By Jack Ngare, Managing director, African Development Centre. More than ever before, the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the place of technology and elevated the need for employees to have digital skills ..
Last week my LinkedIn connections reached the maximum 30,000. The first thing I did after realising I could no longer add new connections to my network was to download a csv file so that I could inspect ..
By Amrote Abdella – Regional Director, Microsoft 4Afrika Initiative The current global crisis has highlighted several areas, from the need of efficient information management to the need of accurate ..
It’s no doubt the coronavirus has gripped the whole world. Hundreds of thousands of cases and deaths have been reported leaving many students, educators in academic institutions and employees in companies ..
Due to lack of critical thinking skills, a 40 year old Kikuyu adult with University degree supported tano tena in 2017 because Uhuru Kenyatta is a Kikuyu. Similarly, lack of critical thinking made a 60 ..
The key to running and hosting a more successful panel is to ensure that you have done your planning well. It’s very easy to forget some of the core basics when you’re rushing around and booking ..
The more people get connected via the Internet, the more businesses leverage the power of the Internet to reach consumers, and governments, NGOs, companies, and individuals acquire data capturing and data ..
An article by the Star highlights the recently released 2019 Census data in which it is reported that Kenya has 755,750 atheists. Unless different questionnaires were administered to different people ..
BBI HAS SOME GOOD IN IT Today I saw this post on a WhatsApp status, “Our bus is badly driven. Wheels have come out; Engine has knocked; Tank is empty; and Gearbox has been stolen. The driver ..
Author: Trevor Charles Many questions hover at the backs of our minds every time we resolve to visit a new place. Is it safe? Will I enjoy the trip? What fun things can I expect? Worry no more- well, for your ..
In June of 2011, The United Nations adopted a “Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations ‘Protect, Respect and Remedy’ Framework”, a document that ..
There are 47 million Kenyans. On average, four to five of these Kenyans live together as a family, meaning Kenya needs to have approximately 10 million decent houses to accommodate everyone. However, the number ..
Definitions first: This article treats black inferiority as the factual reality where blacks everywhere including those in Africa are at the bottom of success – making blacks the inferior race. Success ..
Disclaimer – I am a nominee for the Kalasha Awards 2019 for BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY. But note that the category is not being voted for, so I am not soliciting for votes. It is because I got nominated ..
Dr. Ezekiel Mutua, the self appointed Kenya’s moral police, has take over the functions of Kenya Film Commission. If not checked, we will soon find ourselves in a situation where Kenya Film Commission ..
Rwanda should rightfully be branded the Silicon Savannah, not Kenya. Discussions and debates I normally have with Kachwanya always end up with the conclusion, “Kenya is not a maker of technology, ..
I know there are those against CBC Education System, but before we examine their reasons, let us first understand why 8.4.4 needs to be thrown away. There are two types of 8.4.4 education systems that ..
I can’t remember when, but once upon a time my good friend Fredrick Ombako asked on his Facebook timeline if Facebook is capable of reading our thoughts. This he asked because on that day he had thought ..
If there is something Wangari Maathai was wrong about, is the thinking that cremation is superior to burial. Wangari Maathai reasoned that since burial needed the use of trees in form of coffins, she’d ..
Living with anxiety can be very difficult. What may begin as a little more stress than usual can quickly turn into full-blown anxiety that leaves you suffering from crippling panic attacks or constantly ..
How many people outside East Africa or the larger Eastern Africa region can answer Kenya to the question, “where would you rather visit before you die?” Many Kenyans, if asked the same question, ..
Whether Huduma Namba is a conduit for corruption is not clear, what’s clear is that it is an outright wastage of public resources. The other thing that’s clear is that the number has nothing ..
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, the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) released its inaugural Gross County Product (GCP) report. The GCP is supposed to measure economic activities at the county level, just like ..
A recent Gross County Product (GCP) report shows that Tharaka Nithi County leads the rest of the country in creating more wealth per person in real terms. The data shows that incomes per person grew faster ..
Elgeyo Marakwet is the fastest growing county in Kenya. This is according to a newly released report on Gross County Product (GCP) – a concept that is conceptually similar to county GDPs. From the report, ..
A recent report on Gross County Product (GCP) released by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) shows that counties’ growth is driven mostly by agriculture and services. An analysis of growth ..
A recently released report on Gross County Product (GCP) shows that Nairobi contributes 21.7 per cent to Kenya’s growth hence the largest contributor to Kenya’s growth. This settles the long-running ..
When he attended the 2016 World Mobile Congress in Barcelona, Kennedy Kachwanya noticed one important attribute Europeans and Asians have that sets them apart from the rest of us – their level of curiosity ..
The question however is, should we rectify the 8-4-4 system or should we abandon it and move on to a brand new curriculum? CBS will see leaners go through 2 years in pre-primary, 6 years in primary, 3 years ..