Nguru, Author at Kenya Monitor

The 6th Global Entrepreneurship Summit happening in Nairobi Kenya on 25th & 26th July 2015

Media’s coverage of the Global Entrepreneurship Summit draws strong criticisms

The Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2015, arguably the biggest international business meet up that Kenya has had in the last two decades received criticisms ...

Lively conversations at Maskani Mombasa

By Davis Mwandawiro Maskani held their long awaited event on Saturday 26th of July in Mombasa. It was organized by Nisisi Kenya as part of the activities...

Kenyans angered by CNN story on Obama, roast it on Twitter

By Davis Mwandawiro Kenyans on social media woke up to a CNN report today morning that referred to Kenya as a hotbed of terror. This report coming in just ...

Maskani tweetup is coming to Mombasa

Maskani Conversations is an iterative online-to-offline initiative hosted by Maskani Ya Taifa, through Tweetups, to facilitate public participation and promot...

Politics cloud Mombasa County audit queries

Senator Hassan Omar of Mombasa By Davis Mwandawiro On Friday last week, Senator Hassan Omar spoke out about an alleged amount of county funds that was miss...

Coast based health blogger featured on Vaccineswork

A Kilifi based health blogger Tabitha Mwangi was recently chosen to be part of a research on pneumonia vaccines by a global health organization. V...

Joyous Eid celebrations in Mombasa

As expected, Eid Ul Fitr was celebrated on Saturday the 18th of July 2015 after the sighting of the moon, in some quarters the celebrations started on Friday ...

Women entrepreneurs to benefit immensely from GES 2015

The 2014 African Women's Entrepreneurship Program (AWEP) participants in Washington, D.C. (blogs.state.gov) In the afternoon of the first day of the Global En...

Nyakundi raises legal fees on Safaricom’s platform

Photo credit: www.magazinereel.com By Davis Mwandawiro Blogger Cyprian Nyakundi is in a legal tussle with Safaricom and has also been center of social media ...

Babu Owino’s letter to Obama sparks debate on social media

By Davis Mwandawiro The Students Organization of Nairobi University (SONU) chairman Babu Owino is not known to shy away from the limelight or any sort of con...

Iftar in Mombasa in pictures

In the Islamic calendar, Ramadhan is the ninth month which Muslims observe by fasting from dusk to dawn. Fasting is one of the five pillars of Islam. Duri...

Flicker of hope for micro traders as tourism begins recovery

Empty Beach Mombasa By Davis Mwandawiro Tourism in the Coast is literally on its knees following the many terror threats the country has faced in the past th...

Mombasa writers revisit lessons from Kwani?

Kwani? Fiction Workshop Mombasa. (facebook/kwanitrust) Kwani? Trust recently concluded a one week writers workshop in Mombasa. The workshop was part of Kwani?...

Labour disputes slowdown port’s output

KPA www.dredgingtoday.com By Davis Mwandawiro In the wake of the last day of June 2015, work the busiest port in East and Central Africa, Mombasa came to a s...

Standard guage railway stalling in Mombasa due to land issues

President Kenyatta Inspects the Standard Gauge Railway progress By Davis Mwandawiro When it was announced that the long awaited Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) ...