Author: Cyrus

When Abdi Guyo came out claiming to be the absentee father of BBA The Chase winner Dillish, few on social media believed him. IN fact many claimed that he must be one of those gold diggers. Only that this time he is not from an ethnic group which always displays the opportunistic tendencies. Dillish herself mocked him on Twitter calling him “weird dude” in a tweet retweeted many times. She also went ahead and retweeted tweets from her followers who were mocking Abdi Guyo for coming out to claim her. Why is this weird dude claiming to be my dad!…

Microsoft is set to launch its Kenyan portal tomorrow morning. The software firm is set to launch the MSN Kenya portal which is already LIVE and has news and information relevant to the Kenyan audience. Similar portal has already been launched in South Africa and Nigeria. Howzit MSN Moves into Kenya and Nigeria with Localised Content Howzit MSN is so big in South Africa clearly rivaling the likes of Yahoo, AOL and Google as well as Naspers’ News24. Microsoft is looking to deliver localised digital content to the African audience through the web and mobile. Microsoft will initially not produce original…

Dennis Mombo who is currently sleeping with KTN’s Linda Oguttu’s and is also hoping against hope to marry her, has had some of the charges preferred upon him mysteriously dropped. Dennis was found to be in possession of more than 18 cars some of which were found to be stolen. In his own confession, Dennis claimed that he loaned the owners money with most of them leaving the cars at his residence without proper documentation. Dennis could however not explain why some vehicles had insurance stickers with conflicting details. He could also not explain why all the vehicles were at…

Ghana is worried today as some villagers have threatened to destroy telephone masts which they claim are powered by noisy generators disrupting their sleep. Now the government in Ghana has deployed police around the some areas to ward off such attacks. The villagers claim that the masts owned by Vodafone, Tigo, Airtel, and Glo consume almost all the power from the national grid when it is available and are run by noisy generators whenever the grid power goes off. Abdul Karim, a resident of Kukuo in Tamale region said, “Instead of the telco operators going through the proper procedures at…

Kenya Airways and Uganda’s  leading Mobile Money  service provider, MTN Uganda have partnered to launch  a service that allows customers to pay for Kenya Airways tickets using MTN Mobile Money.  This additional payment option comes just months after KQ started accepting M-Pesa as a mode of buying tickets in Kenya. The airline is looking to embrace technology and the convenience and improved customer experiences that come with it. KQ’s Head of Information Systems Development, Mr. Henry Obare said that the MTN Mobile Money Payment option has registered success in the sale of Kenya Airways tickets through Mobile Money services in Kenya. He expressed optimism…

SEACOM has announced that it is giving 100 mbps of internet connectivity to 4 innovation centers in Kenya (iHub, m:Lab, naiLab and 88mph) to enhance their capacity in fostering local innovation. SEACOM’s Sales Account Manager, Michael Otieno that the Pan-Africa ICT enabler believes in the application development, design, coding, and programming talent available in Africa. SEACOM was keen to build this talent in Kenya and across the continent under its Corporate Social Investment program.

Some creative producers under the Sanaa Zote umbrella have come up with a TV reality show featuring Kenya Police officers. Though not sure whether the “officers” presenting the show (Qwacheez and Chemu) are currently serving in the force, this is one show I would love to watch. Chemu has the funny studs on her left ear which I don’t think Kenya Police service allows. Other things look real. Check the teaser below Check their Facebook page here https://www.facebook.com/SanaaZoteTv

Netizens have ganged up to appreciate a Palestinian researcher who hacked Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook page/wall to prove the existence of a bug on the social network. Internet users raised more than $12,000 (Ksh 1.02 million) to reward the security researcher. Through the GoFundMe raised $12,068 from 250 people in two days for Khalil Shreateh, users continued making donations to appreciate Khalil because Facebook denied him the $500 reward given to bug reporters because of the manner in which he reported the flaw. He reported the flaw by hacking the Facebook pages of the officials of the social network including Zuckerberg when…

So you by now know the story of Eda Atieno and her appearance on Tujuane. She was on TV on an arranged date where she met this humble young and innocent man. The man was out for genuine love while Eda confessed that she was just out for fun and “it was all acting anyway.” Listen to her speaking below; [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/106502848″ params=”” width=” 100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] Her attitude during the whole date was of arrogance and unwarranted tackiness. She displayed lots of disdain to the young man and I wondered why the acquaintance lasted so long. It would…

I got hold of the whole strategy of the Radio Africa group for 2014. The strategy detailed many changes in the company including a plan to launch a serious online undertaking. First is the launch of the Shambamba.Com website which will be a portal for all local and regional news. In the plan was also and idea to acquire (buyout) the struggling entertainment blog/website, Ghafla. Already Radio Africa has held talks with Ghafla and reached some agreement. The group has not decided whether they will acquire Ghafla or not but they are looking at that option. I call Ghafla struggling…

Female techies from Africa, Europe and the Middle East who are interested in attending tech events/conferences can apply for a grant sponsored by Google. The Google Women in Tech Conference and Travel Grants for female computer scientists is part of the search giant’s program to encourage women to pursue tech. Google will reimburse the attendees up to €1000 spent on travel and accommodation while attending the tech event. Applicants must be a female working in or studying computer science, computer engineering or a technical field related to the conference subject, have a strong academic background with demonstrated leadership ability and…

President Uhuru Kenyatta is in China for an official visit. But it seems that the head of state left his social media team in Kenya. His Facebook posts on a day when he was supposed to be arriving in China show that he was somewhere in Nairobi. Calling President Uhuru’s social media director, Itumbi, his phone rings like he is around but he doesn’t pick. Others who are close to State House have indicated that President Uhuru never travels with his social media team but they are always updated by the media team travelling with the President. So they receive…

After the much publicised President Uhuru’s directive in June that all ICT authorities (bodies) in the country be merged into a single entity, now Kenya ICT Board, Directorate of eGovernment and Government Information Technology Services (GITS) are collectively going to be under the newly created Kenya ICT Authority, under the Ministry of ICT. The many ICT bodies were disintegrated with various heads of departments pulling in different directions. Office of the former President, Mwai Kibaki, refused to let go of the eGovernment department while the Treasury had the Government Information Technology Services (GITS) under it. All these together with the Kenya…

A consultant Engineer in Nairobi stepped out of his office this week, when he came back, he found his laptop with key projects missing. His office in Cianda House didn’t have a CCTV but the corridors in the building are well covered with the CCTV cams. The man is seen walking into the office and grabbing the laptop before fleeing. The CCTV video shown on NTV website and TV stations had some commenters identify the same man as having stolen a laptop in Pension Towers on Monday. VIDEO OF THE THEFT It would be great if you can help identify…

In a bid targeted at furthering the use of Airtel Kenya’s mobile money facility (Airtel Money), the mobile services operator has today announced a an offer to its Airtel Money users that enables them to make calls from their Airtel number to any network in Kenya at only Kshs 2.00 per minute. By transacting Ksh 100 or more on Airtel Money, the pre-paid subscribers access the low call rate for 7 days on any activity. The subscribers will save on sending and receiving money, paying bills including water, electricity, travel, DStv, and bank transactions from their phone. Airtel Money currently…