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KenGen set to top the world in geothermal energy generation

The Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) is set to embark on an ambitious growth strategy that will see it move to the top of the world in geothermal energy generation…

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BUSINESS

Corruption should be a number one Human Rights issue for Kenyans

Tomorrow, 10th of December, the world will be commemorating the Human Rights day.Ā  A day that need to be looked at from many angles including the economic well being of…

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BUSINESS

Kenya is where China was 10 years ago

Kenya has been named top of the entrepreneurial spirit ahead of any other country on the continent with scores high in tech transfer, research and development expenditures. The early released…

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TECHNOLOGY

Top Ten Smartphones In Kenya Quarter 3 – July To September 2015

Few Kenyans fancy high end smartphones. Kenyans prefer a device that has a fair processor, good camera and an excellent battery life. “A phone is not a phone without a…

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TECHNOLOGY

How companies prepared for the leap second

Yesterday i think God gave us an extra second to do what is right because i am a believer but science had its own opinion. People had to manually reset…

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TECHNOLOGY

Ericsson Converged Wallet rolls out in Swaziland

MTN Swaziland has deployed Ericsson Converged Wallet, enabling the operator to quickly introduce relevant, new and differentiated mobile financial services. The deployment will enable operators to quickly introduce relevant, new…

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OPINION

Employ Contract Teachers to Improve Educational Performance in Schools in Kenya

I have always suspected that there is some value in employing contract teachers, aka Untrained Teachers (UTs) in schools ā€“ both primary and secondary. In my entire primary schooling, I…

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BUSINESS OPINION

Donā€™t Blame the Informal Economy for Being Informal, Blame the Government

I have read the article by Riaga Odipo and my fingers are itchy. My fingers are itchy not just because the author suggested some controversial solutions, but also because of…

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TECHNOLOGY

Human Brains will be made of computer chips by 2030s, predicts Ray Kurzweil

Ray Kurzweil, an engineer at Google has predicted that humans and computer will become hybrids by around 2030, the year Kenya plans to achieve all the pillars of vision 2030…

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TECHNOLOGY

Samsung Galaxy J1- Unboxing

Yes, we tried our hand on unboxing of Samsung Galaxy J1, with our new man Erik. Erik was doing this for the first time and he did a great job…

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TECHNOLOGY

The text that crushes iPhones doing rounds

There is a malicious text that is doing rounds that will crush your iPhone. The message is a specific string of Arabic characters. The text is not a virus but…

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TECHNOLOGY

‘Lost and Found’ website to find Missing Children

Many countries normally have cases of missing children who are never found. The Indian government has launched a “Lost and Found” website to help families trace the tens of thousands…

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OPINION

Did Kenyans online suddenly get saved? All of them at once?

Did I miss an important memo? Are all Kenyans online saved except me? It is either that or the big brother is curtailing freedom of expression. Until very recently Kenyans…

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TECHNOLOGY

Tenders Unlimited -Interview With Ali Omar

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TECHNOLOGY

Digital Government Is Unable to Retrieve Their Hacked Twitter Accounts

Mr.Normal User: Hey Mr. Security Expert, my twitter account has been hacked, what do I do? Mr. Security Expert: Change your password, disable all the third party apps you are…

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STARTUPS

Weza Tele- On The Other Side of The Hype Cycles

A mid the fast spreading myth that Kenyan start-ups are over hyped but less of substance, I have taken it upon myself to dispel this baseless dangerous notion. In the…

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OPINION

I was wrong, education and technology can never save us

Sudan has been in conflict for several decades with North against South. In my mind and in the minds of several people the conflict in Sudan had always been based…

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OPINION

Kenya is the 27th saddest country

Are you sad? Don’t worry you are not alone, at least not in Kenya. According toĀ Legatum Prosperity IndexĀ that measures how happy or sad citizens of a country are based on…

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TECHNOLOGY

Unemployment, youth and the economy

[pullquote]Spending a lot of valuable time to master complex formulas and concepts to end up as aĀ boda bodaĀ rider is not amusing.[/pullquote] Steve Biko wrote in Daily Nation thatĀ Kenyan youth have…

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TECHNOLOGY

Has Safaricom fallen out with the Government?

Yes ,is there cold war between Safaricom and the Government .That isĀ  a big question and I don’t want conspiracy theorists hereā€¦.so let us look at it purely on business…

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STARTUPS TECHNOLOGY

Start-ups Funding: -Applications now open for The GrowthHub’s 2nd Accelerator Program 2013

This week, there has been high profile discussion led by Ory Okolloh (@kenyanpundit) about the local Africans not able to secure the Funding for their tech business as compared to…

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TECHNOLOGY

Orange Kenya Launches Facebook Bila Net Service For Non-Data Enabled Phones

Orange Kenya has launchedĀ a Facebook dialĀ service, that offers mobile access to Facebook to entry level customers who were not previously mobile data users. TheĀ service ,dubbed ā€˜Facebook Bila Netā€™, targets Orange…

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TECHNOLOGY

Samsung Accidental Damage from Handling Cover for Galaxy S4

Accidental Damage from Handling Cover by Samsung for GAlaxy S4 is great news for those who have bought or planning to buy Galaxy S4 Accidental damage cover has been incorporated…

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TECHNOLOGY

Digital State House- Kenya State House Facebook and Twitter Accounts

Good start for the Digital Team. State House now has Facebook page and Twitter account. According to Capitalfm the State House Kenya Facebook page was created a day before Uhuru…

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TECHNOLOGY

Kenya Tech Status and The Lessons Learned From The Election Process

Time to go back to work after that long protracted Political Process. The greatest thing about is that there was no time when people felt like the country is going…

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TECHNOLOGY

Time to Vote And Keep Peace But Be Aware Of The Dangers of Social Media

It is decision time for Kenyans and we all hope that whatever the outcome, Kenyans will accept the winner and move forward.Ā  It is great to see the effort being…

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TECHNOLOGY

Silicon Savannah my Foot and We Cant Even Print Voting Ballot Papers in Kenya

50 years after the independence, the so called leading ICT destination in Africa, still can not do tech simple things likeĀ  printing voting ballot papers locally. I have looked at…

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TECHNOLOGY

Jubilee Coalition Announces UhuRuto2013 -Android Based Mobile App

It is campaign time and parties and coalitions are trying all they can , to out do each other. Jubilee coalition have portrayed themselves as the Digital campaign while that…

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TECHNOLOGY

Uchaguzi- Near Real Time Election Monitor and Mapping Platform

A new mapping platform to monitor Kenyan elections 2013 has been launched .Uchaguzi is a joint initiative between Ushahidi, Hivos, Creco, Umati, and SODNET, seeking to deliver Ā unprecedented collaboration between…

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TECHNOLOGY

Crown Paints Launched Online Peace Campaign to Unite Kenyans

Crown PaintsĀ Kenya Ltd, launched a peace campaign dubbed UNITING COLOURS OF KENYA. The UNITING COLOURS OF KENYA campaign is a bottom up approach in building peaceful Kenya driven by the…

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