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Monthly Archives: April 2023

Dr. Walter Okibo, MBS, MHC, a multi-award winning visionary and transformational leader, entrepreneur, strategist, consultant and policy maker, presenting during a training for leaders recently. PHOTO/Arise Circle KE.

Dr. Okibo: Organizations need professionals to coach their staff

Organizations are constantly in transition. Investing in the training of staff is today's way out. In recruitment, scouting for talent is paramount, and so is...
A section of the participants pose for a photo during the African Cybersmart network launch in Nairobi recently. PHOTO/Tebby Otieno, Scholar Media Africa.

African Cybersmart Network launched in Kenya amid cybersecurity concerns

It aims at tackling safety challenges emerging from Africa’s rapid digitalization. Intensified user education and behavior change are at the forefront. Online safety and privacy...
Wakenya Pamoja Sacco training for managers and other key leaders on April 19 and 20, 2023. PHOTO/Arise Circle KE.

Not business as usual as Wakenya Pamoja Sacco’s top staff train

The professional training refreshed and re-equipped the leaders for today's changing times. It positions the Sacco at a vantage point in the business world. Organizations need...
Raphael Wanjala (in orange shirt), MP Budalangi Constituency, presenting a cheque worth KSh33m for education bursary in Budalangi recently. PHOTO/ Gilbert Ochieng, Scholar Media Africa.

Thousands of Budalangi’s needy students to benefit from bursaries

Budalangi National Government Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF) Committee has, over the years, spent a bigger chunk of its CDF kitty on education which is...
Charlene Ruto (left) and Anita Soina during a past event by Charlene Ruto Foundation. Soina is a young climate change and environment conservation champion who has chased her passion since childhood. PHOTO/Courtesy.

The Green War: Soina’s impact on environmentalism and politics 

She grew up witnessing the effects of climate change. She started the Soina Foundation. She was recently featured at the UN Water Conference 2023 in New...
An e-poster of the 4C Youth Civility Summit which created a conversation with young people and give them a different way to seek solutions. E-POSTER/Courtesy.

Iconic civility experts share nuggets during Youth Civility Summit

If you cannot believe in your potential, borrow in the belief of those who have gone before you and succeeded Dr. Louisa Akaiso. The summit...
In collaboration with Amref Health Africa, Make Way Program by Cheshire Disability Services Kenya held a sensitization program for journalists and other stakeholders on sensitive SRHR reporting, held in Nairobi on April 12, 2023. PHOTO/Courtesy.

Policy implementation vital in Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights equity

There are piles of policies the state is yet to implement on SRHR. Media plays a key role in sensitization, calling to account those responsible,...
Barnabas Benjamin, Minister for Presidential Affairs of the Republic of South Sudan, signing the visitors book after leading a delegation to visit the health facility for rescuing President Salva Kiir's life three decades ago. Beside him is Felix Kimwok Baringo County Deputy Governor. PHOTO/Mercy Mission Hospital (MMH).

Baringo-based hospital to reap big for rescuing President Salva Kiir

The thanksgiving is happening three decades later. South Sudan delegation visited the health facility recently. The anticipated project will position the facility in a better place...
Mangalji Aleem, a young Ugandan robotics and coding enthusiast who has built Lego from age three upto now. He is among the children set to represent Uganda during the VEX Robotics World Championship in Dallas, Texas, USA, from April 25 to May 4, 2023. PHOTO/Courtesy.

Aleem, 9, Genius Robots Builder Representing Uganda in Texas

He is the youngest of all the children representing Uganda. He started designing robots using Lego at 3. He has been with Young Engineers Uganda since...
Mercy Mmbone, radio presenter at Milele FM and Founder, Almasi Guardians. PHOTO/Courtesy.

HEALTH: What caring for people with autism means

People with ASD often have problems with social communication and interaction. Caring for them needs patience and understanding. The community needs sensitization to understand the condition...