There’s overwhelming debate on the interwebs on why colonels lead coups, especially in Africa — Lieutenant Colonel Mamady Doumbouya's seizure of power in Guinea by dethroning President Alpha Conde brought to fore the conversation. Notable examples are Colonel Salou Djibo of Niger, Colonel Assimi Goita of Mali, and Colonel Muammar…

Tanzania is a country of music lovers as well as the home of the cheapest mobile data bundles in Africa. These two facts have been attributed as the main reason for the popularity of Tanzanian music on YouTube. To understand the correlation between the cost of mobile data bundles and…

In 2011, Safaricom Ltd extended the scratch card code from 12 digits to 16 in order to increase the computational time required to break the code thereby making them more secure. However, system theory acknowledges that systems expose their weaknesses at points of change. I set to find out if…

The story of Ulwo Atyak is of a man who ushered a whole new generation of people who today are known as the Luo. In 1010 AD, the Nuer king took over reigns from his father, King Rubanga, who, after several invasions from the Arabs moved the Kingdom capital to…

The Kenya 7s rugby team has proved a worthy competitor to major rugby nations in the IRB sevens circuit. The rise of the Kenyan sevens team begins almost 7 years ago when they made upsets to top tier teams in the IRB circuit. …

In December 2005, I finished my high school education in the lake town of Homa Bay and packed my bags for Nairobi. One of the things I looked forward to was access to interesting books for they were in short supply around Homa Bay town. Luckily, two months into Nairobi…

Almost a year ago, I undertook the enormous task of collecting and analyzing Safaricom scratch cards. The ordeal saw me collect large amounts of Safaricom scratch cards that fitted in a box, then my thought ran “wow, these cards are too many I may as well enter them for Guinness…

I was deeply saddened by the death of the legendary morna singer Cesaria Evora late last year after a long battle with cancer (she smoked a lot). She turned the spotlights to the little-known Africa nation of Cape Verde (Cabo Verde in Portuguese) as she lulled the audience with her…

Sandwiched between Tsavo East and Tsavo West national park is a new technology hub that is raising the technology profile of Voi town. SoteHub , founded in 2010 from the Sote ICT project has been offering business training to students and startups in Taita Taveta county. …