Finally, the preparations for the Ultimate Varsity Awards comes to an end with Jana Band, a nominated music group of the year launching their first single-Mbao, also nominated gospel Artiste of the year Munaisa G-boy launched his second single-Na wewe. The night was filled with tremendous performances from various groups…
Spire Education is doing it again, this coming Friday Startup Weekend is happening again – another great opportunity to help entrepreneurs turn their ideas into businesses. Previous events have seen great ideas being challenged by experienced entrepreneurs and startup coaches. The event challenges the young entrepreneurs to think different by…
Mitsubishi Corporation has awarded 14 University of Nairobi students scholarships through its annual Mitsubishi Corporation International Scholarships Programme. The selected students, drawn from the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies and the School of Biological Sciences (BSc degree in Environmental Conservation and Natural Resources Management), come from needy backgrounds and…
Vending machines are selling increasingly novel items: cupcakes, live crabs and fresh baguettes. In China, you can now add HIV testing kits to that list. China is piloting the use of vending machines that sell HIV testing kits on university campuses. The goal is to reach students who may be…
Sharing on Facebook is an everyday thing for its 1.8 users. And while a political rant or tribute to your beloved may draw a flurry of “likes”, few people would call them literature. But now Delhi University begs to differ – and hopes to add “Facebook post writing” to its English…
The elite Brooklyn Technical HS is gaining a reputation for sleazy teachers. A fourth staffer in two years has engaged in an “inappropriate relationship” with a student, investigators charge. English teacher David Lo, 39, bombarded a girl with e-mail messages, nudging her to meet him outside of school — and…
The gap between the skills people learn and the skills people need is becoming more obvious, as traditional learning falls short of equipping students with the knowledge they need to thrive, according to the World Economic Forum report New Vision for Education: Fostering Social and Emotional Learning Through Technology. Today’s…
Students who completed exams as early as August 2016 haven’t received their transcripts this is because according to a senior university official the university has procured neither ink cartridges and toners to print the examination transcripts. This is a shocking revelation raising eyebrows as to how students are allowed to…
The University of Nairobi students can finally enjoy streaming and other internet intensive stuff. This is after KENET, the University of Nairobi ISP restore the internet bandwidth that was lost due to the SEACOM undersea fibre cut. The fiber cut happened on April 8, 2017, affecting the internet speeds. According…
This weekend, dozens of A-list celebrities gathered at Coachella. It was a hipster central as dozens of celebrities debuted wonderfully creative outfits while listening to today’s hottest in music perform live. Despite Beyonce having to pull out of headlining one of the festival’s nights due to being pregnant with twins,…