Funding for Kenyan startups dropped from $47.3 million in 2015 to $10.5 million in 2016. After a decade of optimism, buzz around Kenya’s tech potential has waned, as many startups failed to become profitable or went bankrupt. Optimism was fueled by successes like mobile-money service M-Pesa and crowdsourced reporting and mapping platform Ushahidi, both created in Kenya a decade ago. (more…)
Stanbic IBTC has a wide range of interests — our business covers retail banking, mutual fund investments, pension fund management, stockbroking, investment banking, insurance brokerage, trusteeships etc. Pretty much the whole gamut of financial services. (more…)
"Hey dude, where's my car", I saw it in Davido's house. Never again and I say never again will you have to be the confused and frustrated car finder, courtesy of a new Google Maps feature that lets you save your parking location on a map. Originally launched as part of a Google Maps beta (and only on Android) in March 2017, the feature just went live on Android and iOS. (more…)
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has said that Nigerians did not elect General Muhammadu Buhari to function as a “Friday President”, adding that Buhari was now acting more like a ceremonial and part-time President. The governor, who said he was glad that his constructive criticism was getting to the President and his handlers, noted that it was not enough for the President of a country like Nigeria to be seen in public only while attending Friday Jumat service at the Presidential Villa, videos of his activities should be made public too. (more…)
Photography is an ever going war with the mind and the interpretation of a picture is always free to the right emotion. Now, Kurengworkx is not only a photo studio but an art studio that paints rare emotional pictures that tells a story with the camera. And the amazing fact about the Kurengworkx process is the craft that goes into it, like dress can be made of curtains etc. (more…)
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