Last week I attended an event organized by Microsoft in partnership with Strathmore University where they were launching their “AI for Good” event series at the Microsoft Policy Innovation Centre, ..
Last week I attended an event organized by Microsoft in partnership with Strathmore University where they were launching their “AI for Good” event series at the Microsoft Policy Innovation Centre, ..
So, yesterday I attended the University of Nairobi Taifa town hall meeting with the French Republic President Mr. Emmanuel Macron. The event was moderated by Julie Gichuru. Julie is an amazing person but she normally ..
A few days ago I watched a video of Tanzania fan of Yanga (Young Africans Sports Club) talking about how he was feeling bad after losing the match to arch rival Simba (Simba Sports Club). What made it interesting ..
Early this week, the Konza team kicked off a very important process in the view of the development of the Konza City. The launch of the architectural design and development of the curriculum for the Kenya ..
Whenever a new smartphone is launched in Kenya, I ask myself whether it has some of the things that Kenyans like. The land of Silicon Savannah has unique people, who were once described as peculiar by Michael ..
Let me start this by confessing on something that I am terrible at, taking Selfies. It is something that I can’t explain, especially the fact that I am unable to balance a phone on one hand then take ..
It has bothered me in the last few years how good we are as a country when it comes to technology. Whenever you hear the Kenyan policy makers and hype men talk about Kenya you would think that in the whole ..
So this week while thinking about a few topics to be used on the project that we want to introduced on Kachwanya.com, I went to Google trends for some inspirations. Since my interest was to look for the technology ..
Here is an open application letter to Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, 47 Govenors and Cabinet Secretary of Health from Dr. Doreen Saringi. Please read and share to ensure that it reaches any of those ..
KITE has announced the launch of Visa’s open innovation program Visa’s Everywhere Initiative in Sub Sahara Africa. The program awards up to US$50,000 (a US$25,000 prize and potentially up to ..
As someone who has been using PayPal for almost ten years now, the announcement this morning that Safaricom has made a deal with Paypal and TransferTo to enable movement of funds between M-PESA and PayPal ..
Over the years I have argued that as a country we have to prioritize our local companies and especially start-ups. And there are a number of reports out there that shows how important the small and home-grown ..
On the story asking why Wangusi was sent home, I mentioned that Safaricom dominance issue could not be the reason. Since then I have spent a lot of time thinking about the issue of Safaricom dominance ..
Last week I had a problem with Kenya Power and tried to sort it out through Twitter. Apparently my account number had been changed but that was never communicated to me. When I did not get the bill, ..
So, the board of the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) on Friday evening sent director general Francis Wangusi on compulsory leave. The explanation given by the board for the action is malpractice ..
Happy 2018 to all our readers. Starting the year in a positive note and from the inbox, the news of The Tony Elumelu foundation accepting applications for business ideas that can transform Africa. To apply, ..
As we near the end of 2017, we will be reflecting on a number of issues that came up in the year of our Lord 2017. And today we start with online space and cyber security. During connected Kenya summit ..
So the last two days I have been discussing the HPC on my Twitter Time line and some who have not been following keenly have asked me to explain further what is HPC. HPC is acronym for High performance ..
The other day while reading about the ERP trends across the world, I came across research by RsearchandMarkets.com where they predicted that the ERP market will be worth $41.04 billion ( Ksh 4.2 Trillion) ..
In the last few years, there has been a huge effort to place Kenya as the leader of innovation in the region. This stemmed from how the vision 2030 was drafted, with technology considered as one of the cornerstones ..
The acronym ERP is widely used in the business innovation world but at the same time there are many people who have no idea what it means or its importance. Yesterday while attending the official launch ..
I have been studying how companies and organization carry out their operations in regard to cyber security from the day I attended the AON Kenya Cyber security event. That event itself left me a bit shocked ..
It is amazing to watch the rate of development within the robotics industry. Unfortunately, most of the discussion outside the tech cycles is about the fear of people losing their jobs or the robots turning ..
“Data Is the New Oil of the Digital Economy. Data in the 21st Century is like Oil in the 18th Century”. That is a common phrase these days that most people probably take for granted, but it is real. ..
One of the most fascinating aspect of Kenyan tech space has been the inability for the local techpreneurs to unlock the e-commerce or m-commerce. I am talking as someone who has tried the whole thing through ..
Ove the years LG has had low key operations in Kenya but in the last one year or so, that changed. They are making their presence felt both online and offline. To understand what they have been doing, ..
In the course of this electioneering period, we at KachTech Media (owners of Kachwanya.com and Chetenet.com) have made three predictions in regards to Kenya Elections 2017. The first prediction was done ..
The year 2017 will probably be more associated with the forth-coming general elections in Kenya and whatever will happen thereafter but this is also the year M-PESA turned ten. M-pesa was launched ..
Here we love numbers but more so, making sense of what they mean and their origin. Since we are heading to an election that many of the observers think will be close, it is important we look at the numbers ..
Looking back to 2011 as we were thinking about the idea of building a community of bloggers, I see why we need to be proud of the progress we have made over the years. The most talked about and shared ..