Naivasha based social enterprise Sanivation has been selected as the Kenyan finalist in the Chivas Regal’s The Venture competition. The venture is a $1Million f...
The Rockefeller Foundation has announced the selection of Dr. Rajiv J Shah as their new president. He will be taking over from Dr. Judith Rodin who has served a...
The thing about retirement is that it’s not about what age you want to retire at anymore. It’s at what income.
Here’s a story of 3 gents. Lets call them John, ...
About 5 years ago, if you had said that you are a blogger by profession one would have thought that you were high on something illegal. However, blogging has co...
The story so far: ‘Villains’ had found a home in Acacia Publishers, after a nothing short of a miracle.
Jimmi, the publisher, doesn't mince words. The st...
The Athi-Kaputiei ecosystem covers about 2,200 square kilometres of Kenya’s Kajiado County, south of Nairobi. It is also home to Nairobi National Park – the wor...
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...
When I decided to do a Twitter thread to give a behind-the-scenes look at my writing and publishing journey, I was unprepared for the reaction it would create. ...
Over the past few years, students have set fire to hundreds of secondary schools across Kenya. The tally includes more than 120 cases in 2016 alone. Why student...
Chef Joseph Maina is the senior sous chef at Nairobi Safari Club, and he just recently won first place in the International Category of the first ever Supreme C...
Since Burundi announced in October 2016 that it had decided to withdraw from the International Criminal Court’s founding treaty, the Rome Statute, commentators ...
The Bloomberg Media Initiative Africa (BMIA) is once again calling out for applications for their fourth intake of the Financial Journalism Training Program. Th...
Founded in 2014, Moringa School offers courses that train students to become strong mobile and web developers. Some of its graduates work at companies such as S...
Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli has finally made his maiden visit to Kenya, only his third official state visit to a foreign country since he took offic...
Ahmed Rady has been appointed as the new General Manager for the Coca-Cola East Africa Franchise. The position was previously held by Peter Njonjo, who has move...
Pivot East has announced the 25 finalists of its annual startup competition. The chosen startups will get a chance to pitch their businesses at the finalists co...
Phy Mwihaki Ng’etich is well known for winning the musical competition Maisha superstar. The 23 year old tells us of her journey, life and what her new hit song...
Studying abroad is a blue dream for many students. The student life itself is a big step towards maturity and adulthood. But if you enter whether the university...
Over the past few months, huge swathes of Kenya’s Chyulu Hills have been on fire. The mountain range in eastern Kenya covers approximately 100km. It’s an impres...
Two Kenyan journalists, Asha Mwilu and Rashid Idi, have won the top prize in the 2016 CNN MultiChoice African Journalist awards. The two won the CNN MultiChoice...
PIVOT East has announced the semi-finalists for their startup competition this year. The call for applications this year was announced in August with over 120 s...
The winners of the SOMA Awards 2016 have been announced at a gala events at Safari Park Hotel. The SOMA Awards recognizes outstanding companies and individuals ...
Zilper Christine Audi is a beacon of inspiration, passion and purpose something we do not come across too often. She has pushed herself to go for what she wants...
The SOMA Awards have announced the 2016 nominees. The annual competition, which is now in its 4th year, has 25 categories this year with the addition of the Agr...
Kenya has produced some really great talent in music, film, sports among other fields. However there are those that are accomplished and have Kenyan heritage th...
Brian Mung'ei is a student of life who was born in Nairobi, raised in Nakuru and is now progressively getting moulded by Nairobi. He lives life through spending...
Last week we told you about the Precious Blood Riruta students who managed to make it the the finals of the Technovation Challenge. The 5 girls namely Harriet K...
Growing up, we were told that getting an education would automatically mean a job and a good salary. However, the reality doesn't quite match up. I mean, a good...
Five students from Precious Blood High School in Nairobi have are finalists in the Technovation Challenge 2016, a global technology and entrepreneurship competi...
Some time back we wrote an article about how Safaricom was under-utilizing the Mpesa platform. One of the aspects highlighted was the lack of a debit card which...
It used to be that sex talk involved an awkward conversation with your relatives who were sent by your mother. For women, it is your liberal aunt who tells you ...
Jonathan Lumbila is a 25 year old born in Congo and has since moved to Kenya. He studied computer science at Daystar University. He is also a fashion designer a...
An MBA (Master of Business Administration) is a must if you want to improve your business and management skills. There are those who get an MBA so as to improve...
Students are about to start enjoying better internet speeds following the partnership between Kenya Education Network (KENET) and Liquid Telecom Kenya. New conn...
Resolution Insurance has made two new appointments, with Alice Mwai being made the new MD for Kenya and Alphan Njeru as the Chairman.
Alice Mwai was the Chie...
I know the heading shocked you, as it should. We all know three or four single mothers out there. Great inspiration. Some have raised Kings, some have raised th...
A Nairobi based law firm KN Associates LLP has issued threats to deny employment and pupillage to students from the University of Nairobi following the recent u...
Barclays Bank Of Kenya has this week announced its decision to invest Kshs.230 million in youth empowerment projects to be rolled out under its Shared Growth Ag...
Microsoft Philanthropies last week announced grants for over 100 non profit organisations In 55 countries including I Choose Life Africa (ICL) and The African C...
A mentorship program facilitated by Co-operative Bank of Kenya Foundation and sponsored by the MoneyGram Foundation will benefit 350 underprivileged high school...
Seasoned sculptor Gakunju Kaigwa and top Kenyan Abstract painter Justus Kyalo have put together an exhibition, Blurred Lines that explores the divide between an...
Images and footage of police brutality during riots that surfaced after the disputed Students Organization of Nairobi University (SONU) elections has shocked Ke...