Outsiders Can Now Take Part In Safaricom Foundation’s Volunteer Program ‘World of Difference’

Staff WriterJuly 12, 2012

Launched in 2009, the Safaricom Foundation World of Difference programme provides a unique opportunity for selected participants to volunteer their time, tech...

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Q&A Monday: Bill Sellanga (@247Blink)

Staff WriterJuly 9, 2012

Bill Bill, otherwise known as 'Blinky Bill' or 'Doctor Boom' is a part of the group Just A Band as a producer and songwriter. He has also just started scoring...

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Q&A Monday: Kahenya

Staff WriterJune 18, 2012

Kahenya Kamunyu is a hustler. He hustles 24/7, then goes home and feeds his gecko. He believes in God, not religion and has spent a lot of time with Buddhist mo...

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Q&A Monday: Idd Salim (@IddSalim)

Staff WriterJune 11, 2012

Idd Salim is a computer engineer biased to developing Mobile Apps, Mobile Games and Web-based systems. He is a freelance software developer and works for his...

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Q&A Monday: Bob Collymore (@BobCollymore)

Staff WriterJune 4, 2012

Bob Collymore is the CEO of Safaricom. He is passionate about the company he runs, his friends, flying, music and the arts. He was born in South America...

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Q&A Monday: Marcus Olang’ (@MarcusOlang)

Staff WriterMay 28, 2012

Marcus Olang' is one introvert's cover identity , best known for people-watching, subtle sarcasm and hosting the Breakfast Show on 1 FM 97.1. In his spare time...

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Q&A Monday: Adelle Onyango

Staff WriterMay 21, 2012

Adelle Onyango is a writer, poet and radio host (1 Drive show) at 1 FM. We had a few questions for her and this is what she had to say : (more…)...

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Q&A Monday: Benard Ng’ang’a Maranda (Ng’ang’alito)

Staff WriterMay 14, 2012

Benard Ng'ang'a Maranda, more popularly known as Ng'ang'alito is a production assistant for Citizen TVs Power Breakfast Show. He was the 1st runners up in t...

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The Winners of the Google Zeitgeist Young Minds Announced

Staff WriterMay 8, 2012

The winners of the Zeitgeist Young Minds Competition have been announced and they are: Ada Umeofia, 19 from Nigeria: WeBuilt: Africa is a design-centered so...

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Samsung Launches The Smart App Challenge

Staff WriterMay 8, 2012

Samsung has Launched the ‘SAMSUNG SMART APP CHALLENGE(SSAC) 2012’, a Global Contest for Mobile Application Developers which aims to boost the mobile ecosyst...

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The Northern Kenya Expedition: Day 1 – Nairobi – Nyahururu – Maralal

Staff WriterMay 8, 2012

Evans Gichomo was among journalists, photographers and bloggers that went on a Kenya Tourism Board organised trip to northern Kenya. He wrote about the expediti...

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The BAKE Blog Awards 2012 Winners Announced

Staff WriterMay 7, 2012

The winners of the BAKE Blog awards were announced at a glamorous event at Nairobi Serena on Saturday, 5th May. The awards were sponsored by: a. Safaricom ...

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New Arts TV Show, The Space, To Premier on NTV

Staff WriterApril 27, 2012

The Space is a new TV show that targets strategic use of cultural actors and arts as a critical voice in pertinent issues affecting the lives of young Kenya...

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Q&A Monday : James Mwai (@jmwai)

Staff WriterApril 23, 2012

James Mwai is a mobile and web apps developer based in Nairobi. His most successful app is called AroundMe. It works on Nokia devices and has been downloaded ov...

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Buni Media Launches Online TV Station

Staff WriterApril 19, 2012

Buni Media, the creators and producers of the political satire TV show The XYZ Show, have launched Buni TV, a new web and mobile Pan-African digital video pla...

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Q&A Monday: Emukule Ekirapa (@Emukule)

Staff WriterApril 9, 2012

Emukule Ekirapa is the Director of Red Touch Entertainment. He is also the continental correspondent for Viacom’s MTV Base. As a VJ and event MC in Kenya, Zam...

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Shujaaz FM, A Kenyan Comic, Wins an Emmy

Staff WriterApril 5, 2012

Kenyan multimedia comic series Shujaaz FM won an International Emmy Award in the Digital Programme: Children & Young People category on Sunday night in ...

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The Night, Brought To You By Smirnoff – Win Tickets

Staff WriterApril 4, 2012

Smirnoff Kenya has put together an amazing event called 'The Night' for all the party lovers in Kenya. The Night will be on Friday, the 6th of April at G...

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Review: Samsung Galaxy Note GT-N7000

Staff WriterMarch 28, 2012

Samsung Galaxy Note was one device that showed the balls of Samsung for venturing into new fields, amid criticism, oohs and aahs. It was the first 5 inch ph...

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The Moving Story of an Iranian lawyer’s fight to save juveniles from execution

Staff WriterMarch 27, 2012

This is the moving and extraordinary story of Mohammad Mostafaei, a lawyer who has saved 20 of the 40 juveniles he has defended from execution in Iran. I...

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What I Like About Google Plus

Staff WriterMarch 27, 2012

Google Plus is an enigma to some and others are struggling to find value in it. In my opinion, it’s a social network which has useful features and its sea...

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Q&A Monday: Jackson Biko (@BikoZulu)

Staff WriterMarch 26, 2012

Jackson Biko writes for a living. He has a column in True Love (Last Word) and one on Saturday Nation’s magazine (Man Talk). On top of these he writes for the...

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The DT Dobie Nissan Challenge Premiere

Staff WriterMarch 26, 2012

By Trackmann March 21st 2012 was an epic day for motoring in Kenya and the world. It was the late Ayrton Senna’s birthday, Nissan had announced the previou...

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The Zeitgeist Young Minds Competition 2012

Staff WriterMarch 23, 2012

Zeitgeist is one of Google’s most prominent events, where over 400 of the most influential business leaders and key visionaries from around the world come...

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Review: The Nokia Asha 200

Staff WriterMarch 23, 2012

Introduced at Nokia World 2011, the Nokia Asha 200 is the latest in Nokias range of Twin SIM handsets, it should weigh in at less than or equal to Shs.7,500/= (...

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Introducing the BAKE Blog Awards

Staff WriterMarch 21, 2012

BAKE is a Kenyan organization that promotes online content creation and represents a group of content creators. They have decided to organize bloggers awards t...

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Q&A Monday : Kaburo Kobia (@Kaburo)

Staff WriterMarch 19, 2012

Kaburo Kobia is the Project Manager for Local Digital Content at the Kenya ICT Board. Kaburo is also a board advisor for Akira Chix, a Kenyan organization th...

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Q&A Monday: Wanjiku Mwaurah (@WanjikuMwaurah)

Staff WriterFebruary 27, 2012

Wanjiku Mwaura seeks poetic inspiration from life’s simplicity In 2011, some of her works were published in two anthologies ‘fresh Paint’ and ‘synchron...

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Q&A Monday: Stephen Musyoka (@Smusyoka)

Staff WriterFebruary 20, 2012

Stephen Musyoka or "Syoks" is well known on Social Media networks in Kenya, He is behind several successful social media marketing campaigns for corporates, br...

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Q&A Monday: Jacque Ndinda (@Ndinda_)

Staff WriterFebruary 13, 2012

Jacque Ndinda (@Ndinda_) says that she has been unable to describe herself to other people. Every day, she discovers something that tells her she really does ...

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Q&A Monday: Crazy Nairobian (@CrazyNairobian)

Staff WriterFebruary 6, 2012

Crazy Nairobian (@CrazyNairobian) is a (old enough to surf and tweet) year old software developer with a great passion for social media. He is also a writer, po...

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Q&A Monday: Rachel Gichinga (@Raaheli)

Staff WriterJanuary 23, 2012

Rachel Gichinga has, for the last five years, been working on ways to employ the use of creative approaches in advocacy, civic engagement and development initia...

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Mobile Web East Africa 2012

Staff WriterJanuary 19, 2012

Mobile Web East Africa returns to Nairobi after a 24-month gap and will be hosted by The Kenya ICT Board and All Amber. The conference dubbed Mobile Web East Af...

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Q&A Monday: Dan ‘Chizi’ Aceda (@DanChiziAceda)

Staff WriterJanuary 16, 2012

Dan 'chizi' Aceda is a Kenyan Singer Songwriter. He has recorded two studio albums Benganology(2010) and Suluwe (2005) and has written songs for many different ...

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Q&A Monday : BONK (@MastaBonk)

Staff WriterJanuary 9, 2012

BONK is a Kenyan clothing company, famous for its T-shirts, Bags, and Accessories. All products are designed and produced in Kenya, by a relatively sozzled bunc...

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Q & A Monday : @TerryanneChebet

Staff WriterJanuary 2, 2012

Terryanne Chebet is a Business Anchor at CCTV News, the English language international channel at China Central Television. She was until recently an Associate ...

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Q&A Monday: @_RamzZy_

Staff WriterDecember 26, 2011

Ramzzy describes himself as the Sanguine Son of the The Big City,A Student of Logic, Champion of sarcasm, Free Thinker and a Creative. (more…)...

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Q&A Monday : Sophia Wanuna

Staff WriterDecember 19, 2011

Sophia Wanuna is a Senior News Anchor and Reporter at K24Tv. We had a few questions for her and this is what she had to say : 1. What was your first phone? ...

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Q & A Monday : @ElaniMuziki

Staff WriterDecember 12, 2011

Elani is an Urban-Afro musical group based in Nairobi. The band was formed in early 2008, and has been performing as a unit ever since, slowly growing from stre...

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Did KPLC deserve to win the MSK awards?

Staff WriterNovember 29, 2011

The mere mention of The Kenya Power & Lighting Company (KPLC) attracts such angst and makes some Kenyans start frothing at the mouth and so predictably ther...

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Q&A Monday: @Anyixbaby

Staff WriterNovember 28, 2011

Anyiko Owoko is a TV reporter, host of Grapevine show on KBC, a staff writer at Urban Perspective (UP) and a part time model. She also runs a personal blog Bla...

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Q&A Monday: @Mawazo_Mengi

Staff WriterNovember 21, 2011

Wanjeri Gakuru is an Associate Editor at UP, a free monthly urban lifestyle magazine. She's also a creative writer finding her footing in the world of short fi...

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