Author: Khusoko

2019 Global Game Jam, the largest game creation event will be taking place this weekend in various locations around the world. In Africa, leading pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom will support African gaming developers, programmers, and designers in Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia. Participants will be provided with venues and high-speed connectivity as they spend 48 hours developing video games as part of the worldwide competition. Global Game Jam is the world’s largest game jam event taking place at various locations around the world this weekend. Entrants have 48 hours to design, develop and test a new game, which must…

Buying an apartment is becoming costly for home buyers coupled with rising demand indicating a sharp recovery in rental asking price for apartments in the last quarter of 2018 boosting the annual growth to 15.9% “ending three years of lackluster growth and falling rates.” This is compared to 2018 when HassConsult reported a drop by 3.9% in rental prices across all property with apartments recording the sharpest decline both in rental prices and value. “We saw an industry-wide recovery in the final months of 2018, with rents rising, sales prices rising, and industry activity picking up generally, after the marked…

Muthoni Ndonga ‘the Drummer Queen’, Kenyan musician has been selected as a 2019 TED fellow alongside 19 others. “I am very excited to be selected as a TED fellow and to join a global community of thought leaders and doers. After 10 years in music and culture, and based on research and data, it is clear that the creative sector is a legitimate manufacturing industry in Kenya and indeed Africa,” announced Muthoni on her social feeds. “Being on the global TED platform will help me amplify this position, as well as the political undertones to creators, investors, industry players, leadership…

The Treasury raised Ksh 38.5 billion against a target of KSh40 billion in its two- and 15-year bonds on Wednesday auction for budgetary support. According to economists, the 2-year and 15-year results came within market expectations with the average for the 2-year falling at 10.701% while that of the 15-year came in at 12.857%. Cytonn Investments also expected similar auction results, “Treasury bonds with the same tenor (2.0-years and 15.0-years) are currently trading at a yield of 10.7% and 12.6% respectively. We expect bids to come in at between 10.7% – 10.9% and 12.6% – 12.8% for the 2-year and…

Legendary Zimbabwean musician Oliver Mtukudzi has died at the age of 66.

Cane farmers under their umbrella lobby group, Sugar Campaign for Change (SUCAM) are opposing the proposed amendments to the agriculture and food authority act 2018 that seeks to introduce cane zoning. According to SUCAM, the proposed law is designed to benefit private millers at the expense of government-run sugar companies. As a result, it would require an express waiver by the Competition Authority. Farmers will be forced to conform to the price set by their local enforced mill, which is a breach of the Competition Act that prohibits restrictive trade practices and anti-competitive agreements. “Forcing farmers to sell to a…