Muthaiga Golf Club will host the Magical Kenya Open as the DP World Tour returns in Nairobi from Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 March 2022. The Magical Kenya Open is an event featured on the DP World Tour (European Tour), having previously been associated with the Safari Circuit and Challenge Tour. It was first established in 1967 and has featured some legendary winners down the years, including the likes of Seve Ballesteros, Ian Woosnam and three-time champion Maurice Bembridge. The reigning titleholder is South African Justin Harding, who shot 263 (– 21) to win by two strokes ahead of American…
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Kenya will host one of two mega data centres, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Managed Root Server (IMRS) clusters in Africa. This is ICANN’s first-of-its-kind investment in Africa. ICANN is a global non-profit organization that coordinates the domain name system and plays a key role in ensuring a global, interoperable, and secure Internet. “The clusters in Africa is a key step to stimulating Internet access and to strengthening the Internet stability of the entire continent. Of course, this could only be achieved with the participation of the local community. We are grateful to the Ministry of…
The FA Cup is renowned for producing fairytale stories about minnow teams going deep into the competition, and this year’s sensation is Boreham Wood, who play in the National League (fifth tier) and stunned EFL Championship side Bournemouth 1-0 in the previous round. Boreham Wood is the first non-league team to make the Fifth Round since Sutton United and Lincoln City in 2017. Incredibly, the Hertfordshire club is yet to concede a goal in five FA Cup rounds. Manager Luke Garrard says he is delighted to be facing Premier League side Everton at Goodison Park: “I love Frank [Lampard, Everton…
The Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) says it will offer a 100 per cent penalty waiver for loans fully repaid within the next 60 days to encourage repayment. HELB Chief Executive Officer Charles Ringera said the 100 per cent COVID-19 penalty waiver dubbed ‘Kamilisha Malipo Ya HELB’ will run until 30th April 2022. The board says the Covid-19 pandemic affected repayment leading to a funding challenge. “HELB appreciates the fact that owing to the prevailing economic situation, the loan beneficiaries’ repayment ability may take some time to stabilize,” the Board said through an official statement released on Tuesday, March 1,…
Manchester City opened up a six-point lead over Liverpool at the top of the Premier League last weekend. On the other hand, Manchester United dropped more points in their push for a top-four place. Phil Foden struck late for Pep Guardiola’s City against struggling Everton to lift them to 66 points, with Liverpool involved in the League Cup final against Chelsea, which they won on penalties. Marcelo Bielsa was sacked by Leeds following a painful 4-0 defeat by Tottenham while Christian Eriksen returned to competitive football with Brentford, eight months after suffering a cardiac arrest. We look at three talking…
Ayagigs has announced the launch of its multipurpose African talent marketplace. This platform will enable talents across Africa to build skills, work for local & foreign companies and earn in crypto stablecoins (cUSD, USDT, BUSD, USDC). What is Ayagigs? Ayagigs is a curated talent marketplace for global businesses to access vetted web3 African Talents. We are positioning as a multipurpose talent marketplace matching businesses with vetted professionals enabled by the security and trust of blockchain technology. The focus is to onboard African talents who are resilient and ready to add value to the global web3 adoption and increasing need for such…