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Kenya launches Huawei ICT competition to promote digital literacy among youth
Xinhua News Agency
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NAIROBI, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Chinese telecoms firm Huawei on Thursday launched its information and communication technology (ICT) competition at a ceremony in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi to promote digital literacy among local youth. Senior...
Many Colorado health research grants canceled by Trump have been reinstated — but impacts are still being felt
Journal Advocate - Colorado
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August 15, 2025
At least 60% of the federal health research grants terminated in Colorado earlier this year are officially back on, though some scientists say the delay has thrown off their ability to test out their ideas and train new researchers. The National...
Kenya launches 10th edition of Huawei ICT Competition to build next-generation tech talent
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation
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August 14, 2025
Kenya has launched the 10th Edition of the Huawei ICT Competition, a flagship global platform that equips young Kenyans with future-ready skills in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cloud Computing, Networking, and other emerging technologies. This...
NielsenIQ report sheds light on shifts in Kenya’s consumer landscape
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation
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August 15, 2025
The latest report by the leading consumer intelligence company, NielsenIQ, on Consumer trends across the ages from Gen Alpha to the Boomers has revealed powerful shifts in Kenya’s Consumer landscape. The report themed “One Market, Many Voices”...
China Unveils New Visa Offering Big Opportunities for Young Kenyans
Kenyans.co.ke
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August 15, 2025
China is set to launch a new visa category aimed at attracting young science and technology professionals from around the world, including Kenya, opening opportunities for youths in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)...
Engineers push for digitisation of county approval processes
The Standard
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Shammah Kiteme, the president of The Institution of Engineers of Kenya, speaking during a side event at the Devolution Conference 2025, in Homa Bay. [Photo: IEK] Engineers are calling for the digitisation of approval processes in counties, citing...
Nairobi: How Africa Tech Challenge Season 10 ignites innovation, skills among TVET students
TUKO
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August 14, 2025
The Africa Tech Challenge Season 10, held in Nairobi, Kenya, brings together 568 participants from 12 African countries Prof Emmanuel Mutisya of KAIST highlighted the urgent need to update Africa’s outdated curricula and training infrastructure,...
Kenya rallies partners to drive primary healthcare through the Digital Health Triangle
Citizen TV Kenya
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August 14, 2025
Dr. Joe Lenai, Director for Primary Healthcare, Preventive and Promotive Health, Ministry of Health, Kenya. Kenya is stepping up its bid to become East Africa’s hub for healthcare innovation, using a new systems lens—the Digital Health Triangle—to...
Govt, industry push for tech solutions as Kenya grapples with car theft
Citizen TV Kenya
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August 15, 2025
Principal Secretary for Roads and Transport Joseph Mbugua speaking at the 2025 Telematics Summit in Nairobi. PHOTO| COURTESY Kenya continues to record high numbers of motor vehicle thefts despite a reported drop in cases last year. The National...
Young Kenyan innovators win Sh53m for climate solutions
Star
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Dr. Tonny Omwansa, CEO, Kenya National Innovation Agency and Mr. Gordon Odundo, KCDF Board Vice Chair (holding the cheque), during the award of the finalists of the second edition of the KCDF Young Environmentalist Innovation Challenge in Nairobi....
How My Tech-Shy Mum is Winning with the New KCB Mobile Banking App
Kenyans.co.ke
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August 15, 2025
When the phone rings at around midday on the 20th of every month, I know I am in for a class on new developments in technology, especially on the KCB Mobile Banking App. And so, when the phone rang last Sunday, I knew it had nothing to do with...
Kenya emerges as East Africa's Digital Health hub in push for UHC
The Standard
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Public Health PS Mary Muthoni addressing the press at Huruma sports complex in Nairobi . [File Standard] In a landmark event hosted by WHX in Nairobi, key stakeholders from government, NGOs, and the private sector convened to discuss the future of...
Experts call for stronger research-industry links to boost African trade
GhanaWeb
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August 14, 2025
Chief Executive Officer of the research and innovation firm Heritors Labs, Derrydean Dadzie, has urged African governments to empower state research and innovation promotion institutions to develop intellectual properties that can be transferred...
Truth Behind 'Huge Crack' Along Nairobi-Narok Highway
Kenyans.co.ke
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August 15, 2025
Motorists planning to use the Nairobi–Narok Highway can breathe a sigh of relief after the latest reports dismissed claims purporting that a huge crack had developed along the road. Media Observer, a publication of the Media Council of Kenya aimed...
Kenya hosts summit to push for science-led solution to climate crisis in Africa
The Peninsula
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August 14, 2025
Representational file photo. Nairobi: Kenya held a forum on Wednesday in the national capital of Nairobi for senior policymakers, scholars, and green campaigners to push for science-led interventions aimed at mitigating the climate crisis in...
Research-Policy Gap Hurts Africa’s Trade Growth, Experts Warn
News Ghana
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August 14, 2025
African research breakthroughs are failing to reach markets, stifling trade and economic growth across the continent. Derrydean Dadzie, CEO of Ghana’s Heritors Labs Limited, argues that governments must empower state research institutions to...
Kenyan banks sack over 700 clerical employees amid shift to AI
TUKO
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August 13, 2025
The Central Bank of Kenya revealed that local banks reduced their clerical personnel by 5.5% in the year ending December 2024 The banking regulator revealed the total number of staff employed by financial institutions during the review period...
Research–industry linkage to enhance cross-border innovations for intra-Africa trade
Business and Financial Times
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August 14, 2025
Chief Executive Officer of the research and innovation firm Heritors Labs Limited, Derrydean Dadzie, has urged African governments to empower state research and innovation promotion institutions to develop intellectual properties that can be...
Absa Bank Kenya Partners with GirlCode to Launch 2025 Pan-African Women-in-Tech Hackathon
TechTrendsKE
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August 14, 2025
Absa Bank Kenya, in collaboration with GirlCode, has launched the 2025 edition of GirlCodeHack, a Pan-African women-in-tech hackathon aimed at empowering 100 young women in Kenya to develop real-time solutions in FinTech, Cybersecurity, and...
Kenya advances plans for maritime security information hub
Port Technology International
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August 13, 2025
Kenya is establishing a National Maritime Information Sharing Centre (NMISC) to boost maritime security and inter-agency coordination. From 28 – 31 July 2025, a Roadmap Formulation Workshop in Mombasa brought together 15 representatives from key...