Sam Gichuru is the CEO of Nailab, a Nairobi Kenya based business incubator and startup accelerator that offers a 3 - 6 month entrepreneurship program with focus on growing innovative technology driven ideas. Startups like Hisa play and Keja hunt have all be featured at Nailab. Here's an interview we did with Sam in the backdrop of the Global Entrepreneurship Summit that was hosted in Kenya.
Read MoreDr. Stella Muthuri research aimed at investigating the prevalence of, and factors associated with physical activity and overweight/obesity among school aged children in Kenya and Canada. This research involved examining the influence of social determinants of health such as school environments, neighborhoods, and home environments, and their effects on youth in relation to physical activity and overweight/obesity.
Read MoreWith near-catatonic economic growth in the world’s more advanced economies and a seemingly unquenchable appetite for natural resources in emerging ones, Africa finds itself at the centre of renewed attentions from the world’s great powers. The range of countries seeking to stake out African “spheres of influence” is much larger than in the 19th century, when the first major rush for Africa’s resources occurred.
Read MoreMasai Ujiri might have a full time job as the President and General Manager of the Toronto Raptors, Canada’s only team in the NBA. But he is also fiercely dedicated to youth development in Africa. Born and bred in Nigeria, Masai realized that there is an abundance of basketball talent in Africa but the players were often referred to as “raw”. This means they lack experience in the game and have little to no access to coaching and facilities.
Read MoreThrough our strategically located hub in Addis Ababa, our passengers can connect to 49 cities in Africa with minimum layover in Addis. Hence it is plausible to call Ethiopian, Africa’s Gate Way
Read MoreSerra da leba is a mountain range in the province of Hulla, Angola. Located near the city of Lubango, Serra de leba is famous for its altitude, for its beauty and for the Serra da leba pass. Breathtaking mountain road built in the 1970s spirals down from a high plateau elevation of 1845 meters to almost sea level in just over 10 kilometers; transversing 3/4 different climate zones during any ascent of descent.
Read MoreTeachers assigned to teach lessons in which they are not experts is a universal problem. In the United States, 21% of English teachers and 28% of math teachers did not take English or Math (respectively) as a major nor minor in college (Archer, 1999). They have had no focused educational background in the course they are teaching. In 1996, more than half of public-school students in history classes were taught by a teacher who did not take history in college
Read MoreBeing a Ras in the Diaspora, repatriation occupies a big place in my conversation, but not all are ready to hear about it, let alone pursue it. Even some who declare Rastafari seem unable to reach that ground. As I see it, it is not a problem, since the most important repatriation to accomplish for an Afrikan is the repatriation of the mind, whether he plans on doing the physical one or not.
Read MoreNicknamed "the friendliest festival on the planet", the four-day event is held every year (Feb. 12-15 in 2015) in Stone Town, Zanzibar. The festival focuses and promotes the Swahili coastal cultures of the East African regions of Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique. It features a massive and diverse program (300 acts/artists) with the regions artists, fashion designers, carnival parades and an open-air film program among other things.
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