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Written by Myra Maloba on Wednesday, 14 May 2025. On April 29th, I had the privilege of speaking at the Nairobi Startup Summit – 3rd Edition held at Sarit Expo Centre. Themed "Scaling Kenyan Startups for Global Impact", the event brought together visionary entrepreneurs, investors, creatives, and thought leaders passionate about driving meaningful innovation across Kenya’s startup and creative ecosystems. I was honored to join a panel discussion on Digital […]

Written by Ezekiel Olande on Tuesday, 13 May 2025. Let’s talk about corruption—not from a moral high ground (we’ve done that)—but from a lens of operational performance. Because in Kenya, not all corruption is created equal. Some of it is disturbingly… efficient. For today’s case study, we turn to two public utilities legally mandated to provide essential services: Kenya Power and Nairobi Water. Both are infamous for corruption—cited by the Auditor General, […]

Written by Edwin Agesa AKA Bloga Flani , Have you ever heard of tattooed models? In Kenya? Our writer sits down with Kenyan Hippie, a musician, tattooed model and content creator to talk about her journey in art. How did you get into music? It was Jimmy Okungu who got me into music. I always loved doing it because I was involved in drama, music in high school. It started […]

Written by Edwin Agesa on Monday, 11 May 2025.   RnB music and Swahili Pop has been a rapidly growing genre in the country of late and it has become one of the most attractive areas new artists are exploring. One such artist is Nilli and she speaks to our writer about her latest song and her music journey. Nilli explained that her song "JUST MYSELF" was motivated by her accepting […]

Written by Edwin Agesa on Monday, 14 April 2025. Clout has become the norm and has been used multiple times by Kenyan artists to hype upcoming projects. This happened, again, when Parroty went up against Mr. Seed and ended up promoting an upcoming track with Wadagliz. Parroty started what most Kenyan music fans thought would escalate into a proper beef but the story was cut short when it turned out that […]