The semi-finalist judging panel for this year’s Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative (ANPI) have been announced. The ANPI is a prize competition for African entrepreneurs spearheaded by the Jack Ma Foundation. ..
Students Lyad Taher and Tanvi Hirani have been crowned Young Scientists of the Year for showcasing the best innovation at the 2019 Young Scientist Kenya (YSK) National Science & Technology Exhibition. ..
Organisations in the region are realising the promise of digital transformation by leveraging technologies and solutions to effect transformational change
You know you have elected a useless government when they can’t bend to listen to simple reasoning. In 2013, Uhuru Kenyatta and his counterpart William Ruto, dubbing themselves the digital duo, went ..
Following the passing on of the Safaricom’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mr. Robert (Bob) William Collymore on 1 July 2019, the telecom giant has appointed an interim CEO. At a Special Board meeting ..
The Parliamentary transport committee has proposed creating a government owned holding company under which Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) and Kenya Airways Plc will operate under. The company ..
East Africa’s Got Talent show, a part of the ‘Got Talent’ franchise by Simon Cowell is set to begin pre-auditions today 1st June 2019, through the second day of the month at KICC in Nairobi. The pre-auditions ..
Kenyan youth and citizens will now be in a position to take part in critical discussions and voice their opinions thanks to the Internet of Good Things launched by UNICEF in collaboration with Safaricom. ..
Right now in Kenya just as any time in Kenya’s history the news that someone will create jobs is the best news that can land on a young person’s ears. Politicians know this and that’s ..
When it comes to cost-free services, a majority of users only dwell on the basic functions provided. For example, most people use Gmail just to send and receive emails. Sharing documents, chats, storing ..
Gamblers and betting fanatics will not have to worry about 20 percent deductions on winning, at least for now, thanks to a betting enthusiast. Benson Irungu who moved to court to bar deductions by SportPesa ..
Microsoft has conceded the past 20 years and this is because of infighting, market paranoia and lack of consumer attention, a former Microsoft employee has said. Gary Tan as known on twitter said that ..
OPPO Kenya has today unveiled its partnership with Marvel Studios for the upcoming Avengers: Endgame movie which will be released in Kenya by next week. Marvel Studio and OPPO will work together to promote ..
The ‘Got talent’ show lauded as one of the iconic reality shows across the world is coming to Kenya. Under the name ‘East Africa’s got talent, the show will see participants chosen from Kenya, ..
Kenyans in the diaspora will no longer incur huge financial costs in travel to acquire the new generation passports, Uhuru Kenyatta has said. Instead, the President has ordered the immigration department ..
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 ..
iPhone users will be the first to enjoy consent on WhatsApp as the platform introduces a new feature. Individuals will now have an option of blocking people from adding them into WhatsApp groups without ..
The Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE) will be holding the 8th blog awards on June 1st 2019. The competition that has already begun has introduced podcast as the a new category bringing the number of categories ..
When the topic Artificial Intelligence is introduced in a room of techies whether armature or veteran, opinions galore emerge on the impact of AI both positive and negative. Even though we are already ..
Kenya is looking at 6.3% GDP growth in 2019 CBA has stated. This will be a climb from the current 5.7 % GDP growth leaving a gap of 0.6% GDP to catch up and get up the economy and reach 6.3%, CBK’s projection ..
In this digital error most discussions end up in a Google search when participants totally disagree and one of them will even throw a ‘Googling’ challenge. Somehow the search engine is saving grace ..
Equity Group Holdings CEO and MD James Mwangi has been appointed to the Columbia Global Centers-Nairobi Advisory Board. According to the institution, experience in the region, as well as wealth of knowledge, ..
Huawei mobile has finally launched the HUAWEI Mate 20 series in Kenya after officially releasing the devices two months ago. The Chinese company has released the series powered by its own in-house designed ..
“We know transparent communication is important, so we’re announcing these changes today alongside a “grace period” to allow time to review the updates and make changes to your content.”
Bitcoin, the leading cryptocurrency has suddenly dropped after a relatively positive start of 2019. Additionally, all the coins in the market plummeted within a matter of minutes. This includes a majority ..
At the end of November 2018 the Chief Information Officers (CIOs) in East Africa assembled for a two day CIO100 Symposium at Enashipai Resort and Spa, Naivasha, to talk about among other things Artificial ..
Silicon Valley social media giant Facebook Inc. has stepped up its efforts to steal away video creators from Alphabet Inc.’s YouTube division. The company launched Facebook Creator, a platform seeking ..
The dream of having a Kenyan city in which residents think of nothing but tech, science and innovation goes back to 2008 when the government approved the creation of Konza Technology City as a flagship ..
Yesterday we attended a high level event hosted by Konza Technopolis Development Authority (KoTDA). The event that was the first in creating an ecosystem for Innovation was hosted in partnership with ..
French shopping giant Carrefour has inked a deal with online retailer Jumia that will see customers purchase a wide selection of products from its six Nairobi stores on the latter’s platform starting ..