Author: Dickson Morande
Young people have been encouraged to pursue sports and the creative industry to help unlock their potentials. This was revealed during the ‘1Million Youth Empowerment Challenge’ held at the University of Nairobi on May 8, 2019. Speaking during the mentorship program by I Choose Life, Prof. Margaret Kobia, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Public Service, Youth […]
On June 28, 2019, the University of Nairobi will host its first Theatre Festival at the Chandaria Centre for Performing Arts. This was announced by the University Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Peter Mbithi when he hosted a luncheon celebrating the Drama Festivals 2019 winners and the 2019 Bata Young Designers Challenge participants on Monday, May 6, 2019. […]
Microsoft announced the private preview launch of Visual Studio Online, an online code editor the company is positioning as a companion to Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code. The service is based on the Visual Studio Code, Microsoft’s popular free and open-source desktop code editor. According to Techcrunch the Visual Studio Online will also support […]
A student from the Kenya Methodist University (KEMU), Meru campus, has allegedly been killed by her boyfriend who then committed suicide at her rental house in Makutano, Meru County. According to Citizen Digital, the boy was a student at Chuka University and had gone to Meru to visit the girl with whom he was in a […]
Moi University Vice-Chancellor Prof. Isaac. S. Kosgey has commissioned a water pump generator in a bid to solve the perennial water shortage within the University. The pump, with a capacity to pump 200 Litres per second, was sourced from Jos. Hansen & Soehne (East Africa Limited) LTD at a tune of Ksh. 3.8 million. The […]
Researchers at security firm UpGuard found that the user data, which had been harvested from Facebook by third-party app developers, was sitting without any password protection on public Amazon servers it had been uploaded to. That data included sensitive information like users’ friends, likes, music, photos, events, interests, and check-ins. UpGuard’s findings were first reported by […]
The University of Nairobi opened its doors to the public for the 9th Open Day. The 3-day event that ran from January 17 to 19, 2019 was held at the Great Court, Main Campus. All colleges and central administration units had set up camp at the event, meeting and engaging both internal and external stakeholders. […]
A delegation of senior administrators from Trent University in Canada opened discussions with Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), to explore viable areas of collaboration that will be of mutual benefit to both institutions, Thursday, January 10, 2019. JKUAT Vice Chancellor, Prof. Victoria Wambui Ngumi while welcoming the delegation led by the President […]
MEST Africa has opened applications for its second annual MEST Africa Challenge, a Pan-African pitch competition for tech scale-ups based in Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa or Cote d’Ivoire who are ready to expand into new markets. This year’s finalists from each country will attend the MEST Africa Summit in Nairobi, Kenya, June 10-12, 2019, […]
Pop-star Rihanna has taken her father to a US court accusing him of exploiting her name to further his entertainment business. The singer alleges that her father, Ronald Fenty, and his partner, Moses Perkins, falsely represented their company’s affiliation with her. According to CNN, the suit read “Although Mr. Fenty is Rihanna’s father, he does […]
