Neha Shah’s five-year stint in photography opens a new huge world for which she’s very passionate Neha Shah loves her job. She is an introvert, she says, and grew up very uninterestingly, always drawing in bits of paper, with images of the sun in the top corners of her drawing sheets. Probably trying to cast an image of what she would likely be, many years on. Her love for the sun, literally followed her into an unknown future and today she eats and pays bills from the lens, amid all the gender-based challenges and sometimes handling randy clients who take…
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A fresh book, Her Roots by Lanji Ouko was recently launched at the Burudani Theatre at Brookhouse International School. The book is about winning – looking at the real issues faced by the young Kenyan women in terms of finances, friendships, family, spirituality, investments as well as careers. The author, who also a writer with this magazine, shines the spotlight on worrying trends such as rape, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) as well as gender violence. In addition to the official launch, Ms Ouko partnered with Couture Africa– a lifestyle magazine for ladies – to congratulate young ladies at a gala…
As consumers and businesses are urged to tighten their belts in light of slowed economic growth, customer service experience is set to become an increasingly important differentiator for local businesses, and one of the main factors that will influence decisions regarding which supplier to purchase products and services from. This is according to Fatima Sullivan, Vice President of Customer Services for DHL Express Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), who says that research shows consumers are willing to spend more for better customer service and with those companies that they believe provide excellent customer service. “In an environment where alternatives are rife, customer…
A solution enabling County Governments save billions of shillings lost in inefficient fleet and fuel management system has won this year’s Microsoft ICT Innovation Awards at the Connected Summit 2016. Simple Trace, developed by Thika based technology firm Simple Trace Systems, emerged the overall winner based on its usability and accessibility. The solution, targeted at National and County Governments, tackles the challenge of fuel inefficiency by automating the monitoring of work tickets, vehicle fuelling process and fuel cards. It is estimated that the Government across its ministries, departments and counties has a negative fuel efficiency of -24.6%. There is an…
Airtel Kenya is riding on the wave of the economy to provide best products and services in support of business in Kenya and across Africa, the company’s CEO, Adil El Youssefi has said. Mr Adil was speaking at breakfast meeting he hosted for business leaders in Nairobi last month and that brought together over 20 business leaders from Kenya’s finance and manufacturing sectors. Expressing his delight at the opportunity to interact with the business CEOs, Adil said challenged his contemporaries to jointly explore new innovative solutions that will take advantage for Airtel’s technology to help businesses leverage the digital opportunities…
Besieged Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Ndegwa Muhoro has now shifted blame to the Director of Public Prosecutions for the delay in conclusion of investigations into the protracted Tatu City court case. Muhoro, who addressed a rare press conference at the CID headquarters this morning, insinuated that DPP Keriako Tobiko had been slow or unwilling, for six months now, to provide legal advice on various matters as requested by the DCI. “These matters (on Tatu City) were investigated and the files forwarded to the Director of Public Prosecution in September 2015 seeking for legal advice. Until last week, when the…
By Terry Mwangi If you have ever cheated in exams, stuck a chewing gum under a surface or even pocketed extra change from a matatu, then breaking fashion rules should be a walk in the park for you. Laws are made to be broken and when it comes to fashion, nothing is ever too serious. We abide by the rules because we have heard them one too many times. However, this does not mean you should put on a branded T-shirt to the office or wear leather pants when the sun is over the equator, rebel fashionably. Always remember that in this…
By David Onjili Nyayo National Stadium was the venue when subtly; Kenyan soccer witnessed a change of guard when Dennis Oliech, who had treated us to amazing memories, passed the baton to his understudy, Michael Olunga. It was Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers Group E on September 6 2015 and the coaching staff of Bobby Williamson and Musa Otieno must have planned this since when the teams took to the pitch to warm up, Oliech and Olunga were paired. In the game, Olunga was played off his master, Dennis, and as fate would conspire, a long ball into the penalty…
Kevin Motaroki As a way of dealing with the hangover that comes with getting beaten in an election, losers invariably take to engaging in a tsunami of apologetic tirades to justify their loss, seek sympathy and demonstrate to the electorate that it made a mistake in voting the other guys in. The leaders of the defeated parties must convince their supporters that it is still desirable to stay, that “next time” isn’t too far away. To the winners, on the other hand, post mortems are unnecessary; they, after all, just won. They are convinced of the superiority of their campaigns,…
BY NBM CORRESPONDENT It’s not easy being a woman in a highly patriarchal society like Kenya. It’s even harder if that woman holds a high position, as Sumayya Athumani painfully learnt recently. The CEO of the National Oil Corporation of Kenya (NOCK), the State-run oil company, found herself holding the short end of the stick when she was sent on forced leave to pave the way for investigations into affairs of the State-owned oil marketer that reportedly made a loss of Sh270 million in the six months to December 2015. The move by Energy Cabinet Secretary Charles Keter shocked corporate…