The University for the Creative Arts (UCA) in the UK has announced that it has appointed Kenyan born Professor Magdalene Odundo as the Chancellor. She will succ...
Kenya's Maral Bolouri has won the top prize at the 2017 L’Atelier art awards. South African Banele Khoza also won the Gerard Sekoto Award. Another Kenyan, Elias...
Work by Kenyan painter Elias Mungora has been featured in the HBO TV series Insecure. The painting was featured in the Season 2 finale of the popular TV series ...
Graduating from university usually comes with hopes of securing meaningful employment and building one's future. This is especially after all the hassle and sac...
These five women continue to break barriers in politics through their election as County Assembly speakers in 5 different Counties in Kenya.
1.Beatrice Elachi
...
Prof. Ruth Oniang'o, founder and former executive director at Rural Outreach Africa is this year's winner of the Africa Food Prize. Her non profit organization ...
The youth in Kenya (18-35 years) constitute the majority of citizens in this country, yet they remain marginalized politically. A look at Kenya's political scen...
Safaricom has today announced the appointment of Mohamed Shameel Aziz Joosub and Linda Watiri Muruiki to its board as Non-Executive Directors, effective immedia...
Award winning benga musician, Dan Aceda has been nominated for the best male artist inspirational category at the All African Music Awards (AFRIMA) for the song...
It's been about a week since Nairobi residents voted in Mike Sonko to be their new governor and from his tweets online, he is already getting down to the busine...
Photographer Philemon Makini has an awesome new project called 'Maasai Warrior'. The project features a Maasai Warrior in New York City. According to him, he wa...
If you've been following the events of the election online then you've witnessed #KOT uncanny ability to pivot between hashtags to seek some comic relief from t...
Being an adult is a lot harder than I imagined it to be. I remember when I was growing up, I couldn't wait to have my own freedom and be in complete control of ...
Politicians in this country will do anything to win an election; history has established that for us. From intimidation of political candidates in the 1992 gene...
In Kenya, election crimes are defined as crimes that are committed during the period of a general election or a by election. The crimes committed have to be dir...
It's taken a while for me to come out and tell this story, mostly because after it happened I was both embarrassed and devastated. Well, now I can say I'm compl...
A recent study by National Crime Research Centre shows that kidnapping is on the rise in Kenya. So much so, that Kenya is now ranked as number 17 out of 19 unde...
Kenyan filmmaker Judy Kibinge has been invited to join the Oscars Academy's class of 2017. The Oscars Academy membership is by invitation only and currently has...
Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), has finalised the compilation and certification of the Voter's Register for 2017 general election. The v...
Nose piercings were popular in the 90s and early 00s. Piercings in general were the it factor if you needed a boost in your cool rating. I grew up listening to ...
Jack Ma, who is the founder of Alibaba Group and UNCTAD special adviser on youth entrepreneurship, will be in Nairobi on 19th July. It will be his first visit t...
Abigail Arunga is the author of Akello and a Side of Raunch, both poetry collections. She runs her personal blog, akello.co.ke, and a current affairs blog on na...
If you've been following this year's political campaigns, you quickly realize that we're a country that pays lip service to the constitutional requirement of th...
The strangest stories I've heard about online dating are those that I watched on the MTV series, Catfish. I knew that it doesn't get weirder than someone preten...
Martin Kiarie, CEO and Co-Founder of Kenyan digital agency Bean Interactive, has been invited to be one of the judges in this year’s Loeries Awards. Kiarie will...
The digital space in Kenya has grown to such a point that it is able to provide full time employment to those willing to put in the time and effort. Take bloggi...
Men are known for taking extremely good care of their cars and motor bikes but not their clothes. Other than the expensive suit that has to be taken to the dry ...
Chris Diaz, Bidco Africa's Group Sales and Marketing Director, has won the Modern Marketing Leader of the Year award at the 2017 Markie Awards. He and other win...
Joy Doreen Biira is a media personality who is currently with the Standard Group as a Business News Anchor and reporter for their TV station KTN. She hosts eco@...
A study reported by Business Insider shows that women are apparently far better leaders than men. Whether or not this is true, the same is not reflected in the ...
Child abuse can be defined as the physical maltreatment or sexual molestation of a child. In Kenya child abuse is sadly prevalent but largely unreported due to ...
The police decided to take matters into their own hands in a viral video making rounds on social media where a suspected gang member was shot dead in broad dayl...
Historically, marriage had the specific purpose of perpetuating one's lineage, and in the process bestowing social status on men. In the traditional setting peo...
As our politicians make headlines and take to the streets, looking for ways to further enrich and promote themselves. It Is hard for us to sometimes imagine sim...
Oliver Geyer, Resident Manager at InterContinental Nairobi, lives and breathes hospitality. He has thrived in a career he almost got into by accident, clocking ...
Zuri Awards a ceremony to recognize unsung heroines in our community went down this Wednesday at a glamorous event held at the Villa Rosa. Zuri Awards is an ini...
MultiChoice has taken a beating in recent years as customers have left its pay TV platform DSTV over pricing concerns. In a move that is geared towards stopping...
In the last few days, some Kenyans have discovered that they had been registered as members of a political party without their consent. This was after the Offic...
Dr. Bitange Ndemo and Vivek Badrinath have been appointed to the Safaricom board of directors. The appointments are effetive today and were approved at a board ...
Isaac Kalua has shared an amazing story on Facebook about how his son David Kalua came to the rescue of an Uber driver in distress. The Uber driver had picked h...
When people usually talk about retirement, it’s usually a distant, rosy prospect filled with the possibility of world travel to varied destinations with your ba...
The story so far: I was doing a lot of writing and researching. At the same time, I was shuttling between Ngando, where we lived, and Kenyatta University wh...
