Safaricom CEO, Michael Joseph to Retire This Year
Safaricom CEO, Michael Joseph has just confirmed that yes he might be retiring this year but no decision on the actual date or if at all he is going this year has been made yet. In a one line email...
View ArticleVideo: Makmende Returns and Takes Facebook and Twitter by Storm
Its been one hell of a Makmende week in Kenya with virtually Facebook and Twitter taken over by a new trending topic which if you are in then you are in but if you dont grasp an idea of what Makmende...
View ArticleKubamba Tv Now Goes Live Online With Ustream
It is the battle for the hearts of the youth and nobody is tops now in the battle for the soul like Kubamba Crew. They have set up a Ustream Channel and the feed is coming out right except for a few...
View ArticleKenyan Advertisers Finally Embracing Social Media and Mobile
This is a guest post by Yvette Randa The latest web-based trend in transmission of information and communication across the globe is the next frontier in the advertisement world even as the most...
View ArticleEA’s New Game “Medal of Honour” Stirs Controversy
The US military is not happy with the new game from EA Games, Medal of Honour. The new game comes out today, but it’s already mirred in controversy. Unlike other shooter war games that take place in...
View ArticleWatch Facebook LIVE Event
Watch the Facebook Platform Development event Watch live streaming video from facebookinnovations at livestream.com
View ArticleVIDEO: Tweet it
Riding on the popularity of the Beat it by Michael Jackson, Weird Al Yankovic created Eat it. Both videos have gone viral and a third version of the concept with different content and done by Seedwell...
View ArticleDid Safaricom Spend Almost $1 M in Copy – Pasting?
There is this Niko Na Safaricom campaign which Safaricom reportedly spent over Ksh 60 Million to make and alot more to run. Safaricom has praised the advert as something which was done from scratch and...
View ArticleICC Chief Prosecutor’s Press Conference Will Livestream
I always wonder why all Kenyan big mainstream media houses have to go to UNON Gigiri to get Ocampo to address them through a video link. I know that sometimes its the only establishment with the good...
View ArticleVideo of a Kenyan Cop Being Assaulted Goes Viral
Kenyans are very interesting. Do you really hate cops this way. A video which was shot by some guy, or is it a journo, in Nairobi has gone viral. The video is of a cop and lorry (truck) driver...
View ArticleGhossein: Airtel is Behaving Like a Vegetable Company
Michael Ghossein was being interviewed by NTV’s Larry Madowo. I liked the interview though there many questions which the CEO was not asked. All in all MG was very categorical on many fronts including...
View ArticleWael Ghonim’s Interview With Jon Snow of Channel 4 News
Wael Ghonim Wael Ghonim, the Egyptian Google Executive who started the Facebook revolution which toppled Mubarak recently had a very interesting interview with Jon Snow of Channel4News. In the...
View ArticleKenyan Kids Cry Out For Protection Against Cyber Predators
At the ongoing Children Protection Online conference organised by CCK in Nairobi, these kids did stand out with a clear message to the participants. The message was that they are young, gullible and...
View ArticleDSTV Mobile Shows us the Drifta Dongle at AITEC Africa Conference
AITEC Africa Broadcast and Film Africa conference is going on in Nairobi. We had the chance to check what is the DSTV Mobile Drifta dongle is like. We have been promised alot about the launch but the...
View ArticleMark Matunga of Microsoft East and Southern Africa Talking Education
We met Mark Matunga who is the Education Manager at Microsoft East and Southern Africa. We engaged him on a number of issues including the “partners in learning program” and the Mwalimu Kenya...
View ArticleJon Gosier: Apps4Africa Seeks Innovative Solutions to African Problems
We met with Jonathan Gosier, founder of Metalayer and Apps4Africa, at the just concluded Tech4Africa conference in Sandton, Johannesburg. Apps for Africa is the competition which rewards innovative...
View ArticleYouTube Rolling Out a Newly Refreshed Look
It is being reported that YouTube is rolling out a new refreshed look as from Monday 14th November. It is very hard to verify this but Google has a select group of testers which always has a first view...
View ArticleGoogle to Launch Youtube Nigeria Today
Google is set to launch a Nigerian YouTube version today. Nigeria will become the eighth country after Kenya, South Africa, Egypt, Morocco, Uganda, Algeria and Tunisia to get their own version of...
View ArticleCCTV Footage Shows Female Shoplifters Grab Cash from a Tanzanian Shop
This is why I always say that it is great to have a CCTV camera in a shop with very high traffic. The video below is evidence enough. Two smartly dressed women enter a store in the Dar-es-salaam...
View ArticleFamous Youtuber Builds A School In Kenya
Guys. I think that the video below explains all. Lovely
View ArticleKony 2012 is the Most Viral Video in History, Reports
Kony 2012 is not even one week old in the internet. The video was unlashed some 6 days ago and has now been viewed more than 115 million times. The video has beat others by Justin Beiber, Lady Gaga,...
View ArticleAirtel Uganda Use Flash Mob to Market New Products
Airtel Uganda seems to be the first East African country to use the flash mob marketing. The company recently staged a great mob marketing in one of the Kampala’s premier shopping mall. Within a few...
View ArticleAshton Kutcher to Star in Upcoming “Jobs” Film
The King of Twitter is set to become King of Apple, as the “Two and a Half Men” star Ashton Kutcher is tapped to play Steve Jobs in the upcoming movie ”Jobs.” The upcoming movie will chronicle Steve...
View Article#UgandaSpeaks: A New Ugandan Bloggers’ Initiative to Correct #Kony2012 Mistakes
After the ‘Kony 2012’ YouTube video which was a great phenomenon, ordinary Ugandans felt that their voice were never heard and their story told. The Invincible Children’s video was viewed more than...
View ArticleSafaricom Unveils a Refreshed “Niko Na Safaricom” Campaign
Safaricom has unveiled a new campaign which comes after the much talked about 2010 Niko na Safaricom ad. The new video has different sceneries and the Niko na Safaricom soundtrack is also at a much...
View ArticleHow to Watch US Restricted Youtube Videos
You have a reliable internet connection and you use Chrome or Firefox. Since you are outside the USA, you cannot watch your favourite shows and series just because of your location. Now worry no more....
View ArticleSelf-Taught 16-Year Old Engineer From Sierra Leone Wows MIT Professors
A 16-year old boy from Sierra Leone who created batteries and generators using acid, soda, and metal parts he scavenged from trash bins is drawing admiration among experts in the U.S. Doe is using...
View ArticleIran Launches Own Video Sharing Network to Rival YouTube
Having censored YouTube since 2009 when President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was controversially returned to power, Iran has now launched its own version of YouTube. The country say that the content on...
View ArticleHelp Identify This Serial Laptop Thief Targeting Nairobi Offices
A consultant Engineer in Nairobi stepped out of his office this week, when he came back, he found his laptop with key projects missing. His office in Cianda House didn’t have a CCTV but the corridors...
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