Supreme Court hands Google a victory in multibillion-dollar case against Oracle

By CNN,

The Supreme Court has handed Google a win in a decade-old case in software development, holding that the technology giant did not commit copyright in...

Copyright infringement , Google , Justice Stephen Breyer , Oracle , U.S. Supreme Court

How to Trade Cryptocurrency in Africa?

By Agencies,

If you had mentioned the term “cryptocurrency” a few years ago, people would have thought it to be some kind of currency that is involved in under...

bitcoin

Obama and Springsteen’s podcast reveals a key problem

By CNN,

If you had any doubts that podcasting had gone from fashionable to fully mainstream, you need look no further than the latest Spotify original, "Reneg...

obama , spingsteen

Naomi Campbell shows support for LGBTQ community in Ghana

By CNN,

Black celebrities are urging Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo to work with LGBTQ community leaders after security forces raided and shut down an LGBT...

Ghana , LGBTQ , Naomi Campbell

Retired CJ Maraga sues lawyer Ahmednasir over tweet on alleged Ksh.200M bribe

By Sam Gituku,

Retired Chief Justice David Maraga has sued Nairobi lawyer Ahmednasir Abdullahi over what he terms as defamatory sentiments published by on twitter on...

Ahmednasir Abdullahi , david maraga

Prominent Ugandan news websites implicated in gov’t-aligned social media campaign

By Guest Writer,

By Tessa Knight and Alyssa Kann Seven Ugandan news websites were implicated in the January 8 Facebook takedown that involved government employees ...

bobi , Museveni , Uganda elections

KQ to resume flights to Rome in June

By Kepha Muiruri,

National carrier Kenya Airways (KQ) has announced the return of flights to Italy’s Capital Rome following a near one year hiatus triggered by the CO...

coronavirus , kq , Rome flights

Facebook removes inauthentic assets linked to Ugandan government

By Guest Writer,

By Tessa Knight On January 8, 2020, Facebook removed 32 pages, 220 user accounts, 59 groups, and 139 Instagram profiles working to promote Ugandan ...

bobi , facebook , Museveni , Uganda elections

Another Chinese city goes into lockdown amid new COVID-19 threat

By Reuters,

China imposed new coronavirus curbs in areas near Beijing on Tuesday, putting 4.9 million people in Langfang city under lockdown as new infections rai...

KQ, Air France KLM to terminate Africa Europe partnership in 2021

By Citizen Reporter,

Kenya Airways and Air France KLM Group have agreed to mutually terminate their Africa-Europe joint venture partnership from September 1, 2021. The ...

Air France-KLM , coronavirus , kq

Everyone you know uses Zoom but that wasn’t the plan

By CNN,

The tweet was when Eric Yuan knew something had to change. Boris Johnson, the UK prime minister, shared a photo from his first ever virtual cabinet...

Zoom

KQ expands partnership with Delta Air Lines ahead of US flights return

By Kepha Muiruri,

National carrier Kenya Airways (KQ) has expanded its code share partnership with the US Delta Air Lines as it warms up to the return of New York direc...

COVID-19 , Kenya Airways , Kenya-US direct flights

OPINION: More must be done to protect women and girls from cyber bullying

By Guest Writer,

Governments and social media companies have been challenged to do more than lip service to fight increased cyber-bullying cases and ensure that online...

Online Harassment

Creators of gene ‘scissors’ clinch Nobel as women sweep chemistry

By Reuters,

Two scientists won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for creating genetic ‘scissors’ that can rewrite the code of life, contributing ...

Charpentier , Doudna , Nobel Prize in Chemistry

KAIKAI KICKER: COVID-19, my late brother Maurice and our lessons

By Linus Kaikai,

I wish to share a personal, painful but insightful experience of the last few weeks. Exactly three weeks ago tonight, we buried my elder brother Ma...

COVID-19 , Linus Kaikai , Maurice Kaikai

What I fear about online learning: KaYesu Machayo

By CNN,

I'm a Black woman starting remote education this fall, and I'm worried about what it means for my future. My mom was 17 years old and living in Uga...

coronavirus , magoha , online learning , schools

Twitter says it’s looking at subscription options as ad revenue drops sharply

By CNN,

Twitter is actively exploring additional ways to make money from its users, including by considering a subscription model, CEO Jack Dorsey said Thurs...

Jack Dorsey , Twitter

We Can’t Breathe: Plight of Syokimau residents in face of air pollution

By Enock Sikolia,

The world is facing a pandemic that has thrown economies into a spin and the number of mortalities is rising. Many companies and factories have bee...

Bustani Villas , Endmor Steel Millers , Nazir Hakada , Sawada Villas , Syokimau

Sirisia MP John Waluke sentenced to 10 years in jail or pay Ksh.727M fine

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Sirisia Member of Parliament (MP) John Koyi Waluke has been sentenced to 10 years in prison or pay a fine of Ksh.727 million for defrauding the Nation...

Grace Sarapay Wakhungu , John Waluke , National Cereals and Produce Board

Google simplifies finding locations with introduction of Plus Codes

By Ian Omondi,

Google has introduced an easier way of finding and sharing locations on Google Maps using Plus Codes for anyone with an Android device. A Plus Code...

Google Maps , Plus Codes