Winnie is an experienced Health & Skincare Specialist with a demonstrated history of working in the Health & Wellness and Fitness industry for over 20 years. As a certified Health & Skincare therapist, she holds a CIDESCO Diploma from Camelot International in Johannesburg, South Africa and is also a qualified personal trainer as well as […]
Cajetan Boy is a storyteller. His medium of choice is film though he started out writing for the stage. He’s an avid reader of science fiction and is currently working on a sci-fi novel that fingers crossed we’ll be reading or watching soon. He’s one of Kenya’s notable scriptwriters, a skill he passes on through […]
Playing the bad guy is a role Chris Kamau does excellently. Chris is a familiar face to many people, we have grown up seeing Chris on our screens, from watching him sing and dance as part of the group Five Alive to watching play him play some interesting characters in movies and series. Chris has […]
Amani G is the thirteen-year-old girl with the most awesome ‘how did you get into the entertainment industry?’ story. It’s hard to conceive of how much can happen in less than two months. On some random day in July, as normal as any other day before it, Amani’s out playing with her friends when they […]
Today on Man Around Nairobi we feature Charles Righa aka Rigga. Charles Righa is a recording & performing artiste. He is an eclectic musician known for rapping, singing, songwriting and most recently for music production. Throughout his career, Rigga has been able to record and release two full-length albums (The Awakening in 2007 & Urban Prayers […]
Safaricom has been involved in many community-based projects. One of these projects is the Twaweza Live which kicked off in May 2018 and has already toured the Rift Valley, Eastern and Coast Region. The Safaricom Twaweza Live campaign has organized medical camps, campus takeovers, musical concerts, talent search and mentorship programmes. The campaign aims at nurturing […]
Today on Man Around Nairobi we feature actor and director Martin Githinji. Martin Githinji is currently acting on the award-winning Show ‘Sue Na Jonnie’ as the title character ‘Jonnie’. His skills and experiences range from Acting to Directing, Script Writing to TV Presenting. Martin is pursuing an Education degree and he has majored in Theater […]
Barclays Bank of Kenya has been running a three-year scholarship programme from September 2017 for bright and needy university students in partnership with the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB). Currently, the programme has 470 student beneficiaries across the country, catering for their school fees and upkeep money. The bank set aside Kshs.65 million to support […]
Miriam Wanjiku Mwangi is a first-year student at Kenyatta University. She is one of the beneficiaries of the Barclays Scholarship Fund program. Miriam’s dad passed away before she was born and then when she was eight years old, tragedy struck and she lost her mom. Left to fend for themselves, Miriam’s older sisters went through […]
Today on Man Around Nairobi we feature creative Gift Mirie Mwaura. Gift Mirie is a Director and the Head of Digital and Strategy at Pied Piper Agency, a Digital and Media Communications Agency based in Nairobi. He has a background in advertising and marketing, having worked on iconic accounts in the FMCG, banking, telcos and sport […]
Harriet Nayiga is a practising midwife born in Masaka, Uganda. She is the seventh born in a family of ten children. Due to her great performance in her Advanced Levels in 2009, she was offered a Government Scholarship to undertake a diploma in midwifery at Mulago School of Nursing and Midwifery. During that period she […]
Today on Pearls And Heels we feature Poshia Musesya. Poshia Musesya is a PR consultant with 5 years experience in the PR industry. She has experience working with a wide range of clients including lifestyle, sports, corporate and government communication, among others. After graduating at Daystar University, she joined a local PR agency, working closely […]
Joseph Oduori is the founder of Footsmile, a Nairobi based start-up founded in 2016 that customizes leather shoes for both men and women. He is also an Agribusiness and Enterprise Development student at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT). If you have ever bought a leather pair of shoes, then you’ve probably heard […]
Brian Mwiti is the creator of the Sixth Sense, a modern hand-held mobility device for visually impaired people that enables independent movement. The device uses sound vibrations (the technology used by bats for navigation), to sense obstacles up to 3 metres detecting obstacles in front, on the ground, and above the head. Brian has also […]
Grace Edwards is the Aga Khan University Foundation Professor for Midwifery Education and Practice for the already running program in Uganda. She has been there since 2016. Having practised midwifery for over 4 decades, she has taken up a couple of big roles. In 1993, she was appointed the Regional Coordinator for The Confidential Enquiry […]