Fast Internet is Bringing Tech Jobs to the Poor Neighborhoods of Nairobi

Daniel Nzoma is a resident of the crowded pipeline neighborhood of Nairobi where he works online to review computer codes for detecting crop diseases and codes which are used for driverless cars. This is a unique job considering his neighborhood.

His job including geotagging depends on ...

OMANOS ANALYTICS OF UK TO SUPPORT CLEAN ENERGY PROJECTS IN KENYA

HIGHLIGHTS

• Omanos Analytics is working to provide clean energy in Kenya.
• UK Space Agency has awarded funding to Omanos Analytics.
• Omanos Analytics will use satellite images, monitoring land use around potential geothermal plants.

Kenya is hosting the U-20 World Athletics Championships

NAIROBI— Kenya is still on track to host the World U-20 Athletics Championships in July in Nairobi.

Sports Cabinet Secretary Sports Amina Mohamed allayed any concerns regarding the major event which is about to take place in the upcoming July that the country would fall behind say...

KENYA’S MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY ATTRACTS JAPANESE INVESTORS

Highlights:

• Joint trade ventures to be established between Kenya and Japan
• 40 Japanese companies attended business forum in Kenya

The Kenya Japan Business Forum was held over a period of 3 days. Japan is looking to strike mega busine...

Top Kenya-based athlete ran to avoid anti-doping test

According to a senior athletics authority official, a top Kenya-based athlete escaped anti-doping testers who were visiting the team’s training camp in a surprise visit to acquire samples for anti-doping tests. This move comes as Kenya intends to increase its efforts to counter doping.

Hope Mwanake understands better than most of Kenya's plastic pollution crisis

An environmental scientist running a waste collection system in Gilgil, Kenya's central city, she observed the mountains of plastic buckets, bottles and jerrycans discarded by people, hotels, shops and schools at first hand.

"We just poured all the plastic in the garbage. It di...

Kenya brought a new 50 megawatt (MW) solar plant

On Friday, Kenya brought a new 50 megawatt (MW) solar power plant online, which it said would mean renewable energy, powered by hydroelectricity, now accounted for more than 90% of its power mix.

The government is growing the generation of electricity and continuing to invest in Kenya&#...

Kenya leads Climatescope standings for African nations

Bloomberg New Energy Finance releases the Climatescope research every year. The study delivers a one-of-its-kind valuation for every nation, an interactive report, and an index that goes over the investment setting for clean energy in evolving markets.

Even though geothermal only has a ...

The reason the power supply needs to be dependable and inexpensive

Our society relies heavily on electricity. We have entered an era where most of the houses and firms depend on electricity for their daily workings.

The service industry is advancing, with the evolving African economies, and electricity has become a necessary component for the efficient...

KENYA: GRMF grants GDC $18.6 million for its geothermal venture Baringo-Silali

Geothermal Development Company (GDC) received a grant of $18.6 million (1.9 billion shillings) for its geothermal Baringo-Silali project in western Kenya. The grant comes from the Facility for Geothermal Risk Mitigation (GRMF).

The geothermal venture of Baringo-Silali is progressing. Th...

Film tourism and Kenya

The Government of Kenya these days is focusing on growing its film industry by establishing a connection with various International markets known as India and China. India, which is known biggest international market all over the globe with around 2000 films producing every week, makes it a very ...

Kenya government burns fluff new action advertising restrictions

Kenya’s gambling operators have caught a rare break when an area court shot down the government’s decision to limit gambling advertising. On Tuesday, national capital court Justice John Mativo dominated that the government’s proposal to drastically limit the power of gambling op...

Spring-like-shoes legal for marathons?

On a level course in Vienna, accompanied by a revolution of 41 world-class pacemakers, Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge extended the breaking points of human undertaking by turning into the first individual to run a long-distance race in less than two hours.

After a day in Chicago, Radcliffe watch...

China Discloses their Scientific Experiments for another space station

China has chosen nine logical analyses—including a venture that will test how DNA changes in space—to fly on its first real space station, booked to be finished in 2022. The China Manned Space Agency chose the tasks, which include researchers from 17 countries, from 42 hopefuls, in a procedure so...