We help students find the right laptop for their degree.

That is not a tagline. It is the reason this business exists — and the only thing we have ever cared about getting right.

Most tech stores want you to spend as much as possible. They hand you a spec sheet you do not understand, recommend the model with the highest margin, and send you on your way. You get home, start your course, and slowly realise the laptop you bought is not right for your degree.

We built Epson(K)SmartTech to do the opposite.

Before you spend a single shilling or dollar, we want to know your course, your year, your budget and what your degree actually requires. Then we tell you honestly — exactly which laptop to buy, exactly why, and exactly what to avoid. Even if the honest answer means you spend less.

How we got here

It started on TikTok. Every day, students from Kenya, the Philippines, the USA, Malaysia and all over the world were commenting on our videos asking the same questions — which laptop for nursing, is the LOQ good for CS, what should I get for architecture under $800.

We answered every one. Not with a link to whatever was on sale. With a real answer based on their actual degree, their actual software requirements and their actual budget.

800,000 views later, that daily habit became the foundation of everything we do. The collections on this store are organised by your degree because of those conversations. The blog guides are written from those questions. The free recommendation service exists because some situations are too specific for a comment reply.

We are a family business. Ryan runs the online channel and the student advisory side. His mother manages the physical store in Nairobi. One family, one brand, one mission.

What makes us different

The free recommendation

Not sure which laptop is right for your degree? Tell us your course, your year and your budget and we will personally send you our exact recommendation within 24 hours. Specific model, specific reason, specific where to buy.

Free. Always. No obligation.

Over 10 students get a personal recommendation from us every single day. Whether you end up buying from us or not, the advice is honest.

Get your free personal laptop recommendation →

We are not the biggest tech store in Nairobi. We are not trying to be. We are trying to be the most trusted one — the one students recommend to their friends because we gave them honest advice when nobody else did.

That is the whole plan.