My friend can’t stop laughing at the fact that my choice of a music gadget was a Discman when I had to pick between a Discman and an iPod. How was I to know what an iPod looked like in 2006? Before you start judging me harshly, YouTube was created in 2005, just a year before, […]
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Technology is bound to continue developing. Nowadays, everything has been digitized including learning. Kenya has not been left out of the technology revolution. What with the introduction of the Digital Literacy program to schools. This fact prompts many fears, one of them being the extinction of good handwriting. We were having a conversation with friends
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Five students from Precious Blood, Riruta in Nairobi are among finalists in a global technology and entrepreneurship competition, Technovation Challenge 2016, that took place this week in San Francisco, California. The students were presenting their innovation dubbed M-Safiri, a bus booking app during the two day , in which they stood a chance to win
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In my former life I was a graphic designer. I used to know all the corners of Nairobi CBD that offered cheap printing. Then I discovered a cost effective way of printing. Buy a printer, customize it with Continuous Ink Supply System, buy cheap refill inks and voila! My life had been sorted. Smart, Right?
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Photo credits Featured image Last month, we went to train a Teens Online Safety Workshop at Kwani? During the World Storytelling Day. I was massively challenged by the level of knowledge of the children. During the introductions, eight-year-olds were already learning code. This makes our school days a far cry, in comparison. The Kenyan Education
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Aga Khan Academy Mombasa is driving innovation at a key stage in students’ learning, with its own Personal Projects Exhibition. This exhibition has seen 16-year-olds design classroom holograms and home-made mosquito repellents this year. The school, held its first Personal Project Exhibition for students in 2011, since then, the exhibition has been encouraging students to
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Intel Corporation launched an online learning platform – Intel® She Will Connect – My Digital Journey – aimed at providing an opportunity for women to learn, connect and share online. Intel Corporation’s Vice President, Director of Corporate Affairs, and President Intel Foundation Ms. Rosalind Hudnell presided over the event in Nairobi. She said that My
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Change is often met with resistance, a statement that is only too real in the taxi industry. Since the introduction of UBER taxis to the Kenyan market in 2015, traditional taxis have been complaining of unfair competition. UBER taxis use a transparent billing system that is cheaper than the traditional taxis. As a consumer, I
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Samsung Electronics today announced the release of the Galaxy A (2016) smartphones that offer premium design and enhanced camera features. The Galaxy A (2016) incorporates Samsung’s latest in innovative design and technology. The new smartphone is said to give consumers the ability to express their individuality with powerful performance in three screen size options: 5.5-inch
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