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…
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…
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…
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…
Catholic University workers have issued a strike notice beginning January 7 after the lapse of a 21-day notice issued on December 17. In a statement, Kenya Private Universities Workers Union said the strike is due to failure by the management to address issues facing workers. Secretary general Peter Owiti on…
Bitcoin was a buzzword especially in 2016 – 2018, we saw stories of various individuals who have earned millions of money from buying and selling the currency. This included a school dropout who only invested $12 and became a millionaire and 50 cent who invested in bitcoins and forgot about…
The World Bank Group’s Identification for Development (ID4D) initiative announced the launch of the Mission Billion Challenge to make the ‘invisible billion’ – the number of people who still cannot prove who they are –, visible. Mission Billion will crowdsource innovative solutions to strengthen data privacy in digital identification systems and empower users to have greater…
An innovative solution to its prepaid subscribers, Telkom Kenya is offering free On-Net calls at specific areas with no restrictions or need to subscribe. The service will serve as one of the telco’s commitment to offering more value for its near 4.2 million active subscribers. “Our customers remain at the…
Saboti Member of Parliament (MP) Caleb Amisi says he intends to table a bill which would see the government compelled to pay unemployed graduates monthly until they get jobs with the parliamentarian arguing that many jobless graduates are frustrated and some are turning to crime by joining criminal gangs. Amisi says…
First, we had computers that did an incredible job of making life easier; faster processing of data, presentable results, changing the gaming experiences and general entertainment and lifestyle. Then came smartphones which we’re glued too (my family complains as I’m always consuming content even during lunch). Google became smarter built…