I’ve been following the social media debate on Uber as people pontificate on the imminent death of the local taxi industry, others gleefully announcing that they’ve given their local cabbies the boot, with Uber expected to mop up all business. Clearly, they haven’t met my cabbie Kingori, the reason I have zero interest in getting […]
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Nuggets of wisdom about success in life come from the most unlikely sources sometimes. So there I was in slow moving traffic along State House Road in a cab some weeks ago. Usually, I’m chatting away but on that sunny morning, I was pensive, looking at my surroundings without seeing them. I vaguely noticed the
Wangethi Mwangi, former Editorial Director at Nation Media Group, and now Senior Advisor at African Media Initiative, shares insights on the biggest stories of the last three decades, his personal interactions with two Kenyan presidents and how the Internet is shaping the future of media in Africa. By Wanjiru Waithaka Photography: Emma Nzioka, AMI, Wangethi
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His blog is the most popular in Kenya with thousands of subscribers. His influence is such that a single blog post helped raise millions for a perfect stranger to get cancer treatment. Yet few know who Jackson Biko really is. Magunga Williams takes a stab at unravelling the mysterious man. The first time I asked
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God broke our hearts on Thursday 26th April 2018 at 11:45am when he called my father home, just three months shy of his 74th birthday. At the Requiem Mass, mum said he died on his own terms. Dad told stories, smiling and cracking jokes all through his 18-day hospital stay, trying to reassure us, even
The first of June 2019 was a special day. My bestie Mwende Muna and I celebrated Madaraka Day by visiting Precious Blood, Riruta, 30 years after we left the school. What a ride down memory lane that was! First, shout out to the alumni association led by my former roomie Salome Beacco for organising the
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We decided to honour our mum by creating a magazine that is all about her. Click here to download it.
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If you had an hour to spend with the Almighty what would you talk about? Many people, worried about whether they would be dispatched to heaven or hell would beg forgiveness for all their sins. Others would bargain for more time on earth. I would seek answers to these 5 questions. 1. Why are men
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I was watching a documentary the other day which had all these celebrity women drumming up support for the end of negative cultural practices that many women go through in Africa and elsewhere. It made me think of all the stuff I’ve taken for granted my whole life that other women can’t do. So here
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I was in deep thought, completely absorbed in planning the second issue of the magazine we would soon be launching, when the sound startled me back to the present. A siren. Really loud. A minute later I saw it. An ambulance. Exactly the same model as the matatu I was sitting in but without the
