Epson targets the region’s movie enthusiasts and sports lovers

….launches Full HD, 3D home cinema projectors

 Epson has announced the launch of a range of Full HD projectors offering 3D experience targeted at film enthusiasts, sports lovers and gamers in the East African market.

 The EH-TW6100W projector is packed with the latest technology that includes wireless Full HD connectivity, new wireless HD transmitter with five HDMI inputs allowing non-wireless devices to be connected.

 The projector also features a Radio Frequency (RF) 3D technology that provides a strong signal for 3D glasses and is also equipped with 2D to 3D converter. The EH-TW6100W projects Full HD content wirelessly - even from non-wireless devices, which can be connected using the included wireless HD transmitter.

 The EH-TW6100W comes with a pair of USB-rechargeable, Radio Frequency, lightweight, active shutter 3D glasses, which can be used up to 10 metres from the projector.

 Commenting on the launch of the new projectors, Epson Regional Sales Manager for East Africa Mukesh Bector said the company was keen to introduce products that are tailored towards different market segments with a view to increasing the firm’s footprint in the region. 

Mukesh said with the projector, 2D HD content can be converted to 3D at the touch of a button, while automatic colour optimisation, 3D depth adjustment and super-resolution technology further enhances the viewing experience.

 “Since we entered the Full HD 3D home cinema market a year ago, we’ve added some great new functions to our home cinema products, as well as improving our wireless connectivity. Our new wireless Full HD transmitter features five HDMI inputs, four more than previous models. Users can now effortlessly control even more devices with a single remote control,” he said.

  

SAFARICOM, BRITAM, CHANGAMKA MICROHEALTH, PSI, LAUNCH AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE OPTION FOR KENYANS

Leading integrated communications provider Safaricom Limited has partnered with leading insurer Britam, Changamka Microhealth - one of Kenya’s pioneering mobile Health Financing technology providers and PSI, a leading global health organization to launch Linda Jamii, an innovative and affordable healthcare insurance option.

 

Targeted at more than 35 million uninsured Kenyans, the Kshs.12, 000 per year premium cover will provide clients with access to a comprehensive medical cover comprising in and out patient cover, maternity cover and a hospitalization income replacement benefit of Kshs.500 per day, to take care of lost income while in hospital.

 

The premiums are payable in installments via MPESA, with quality healthcare  being available after accumulating  Kshs. 6,000 and  the balance being saved in a premium deposit facility on the user’s mobile phone.

 

Speaking at the launch event, Britam’s Group Managing Director Benson Wairegi said the health services will be offered through leading public and mission hospitals where starting from when the deposit is paid., families will thereafter have up to six months to pay the difference, for the annual cover.

 

“A majority of the families we are targeting have little disposable income and are therefore not able to raise enough money to get a health insurance cover, given the payment options available. The downside is that these are the same families who delay seeking health care, making treatment more complicated and therefore expensive in the long run, “ he added.

 

Linda Jamii will offer inpatient and outpatient covers for a family of two parents and an unlimited number of children, and will cover HIV and other pre-existing conditions. It will also cater for funeral expenses in the unfortunate event of the death of those insured.

 

Safaricom’s Chief Executive Officer, Bob Collymore said Linda Jamii is yet another innovative proposition that demonstrates the convenience that M-PESA affords customers. He explained that lack of adequate healthcare coverage entrenches poverty among a majority of Kenyans.

 

“Linda Jamii is a timely product at a time when cancer, diabetes and other potentially expensive illnesses are on the rise. It is worrying that more than 35 million Kenyans are still not able to access timely and quality healthcare because most insurance products are designed to suit high income earners,” he noted.

 

“With over 15.2 million customers already using M-PESA, “ Collymore added, “we believe that we can help boost initiatives aimed at helping raise a generation of health Kenyans who will be instrumental in helping achieve the objectives of Vision 2030”.

 

Changamka has installed an end to end internet based electronic platform which is hosted on the Safaricom cloud; and with the capacity to manage more than 100 million insurance policies. The technology enables users to save little by little using MPESA until the required threshold is reached.

 

The product is an innovation that enables individuals register on a mobile phone, thus tackling the age old problem of distribution of Microinsurance products. In addition healthcare services are provided on either a computer or an internet enabled mobile phone