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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Beba Beba Album Launch: Review

Staff WriterNovember 15, 2011

As I walked into Goethe institute a few minutes after seven, on a particularly chilly Saturday evening on the 11th of November, where the Ma3 had been parke...

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Q&A Monday : @NiNanjira

Staff WriterNovember 14, 2011

Nanjira does many things, depending on what day of the week you want to talk about! She recently graduated from the University of Nairobi. She's a mathematicia...

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Q&A Monday: @SamDave69

Staff WriterNovember 7, 2011

Samir Dave loves humour and finds amusement in everything. He opens his mouth a lot (most times to change feet) in order to be heard.   He describes h...

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Q&A Monday: @ItsMugambi

Staff WriterOctober 31, 2011

Mugambi is an actor, writer and ad man, for now. While he confesses to being a student and appreciator of these art forms, he admits that he needs to learn a ...

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Be a Hero, Join Wanadamu

Staff WriterOctober 19, 2011

Kuna Vijana set up the Wanadamu initiative in July this year and within 3 months, it had attended to over 40 cases in Nairobi, Nakuru, Eldoret and Mombasa...

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Q&A Monday: @Rimbui

Staff WriterOctober 17, 2011

Tim Rimbui is a Musician, tech guy, pretend geek, and a certified apple fan boy. We had a few questions for him, this is what he had to say (more…)...

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Q&A Monday: @Milonare

Staff WriterOctober 10, 2011

Milonare is the short form for 'Me I LOve NAirobi REgardless'. He is that boy that refused to grow up. (more…)...

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Q&A Monday: @aKenyanGirl

Staff WriterOctober 3, 2011

@aKenyanGirl often imagines that she is the ruler of the world, conquerer of the universe. In her spare time she likes slaying dragons with her feline side ki...

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Poetical Fun at Storymoja Hay Festival

Staff WriterSeptember 27, 2011

It is Saturday the 17th and I find myself heading to the Railway grounds for the Storymoja Hay Festival. It was my second time, and from the fun and lessons I g...

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Q&A Monday – @TheMacharia

Staff WriterSeptember 26, 2011

Joel Macharia, known on Twitter as @TheMacharia is an entrepreneur and thhe founder of the Money Academy and its parent company, Capital Associates, an investme...

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EABL Rebrands Richot Brandy

Staff WriterSeptember 19, 2011

EABL Marketing Manager Spirits, Rosemary Momanyi East African Breweries Limited (EABL) has taken the brandy experience a notch higher by introducing a pre...

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Q&A Monday: @UrbaneKenyan

Staff WriterSeptember 19, 2011

@UrbaneKenyan (Zack Mukewa) is a Business Analyst. He claims to have interest in good governance and enjoys Economics; reading, talking and developing models....

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TechSpeak – Samsung, SES, Nokia

Staff WriterSeptember 14, 2011

A lot has happened in the tech scene in the last week, here's a bite sized summary Samsung Galaxy S II The Samsung Galaxy S II was launched in Kenya last...

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