Its hard to imagine that the SportPesa online sports betting service has only been operational for just over a year since it commenced operations in Kenya. In the relatively short time that the service has been available, SportPesa has established a possibly unassailable(?) lead as Kenya’s first and largest online

So. Safaricom just SPAMMED me via SMS to tell me that they have available at their Safaricom Shops limited quantities of the Huawei Ascend Y550 Android smartphone. What made this SPAM extra interesting is that the Huawei Ascend Y550 is an entry-level 4G smartphone being sold for only Kes. 13,999.00.

Earlier today, Safaricom launched their much anticipated hybrid Internet and Digital TV Set-Top Box (STB) which has been named rather imaginatively as ‘theBigBox’. I had the opportunity to attend the launch this afternoon at the Sarit Centre in Westlands for a few minutes before heading off to other more pressing engagements.