaβs Smarta Bundles offer great value but start at KES 1,000 β double the entry…
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Kenyans Wonβt Care About The New Google Messages Group Chat Features
Google Messages is on a roll lately. The app just added a bunch of long-overdue RCS features for group messagingββDelete…
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XChat Is Hereβ¦ But Do We Really Need Elon Muskβs Facebook Messenger Clone?
Insights At a Glance: XChat, launched by Elon Musk on June 1, 2025, is an upgraded version of Xβs DMs…
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I’m Betting on Xiaomi to Switch to HyperOS 26 β Because Why Not?
Insights At a Glance: Apple just switched all its OS names to year-based versions (iOS 26, macOS 26, etc.) β…
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I Read 700+ Comments on What Features X Users Want in Grok β Here are My Top 10 Requests
Insights At a Glance: Over 700 users responded to Eric Jiangβs viral post about Grok feature requestsβranging from offline mode…
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Why Secure Connections Fail and How to Fix Them
Secure connections fail due to incorrect time settings, invalid certificates, antivirus interference, browser issues, network problems, and server misconfigurations.
