Taking it to the ballot

Mwende NgutiNovember 27, 2012

A few months ago had you asked me if I was voting, I would have shrugged and said “What’s the point? Will it even make a difference?” I would then slip in...

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Q&A Monday: Akil Ahmed (@ItsElPoet)

James WamathaiOctober 8, 2012

Akil Ahmed is a Spoken Word artist who is diverse about his content and ideas. He focuses on sensitive and overlooked issues in the world. He is also a Slam Afr...

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Q&A Monday: Robert Alai (@RobertAlai)

James WamathaiSeptember 24, 2012

Robert Alai is a Kenyan blogger and social justice activist. He is the founder of leading tech blog techmtaa, a trained ICT System Analyst and self-appointed cr...

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Q&A Monday Aaron Rimbui (@AaronRimbui)

Staff WriterSeptember 3, 2012

Aaron Rimbui is a jazz keyboardist, composer and performing artiste. His music is best described as colourful rhythmic melodies with African infusions served o...

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DStv expands product offering

mwirigiAugust 29, 2012

Pay TV provider Multichoice today announced that they will be expanding their product offerings with effect from 1st October 2012. The new channels will ...

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How to shine your shoes like a soldier

mwirigiAugust 15, 2012

The undisputed champions of polishing shoes are the Armed Forces. In any country around the world the one thing soldiers have in common is the ability to polish...

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Q&A Monday: Jemedari (@JemedariFlows)

Staff WriterAugust 6, 2012

Jemedari is a live hiphop artist, poet, 56Authentique Brand Ambassador and renaissance man. He also loves basketball and movies. Youtube | KenyaBeats Profile |...

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Q&A Monday: Jonathan Kalan (@KalanThinks)

Staff WriterJuly 23, 2012

Jonathan Kalan is an internationally published journalist, photojournalist and blogger specializing in social innovations in emerging markets. A graduate of the...

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Q&A Monday: Mwende Ngao (@MwendeSusu)

Staff WriterJuly 16, 2012

Mwende Ngao is a filmmaker, actress, writer and poet. She enjoys art in all its forms especially film and music. She's a bookaholic, spending more on books than...

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Q&A Monday: Bill Sellanga (@247Blink)

Staff WriterJuly 9, 2012

Bill Bill, otherwise known as 'Blinky Bill' or 'Doctor Boom' is a part of the group Just A Band as a producer and songwriter. He has also just started scoring...

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5 Attributes of a Successful Social Media Manager

Mark KaigwaJune 6, 2012

Having been around the digital media industry in Africa for the past five years, it has been amazing to see the kind of calibre of talent that has emerged a...

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Q&A Monday: Bob Collymore (@BobCollymore)

Staff WriterJune 4, 2012

Bob Collymore is the CEO of Safaricom. He is passionate about the company he runs, his friends, flying, music and the arts. He was born in South America...

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Q&A Monday: Adelle Onyango

Staff WriterMay 21, 2012

Adelle Onyango is a writer, poet and radio host (1 Drive show) at 1 FM. We had a few questions for her and this is what she had to say : (more…)...

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The Winners of the Google Zeitgeist Young Minds Announced

Staff WriterMay 8, 2012

The winners of the Zeitgeist Young Minds Competition have been announced and they are: Ada Umeofia, 19 from Nigeria: WeBuilt: Africa is a design-centered so...

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The Avengers – Film Review

dwanziMay 2, 2012

Film director Joss Whedon was given a mammoth task in bringing half a dozen Marvel superheroes together in one film and create a coherent and entertaining ex...

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The Hunger Games – Film Review

dwanziApril 24, 2012

Take a dystopian future, sprinkle in a totalitarian government, add 24 teenagers and stir in a tournament to the death. What you have is a recipe for some hear...

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Q&A Monday: Evans Muriu (@VanceMuriu)

James WamathaiApril 16, 2012

Evans Muriu claims to be just an ordinary guy with an accounting background in business. He plans to retire at 30. He is passionate about giving back to the com...

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Wrath of the Titans IMAX – Film Review

dwanziApril 11, 2012

The mighty Titans are angry that the film "Clash Of The Titans" was remade and now are back to seek vengeance on humanity. Actually not, but I would rather th...

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Q&A Monday: Emukule Ekirapa (@Emukule)

Staff WriterApril 9, 2012

Emukule Ekirapa is the Director of Red Touch Entertainment. He is also the continental correspondent for Viacom’s MTV Base. As a VJ and event MC in Kenya, Zam...

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Q&A Monday: Pinky Ghelani

James WamathaiApril 2, 2012

Pinky Ghelani is an avid Newcastle United Fan (apparently her husband made her say that), a media consultant - which means she chats with many people in the me...

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Review: Samsung Galaxy Note GT-N7000

Staff WriterMarch 28, 2012

Samsung Galaxy Note was one device that showed the balls of Samsung for venturing into new fields, amid criticism, oohs and aahs. It was the first 5 inch ph...

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Review: The Nokia Asha 200

Staff WriterMarch 23, 2012

Introduced at Nokia World 2011, the Nokia Asha 200 is the latest in Nokias range of Twin SIM handsets, it should weigh in at less than or equal to Shs.7,500/= (...

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Q&A Monday : Kaburo Kobia (@Kaburo)

Staff WriterMarch 19, 2012

Kaburo Kobia is the Project Manager for Local Digital Content at the Kenya ICT Board. Kaburo is also a board advisor for Akira Chix, a Kenyan organization th...

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John Carter – Film Review

dwanziMarch 14, 2012

Andrew Stanton attempts to follow in the footsteps of fellow Pixar alumni Brad Bird with his first live-action film. Unlike Brad’s absolutely sublime â€...

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Q&A Monday: Wanjiku Mwaurah (@WanjikuMwaurah)

Staff WriterFebruary 27, 2012

Wanjiku Mwaura seeks poetic inspiration from life’s simplicity In 2011, some of her works were published in two anthologies ‘fresh Paint’ and ‘synchron...

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Q&A Monday: Stephen Musyoka (@Smusyoka)

Staff WriterFebruary 20, 2012

Stephen Musyoka or "Syoks" is well known on Social Media networks in Kenya, He is behind several successful social media marketing campaigns for corporates, br...

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Testing One Two Three

Julia LoveFebruary 15, 2012

Image via I’m one of those graphic thinkers. Growing up I always used pictures and images to think, describe events and cram for exams. I would have a 1...

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Chronicle – Film Review

dwanziFebruary 8, 2012

Chronicle is a new film that tries to breathe new life into the found-footage style of film-making made popular by films such as the Blair Witch Project and...

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Q&A Monday: Rachel Gichinga (@Raaheli)

Staff WriterJanuary 23, 2012

Rachel Gichinga has, for the last five years, been working on ways to employ the use of creative approaches in advocacy, civic engagement and development initia...

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Q&A Monday: Dan ‘Chizi’ Aceda (@DanChiziAceda)

Staff WriterJanuary 16, 2012

Dan 'chizi' Aceda is a Kenyan Singer Songwriter. He has recorded two studio albums Benganology(2010) and Suluwe (2005) and has written songs for many different ...

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Q&A Monday : BONK (@MastaBonk)

Staff WriterJanuary 9, 2012

BONK is a Kenyan clothing company, famous for its T-shirts, Bags, and Accessories. All products are designed and produced in Kenya, by a relatively sozzled bunc...

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Unmasking Mobile Planet

James WamathaiDecember 30, 2011

In 2001, Karanja Macharia came up with a brilliant idea. He developed a system that could automatically reply to a coded text with meaningful information. He...

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Q&A Monday: @_RamzZy_

Staff WriterDecember 26, 2011

Ramzzy describes himself as the Sanguine Son of the The Big City,A Student of Logic, Champion of sarcasm, Free Thinker and a Creative. (more…)...

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Winter Bunnies

Julia LoveDecember 19, 2011

Love is that thing that makes everything dull and full of gloom suddenly beautiful and bearable. ‘Rose colored glasses’ as my friend once put it. Today...

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Q & A Monday : @ElaniMuziki

Staff WriterDecember 12, 2011

Elani is an Urban-Afro musical group based in Nairobi. The band was formed in early 2008, and has been performing as a unit ever since, slowly growing from stre...

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Beba Beba Album Launch: Review

Staff WriterNovember 15, 2011

As I walked into Goethe institute a few minutes after seven, on a particularly chilly Saturday evening on the 11th of November, where the Ma3 had been parke...

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Q&A Monday: @SamDave69

Staff WriterNovember 7, 2011

Samir Dave loves humour and finds amusement in everything. He opens his mouth a lot (most times to change feet) in order to be heard.   He describes h...

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Q&A Monday: @ItsMugambi

Staff WriterOctober 31, 2011

Mugambi is an actor, writer and ad man, for now. While he confesses to being a student and appreciator of these art forms, he admits that he needs to learn a ...

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Q&A Monday: @Rimbui

Staff WriterOctober 17, 2011

Tim Rimbui is a Musician, tech guy, pretend geek, and a certified apple fan boy. We had a few questions for him, this is what he had to say (more…)...

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TechSpeak: Airtel -StanChart-MasterCard, Samsung

James WamathaiSeptember 26, 2011

Airtel, StanChart, MasterCard launch virtual card on mobile phone Airtel Africa, Standard Chartered Bank and MasterCard Worldwide have launched the world’s...

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TechSpeak – Samsung, SES, Nokia

Staff WriterSeptember 14, 2011

A lot has happened in the tech scene in the last week, here's a bite sized summary Samsung Galaxy S II The Samsung Galaxy S II was launched in Kenya last...

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Q&A Monday: @ItsBuddhaBlaze

Staff WriterSeptember 12, 2011

    Buddha Blaze is a legend in the Kenyan entertainment circles and was the editor of East Africa’s first entertainment magazine PHAT! Magazine...

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