Promoting Africa
Google's sister-company Loon is partnering with Telkom Kenya to deliver connectivity to rural areas of the country. Loon is to bring 4G internet access to parts of the country using high-altitude balloons. Solving the internet accessibility issue "The goal with the Kenyan deployment is to improve connectivity for large swaths of the country not currently…
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On July 15, Barack Obama made his first post-presidency visit to Kenya, and launched a center for Knowledge, Learning & Excellence founded by his half sister in the rural birthplace of his father Kolego. President Obama traveled to Kenya on Sunday to promote the opening of a sports and training center that his half sister, Auma…
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Kenyan writer Makena Onjerika has won the 2018 Caine Prize for African Writing with her story "Fanta Blackcurrant". Five writers short stories had been shortlisted for the big prize this year: Nonyelum Ekwempu (Nigeria), Olufunke Ogundimu (Nigeria) and Wole Talabi (Nigeria) Stacy Hardy (South Africa) and Makena Onjerika (Kenya). Fanta Blackcurrant First published in Wasafiri…
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Alpine-skiing is not a popular sport amongst African athletes for obvious reasons. Although some African countries do get cold winters along with snowfall. It’s never quite enough for this extreme sport. That however didn’t stop Sabrina Simader, a Kenyan born, now Olympic Alpine skier. Road to 2018 Winter Olympic Games Born in Kenya and raised…
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Usalama, the mobile app that sends a distress signal when a user shakes their phone three times alerting emergency services of their location. How the idea came up Crime rates in Nairobi is twice the national average (IPSOS), and contacting emergency providers can be cumbersome. After an unfortunate incident where he found himself robbed by a…
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McFly.aero, a blockchain marketplace for urban air taxi, has started establishing infrastructure for flying cars in 23 cities across 13 countries such as Kenya, France, US, Ukraine, Russia, Sapin, Mexico, Nigeria, Japan, and Australia. Nairobi has been identified as one of the launch cities for an ambitious flying cars plan. In these cities, the McFly community…
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Cryptocurrencies have soared in the last year. Well aware of the risks of mining this virtual money, this hasn't stopped Eugene Mutai from operating it. We are now taking you inside the world of this Kenyan cryptocurrency miner. A few years ago Mutai was working odd jobs on farms in rural Kenya. Now he's a…
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