Q&A Monday: Wanjiru Kihusa

James WamathaiMay 9, 2016

Wanjiru Kihusa is a family blogger at wanjirukihusa.com and is the founder and director of Still A Mum, a non-profit that supports women and families dealing wi...

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Gado wins the 2016 International Editorial Cartoons Prize

Medrine NyamburaMay 9, 2016

As part of the celebration of the World Press Freedom Day, the Cartooning for Peace Swiss Foundation and the City of Geneva present the 2016 International Edito...

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Q&A Monday: Bonney Tunya

James WamathaiMay 2, 2016

Bonney Tunya is a TV anchor with CNBC Africa and contributor to the Forbes Africa magazine. He was previously a business & news anchor at KTN and a rapporte...

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The Olkaria Geothermal Spa is amazing

CanduhApril 28, 2016

The mere mention of Olkaria brings back memories of the acrid smell of sulphur fumes that stubbornly refuse to be blurred from my memory ever since that fateful...

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Sauti Sol and Mi Casa collaborate to give us the hit Tulale Fofofo

Medrine NyamburaApril 28, 2016

It cannot get any better than Mi Casa and Sauti Sol coming together musically to give us the song 'Tualale fofofo'. Mi Casa is an award winning house band from ...

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Q&A Monday: Caroline Kibati

James WamathaiApril 25, 2016

Caroline Kibati, popularly known as Ms. Kibati, is a Kenyan fashion and lifestyle blogger at mskibati.com. Her blog has been nominated twice for the Kenyan Blog...

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Kuhustle partners with Nairobits to offer digital jobs to marginalized youth

Medrine NyamburaApril 22, 2016

Kuhustle.com and Nairobits Trust have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to enhance the cooperation within the online work sector in Kenya. The one year...

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10 things you can relate with if you have lived in Nairobi

Mildred SakinaApril 21, 2016

I have been born and bred in Nairobi. I love living here even though there are things that will drive you up the wall such as traffic jam, the high cost of livi...

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350 students to benefit from a Co-operative Bank & MoneyGram Scholarship

Medrine NyamburaApril 20, 2016

A mentorship program facilitated by Co-operative Bank of Kenya Foundation and sponsored by the MoneyGram Foundation will benefit 350 underprivileged high school...

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We have to let Chase Bank go

Caroline MutokoApril 10, 2016

The story around Chase Bank and our banking sector as a whole has made a lot of us nervous. Very Nervous. We seem to be really impressed (I won't use words like...

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BAT wins overall award at the 2016 Energy Management Awards

Staff WriterApril 9, 2016

Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) yesterday announced announced the winners of the 12th Annual Energy Management Awards (EMA). Cigarette manufacturer Bri...

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Lorna Irungu-Macharia named in the 2016 Eisenhower International Fellows list

James WamathaiApril 6, 2016

Lorna Irungu-Macharia has been chosen alongside other 21 people as a 2016 Eisenhower International Fellow. The 22 professionals will travel to the US for seven ...

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Q&A Monday: Rayhab Gachango

Richard MureithiApril 4, 2016

Rayhab Gachango is a writer, poet and the publisher of potentash.com. She is a Chartered Marketer and has a degree in advertising from Daystar University and is...

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Bomet County’s fire trucks are spectacularly bad

Staff WriterApril 3, 2016

Bomet County bought three firefighting trucks last year at a cost of Ksh. 7 million each. The County came under fire because the trucks were not the standard ki...

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CEO Fridays: Patrick Muteti on Wavuh, the ERP that is made for Africa

James WamathaiMarch 30, 2016

Patrick Muteti is a Kenyan entrepreneur who has a BBIT degree from Strathmore University and a certificate in entrepreneurship from MIT. He was an IT consultant...

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Join Gilad & his musician friends this Saturday as they raise money for charity

Richard MureithiMarch 29, 2016

For those who don’t know who Gilad is, he is the white guy who sung ‘Unajua’ in perfect Swahili together with Wendy Kimani. The song was such a hit that it spen...

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Q&A Monday: Ahmed Salim

James WamathaiMarch 28, 2016

Ahmed Salim is a passionate marketer and a social media enthusiast with a particular interest in community management and digital marketing. He is the MD of Qub...

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KAM petitions government to enforce local content policy in its infrastructure projects

Richard MureithiMarch 25, 2016

Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) has petitioned the government to enforce local content legislation in a bid to help domestic firms compete against fore...

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Social Media and misrepresentation of success: How young people are facing undue pressure

Staff WriterMarch 23, 2016

Social Media has created an avenue for people to share their lives. Before we only got a glimpse of the lives of celebrities and known personalities through mag...

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Samsung S7 Edge Review: Best Galaxy so far

James WamathaiMarch 22, 2016

Samsung recently launched their two flagship devices, the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge. The two are successors of the S6 and S6 Edge which were launched last year. ...

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Q&A Monday: Sheila Maingi

Richard MureithiMarch 21, 2016

Sheila Maingi is a psychologist, writer, women’s right activist, radio presenter and future politician. She’s passionate about development and governance in Afr...

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Q&A Monday: Florence Kamaitha

James WamathaiMarch 14, 2016

Florence Kamaitha is a change maker, a girl champion, an impact entrepreneur and a blogger. She is a Mandela Washington Fellow (2014), A Vital Voices Fellow (20...

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Q&A Monday: Silvia Njoki

James WamathaiMarch 7, 2016

Silvia Njoki is a Kenyan fashion journalist, blogger and stylist. She is the founder of the award winning blog silvianjoki.com. The blog was created in 2013 as ...

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Q&A Monday: Caroline Mutoko

James WamathaiFebruary 29, 2016

Caroline Mutoko had a radio career that spanned 16 years with twelve years at Kiss 100 and 4 years at Capital FM. Caroline hang up her head-phones at Kiss 100 i...

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Uber and mi-Fone deal to enable drivers-partners purchase cheap smart phones

Richard MureithiFebruary 22, 2016

In a first for Africa, Uber has partnered with mi-Fone to have the Uber app embedded in all new phones starting from March. For those not in the know mi-Fone wh...

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Infinix Zero 3 review: Delivering on specs at an affordable price

James WamathaiFebruary 17, 2016

Infinix has impressed in recent times with devices that are feature rich at affordable prices. The Zero 3 X552, which is the successor to the Zero 2, is no diff...

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Safaricom to provide free Internet to schools in support of laptop project

James WamathaiFebruary 16, 2016

The Ministry of ICT has announced the launch of a pilot phase of the laptop for schools project. The schools laptop project will be eventually launched in 22,00...

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Q&A Monday: Gathoni Kimuyu

James WamathaiFebruary 15, 2016

Gathoni Kimuyu, AKA @QueenGathoni, is a mother on of one, shoe addict, hopeless romantic, TV producer and scriptwriter. She is also a peer sex educator and a di...

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Q&A Monday: Magunga Williams

James WamathaiFebruary 8, 2016

Magunga Williams Oduor is a writer, Nairobi bachelor and a half toothed goon who likes to tell stories. If you want, you can find his stories curated on his cre...

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The good, the bad and the ugly of social media

Mildred SakinaFebruary 2, 2016

Social media has no doubt become a very powerful tool and it has even revolutionized how we live our lives. People have found jobs, met soulmates ,started revol...

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Q&A Monday: Jamila El-Jabry

James WamathaiFebruary 1, 2016

Jamila El-Jabry, AKA @Mombasa_Gal, is the founder of digital marketing company Muse Digital and lifeinmombasa.com. She is a professional communication specialis...

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What artists can learn from the Elani vs MCSK fiasco #ElaniSpeaks

Mildred SakinaJanuary 15, 2016

Elani are not the first group to complain about MCSK not paying them their dues. You will remember the Pitson issue last year in May when he received 4000 shill...

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BRCK receives Ksh. 300M funding from Steve Case, Synergy Energy and others

James WamathaiJanuary 8, 2016

Kenyan technology company BRCK has received funding to the tune of Ksh. 300 million from a variety of investors to further expand its business. The investors ...

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Good triumphs over Evil as #GarissaUniversityReopens

Medrine NyamburaJanuary 6, 2016

Hurt, wounded but not broken. Garissa University College has officially reopened. The learning institution that suffered a terror attack that left 148 people de...

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Album review of Sauti Sol’s Live and Die in Afrika

Kevin MbuthiaNovember 24, 2015

I have been an ardent fan of Sauti Sol since the begin of their journey in music and I must say that I have loved how their music has evolved to become more mat...

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Safaricom and British Airways launch an initiative to provide international exposure for SME’s

Richard MureithiNovember 24, 2015

British Airways (BA) and Safaricom have partnered to launch an initiative that will provide international exposure for five business owners in Kenya’s Small and...

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Nikon expands to the coastal region with the opening of Elite Pro shop

Richard MureithiNovember 17, 2015

Imaging Solutions Ltd, the official and authorized distributor for Nikon Products in Kenya is pleased to announce the opening of Elite Nikon Pro Shops in Mombas...

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Blue Band, nourishing kids for generations

Richard MureithiNovember 13, 2015

Since I was a child, blue band has never missed from my mum’s kitchen. Back then bread was not bread without the blue band spread. In those days sliced bread ha...

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Always has launched a campaign to inspire confidence in girls

Kirsten KanjaNovember 11, 2015

Always has today launched the “Stand Up” initiative in Kenya under the hashtag #AlwaysStandUpKe. The initiative aims at encouraging the Kenyan girl child to sta...

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Brighter monday has launched a career center to inspire job seekers

Richard MureithiNovember 11, 2015

Brighter Monday has introduced a career center with an aim of engaging  the audience with career advice and tips from HR experts hence empowering them with care...

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Sendy is the 1st recipient of the Safaricom’s $1 million Spark Fund

Kirsten KanjaNovember 6, 2015

Safaricom has invested in Sendy, a Nairobi- based package delivery start-up company. The young company was identified as the first recipient of Safaricom’s 1 mi...

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Dispelling the myths about menstruation

Kirsten KanjaNovember 5, 2015

In the same way that human beings eat, drink and breathe, women  with a typical healthy reproductive system menstruate for a large section of their lives. It is...

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