Valentine Nekesa 19, won the Be Your Own Boss – BYOB, much coveted 5 Million prize money. She is a third-year IT student at Mount Kenya University, who is passionate about fashion, and now the new boss in town. Notice the use of the boss instead of a millionaire. Her warm smile captivates you even […]
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After 7 weeks of pure drama, BLAZE BYOB TV show comes down to the wire on Sunday evening where the last boss standing will be crowned the winner bagging a grand prize of KES 5 million that includes KES 3 million in start-up capital. KES 2 million will be in form of mentorship, financial advice
Who will win the BLAZE #BYOBTVShow? Season finale this Sunday. Read More »
The immediate former United States first family has contributed a lot to the improvement of education and the general aspirations of children. From the People Entertainment Network final interview with the Obama’s there’s a lot that they have contributed to change how kids relate to a sitting president. Making the Whitehouse accessible to every American
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Malala Yousafzai was born on 12 July 1997 in Pakistan. This week marked her 19th birthday, it also marked an important day in education. Malala, the youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate is a girls’ education activist. She spent her 19th Birthday in Kenya, at the largest refugee camp in the world. This girl is a
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Many corporations are realizing the importance of investing in the youth. Initiatives are coming up with this huge demographic in mind. The other paradigm shift in the corporate circles involves cooperation. 200,000 youth and 50,000 entrepreneurs are set to be supported by AfricaWorking, a new initiative announced today by a group of companies, including Barclays Africa,Emerging World,
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Featured image credit Photographers Association of Kenya (PAK) and PAWA 254 launched the 2016 Kenya Photography Awards on Thursday, March 24, 2016. Now in its third year, the awards will see photographers submit their photos on the Kenya Photography Awards website between March 24th, 2016 to April 30th, 2016 under 8 different categories. The awards seek to
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Image credit Do you know of a young innovator between 15-22? After five years of success, the Anzisha Prize is investing further to find, celebrate and expand the award to the very youngest entrepreneurs in Africa. The 6th Anzisha Prize application phase is now open, and the search is on to find 12 of Africa’s youngest,
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KCB Group has launched an ambitious KShs. 50 billion enterprise development program geared towards birthing a new cadre of youthful entrepreneurs within the informal sector to ease the country’s unemployment crisis. The programme dubbed “2JIAJIRI”, is expected to benefit at least 500,000 entrepreneurs in 5 years, thereby creating at least 2.5 million direct and indirect
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