The Higher Education Loans Board (Helb) is turning to external sources to fund students as the budgetary allocation has left it with a Sh2 billion financing deficit. Helb chief executive Charles Ringera on Monday called for more organisations to partner with the agency, saying that the government alone cannot shoulder…
Messaging giant WhatsApp is experimenting with giving businesses verified accounts on its platform. In an FAQ on its website, the company notes that some business accounts will be displayed with a green tick badge next to them — which denotes that WhatsApp has “confirmed” their phone number belongs to a business account,…
Billionaire entrepreneur and investor Mark Cuban has been advising chat app Dust for the past few years. And now, Radical App, the group that oversees Dust, is adding two more properties. The team will be releasing its Mercury Protocol blockchain messaging technology by the end of next month. The business also will be…
Chance The Rapper is rocking everywhere! probably this is his best year as far as his musical career is concerned!. After snatching two awards in 2017 BET, Best Collaboration, following his banger No Problem ft. Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz and New Best Artist Award, beating more established names in the game…
Air Brush ‘artist-in-residence’ project was launched by the ‘Brush Tu Art’ (BTA) Studio in conjunction with the Danish Embassy less than a year ago. Yet in the past few months, the Buru Buru-based project has grown far beyond its founders’ expectations. “We didn’t know how big AIR Brush would become,”…
The University of Nairobi has been selected to Host local edition of Hult Prize as students answer United Nation’s Challenge and go head-to-head for US$1M Campus director-Noel Osiro recently announced that The University of Nairobi has been selected to host a local edition of the Hult Prize, the world’s largest…
Facebook has switched on its low-cost Internet in more than 600 hotspots across the country since the launch of the service in March, the US tech giant has disclosed. Surf Kenya, Facebook’s local partner, says it has so far rolled out the Express Wi-Fi service in Eldoret, Naivasha, Nakuru, Mtwapa,…
The reopening of all public universities, which was scheduled for Monday, has been postponed by a week. The 31 universities will now resume business on August 28. This is according to the resolution of the universities’ vice-chancellors. “Consequently, academic activities and programmes should be adjusted accordingly by the respective University…
Could it be the first single from Em’s next album? New music from Eminem and Pink is on the way, according to Detroit’s Mojo In The Morning radio show on Channel 955. In a recent broadcast, it was reported that Tony Travatto, Senior VP/Programming iHeartMedia/Michigan, had heard a new song from Eminem and…
Can computers be creative? That’s a question bordering on the philosophical, but artificial intelligence (AI) can certainly make music and artwork that people find pleasing. Last year, Google launched Magenta, a research project aimed at pushing the limits of what AI can do in the arts. Science spoke with Douglas Eck, the team’s lead…