Jane Muia

Why Nigeria is banning degrees from Kenya

The Nigerian government has announced the suspension of accreditation and evaluation of degree certificates from Benin Republic and Togo in a bid to weed out fake certificates from rogue institutions. Announcing the suspension on Wednesday, Nigerian Education Minister Tahir Mamman...

Daniella Nyakuraya: How to create wealth through real estate investments

Real estate investment is one of the myriad of ways that you can use to create wealth. Wealth grows through compounding, which means putting money into something with the expectation of making a profit on both your original investment as...

KUCCPS extends deadline for TVET application, how to apply

The Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) has announced the extension of the application for placement to Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions. In a statement on Tuesday, the placement body urged students intending to join...

CEOs who left their top paying jobs in 2023

Amid persistent layoffs in top companies, the year 2023 also witnessed a significant increase in CEOs exit from top firms. Some of those who exited cited pursuit for other interests as the main reason behind the exits while others left...

Kenyan businesses that closed doors in 2023

2023 was a tough year, especially for Kenyan businesses given the macro-economic shocks including inflation, high interest rates and the depreciating Kenya Shillings against the dollar. This, among other reasons, saw several businesses halt operations leaving hundreds of Kenyans jobless....

Daniel Nyamweya: Kisii farmer increases avocado income through grafting, earns Sh. 80,000

Daniel Nyamweya, a farmer in Kisii County is witnessing increased avocado income after adopting grafting. The farmer started growing the fruit four years ago on his quarter-acre farm. According to him, his non-grafted avocadoes would earn him between Sh. 35,000...

Education Ministry announces new school opening dates

The Ministry of Education has announced the official dates for school opening for the first term of 2024. In a statement on Christmas day, the Ministry said that pre-primary, primary, and secondary schools will resume learning on January 8, 2024. Students...

I was robbed by ‘lost travelers’ in Nairobi street in less than a minute

February 16, 2023, was the day Nancy Wambui, a cereal trader in Nairobi’s Nyamakima, almost lost everything in less than a minute. Wambui remembers leaving her shop at around 2:00 pm for a supermarket along Moi Avenue to get some...

Father to ‘Amka Ukatike’ singer reveals what might have led to son’s disappearance 17 years ago

In the list of Kenyans who lost mysteriously, never to be heard or seen again, one of them is rapper Abdulkarim Mohamed, popularly known as C'Zars. The ‘Amka Ukatike' hitmaker left his Bamburi home in Mombasa for a walk on...

Education Ministry reduces subjects, lessons in primary schools

The Ministry of Education (MoE) has reduced subjects for lower and upper primary schools in line with the recommendations of the Presidential Working Party on Education Reforms Report (PWPER). The report launched on August 1, 2023, recommended that the Kenya...

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