Latest features stories from across Kenya.
Back in 2018, my mother gave me ten thousand shillings and sent me to the Nakuru Huduma centre. There I stood in line (or sat in my case) for three hours, waiting to register Strong Spine as a foundation. “If you are going to do this, then…
“I have never felt the need to blend in because for me, standing out is always going to be inevitable.” – Jackie Jackline Ndungwa Waiharo describes herself as a proactive, self-motivated, responsible, creative, team leader/player, good…
What stands out the most about Abel (no pun intended) is the contradiction between how he sounds and how he looks. He has a heavy, rusty voice that you would ideally imagine belonged to a hefty, bulky dude who’s a gym instructor and likes…
You’ve spent an awfully long part of your life hoping – Hoping that once you finish high school, you’ll get into a relationship and be able to do whatever you want. Hoping that once you graduate from the university, you’ll get a good job.…
Have you ever found yourself in a space with a disabled person and you suddenly felt nervous because you were unsure about how to engage with them in a way that would be respectful and sensitive at the same time? I certainly have! I am not…
Persons with disabilities need friends too. In fact, they could use as much love and support as they can get. A good support system is one of the most important things in life and for someone with a disability, having supportive friends…
Allow me to invite you into a world that you probably don’t know exists. If indeed you have heard of it, it has been through whispers or sugar-coated language. This is an exclusive world, best known for its nature to stigmatise and exclude…
“I believe that I made the right decisions according to the experience that I had at the time. Knowing what I know now, I would probably make some bolder steps like fighting for better pay and taking on more opportunities. In the end,…
Everybody in the office was excited. This was going to be a huge shoot. They were going to launch a new male deodorant into the market. The timing was impeccable since Valentine’s Day was around the corner. For David, this was even bigger.…
Diana Yatich lost her eyesight when she was just five years old after contracting malaria. She has been blind for most of her life and she has had to depend on assistive devices to make life easier. Diana describes herself as fun-loving…
“The golden rule is to treat people how you would like to be treated but for me, the platinum rule is to treat people how they want to be treated, not how you think that they should be treated.” – Crystal Asige Crystal Asige is a talented…
Today on Pearls And Heels we feature Poshia Musesya. Poshia Musesya is a PR consultant with 5 years of experience in the PR industry. She has experience working with a wide range of clients including lifestyle, sports, corporate and…
Late last week, the executives at Microsoft’s East and Southern Africa head office picked more than two dozen of us to the headquarters of Mawingu Networks (more of that in a second) to see the gains made by the technology company’s…
Today on Pearls And Heels we feature Barbara Olesi. Barbara Olesi is a project management executive. She is currently working for one of Kenya’s leading market research companies. Barbara has worked in the market research industry for…
You know they say you have to kiss a couple of frogs before you find your prince. God only knows how true it is in this Nairobi city of ours. In June 2013, I was with my frog. This man had cheated on me twice but I stayed because I thought…
The announcement of Safaricom’s new MPESA-based solution, M-Pesa 1 Tap is aiming to be a game changer in payment services for M-Pesa users. Generally speaking, this is a bold statement to make, and Safaricom is confident that the speed and…
Our Pearls And Heels lady today is the inspiring Adelle Onyango. Adelle Onyango is a poet, radio presenter and founder of ProjectSHE, NO Means No, and most recently The SisterHood Series. She is also a vlogger and an actress and she also…
Today our Man Around Nairobi is John-Allan Namu. John-Allan Namu is the co-founder of the Investigative Journalism Publication, Africa Uncensored. He is an investigative journalist and a believer in Africa (very corny, but very true). For…
Our Pearls And Heels lady today is writer and poet Abigail Arunga. She describes herself in this way “I am a writer, more often than not. I would call myself a professional sleeper, able to do so quickly and efficiently at the drop of…
One step at a time, he says.
The rise of digital marketing has introduced a relatively new set of careers for people out there and one of the careers is being a social media executive. We have interviewed others players in the industry like Ahmed Salim about Digital…
Every Monday we have our Pearls and Heels segment where we feature women and their careers. Today’s Pearls And Heels Lady is Wambui Kamiru Collymore. Wambui Kamiru is the Founder of The Art Space. An independent commercial art gallery…
Every Wednesday we have our Man Around Nairobi segment where we meet the men who live, work or play in Nairobi. Naftali Thaithi is our Man Around Nairobi. Naftali Thaithi is a 30-year-old Rotarian, Founder @ELPGolf, Car enthusiast,…
