The 2019 EyeEm Awards represents a distinctive platform for global creative talent to get discovered. Open for all photographers and creative thinkers, EyeEm’s annual photo awards have been created with one purpose – to showcase groundbreaking photography from emerging artists.Upholding the title of the largest photography competition in the world…
Applications for the AIJC19 Fellowship for African Journalists are now open. The African Investigative Journalism Conference (#AIJC19) is the premier annual gathering of African investigative reporters – a three-day international conference for and about investigative journalism. It involves skills training, networking, collaboration and in-depth accounts of major investigative stories. It is hosted…
Call for applications for the prestigious and amazing Harvard University Crossroads Emerging Leaders Program 2019. The duration of the Crossroads Summer Program is one week and it will be held in Dubai. No IELTS/TOEFL is required for the online application and there is no application fee of the Dubai Crossroads summer exchange…
Days back, a section of university Of Nairobi student leaders met in Mombasa to conspire Ann Mvurya’s ouster. This was after the fruitful removal of the immediate VC, Mbithi, which may actually convince the mighty students of the university that a wind of change is blowing. But before we celebrate,…
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) has initiated discussions with the National Securities Exchange (NSE) aimed at establishing a partnership on market data sharing. The partnership is envisaged to be beneficial to students as they undertake research. Speaking during the meeting held on July 1, 2019, the NSE,…
The rejection of a second term request by the University of Nairobi Vice Chancellor Peter Mbithi has opened a leadership crisis and sparked off power struggles at the premier institution. It is emerging that with the likelihood of the university council’s action to send Prof Mbithi on leave being challenged…
Former Kiambu governor William Kabogo is contemplating suing telcos over expiry date for data bundles. He said that he had contracted lawyers to draft a plan on the intended litigation with a view of freeing consumers from what he views as economic servitude. “You cannot sell me sugar and then…
Russia’s inDriver, a venture-backed ride-hailing service with $10m in funding has launched in Nairobi, Kenya, making it the second city after it launched in April this year in South Africa and in October last year in Arusha, Tanzania. inDriver, a five-year-old company which is live in 9 other countries across South…
Universities are facing a financial crisis after the government declined requests for more funds as the institutions struggle to settle a Ksh. 18 billion debt in statutory deductions. At a meeting with Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha on Monday, public university councils were directed to settle Ksh 9 billion debt…
Malik Yusef was reportedly sued by Korean fashion brand, Gentle Monster, for forging Kanye West’s signature on contracts and using fake invoices. The brand sued Yusef for using his relationship with Ye to deceive them to believe that he was searching for talent to do a video series titled, Project…