By Eddah Waithaka MultiChoice Talent Factory (MTF) graduates have produced a new feature film, Becoming Madiba, set to premiere on GOtv and DStv’s Maisha Magic channels across East Africa. The MTF East Africa Academy Class of 2025/6 created the film, which introduces fresh faces and a new story to audiences in Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia and […]
By Eddah Waithaka The Partnership for Skills in Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology (PASET) launched its official Charter this week, transforming the initiative into a formal intergovernmental organisation. Rwanda’s Minister of Education, Hon. Joseph Nsengimana, chaired the PASET Governing Council meeting in Kigali where Rwanda, Senegal, and Nigeria signed the Charter. The agreement will now […]
By Eddah Waithaka The Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) has awarded Vivo Energy Kenya the Highest Throughput Performer Award for the 2025/26 financial year, recognizing the fuel marketer’s dominant role in utilizing national oil infrastructure. KPC presented the award during its annual corporate recognition event, held as part of the global 2026 Customer Service Week celebrations. […]
By Eddah Waithaka MultiChoice Kenya, a Canal+ Group company, announces the upcoming premiere of Chamaa, a bold new local drama series produced by Phil It Productions. The show debuts on Maisha Magic on 5th October on DStv and GOtv. The series joins MultiChoice’s growing slate of homegrown storytelling, offering audiences a raw and resonant look […]
By Eddah Waithaka Café Barbera, one of Italy’s oldest and most celebrated coffee brands, has officially opened its first Kenyan location at the Altura Building in Nairobi’s Upper Hill. The move brings more than 150 years of Italian coffee heritage into one of the city’s most dynamic commercial neighbourhoods and marks Kenya as the brand’s […]
By Eddah Waithaka Gertrude’s Hospital Foundation and the M-PESA Foundation will expand their Daktari Smart telemedicine programme to reach more than 50,000 children with specialised paediatric healthcare and train 800 healthcare workers and 1,150 community health promoters across 10 underserved counties by August 2027. The programme enters its second phase anchored on the theme “Daktari […]
By Eddah Waithaka The 2026 Berlin Marathon arrives on 27 September with African distance runners once again poised to dominate both races and one athlete stands on the brink of history. Ethiopia’s Tigst Assefa headlines the women’s field, returning to the course where she delivered a stunning 2:11:53 world record in 2023. The former world-record […]
By Eddah Waithaka NCCK’s 4th National Youth Convening ends with a bold communiqué demanding action on jobs, digital access, mental health and governance Young people from across Kenya have issued a sweeping demand to government, the private sector and civil society: move beyond rhetoric and build the systems that let youth thrive. The National Council […]
By Contributor KHARTOUM — Sudan and Saudi Arabia are moving to revive talks on delimiting their maritime border, even as war continues to devastate Sudan. Sudan has been at war since April 2023, when fighting broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), […]
By Eddah Waithaka Borehole, solar-powered system and 24m tank to serve school and households in Narok North The KBL Foundation has commissioned a community water project in Oloserian Mao, OloKurto, Narok North Constituency, giving more than 8,000 residents access to clean and safe water. The foundation implemented the project with Ja Gedo Innovations and Frisco […]
