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Monthly Archives: March 2023

Entrance of the TereseaOyiolo Library, a charity service from the Teresa Oyiolo Foundation. PHOTO/Gilbert Ochieng, Scholar Media Africa.

Busia: Better education as Foundation unveils modern library

Non-governmental Foundation behind the modern educational facility. Thousands are set to benefit from the charity. CS Ababu Namwamba among guests during the launch. Improvements expected, with online...
Zipline home delivery drone, the company's latest product set to transform the world of delivery. PHOTO/Zipline.

Zipline unveils P2, a high-tech, autonomous delivery drone  

Zipline, the world’s largest autonomous delivery system, specializing in on-demand drone delivery and instant logistics, has unveiled its new platform that provides quiet, fast,...
A section of the Global Chamber of Business Leaders (GCBL). GCBL has been making inroads into Africa and various other parts of the world in a bid to amass the talent it requires for effective engagements. PHOTO/GCBL.

GCBL: Decoding global thinkers shaping businesses, leadership

I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things Mother Teresa. As Africa continues to open...
Aquacheck soil moisture probe device. PHOTO/Crop Nutrition Services Ltd.

Aquacheck, the new technology helping farmers save irrigation water amid drought

One year ago, James Nderitu, a farmer, would spend about KSh1300 as labor costs for irrigating his 5-acre farm where he grows vegetables. Nderitu says...
Panelists roll the conversation during The People Dialog Festival at National Museums of Kenya. PHOTO/Courtesy.

How The People Dialogue Festival was a changeover chat

The Center for Multi-party Democracy (CMD) hosted The People Dialogue Festival (PDF), now in its fifth year, over the last four days of last...
Ann Mwangangi, a mortician driven by the desire to dignify the dead before burial, and also empathize with the bereft. PHOTO/Courtesy.

Dignity in Death: An up-close with a passionate mortician, Tik-Toker

Women are marginalized and renowned for taking up the easiest roles and ways out; nevertheless, more and more women are taking up challenging roles...
Left: Mr. Zhao Xiyuan, chargé d'affaires at the Chinese Embassy in Kenya, Mrs. Evelyn Nabukwesi, Chief Principal, State House Girls High School, Prof. Julius Ogeng’o, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs at UoN and other guests pose for a group photo during the launch of Confucius Classroom on March 15, 2023 at State House Girls High School. PHOTO/Tebby Otieno, Scholar Media Africa.

State House Girls’ Confucius Classroom to fix Mandarin demand

Hawi Olivia, a form three student at State House Girls High School, is one of the school’s fluent Chinese language speakers.  Olivia, who joined her...
A healthcare worker administer the malaria vaccine to a child during the launch of the accelerated use of the vaccine in Vihiga county. PHOTO/Ministry of Health.

HEALTH: Kenyan mothers hail world’s first malaria vaccine

In 2015, Brigit Atieno from Homabay county lost her two-year-old son, who succumbed to malaria.  For the 40-year-old mother of three, delay in seeking medical...
Digital literacy graduands posing for a group photo at Ches Bay Resort in Port Victoria Budalangi Constituency Busia County after their graduation recently. They say the six-week training was a life-changer. PHOTO/Courtesy.

How government’s digital literacy training is transforming youths’ lives

The Ministry of Youth Affairs, Sports and Arts has embarked on a digital literacy training program targeting youths from all 47 counties nationwide. Speaking...
Left: Meru University of Science and Technology Chancellor, Dr. James Mwangi, Education Cabinet Secretary, Ezekiel Machogu and the university's Vice Chancellor, Prof. Romanus Odhiambo during the signing of visitors' book after receiving the CS ahead of the graduation on March 10, 2023. PHOTO/MUST.

Double joy as Meru University celebrates tenth anniversary, graduation

Meru University of Science and Technology (MUST) held its 10th graduation ceremony and celebrated its tenth anniversary since the Award of Charter in a...