How to enter the Sustainable Living Young Entrepreneurs Awards

Lulu AkakiJuly 11, 2014

Unilever has extended its annual competition, Sustainable Living Young Entrepreneurs Awards that seeks to get practical innovative solutions to the world’...

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OneDrive users now have more storage space

Lulu AkakiJuly 8, 2014

OneDrive just gave existing users a reason to stay on and new people to sign up to the service. This comes with the announcement of increased storage space....

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Kenyan Elizabeth Kangethe becomes mayor in UK

Lulu AkakiJune 24, 2014

A Kenyan woman, Elizabeth Kangethe has broken political barriers across borders and continents by beng named mayor inMayor of Barking and Dagenham for 2014â...

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Strathmore officially unveils iLab Africa

Lulu AkakiJune 24, 2014

Strathmore University has officially unveiled iLab Africa, a research and incubation facility that supports entrepreneurship programs in apps and software d...

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Kenyan student Doris Khaemba wins a tribology award

Lulu AkakiJune 20, 2014

Two research students, among them a Kenyan ,Doris Khaemba, from the University of Leeds School of Mechanical Engineering have won first and third prize in a...

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Kenya’s Fiona Mercy Jepleting gets First Class Honours Degree in Aerospace Engineering

Lulu AkakiJune 16, 2014

A Kenyan student; Fiona Mercy Jepleting studying at the University of Hertfordshire in the UK has received an outstanding First Class honours degree in Aero...

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Highlights of the 1.7 Trillion Kenyan 2014/2015 Budget

James WamathaiJune 12, 2014

The following are the highlights from the budget speech that was shared by the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury, Henry Rotich, earlier today for ...

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Kenya’s Charity Chao Mbogo awarded Anita Borg Scholarship

James WamathaiMay 28, 2014

Charity Chao Mbogo Charity Chao Mbogo, a Kenyan PhD Computer Science student at the University of Cape Town, has been awarded the Google Anita Borg Scholars...

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How to apply for an Oracle internship

James WamathaiMay 14, 2014

Oracle are giving Kenyans a chance to join their Sales or Presales Teams as interns and work closely with Oracle professionals. The internship will be for o...

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Paula Kahumbu & Shivani Bhalla win a Whitley Award for their conservation efforts

James WamathaiMay 9, 2014

Two Kenyans i.e. Paula Kahumbu and Ewaso Lions' Shivani Bhalla have both been awarded a Whitley Award for their conservation efforts in Kenya. The Whitle...

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Safaricom launches youth orchestra

Lulu AkakiMay 7, 2014

Bob Collymore at the launch Safaricom once again dipped its toes in the entertainment sector by launching a youth Orchestra dubbed the Safaricom Youth ...

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Rhino Cement Foundation offers scholarships to needy students

Lulu AkakiApril 24, 2014

The Rhino Cement Foundation is all about changing lives for the better. The foundation is involved in several activities that improve living standards of Ke...

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Wananchi Group launches Zuku TV in Malawi

Lulu AkakiApril 11, 2014

As part of its ongoing strategy to grow its TV operations in key African markets, Wananchi Group, owner of pay TV Zuku, has confirmed plans to venture into ...

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British Airways strengthens its Southern and East African team

Lulu AkakiApril 11, 2014

When you think of airlines, a few names always come to mind. One of them being British Airways. The company has stamped its presence in the region for the l...

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Juliana Rotich Named In CNN’s 50 Greatest Leaders List

James WamathaiMarch 27, 2014

Juliana Rotich, the co-founder and executive director of Ushahidi, has been listed in CNN's World's 50 Greatest Leaders List. Juliana has worked in the t...

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Want to be a Jameson brand ambassador? Here’s how to apply

Lulu AkakiMarch 24, 2014

Nelson Aseka, Pernod Ricard Africa Regional Brand Ambassador – Whiskies Pernod Ricard, a multinational organisation, present in more than 75 countries wo...

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Asus takes product experience to universities in efforts to increase penetration in the tablet and portable PC market

Lulu AkakiMarch 18, 2014

Asus has launched a series of university activations in a bid to deepen its penetration in the market-with its differentiated products. The roll out of ...

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5 Kenyan actors besides Lupita who are making it big in the film industry

Lulu AkakiFebruary 28, 2014

Owiso Odera When you talk of Kenyan actors, the one name that is bound to pop up as being the most accomplished would have to be Lupita Nyong’o. She is un...

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Strathmore and Samsung launch six locally developed Android applications

Lulu AkakiFebruary 21, 2014

Following a partnership research project with Strathmore University, Samsung Electronics East Africa has unveiled six androids apps developed locally by Str...

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Open Data Day Kenya set for 22nd February

Lulu AkakiFebruary 10, 2014

The Open Institute is excited to announce the Open Data Day Kenya hackathon on Saturday 22nd February 2014. It will be held simultaneously in 3 cities: Na...

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Why I do not understand why Kobi Kihara uses matatus

Dennis KiokoFebruary 2, 2014

Kenyans are shocked, surprised and puzzled that a beautiful(apparently, it has nothing to do with her beauty), senior, presenter at NTV has been taking matatu...

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It’s a coincidental world

Dennis KiokoFebruary 2, 2014

I can neither find it here nor there, but it is somewhere. I have read about it. Somewhere, in a more developed country where accidents are not caused by bahati...

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Amazing video of a one armed man dancing on a footbridge ledge

Staff WriterJanuary 28, 2014

Matembezi Nai - Mutua Matheka While on the #MatembeziNai Instagram meet up that was organized by Kenyan instagrammers Mutua Matheka and Asif Khan and sponso...

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Submit your photos to the IBM’s The World is our lab photo contest and win

Lulu AkakiJanuary 10, 2014

A photo of a child standing on an abandoned rail track in northern Nigeria submitted to the contest by Deji IBM opened its twelfth global lab, and first in ...

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The Kenya police and their unappreciated sacrifices

Rosemary WanjiruNovember 14, 2013

A couple of years ago, I was a candidate preparing to sit for my Kenya Certificate of Secondary School. The school, Christ the King Academy, provided a foru...

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Where you can get free breast cancer screening this month

Lulu AkakiOctober 20, 2013

October is known as the pink month. it's the official breast cancer awareness month. Many campaigns are run throughout the year but this month is when many...

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MBA Tour Conference Coming To Nairobi For The First Time

Lulu AkakiOctober 3, 2013

In a bid to provide potential MBA students an opportunity to meet with top business schools around the world, the MBA Tour, world-renowned international MBA...

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College student launches online lifestyle magazine; myheraldmagazine.com

Staff WriterAugust 29, 2013

Kenyan entrepreneur and Cambridge University student, Evelyne Oloo started MyHerald Magazine in University in the UK. She has since come back to Kenya where...

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Advice for aspiring entrepreneurs

Euticus MolaAugust 14, 2013

image via I had the great opportunity of helping facilitate a talk at the University of Nairobi Art and Design Department. During the talk we had jimmy Gitonga...

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Restaurant review: Sundeck Pizzeria And Grill

Annette MumbiJuly 9, 2013

The Sundeck Pizzeria and Grill is an exquisite restaurant located at the junction of University Way and Koinange Street, inside the Nairobi Safari Club. It ...

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Why all guys are not perverts

Euticus MolaJuly 8, 2013

There is probably a medical reason that psychiatrists use to explain the habit of men turning every time something in a skirt that looks good passes by. Whi...

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Thoughts from a bird-eye view of Nairobi CBD

Euticus MolaJuly 1, 2013

Nairobi, I see you - By Mutua Matheka Ever gone to the topmost floor in a building and looked out into the city landscape. If this is towards the evening an...

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The Sonford Generation

Euticus MolaJuly 1, 2013

If you drive around town at 2.00 a.m after a night of partying and mention food, among the top three in the list of places that will be given a drunken slur...

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What your shoes say about you

Euticus MolaJune 20, 2013

image via According to researchers from the University of Kansas and Wellesley College it is possible to tell a lot about someone from their footwear. But ...

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Matatus to offer free WiFi in partnership with Safaricom

Staff WriterJune 14, 2013

Safaricom has partnered with Public Service Vehicles (PSVs) to provide free WiFi to commuters through Safaricom WiFi routers installed in their vehicles. Th...

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How to become a Socialite – Part 1

Euticus MolaJune 13, 2013

To be honest, personally I don't know what to make of socialites thus I shall remain impartial. Then why I'm I writing this you ask. I needed to understand ...

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Advice for future entrepreneurs from Richard Branson

Euticus MolaJune 10, 2013

The rate of unemployment is at a high of 40pc and with graduates coming out of university each year the number of those unemployed keeps rising with each pa...

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Are we giving enough career advice to students?

Euticus MolaJune 10, 2013

Image via So I’m in my final year of study and suddenly it hits me, do I really want to do the course I’m pursuing. Problem is I can’t drop out since ...

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Sven Beckmann on what Intel has in store for Kenya

Euticus MolaJune 6, 2013

Intel's Sven Beckmann talking to developers and bloggers at the Ihub Bloggers, developers and other IT stakeholders had the opportunity to interact with Sve...

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A case for college dropouts

Euticus MolaMay 24, 2013

David Karp Have you heard of David Karp? No. You should. David Karp is the founder of Tumblr and recently made headlines due to the billion dollar deal betw...

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Campus Side-looks

Amol AwuorMay 21, 2013

Students at the co-operative college of Kenya It’s the beginning of a new semester in some public universities around the country. New and continuing stud...

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Samsung Ziki Stars winner feted

Staff WriterApril 15, 2013

Daniel Chikwaza, Samsung Ziki Stars Winner The second edition of Samsung Ziki Stars, a Galaxy Music sponsored talent search competition, has finally come to...

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