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Peter Muiruri

Kenyan woman climbing Everest to save the planet

Between April and May this year, Mwende became the first Kenyan woman to attempt a climb on the 8,848-metre-high Everest, an endeavour normally wrought with unexpected dangers

Kenyan woman climbing Everest to save the planet

Report: Kenya anticipates rising corporate security threats in 2024

Report: Kenya anticipates rising corporate security threats in 2024

Rules of etiquette around the royals

Rules of etiquette around the royals

Why the cloud is the new frontier for small local enterprises

Why the cloud is the new frontier for small local enterprises

Perfect pitch: Inside the mind of a venture capitalist

The South Africa-based Kenyan and chief investment officer at Catalyst Fund, has a 13-year stint running venture capital funds and accelerators within the climate tech space.

Perfect pitch: Inside the mind of a venture capitalist

Tough job market push graduates to other fields

A greater proportion of fresh graduates are unprepared to take entry level jobs with 64 per cent not having the right technical skills while 44 per cent lacked right life skills.

By 2 months ago

Tough job market push graduates to other fields

What the climate summit means for marginalised communities

Marginalised communities make up only six per cent of the world population but account for 19 per cent of the extreme poor. Their life expectancy is 20 years lower than non-indigenous people.

By 2 months ago

What the climate summit means for marginalised communities

Song and dance as Maa cultural festival kicks off

The four-day festival will bring together 12,000 members from 18 Maa-speaking communities from Kenya and Tanzania.

By 3 months ago

Song and dance as Maa cultural festival kicks off

Ruto accused of letting West run climate talks

The inaugural Africa Climate Summit, championed by Ruto aims to address the increasing exposure to climate change and its associated costs, both globally and particularly in Africa.

By 3 months ago

Ruto accused of letting West run climate talks

This is why Kenya leads African startups in technology absorption

Kenya is the most funded country in East Africa having received over $600 million (Sh84 billion) in funding in 2022 and accounts for 80 per cent of investments in the region.

By 5 months ago

This is why Kenya leads African startups in technology absorption

Global hotel group announces new openings in Africa

The new Nairobi airport hotel joins their flagship brand, Radisson Blu at Upper Hill, Radisson Blu Hotel and Residence at Arboretum and Park Inn by Radisson in Westlands.

By 5 months ago

Global hotel group announces new openings in Africa

Number of Kenyans visiting South Africa triples in four months

Close to 10,000 Kenyans visited South Africa in the first quarter of the year following the lifting of visa requirements between the two countries.

By 5 months ago

Number of Kenyans visiting South Africa triples in four months

Perfect pitch: Inside the mind of a venture capitalist

The South Africa-based Kenyan and chief investment officer at Catalyst Fund, has a 13-year stint running venture capital funds and accelerators within the climate tech space.

Perfect pitch: Inside the mind of a venture capitalist

Tough job market push graduates to other fields

A greater proportion of fresh graduates are unprepared to take entry level jobs with 64 per cent not having the right technical skills while 44 per cent lacked right life skills.

By 2 months ago

Tough job market push graduates to other fields

What the climate summit means for marginalised communities

Marginalised communities make up only six per cent of the world population but account for 19 per cent of the extreme poor. Their life expectancy is 20 years lower than non-indigenous people.

By 2 months ago

What the climate summit means for marginalised communities

Song and dance as Maa cultural festival kicks off

The four-day festival will bring together 12,000 members from 18 Maa-speaking communities from Kenya and Tanzania.

By 3 months ago

Song and dance as Maa cultural festival kicks off

Ruto accused of letting West run climate talks

The inaugural Africa Climate Summit, championed by Ruto aims to address the increasing exposure to climate change and its associated costs, both globally and particularly in Africa.

By 3 months ago

Ruto accused of letting West run climate talks

This is why Kenya leads African startups in technology absorption

Kenya is the most funded country in East Africa having received over $600 million (Sh84 billion) in funding in 2022 and accounts for 80 per cent of investments in the region.

By 5 months ago

This is why Kenya leads African startups in technology absorption

Global hotel group announces new openings in Africa

The new Nairobi airport hotel joins their flagship brand, Radisson Blu at Upper Hill, Radisson Blu Hotel and Residence at Arboretum and Park Inn by Radisson in Westlands.

By 5 months ago

Global hotel group announces new openings in Africa

Number of Kenyans visiting South Africa triples in four months

Close to 10,000 Kenyans visited South Africa in the first quarter of the year following the lifting of visa requirements between the two countries.

By 5 months ago

Number of Kenyans visiting South Africa triples in four months

Perfect pitch: Inside the mind of a venture capitalist

The South Africa-based Kenyan and chief investment officer at Catalyst Fund, has a 13-year stint running venture capital funds and accelerators within the climate tech space.

Perfect pitch: Inside the mind of a venture capitalist

Tough job market push graduates to other fields

A greater proportion of fresh graduates are unprepared to take entry level jobs with 64 per cent not having the right technical skills while 44 per cent lacked right life skills.

By 2 months ago

Tough job market push graduates to other fields

What the climate summit means for marginalised communities

Marginalised communities make up only six per cent of the world population but account for 19 per cent of the extreme poor. Their life expectancy is 20 years lower than non-indigenous people.

By 2 months ago

What the climate summit means for marginalised communities

Song and dance as Maa cultural festival kicks off

The four-day festival will bring together 12,000 members from 18 Maa-speaking communities from Kenya and Tanzania.

By 3 months ago

Song and dance as Maa cultural festival kicks off

Ruto accused of letting West run climate talks

The inaugural Africa Climate Summit, championed by Ruto aims to address the increasing exposure to climate change and its associated costs, both globally and particularly in Africa.

By 3 months ago

Ruto accused of letting West run climate talks

This is why Kenya leads African startups in technology absorption

Kenya is the most funded country in East Africa having received over $600 million (Sh84 billion) in funding in 2022 and accounts for 80 per cent of investments in the region.

By 5 months ago

This is why Kenya leads African startups in technology absorption

Global hotel group announces new openings in Africa

The new Nairobi airport hotel joins their flagship brand, Radisson Blu at Upper Hill, Radisson Blu Hotel and Residence at Arboretum and Park Inn by Radisson in Westlands.

By 5 months ago

Global hotel group announces new openings in Africa

Number of Kenyans visiting South Africa triples in four months

Close to 10,000 Kenyans visited South Africa in the first quarter of the year following the lifting of visa requirements between the two countries.

By 5 months ago

Number of Kenyans visiting South Africa triples in four months

This is why Kenya leads African startups in technology absorption

Kenya is the most funded country in East Africa having received over $600 million (Sh84 billion) in funding in 2022 and accounts for 80 per cent of investments in the region.

By Peter Muiruri 5 months ago

This is why Kenya leads African startups in technology absorption

Global hotel group announces new openings in Africa

The new Nairobi airport hotel joins their flagship brand, Radisson Blu at Upper Hill, Radisson Blu Hotel and Residence at Arboretum and Park Inn by Radisson in Westlands.

By Peter Muiruri 5 months ago

Global hotel group announces new openings in Africa

Number of Kenyans visiting South Africa triples in four months

Close to 10,000 Kenyans visited South Africa in the first quarter of the year following the lifting of visa requirements between the two countries.

By Peter Muiruri 5 months ago

Number of Kenyans visiting South Africa triples in four months

Amazon boss: Africa is the next frontier for cloud computing

AWS has provided the platform and technologies like Amazon SageMaker that allowed Paris-based Capgemini technicians to utilise deep learning models.

By Peter Muiruri 8 months ago

Amazon boss: Africa is the next frontier for cloud computing

How to tap into diaspora billions

Serah Munyiri immigrated to America to further her studies in 1999. To make ends meet, she engaged in several hustles that also assisted her to educate her younger siblings back home.

By Peter Muiruri 8 months ago

How to tap into diaspora billions

When State barred JM Kariuki from addressing public meetings

His popular slogan that Kenya was a country of 10 millionaires and 10 million beggars was causing discomfort within top government echelons.

By Peter Muiruri 9 months ago

When State barred JM Kariuki from addressing public meetings

How British settlers turned Nairobi into a house of vice

When the British government spent PS6.5 million on the 'Lunatic Express', it hoped the newly-created protectorate, and later, the colony would pay off the public debt through commerce.

By Peter Muiruri 9 months ago

How British settlers turned Nairobi into a house of vice

Dawood, surgeon who mastered the art of the scalpel and the pen

Dawood was known as the 'breast guy' owing to his proficiency in breast cancer procedures. Those who interacted with him talked of a dedicated surgeon who could multitask between surgery and the pen.

By Peter Muiruri 10 months ago

Dawood, surgeon who mastered the art of the scalpel and the pen

Global printer maker Epson roots for sustainable business practices

Epson Kenya office was established in January 2011, with the aim of providing localised support to customers.

By Peter Muiruri 10 months ago

Global printer maker Epson roots for sustainable business practices

When MPs paused budget debate over mini skirt order

The House was busy debating the year's budget proposals when the Member for Abothuguchi (now Imenti Central) Julius Muthamia revisited the mini skirt order.

By Peter Muiruri 10 months ago

When MPs paused budget debate over mini skirt order

Mboya's brush with racism shaped his liberation struggle

Tom Mboya also took issue with the khaki uniform that African inspectors had to wear as opposed to the lounge suites of their white counterparts.

By Peter Muiruri 11 months ago

Mboya's brush with racism shaped his liberation struggle

Malcom X and his Mau Mau speech in Harlem in 1964

So strong was the Mau Mau ideology among the Blacks in America in the 1960s that several organisations took on the name to signify their closeness to Kenya's armed struggle.

By Peter Muiruri 11 months ago

Malcom X and his Mau Mau speech in Harlem in 1964

How Nairobi suburb was named after a Malawi village

Chiromo is the name of a small village in Malawi where, reports have it that Grogan was attacked by village men on his way to Cairo, losing all his goods.

By Peter Muiruri 11 months ago

How Nairobi suburb was named after a Malawi village

How man-eating lions of Tsavo ended up in US in 1924

Lt. Col. John Henry Patterson sold the bodies of the Tsavo lions to the Field Museum in Chicago for $5,000 where they were stuffed and put on display.

By Peter Muiruri 11 months ago

How man-eating lions of Tsavo ended up in US in 1924

Six lessons from Amazon boss on data management

Healthcare systems, banks and government agencies require secure data safeguards monitored around the clock.

By Peter Muiruri 11 months ago

Six lessons from Amazon boss on data management

How herders in arid north are fighting climate change

Communities' lives are improving through development projects as thy invest in infrastructure projects, education programs, and economic generating activities such as tourism and business.

By Peter Muiruri 1 year ago

How herders in arid north are fighting climate change

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