Kenya’s Kagonya Awori receives the Anita Borg Scholarship

Lulu AkakiAugust 11, 2014

Kagonya Awori PhD student Kagonya Awori is the latest Kenyan to be awarded the Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship. Earlier this year, Charity Chao Mbogo...

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Two Kenyan firms named to the 2014 Microsoft Dynamics President’s Club

Lulu AkakiAugust 8, 2014

Two Kenyan based IT firms, CoreTEC Systems & Solutions and Techno Brain Ltd, have been named to the 2014 Microsoft Dynamics President’s Club. The anno...

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Top 10 Kenyan women in tech

Lulu AkakiJuly 31, 2014

For the longest time, the tech world has been a pre-dominantly male industry. But if the situation in Kenya is anything to go by, there is a huge shift taking ...

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USADF awards 4 Kenyan YALI Fellows $25,000 grants

Lulu AkakiJuly 30, 2014

The United States African Development Foundation has awarded 4 Kenyans with grants worth $25,000 each to start-up/expand their business at the Young African L...

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Unilever relaunches LUX brand in Kenya

Lulu AkakiJuly 28, 2014

For the longest time, LUX has been one brand we associated with the past. We all spoke about it as one of those nostalgic soaps we used growing up and forgot a...

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One Africa Media is Kenya’s Biggest Internet Company

James WamathaiJuly 15, 2014

According to World Startup Report (WSR), a community-powered guide for starting a company anywhere in the world, One Africa Media is the biggest internet co...

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Mentor Management gets Kenya’s first green commercial building ratings

Lulu AkakiJuly 14, 2014

Mentor Management CEO, James Hoddell (left)receiving the certificates during the LEED pre-certification of Nairobi Business Park Phase 2 and Garden City Retail...

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Germany wins the World Cup in style

Euticus MolaJuly 14, 2014

After a month of group and knock out matches the final finally arrived with Germany and Argentina looking to stake their claim as the best teams in the worl...

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Samsung introduces the Giga Sound System in Kenya

Lulu AkakiJuly 11, 2014

Samsung is redefining home audio entertainment and grow its dominance in the electronics space with the release of its latest sound system in the country; G...

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Argentina advance to World Cup final

Euticus MolaJuly 10, 2014

Argentina and Netherlands faced off in a match that would decide who joined Germany in the final of the 2014 world cup finals. The pre-match talk was all...

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Germany decimate Brazil in World Cup semi-finals

Euticus MolaJuly 9, 2014

The world cup hosts took on Germany with the hope of reaching the final and setting up a clash with either Argentina or Netherlands. The Brazilians were ...

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Germany and Brazil advance to the World Cup Semis

Euticus MolaJuly 5, 2014

After two weeks of group games and the first knockout rounds we are now down to the last eight from the initial 32 teams. The eight teams would be fighting ...

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Kenya Airways to start flying directly to Tel Aviv

Lulu AkakiJuly 2, 2014

Travellers to Tel Aviv using Kenya Airways are set to have easier travel plans. This comes after the airline announced plans to introduce direct flights to ...

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World Cup 2014 Match Day 17 Report

Euticus MolaJune 30, 2014

Tournament favorites Netherlands took on Mexico in the first of the match day 17 matches hoping to maintain their 100% record and book their place in the qu...

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World Cup 2014 Match Day 16 Report

Euticus MolaJune 29, 2014

The elimination rounds kicked off with the host, Brazil, taking on South American counterparts Chile. The pressure was on the Brazilians to produce a win bu...

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World Cup Match Day 15 Report

Euticus MolaJune 28, 2014

The group stage matches ended with the final round of 16 match ups being decided by the top two teams in Group G and H. One of the most anticipated match...

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World Cup 2014 Match Day 14 Report

Euticus MolaJune 26, 2014

It was the Messi show as the Barcelona forward guided Argentina to a win against a spirited Nigeria in one of the most entertaining matches in the world cup...

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World Cup 2014 Match Day 13 Report

Euticus MolaJune 25, 2014

In the first round of match day 13 games, Costa Rica took on England as Uruguay faced off with former champions Italy for a spot in the next round. Engla...

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World Cup 2014 Match Day 12 Report

Euticus MolaJune 24, 2014

Match day 12 marked the start of the penultimate group matches with teams in Group A and B settling the top spots and setting up the first games in the roun...

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World Cup 2014 Match Day 11 Report

Euticus MolaJune 23, 2014

Match day 11 of the world cup 2014 so the end of the second round of group matches with Belgium, Russia, Korea Republic, Algeria, USA and Portugal taking to...

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World Cup 2014 Match Day 10 Report

Euticus MolaJune 22, 2014

Argentina took on Iran in a match they were expected to easily win. With Napoli’s Gonzalo Higuan back in the fray the Argentines had one of the strongest ...

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World Cup 2014 Match Day 9 Report

Euticus MolaJune 21, 2014

When the world cup 2014 groups were announced no one gave Costa Rica any chance in a group that had three teams in the top 10 of the FIFA rankings. However,...

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World Cup 2014 Match Day 8 Report

Euticus MolaJune 20, 2014

Match day 8 of the world cup 2014 saw the teams in Group C take on each other with the much awaited showdown between England and Uruguay, in Group D (the gr...

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World Cup 2014 Match Day 7 Report

Euticus MolaJune 19, 2014

The second round of the group matches too full swing on the seventh day of the world cup 2014. This would see the last of the group A matches in the round a...

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World Cup 2014 Match Day 6 Report

Euticus MolaJune 18, 2014

The sixth day of the world cup 2014 marked the end of the first round of group matches and the start of the second round. We would be entertained by the gro...

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World Cup 2014 Match Day 5 Report

Euticus MolaJune 17, 2014

Match day 5 of the World Cup 2014 served up the much anticipated clash between Germany and Portugal with African teams Nigeria and Ghana taking to the field...

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World Cup 2014 Match Day 4 Report

Euticus MolaJune 16, 2014

Match day 4 of the 2014 world cup served us with both of Group E (France, Switzerland, Honduras and Ecuador) matches and the first of the Group F matches. ...

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SAP and German FA Partner to Improve Player Performance at the World Cup

Lulu AkakiJune 16, 2014

The World Cup 2014 is set to have major improvement in regards to players’ performance. This is after SAP and the German Football Association (DFB) have 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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World Cup 2014 match day 3 report

Euticus MolaJune 15, 2014

Match day 3 at the World Cup 2014 served the first round of matches for Group C and Group D. Group C comprises of Colombia, Greece, Ivory Coast and Japan wh...

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Paula Kahumbu’s Letter to Margaret Kenyatta on the Poaching Crisis

James WamathaiJune 14, 2014

Below is Paula Kahumbu's Letter to Margaret Kenyatta on the Poaching Crisis. Her Excellency Margaret Kenyatta First Lady of the Republic of Kenya Stat...

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Kenyan artists should stay true to their roots: interview with Baaba Mal

Lulu AkakiJune 14, 2014

Born in Podor in Senegal’s arid north, Maal faced opposition from his father before he was able to embark on a musical career. In the traditional society of...

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World Cup 2014 Match Day 2 Review

Euticus MolaJune 14, 2014

Match day two of the 2014 world cup 2014 has the second of the group A matches and both of the group B matches. The group B match had Cameroon face Mexic...

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World Cup 2014 match day one report

Euticus MolaJune 13, 2014

The lead up to the world cup 2014 had been overshadowed by protests from Brazilian workers but the hope was that this would not dampen the festivities. The ...

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Our world cup preview

Euticus MolaJune 12, 2014

The world cup is upon us. Thank goodness. For the next one month football shall be our religion, for some of us. The world cup shall pit some of the best fo...

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Full list of World Cup 2014 match fixtures in Kenyan time

James WamathaiJune 12, 2014

Below is the full list of World Cup 2014 match fixtures in Kenyan time GROUP A: 12/06/2014 Brazil vs Croatia (11:00 PM) 13/06/2014 Mexico vs Cameroon (...

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Asus Kenya refreshes hybrid products to strengthen portfolio

Lulu AkakiJune 11, 2014

The Transformer Book V Asus has announced a number of new hybrid gadgets at the annual Computex event in Taiwan. The lineup for these products include the Tra...

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Popular Bride Price App now has a Kenyan version

Lulu AkakiJune 4, 2014

Over a week ago, Anakle, a Nigerian digital agency released a fun app which allows ladies and their friends/enemies calculate their bride price. Within two ...

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Kenya to Host First-Ever UN Environment Assembly in June

Lulu AkakiJune 3, 2014

The first UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) will convene in Nairobi, Kenya, from 23 to 27 June 2014. This marks a historic milestone in UNEP’s 43-year histor...

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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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When Women Speak; redefining feminism in Kenya

Lulu AkakiMay 28, 2014

Brainstorm; winner best political blog Kenyan Blog Awards 2014. Brenda Wambui and Michael Onsando are the brains behind it. They recently launched and quarter...

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First Solar Powered Internet School launched in Kenya

Lulu AkakiMay 21, 2014

In a move set to improve the quality of education provision, has launched the first Solar Powered Internet School (SPIS) in Kenya. The school will help solv...

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