Youtube channel for Kenyan elections launched

Staff WriterJanuary 31, 2013

Google has today launched a Youtube channel for the upcoming Kenyan elections. The channel will be run in collaboration with social news gathering website s...

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Kenyan Government and Nailab Launches $1.6 Million Business Incubation Program

Staff WriterJanuary 24, 2013

The Kenyan government has today launched a $1.6 million public-private sector partnership with Nailab to create a Tech Business Incubation program that supports...

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Q&A Monday: Judith Owigar (@Owigarj)

Staff WriterJanuary 7, 2013

Judith Owigar is the owner of a tech startup JuaKali which is a directory for skilled blue collar workers. She is also the President of Akirachix, an organisat...

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Q&A Monday: Sam Gichuru (@SamGichuru)

Staff WriterDecember 10, 2012

Sam Gichuru is the CEO and director of the Nailab, one of the first and top incubators in Nairobi. In the past, Sam worked in the IT & Telco industry for ...

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Q&A Monday: G Money (@Gmoneyizme)

Staff WriterDecember 3, 2012

G Money is a radio presenter and DJ with almost 20 years broadcasting experience. He began by running a pirate radio station in London in the early 90s. In 2002...

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The Samsung S Duos Dual Sim Phone is now available in Kenya

Staff WriterNovember 23, 2012

Samsung has brought the Dual SIM, the Samsung SIII lookalike, Samsung S Duos into the Kenyan market. The key device features include: 4-inch WVGA 480 x 8...

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Organization puts voting registration centres data in easily searchable format

Staff WriterNovember 21, 2012

I was happy to find out that the IEBC had released a list of the available voting registration centres in Kenya online. This had never happened before. When I f...

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Students in Kenya can now learn through a mobile phone

Staff WriterNovember 1, 2012

Mobile phones have transformed our lives by becoming a central means of communication and even a bank, via mobile money, for some. The number of things we can d...

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Heineken Launches James Bond Inspired Ad Campaign

Staff WriterSeptember 23, 2012

Heineken has launched a new TV and digital campaign, in anticipation of the release of the 23rdJames Bond adventure, SKYFALL, which sees Daniel Craig bring...

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BAKE Experience With Microsoft Office 365

Staff WriterSeptember 11, 2012

Ever heard about the Microsoft flagship cloud platform Office 365? Want to learn about it and how to effectively use it from Microsoft Experts? If yes, then...

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Q&A Monday Aaron Rimbui (@AaronRimbui)

Staff WriterSeptember 3, 2012

Aaron Rimbui is a jazz keyboardist, composer and performing artiste. His music is best described as colourful rhythmic melodies with African infusions served o...

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An open letter goes viral and causes DSTV Kenya to come under fire online

Staff WriterAugust 28, 2012

An open letter by Ngash Mtrue expressing discontent over DSTV Kenya's product offering has been doing the rounds in the Kenyan online space. What started out as...

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The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

Staff WriterAugust 17, 2012

Something very interesting happened this week, the Nation Media Group invited bloggers to the launch of their new Hela Card. Nation.co.ke is currently the 10...

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Q&A Monday: James Muendo (@Mmuendo)

Staff WriterAugust 13, 2012

James is Currently a Freelance Project Manager, who spends time providing IT solutions to start-ups, SMEs, NGOs and Blue Chip companies. He is passionate about...

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Q&A Monday: Jemedari (@JemedariFlows)

Staff WriterAugust 6, 2012

Jemedari is a live hiphop artist, poet, 56Authentique Brand Ambassador and renaissance man. He also loves basketball and movies. Youtube | KenyaBeats Profile |...

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Flash Mob In Support of The Kenyan Olympic Team, Nameless, Alex & Malonza Interview

Staff WriterAugust 2, 2012

By Bridget Mutua On Friday July 23rd , DStv Kenya launched a great initiative to support our very own Kenyan athletes at the London 2012 Olympics and our l...

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Q&A Monday: Jonathan Kalan (@KalanThinks)

Staff WriterJuly 23, 2012

Jonathan Kalan is an internationally published journalist, photojournalist and blogger specializing in social innovations in emerging markets. A graduate of the...

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Q&A Monday: Mwende Ngao (@MwendeSusu)

Staff WriterJuly 16, 2012

Mwende Ngao is a filmmaker, actress, writer and poet. She enjoys art in all its forms especially film and music. She's a bookaholic, spending more on books than...

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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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