Podcast Archives - Android Kenya https://androidkenya.com/category/podcast/ Pure Android Passion Thu, 16 Jan 2025 11:34:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://androidkenya.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/cropped-ak_ico-32x32.png Podcast Archives - Android Kenya https://androidkenya.com/category/podcast/ 32 32 123899007 24Bit episode 77: Reviewing the year that was 2024 https://androidkenya.com/2025/01/24bit-77/ Thu, 16 Jan 2025 11:34:09 +0000 https://androidkenya.com/?p=25416 It’s a New Year! Before 2024 wrapped up, we sat down (myself, Dickson and Nick) to look back at the year that was, especially in tech in Kenya. From the popular youth-led protests that rocked the country in June and July, largely powered by online organizing and mobilization, to their aftermath that included a sad […]

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]]> 25416 24Bit episode 76: Is Airtel the answer to Safaricom’s fumbles? https://androidkenya.com/2024/08/24bit-76/ Mon, 12 Aug 2024 14:01:36 +0000 https://androidkenya.com/?p=24641 In the wake of the youth-led protests in Kenya that saw the country’s Parliament overrun by citizens on June 25th, Kenyans had difficulty accessing the internet that evening. What happened next was the stuff that had been simmering below the surface for a while: calls to boycott Safaricom, Kenya’s largest mobile network operator by subscriber […]

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]]> 24641 24Bit episode 75: Tech in a time of Protest https://androidkenya.com/2024/07/24bit-75/ Mon, 08 Jul 2024 13:44:25 +0000 https://androidkenya.com/?p=24639 From X (Twitter) town hall-style Spaces to TikTok dances and skits to walkie-talkie apps, the air of revolution has been ripe in Kenya during the months of June and July driven primarily by mobilization through various tech platforms. To crown it all, there was even a major internet shutdown in the country, a first for […]

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]]> 24639 24Bit episode 74: Samsung Galaxy S24 series deep dive https://androidkenya.com/2024/04/24bit-episode-74-samsung-galaxy-s24-series-deep-dive/ Fri, 05 Apr 2024 13:42:25 +0000 https://androidkenya.com/?p=24637 Did you watch the Galaxy Unpacked event last month? What did you make of it? As you may have seen, or learned in the event’s aftermath, there’s quite a lot of talk about AI on Samsung’s latest Galaxy smartphones. As you will hear in this podcast, the Galaxy S24 series is not all about AI, […]

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]]> 24637 24Bit episode 72: Everything wrong with Showmax’s big revamp https://androidkenya.com/2024/03/24bit-72/ Thu, 21 Mar 2024 12:54:50 +0000 https://androidkenya.com/?p=24634 Showmax 2.0 is here! Have you used it? Did it meet your expectations? Were you even able to pay for it? Can you consistently watch a 2-hour movie without encountering hiccups? How about that Premier League situation? These and more are the reason why Chenze, Dickson and Nick went on and on about what Showmax […]

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]]> 24634 24Bit episode 71: Reviewing the Infinix Note 30 VIP Racing Edition https://androidkenya.com/2024/02/24bit-71/ Tue, 20 Feb 2024 12:51:26 +0000 https://androidkenya.com/?p=24630 Some call it the BMW Edition, owing to Infinix’s partnership with the Bavarian motoring powerhouse. We prefer to stick with the official title of ‘Infinix Note 30 VIP Racing Edition’. It’s a well-crafted device and, as you will hear in this episode, we’ve had quite the experience reviewing it over the last few days. Follow […]

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]]> 24630 24Bit episode 70: The AI Dilemma https://androidkenya.com/2024/02/24bit-70/ Mon, 05 Feb 2024 21:01:03 +0000 https://androidkenya.com/?p=22993 Generative AI is all the hype right now. It has taken the world by storm and, now, it appears, it’s also taking Kenya by storm. Sightings of creative copy done by AI after a user keys in a few prompts have become common on social media in the country. Is this where we are headed? […]

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]]> 22993 24Bit episode 69: Looking at the year ahead https://androidkenya.com/2024/01/24bit-69/ Wed, 24 Jan 2024 16:40:06 +0000 https://androidkenya.com/?p=22655 2024 is here with us! Happy New Year! Hope it is not yet too late to share that. It being a new year, the first episode of our 24Bit podcast focuses on what we are looking ahead to this year. 2023 had so much going on, what about 2024? Is this the year of electric […]

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]]> 22655 24Bit episode 68: The phones we have been using https://androidkenya.com/2023/11/24bit-68/ https://androidkenya.com/2023/11/24bit-68/#respond Tue, 07 Nov 2023 11:05:31 +0000 https://androidkenya.com/?p=22229 The Infinix Zero 30 5G, the Oppo Reno10 5G, the Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 series, the latest Samsung foldables… Heck, even the iPhone 15 series. All those are smartphones that we (Chenze, Dickson and Nick) have used over the last few months. In the latest podcast episode, the trio dissect those devices and share more […]

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]]> https://androidkenya.com/2023/11/24bit-68/feed/ 0 22229 24Bit episode 67: Safaricom Hook https://androidkenya.com/2023/11/24bit-67/ https://androidkenya.com/2023/11/24bit-67/#respond Fri, 03 Nov 2023 05:32:17 +0000 https://androidkenya.com/?p=22222 Recently, Safaricom ambushed us with a surprise announcement of something called Safaricom Hook. What is it? How does it work? Who is it for? Why does it exist? Does its existence mean the end of the existence of Blaze, the youth-focused Safaricom sub-brand that had been around for more than half a decade? While those […]

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