Kenya S Geothermal Development Company Manager Arrested For Sms Death Threat To Star Editor

“It is high time you stop publishing those stupid GDC stories or we silence you once and for all in our own way. Kwani Simiyu ate your mother’s money (sic)? He is in power to stay, he has blessings from the house on the hill (read state house) and you will never fight him even with a million stories.” The start reports that Wamamni was referring to allegations of mismanagement and irregularities at GDC, whose chief executive is Silas Simiyu....

November 29, 2022 · 2 min · 267 words · Carlene Rogoff

Kenya S Micrive Infinite Aiming To Make Prosthetics Cheaper And Locally Available

Micrive Infinite is a Nairobi based startup, that is spearheading the medical 3D printing technology sector in Kenya. The company works closely with surgeons, to provide 3D Printing services. They have a variety of products range from patient specific anatomically accurate models to surgical guides. The potential of their business lies in the general acceptance of 3D printing as an armamentum in treatment planning. This is because of reduction in the cost and risk of of the surgery while improving the results....

November 29, 2022 · 5 min · 894 words · Neville Phillips

Kenya S Pregmum Aims To Reduce Maternal And Infant Mortality Rate In Africa

Pregmum is a start-up based in Nairobi Kenya that aims to reduce maternal and infant mortality in Africa using their pocket-friendly devices for women to use in monitoring their pregnancies at home. We spoke with them to learn more about how they intend to do this and this is what they said. Tell me about yourselves, who you are, your educational backgrounds. Pregmum is company founded by three Kenyan youths from diverse background namely Sato Bonface Kariuki –Engineering (UoN), Timothy Kimemia –IT(Zetec University), John Kiragu-Nursing officer(UoN) and Linus Wambugu-Public health officer(KMTC) What does your company pregmum do?...

November 29, 2022 · 4 min · 645 words · Betty Sharples

Kenyan Food Tech Startup Kune Secures 1 Million Pre Seed Funding To Enable It Scale After A Successful Pilot

Pan-African venture capital firm Launch Africa Ventures led the pre-seed round. Other anchor investments that took part include Century Oak Capital GmbH and Consonance. Launched by French entrepreneur Robin Reecht in 2020, Kune is a food delivery service that aims to provide busy modern Nairobians with access to freshly prepared meals at affordable prices. Aimed at clients from all social groups, Kune’s ready meals promise to be at least half, if not three times, less than the typical price of restaurants and fast food....

November 29, 2022 · 2 min · 277 words · Ligia Braithwaite

Kenyan Logistics Startup Amitruck Secures 4M Seed Funding For Expansion

After securing $4 million in seed funding, the firm, which has successfully established itself in Kenya, is looking to improve its operations, technical, and sales teams in order to set the ground for its entry into Uganda and Tanzania markets. The expansion strategy is a step toward becoming the regional go-to platform for in-country and cross-border carriers and shippers. The most significant goal of the round, according to Mark Mwangi, founder and CEO of Amitruck, is to hire....

November 29, 2022 · 2 min · 216 words · Lawrence Triche

Kot React To First Electric Car In Kenya

Have you ever seen a Tesla in your life? well, if you haven’t you don’t need to worry about it because there’s a possibility that it will possibly be in the Kenyan market, however Kenyans are a group of logical human beings and Kenyans on Twitter are already discussing and arguing that it doesn’t make sense to have this car in the market because of the price and maintaining it....

November 29, 2022 · 3 min · 456 words · Heidi Brady

Kwara And Lami Technologies Partner To Enable Greater Access To Insurance Products For Sacco Members In Kenya

The partnership will allow SACCO members to conveniently access innovative insurance products ranging from health, general, life, business, and property coverage. According to Cynthia Wandia, Co-founder and CEO, Kwara: “This partnership speaks to our wider strategic goal to help existing credit unions and savings cooperatives transform into modern digital financial institutions. We believe that providing access to insurance products through the Kwara app will fast-track members into a path of financial independence and strengthen their ability to withstand financial shocks....

November 29, 2022 · 2 min · 346 words · Nancy Jones

Land Rover Debuts 30Th Anniversary Defender 110 Only 500 Examples To Be Made

The Land Rover Defender from 1992 (1993 model year) was equipped with a 3.9-liter Rover V8 engine and a five-speed manual transmission, and every single example was painted white. The 2023 Defender 110 30th Anniversary Edition will follow the same lead, at least as far as the color is concerned. It will come in Fuji White, with painted retro styled steel wheels and lots of off-road accessories just like the 1992 SUV....

November 29, 2022 · 2 min · 218 words · Alexander Bailey

Learn How To Create A Logo With Turbologo

How to Create a Logo with Turbologo? To create a logo with Turbologo will be a fun thing to do. It will be easy and you can find a lot of inspirations. Unlike graphic software that is complex and takes time to operate, Turbologo provides you even templates. There are tons of templates with so many different designs that you can easily look up to. You can easily create yours and you also can use the templates and change the details....

November 29, 2022 · 3 min · 607 words · Shelley Michael

Linkypage Is A Must Have Tool For Social Media Management

If you’re serious about building a social media presence, you’ll need a way to keep everything organized and connected. Linkypage gives you and your audience one-page access to all of your social media accounts. Create a one-of-a-kind link that connects your followers to all of your social media accounts and share it with everyone. Put it in your site bio, and anyone who clicks on it will be able to find your entire online presence....

November 29, 2022 · 1 min · 98 words · Muriel Pane

Liquid Gold A Waterless Urinal Waste System That Saves Huge Amounts Of Fresh Drinking Water

With Liquid Gold, he saves clients water and money through a unique water-less urinal waste system. They offer a special process to hygienically collect, store and treat the “liquid Gold” or urine, to obtain a valuable resource for agriculture and reduce the net waste push out by our cities. Ensuring good quality drinking water and discharging less bacteria into rivers and streams. LiquidGold also provides better hygiene and is far less odorous than conventional urinals....

November 29, 2022 · 2 min · 267 words · Cecilia Clanton

Liquid Intelligent Technologies Partners Withteridion For Faster Internet Connectivity In Africa

Teridion’s multi-cloud-based solution has been added to Liquid’s backbone services as part of their efforts to offer internet service that matches the changing Enterprise needs. This will allow Liquid to provide reliable and fast internet connectivity to its global customers. Commenting on the partnership, Chief Business Development Officer for Liquid Cloud & Cyber Security Winston Ritson said, “The multi-cloud-based solution coupled with Liquid’s current technology will serve this market well....

November 29, 2022 · 2 min · 336 words · Pamela Davanzo

List Of Xiaomi Smartphones That Will Get Miui 13 As Soon As Possible

As Per information from XiaomiUI.net via Xataca(Spanish site), a large number of models will be eligible for MIUI 13 without depending entirely on Android 12. Certain users will be able to download MIUI 13 but will only be able to use Android 11. Others, such as the catalog’s high-end models, will have the opportunity to handle anything. Here is the List of Xiaomi models that will see the luminous light of MIUI 13 Is your smartphone on the list?...

November 29, 2022 · 1 min · 110 words · Ryan Scheumann

Lotus Unveils The Eletre A Tech Packed Electric Sporty Suv

Starting with the power output, the Eletre has 600 horsepower (447 kilowatts) with a motor powering each axle. Accelerating from standstill to 62 miles per hour (100 kilometers per hour) takes less than 3.0 seconds, and the top speed is 161 mph (260 kph). A 100 kilowatt-hours battery is backing up the SUV, and this allows for an estimated European based WLTP range of around 373 miles (600 kilometers). The Eletre charges at up to 350 kilowatts which enables getting 248 miles (400 kilometers) of range in 20 minutes....

November 29, 2022 · 3 min · 499 words · Donnie Cegielski

Luxury Mid Budget Business Cars Our Top 5 Picks

Look into vehicle history before buying a car for business use. A detailed vehicle check from carveto.co.uk shows you typical running costs, including taxes, insurance, emissions output and additional, often unforeseen on the road costs. 1. Genesis G70 The BMW 3-series is considered one of the benchmarks of the luxury small cars market. So, whenever a car company aims to take a shot at this market, the BMW 3-series is often the benchmark....

November 29, 2022 · 5 min · 993 words · Stephen Lockett

M Tiba Partners Byon8 To Provide Access To Telehealth Services

The deal will allow M-TIBA members to access patient care digitally from specialists on the BYON8 platform which has many different medical packages at an unlimited monthly fee. According to Managing Director of M-TIBA, Mr. Moses G Kuria, “Overcoming barriers to healthcare access has been significantly reduced by telehealth. Implementation of telehealth services is one of the ways of ensuring universal healthcare is an achievable outcome in Kenya. This comes at a time when patients have become key players in the delivery of health care services as they are more aware and in control of their health status and outcomes....

November 29, 2022 · 3 min · 619 words · Roy Douglas

Mastercard And Cellulant Partner To Empower Africans Shop And Pay Online With Global Merchants

The partnership will enable customers to pay globally with a Mastercard virtual payment solution linked to the Cellulant wallet, Tingg; Mastercard’s technology will enable consumers to shop online with or without a bank account, through a simple and secure payment experience “Mastercard’s technology enables our digital partners to redefine their consumer’s digital commerce interactions and experiences. By focusing on the provision of multi-use, omnichannel digital payment solutions, Mastercard is enabling its partners, such as Cellulant, to improve their operational efficiency, diversify their revenue, and transition seamlessly into digital commerce....

November 29, 2022 · 3 min · 514 words · Norman Monette

Mastercard Foundation Partners With Usiu To Promote Higher Education In Africa

Aside from being high performers, students eligible for this scholarship will have to be somewhat disadvantages in the sense of financial, displacement, gender or disability challenges. An average of 70% of the people the program is looking to benefit are women, while 25% will be refugee/displaced youth, and 10% will be youth living with disabilities. The US$ 63 million partnership sees USIU join Mastercard Foundation’s vast global network of partners....

November 29, 2022 · 2 min · 405 words · Andrew Goff

Mastodon Understanding Every Aspect Of The Decentralized Social Network Platform

There are already more than 3,600 of them, and each is hosted by one or more administrators who set the rules and moderation they choose. The Fediverse, the name given to a federation of autonomous servers where many free services communicate with one another, makes this operation possible. Mastodon falls under this category, as does PeerTube (a YouTube competitor), PixelFed (an Instagram alternative), and others. A server can be selected based on location, topic (music, activism, activity,…), language, or any combination....

November 29, 2022 · 4 min · 735 words · Christopher Stubbs

Meet The Woman Behind One Of The Biggest Computer Software Companies In Kenya

Dorcas’s journey begun in her early 20’s. Her passion was always to help by innovating using technology. She started out by building networks for universities, she was one of the first female engineers in Kenya. She begun building her own startups in 2004 where she founded an organization called AfChix for women and Openworld a software for e-government. The software took off while AfChix took off and even became a leading women startup....

November 29, 2022 · 1 min · 158 words · Patricia Macdonald