Feb 2012 – Internet sensation Kevin Wu aka KevJumba has a Youtube account with over 2.2 million subscribers to date making it the number 10 most subscribed channel of all time. The channel is a Youtube partner account and earns money through advertisements placed on the videos. He set up a seperate Yoututbe account called the JumbaFund channel where all

Kenyan tech firm Ushahidi has been named as the 5th Most Innovative Media Company in the world by the popular magazine Fast Company. Twitter topped the list with RedBull Media, New York Times and Tumblr coming in second, third and fourth respectively. Ushahidi specializes in developing free and open source software for information collection, visualization and interactive mapping. For combining

One of Kenya’s leading scholars based in the USA has been named one of the most influential attorneys in the USA. Prof. Makau Mutua, a professor at SUNY Buffalo Law School, the state of New York is one of the 100 most influential black attorneys recently selected by On Being a Black Lawyer (OBABL), the blog launched recently by Yolanda

NAIROBI, 9 Feb 2012 – US rapper 50 Cent, real name Curtis Jackson today visited the Kibera Slums in Nairobi where he mingled freely with the locals. He was accompanied by ABC News Nightline producer Dan Harris who tweeted the pictures of their visit below. Earlier in the day, they were at a refugee camp in Somalia where according to

NAKURU, Kenya, – Using 140 characters or less, Chief Francis Kariuki in Kenya, has tweeted his way to reducing crime in his and surrounding villages. ”I have brought crime and illicit brewing under control in my location,” Kariuki told IPS, “until May 2011, this place was very dangerous. Incidents of carjacking, mugging and burglaries occurred daily, but they are no more.”

We all dream of better days and brighter futures. We all want to be rich, successful, and want for nothing. However, few are willing to put in the hard work required to realise the beauty of our dreams. As for David Sipoche, 30, realising his dreams did not only require that he work tirelessly every day of the week, he also had

They call the Third World the lazy man’s purview; the sluggishly slothful and languorous prefecture. In this realm people are sleepy, dreamy, torpid, lethargic, and therefore indigent—totally penniless, needy, destitute, poverty-stricken, disfavored, and impoverished. In this demesne, as they call it, there are hardly any discoveries, inventions, and innovations. Africa is the trailblazer. Some still call it “the dark continent”

Jan 2012 – Kenya’s Fredrick Muyangu Agisu is known to many as ’spiderman’ and also doubles up as a die-hard football fan. He is a common fixture at football matches. NTV’s Seth Olale caught up with him and brings you this captivating story. Kenya’s Spiderman

Fri 13 Jan 2012 – Kenya has won the Guinness World Record title for the most number of people washing hands simultaneously in multiple locations. Kenya also holds the world record for most number of people washing hands at a single location which was set in 2010. The record was set during an event implemented by the Ministries of Public Health

Forget those you see flossing at social scenes or in music videos, these are the Kenyans living a life on the fabulous lane. DAVID ODONGO reveals some of Kenya’s young self-made tycoons. They claim to have come a long way. They all hail from humble backgrounds and claim to be involved in legitimate businesses. These relatively unknown but wealthy Kenyans