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...

0 min read

5: Q&A with Moses Sitati – Economist, Nokia Research Centre Nairobi

James WamathaiFebruary 24, 2012

Our 5 interviewee this week is Moses Sitati, an economist and R&D specialist with the Nokia Research Centre in Nairobi. He works in the field collecting use...

3 min read

Done or Dunzo

Julia LoveFebruary 22, 2012

Once, I wrote a poem. It was called, ‘I am the bloody turf’. I wrote the poem when I was going through my first break up with a guy I had dated for clo...

1 min read

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...

1 min read

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...

1 min read

Q&A Monday: Jacque Ndinda (@Ndinda_)

Staff WriterFebruary 13, 2012

Jacque Ndinda (@Ndinda_) says that she has been unable to describe herself to other people. Every day, she discovers something that tells her she really does ...

0 min read

Mutual Sin

Julia LoveFebruary 9, 2012

When I was growing up, I thought that parents fighting, father’s cheating, husbands (or wives) beating each other up, alcoholic parents you name it, was a t...

1 min read

Q&A Monday: Crazy Nairobian (@CrazyNairobian)

Staff WriterFebruary 6, 2012

Crazy Nairobian (@CrazyNairobian) is a (old enough to surf and tweet) year old software developer with a great passion for social media. He is also a writer, po...

0 min read

Bad Boy Syndrome – The Insight.

Julia LoveFebruary 1, 2012

Sequel to ‘Who You Give it To’ I am extremely excited to write this particular article because it is so, so dear to me. *Wiggling fingers* let’s be...

1 min read

Q&A Monday: Kimani (@dwanzi_)

James WamathaiJanuary 30, 2012

Kimani (@dwanzi_) is a movie lover, watcher and reviewer. Sometimes he writes and blogs. Is a student of life and people. Loves to laugh. Doesn't like to desc...

0 min read

Who You Give it To

Julia LoveJanuary 25, 2012

I heard it many times, that as a woman, you end up dating/marrying your father. I’ve always had an opinion about such myths but I held back my sentiments ...

1 min read

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...

0 min read

Table For One

Julia LoveJanuary 18, 2012

Image via I read somewhere that 25 is the ‘Quarter Life Crisis’ age. I was surprised that this was a shared belief since I recall last year telling my o...

2 min read

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 ...

0 min read

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...

0 min read

Q & A Monday : @TerryanneChebet

Staff WriterJanuary 2, 2012

Terryanne Chebet is a Business Anchor at CCTV News, the English language international channel at China Central Television. She was until recently an Associate ...

1 min read

Teddy Bears and Talking Drums — A Connecting People film

James WamathaiDecember 29, 2011

From Rio to Nairobi, Berlin to Mumbai, and everywhere in between, mobile technology continues to change our world in exciting and unpredictable ways. People all...

0 min read

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…)...

0 min read

Q&A Monday : Sophia Wanuna

Staff WriterDecember 19, 2011

Sophia Wanuna is a Senior News Anchor and Reporter at K24Tv. We had a few questions for her and this is what she had to say : 1. What was your first phone? ...

0 min read

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...

0 min read

Q&A Monday: @KojoBaffoe

James WamathaiDecember 5, 2011

Kojo Baffoe is an editor , writer, poet and entrepreneur with origins in Ghana and Germany, raised in Lesotho, and based in Johannesburg. He has a B.Commerce ...

1 min read

Q&A Monday: @Anyixbaby

Staff WriterNovember 28, 2011

Anyiko Owoko is a TV reporter, host of Grapevine show on KBC, a staff writer at Urban Perspective (UP) and a part time model. She also runs a personal blog Bla...

0 min read

Q&A Monday: @Mawazo_Mengi

Staff WriterNovember 21, 2011

Wanjeri Gakuru is an Associate Editor at UP, a free monthly urban lifestyle magazine. She's also a creative writer finding her footing in the world of short fi...

0 min read

Q&A Monday : @NiNanjira

Staff WriterNovember 14, 2011

Nanjira does many things, depending on what day of the week you want to talk about! She recently graduated from the University of Nairobi. She's a mathematicia...

0 min read

Real Steel – Film Review

dwanziNovember 10, 2011

The time is the future. I'm guessing the near future because things don't look all that different from the present and there aren't any flying cars or food in...

2 min read

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...

0 min read

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 ...

0 min read

Q&A Monday: @Tomi_Oladipo

James WamathaiOctober 24, 2011

Tomi Oladipo is a Nigerian journalist. Follow him, @tomi_oladipo, for more information about him. We asked him a few questions and this is what he had to say...

0 min read

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…)...

0 min read

The Lounge Unplugged with Vivian Green: Event Review

James WamathaiOctober 17, 2011

Trying to describe the energy and feel in the tent at the KFeet center where the Vivian Green concert was held is like trying to describe the taste of water aft...

2 min read

Q&A Monday: @Milonare

Staff WriterOctober 10, 2011

Milonare is the short form for 'Me I LOve NAirobi REgardless'. He is that boy that refused to grow up. (more…)...

0 min read

Viva Riva! – Film Review

dwanziOctober 4, 2011

One of the most radiant, sexy and exciting films out of Africa and it’s from The DRC. Winner of MTV's best African movie award and six Africa Movie Academy ...

3 min read

Q&A Monday: @aKenyanGirl

Staff WriterOctober 3, 2011

@aKenyanGirl often imagines that she is the ruler of the world, conquerer of the universe. In her spare time she likes slaying dragons with her feline side ki...

0 min read

Q&A Monday – @TheMacharia

Staff WriterSeptember 26, 2011

Joel Macharia, known on Twitter as @TheMacharia is an entrepreneur and thhe founder of the Money Academy and its parent company, Capital Associates, an investme...

0 min read

Q&A Monday: @UrbaneKenyan

Staff WriterSeptember 19, 2011

@UrbaneKenyan (Zack Mukewa) is a Business Analyst. He claims to have interest in good governance and enjoys Economics; reading, talking and developing models....

0 min read

Attack The Block – Film Review

dwanziSeptember 15, 2011

Every so often, a film comes along that is so much fun that you are willing to forgive and overlook any flaws it might have. Attack the Block is definitely on...

2 min read

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...

1 min read

Q&A Monday: @Shiko_Msa

Staff WriterSeptember 5, 2011

Shiko is a blogger from Mombasa. She describes her style as easy & advises that her articles be taken less a pinch of salt. She lives by the simple motto 'R...

4 min read

Motor World: World War III

TrackmannAugust 31, 2011

With the growing tensions in the Middle East, the looming nuclear crisis in Iran and North Korea and the shift of economic power from the West to the East, it m...

4 min read

Q&A Monday : @Kaggzie

Staff WriterAugust 29, 2011

@Kaggzie is a professional student who thinks that everyday is a fine day for science! We had a few questions for her, this is what she had to say (more...

0 min read

Q&A Monday: Kennedy Kachwanya (@Kachwanya)

Staff WriterAugust 23, 2011

Kennedy Kachwanya Blogs, Codes, Reads and Consults. He can be found on iborian.com, Maduqa.com, finwebkenya.com and Kachwanya.com, where he recently posted a r...

0 min read

Q&A Monday: @NancieMwai

James WamathaiAugust 22, 2011

Nancie Mwai is a fashion blogger, stylist and editor of Kasha Magazine. Fashion is her daily bread and she lives by the Motto "Life is too short to blend in" ...

0 min read