The Purple Network Launches a Women Enterprise Award

Lulu AkakiOctober 3, 2013

The Purple Network has launched an inaugural women’s award to recognize and celebrate women who have built successful businesses. The inaugural award has ...

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Why the Safaricom Cloud needs to dream bigger and innovate faster

Kageni WilsonSeptember 24, 2013

Sylvia Mulinge, GM Safaricom Business Earlier this month Safaricom launched its Software as a service offering in the form of online business management sol...

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BBM is coming to Android on September 21 and iPhone on September 22

James WamathaiSeptember 19, 2013

Blackberry messenger (BBM), the mobile social network that was previously exclusive to Blackberry smartphones, will begin rolling out for Android and iPhone...

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The 2013 Social Good Summit – The BAKE Digital Lounge

Staff WriterSeptember 18, 2013

Innovative technologists, influential minds and passionate activists will gather at the renowned Strathmore Business School (SBS) on September 24, 2013 to add...

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Being an ICC witness and testifying against a sitting President is not easy

Richie MaccsSeptember 18, 2013

If you are testifying against a sitting President and Deputy President of your own country there’s no amount of persuasion that can erase the fear. Its pa...

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Panasonic showcases its range of solutions for African businesses & governments

Staff WriterSeptember 13, 2013

Panasonic today, at its first ever Systems Solutions Exhibition in Africa, revealed a line of business solutions for regional businesses and Governments. At the...

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40 startups selected for DEMO Africa 2013

Staff WriterSeptember 9, 2013

Mbugua Njihia, Producer - DEMO Africa 2013 Demo Africa, the launch pad for emerging technologies and trends, has announced the top 40 startups that will get...

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Introducing the Nokia 515

Staff WriterAugust 29, 2013

Nokia has today launched the Nokia 515, a premium feature phone. The Nokia 515 will have an aluminum body unlike in the past when feature phones were wrappe...

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Joint statement by mobile phone manufacturers on the proposed VAT bill

Staff WriterAugust 18, 2013

If the proposed VAT bill stay as it is, mobile phones will start attracting 16% VAT very soon. It is because of this that phone manufacturers and other stakehol...

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Startup of the week – Waabeh

James WamathaiAugust 16, 2013

Waabeh Team - Jeff, Kingóri & Rimbui For lovers and creators of African music and audio content, discovering it and buying has been a problem for a whi...

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Mentorship is not just about business

Evans MuriuAugust 14, 2013

Students at Clayton's Mechanics that Evans mentors As I was growing up, I would often be asked ‘who is your mentor?’ I did not know what to say. The cri...

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Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 Review

James WamathaiAugust 13, 2013

A few years ago, a big screen on a phone was considered a bit of an overkill. Phones had reasonable screens and if users wanted a device with a bigger screen,...

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How to flatter your figure with belts

Judith KemuntoJuly 30, 2013

Courtesy Nancie Mwai Belts are gaining popularity as accessorizing pieces very fast in the fashion scenes. In the past, women only wore belts with their jea...

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Restaurant Review: Palm Cafe at Heri Heights

Annette MumbiJuly 29, 2013

Palm Cafe is an exquisite restaurant located at the heart of the Heri Heights Luxury Serviced Apartments, along Nairobi's State House Road. The Cafe is on Kolob...

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Nokia Asha 501 is now available in East Africa

Euticus MolaJuly 16, 2013

image via Last week Nokia announced that the Nokia Asha 501, the first of a new generation of smart feature phones to run on the new Asha Platform, will be ava...

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The impact of adverts on our thinking

Euticus MolaJuly 9, 2013

We would like to believe we are social capitalists with only a few existing in a ‘man eat man’ philosophical worldview. We think our lives a decade ago ...

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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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What your smartphone says about you

Euticus MolaJuly 1, 2013

Human beings are a curious species. We want to know more and more about each other. There are various ways to learn about someone, you can simply spend time...

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Things they don’t teach you in school

Euticus MolaJuly 1, 2013

Image via What are your thoughts on our education system? I wanted to start the first paragraph with my views about it but I'd rather leave that out for now...

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TV Series Review: Da Vinci’s Demons

Euticus MolaJuly 1, 2013

I rarely find a series that intrigues me and captures my full attention. But I will admit that, despite having a really busy schedule, this one made me spend ...

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Musicians and hair styles

Euticus MolaJuly 1, 2013

Remember Eric Wainaina in Nchi ya Kidogo? After that album he dropped the good boy look and start spotting dreadlocks and was quoted as saying for him it was ...

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African Music portal set to launch in September

Euticus MolaJune 28, 2013

A friend of mine was telling me how he is still mourning the death of museke.com, the website that focused exclusively on African music at a time when there...

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Is the Institution of marriage facing its demise?

Lulu AkakiJune 27, 2013

Someone asked me where I see myself in five years. I have never liked this question and I always have an answer ready. It’s the same thing, running my own m...

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Rick Ross and the country called Africa

Euticus MolaJune 25, 2013

Did you see the tweet? No you didn't?! *throws a shoe at you*. Anyway. Rick Ross in what is yet to be confirmed as ignorance or stupidity posted a tweet on ...

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Should we start teaching programming in primary schools?

Euticus MolaJune 24, 2013

image via We want to be a technologically developed country. That's a fact. With our government now working to provide laptops to standard 1 kids is it tim...

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Why the Nokia Asha 205 stands out

Staff WriterJune 24, 2013

Dual SIM phones are necessary in today's world. One might want to enjoy certain services of Telco A as well as certain services of Telco B. In a way, have t...

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Q&A Monday: Laura Walubengo

Staff WriterJune 24, 2013

Laura Walubengo Laura Walubengo was born almost 33 years ago and she works as the Web editor (Kenya) for DStv.com. Prior to that, she was an editor and news r...

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Samsung owners to get Jay Z’s new album for free

Staff WriterJune 17, 2013

Samsung has entered into partnership with Jay Z which will see his new album, "Magna Carta Holy Grail", being made available first and for free to one milli...

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Q&A Monday: Sara Karay

Staff WriterJune 17, 2013

Sara Karay is a 21 year old designer currently in 3rd year pursuing a degree in International Business Administration and marketing at USIU. She officially lau...

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How to become a Socialite – Part 3

Euticus MolaJune 15, 2013

So you finally know how to act like a socialite. Here's how to survive in your new found fame. (Read part 2 here) 1. Don't be a social climber Despera...

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Top 10 must have free Android Apps

Euticus MolaJune 11, 2013

image via I got my hands on a Galaxy Note 8 Tab and first thing on my mind was to download some apps. Thought I would share my top 10 must have free android ...

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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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Q&A Monday: George Ndirangu

Staff WriterJune 10, 2013

Georgie Ndirangu is a 23 year old guy, an evening news anchor on TV10 Rwanda, handling finance and statistics in a financial institution in Rwanda, and CEO of ...

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We need better villains – 2013 movies review

Euticus MolaJune 4, 2013

Let me start by apologizing to my friend Rayhab if she’s reading this before watching the Iron Man 3 movie. My argument is that Iron Man 3 for me was a bi...

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Talk by Intel GM for South & Sub-Saharan Africa

Euticus MolaJune 3, 2013

Sven Jochen Beckmann is the General Manager for South and Sub Saharan Africa for Intel Corporation will be visiting iHub on June 5th to talk to developers a...

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Microsoft International President to visit the Ihub

Euticus MolaJune 3, 2013

Jean-Philippe Courtois The President of Microsoft International, Jean-Philippe Courtois, shall be at the iHub on Tuesday the 4th of June from 4.15pm to 5.4...

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Q&A Monday: Samo Bryton

Staff WriterJune 3, 2013

Samo Bryton and The Almighty is Queen Elizabeth with a thong on. Not Samo Bryton We had a few questions for him. This is what he had to say: 1. What was ...

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How happy are we as a nation?

Euticus MolaMay 26, 2013

Have you heard about the Kingdom of Bhutan? It is a landlocked state in South Asia located at the eastern end of the Himalayas bordered by China and India. ...

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Football off-season: What to do?

Euticus MolaMay 24, 2013

Image via The English Premier League, the most watched football league in the world, came to a dramatic end last weekend. With that comes, for some like me,...

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13 Reasons Why Cloud Technology Will Thrive In Africa

Kageni WilsonMay 15, 2013

I am a cloud computing entrepreneur based in Kenya and whenever I have conversations about Cloud technology and its supposed success in the context of Afric...

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Why the Galaxy S4 is an awesome phone

James WamathaiMay 14, 2013

The Samsung Galaxy SIII is the most successful android smartphone so far, selling an estimated 50 million devices around the world since its launch last yea...

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The S4 comes with accidental damage warranty

Staff WriterMay 8, 2013

Samsung East Africa's Robert Ngeru, at the launch of the Galaxy S4 launch yesterday announced that the phone will come with an Accidental Damage Warranty du...

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